Kevin O' Dwyer is an internationally exhibited artist whose works embrace the fields of

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metalworking Metalworking is the process of shaping and reshaping metals in order to create useful objects, parts, assemblies, and large scale structures. As a term, it covers a wide and diverse range of processes, skills, and tools for producing objects on e ...

and

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. He creates primarily in

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Career

He began his training in 1979 with

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Harriet Dreissigger and continued his studies with

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s William Frederick and

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. He has also occupied roles as artist-in-residence in the U.S state of

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, and lecturer in design methods at the

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, where he taught students business and product development skills. He works from his studio in

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Works

O'Dwyer's artwork is influenced by Irish prehistoric art, bronze-age artefacts, early monastic metalwork, and 20th century design and architecture. His childhood was divided between the monastic ruins of Tipperary and the skyscrapers of Manhattan.and this has influenced the way he approached the creation of artefacts or site-specific installations.

Exhibitions

His works have been featured in public collections including the

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(US),

Racine Art Museum The Racine Art Museum (RAM) and RAM's Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts are located in Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. The museum holds the largest and most significant contemporary craft collection in North America, with more than 9,500 objects fro ...

(US), The

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen ...

(UK),

Ulster Museum The Ulster Museum, located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, has around 8,000 square metres (90,000 sq. ft.) of public display space, featuring material from the collections of fine art and applied art, archaeology, ethnography, treasures ...

(Belfast), Espace Paul Ricard (France), Governor's Palace (Belgium) and the

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. He founded Sculpture in the Parklands, a land-art sculpture park in Lough Boora Parklands, County Offaly, in 2002.

Gallery

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References

External links

Millennium Silver Collection

Kevin O'Dwyer Design

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