Artists Biography
Dublin based artist Dominic Thorpe has shown work extensively in Ireland and internationally including performing at the Bergen Museum of Art Norway, the Guangzhou Festival of Live Art China, the Infr'Action Performance Art Festival Venice, Templebar Gallery Dublin, the RHA Dublin and the Tulca Visual Arts Festival Galway.
He has completed public art commissions for the Wicklow County Counclil, the DunLaoghaire County Council and the Finglas Suicide Network. In 2010 he co-curated the Irish performance art exhibition 'right here - right now' at Kilmainham Jail Dublin and is currently developing a public art module 'Sharing Space' at the Ballyfermot Senior College. He has received bursaries from the Arts Council of Ireland, the Kildare County Council and Culture Ireland.
Thorpes practice explores ideas of presence and experience as a means of understanding and responding to issues of silence, power and vulnerability. He sees the creation of artwork as a way of not remaining silent - of not adding to silence.
Artist Statement
I explore various elements of performance as a visual art form - Body, Material, Duration, Subject and Context.
Performance art deals with presence and experience at the moment of encounter, both for the artist and audience. Presence, experience and encounter are crucial to understanding.
My practice explores ideas of presence and experience as a means of understanding and responding to issues of silence, power and vulnerability. The creation of artwork is a way of not remaining silent - of not adding to silence..