Felim Egan
Felim Egan
"Red Deepening"
Acrylic on canvas, 18" x 18"
"Red Deepening"
Acrylic on canvas, 18" x 18"
Felim Egan is a contemporary Irish artist from Donegal, who studied art in Belfast, Portsmouth, and at the Slade School of Art in London. His painting is characterised by a minimalist abstract style, incorporating simple geometric forms, such as squares and arcs into monochromatic compositions. There is also a sculptural element in his work, not just in his iconography of structural forms and elements, but also in his technique of mixing powdered stone with acrylic paint and building up this paint in layers, which gives his paintings a textured finish.
In 1980, he was selected to be Ireland’s representative at the Paris Biennale, and again in 1985, he represented Ireland at the Sao Paulo Art Biennale. In 1993, he was awarded the UNESCO Prize for the Arts in Paris. He has had many international solo exhibitions including at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester and at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin and at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
His paintings are also housed in many important museums, institutions and galleries worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Ulster Museum, Belfast and the British Library, London. He has also completed numerous international commissions including for the European Parliament, the National Gallery of Ireland, Deutsche Bank, Dublin and the Pilaro Foundation, Geneva & Dublin.
In 1980, he was selected to be Ireland’s representative at the Paris Biennale, and again in 1985, he represented Ireland at the Sao Paulo Art Biennale. In 1993, he was awarded the UNESCO Prize for the Arts in Paris. He has had many international solo exhibitions including at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester and at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin and at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
His paintings are also housed in many important museums, institutions and galleries worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Ulster Museum, Belfast and the British Library, London. He has also completed numerous international commissions including for the European Parliament, the National Gallery of Ireland, Deutsche Bank, Dublin and the Pilaro Foundation, Geneva & Dublin.