Bairbre Duggan, painter
To make a painting you need a starting point. Bairbre’s starting point happens to be in the real world, usually a person, place or living thing. Her training was a traditional figurative one (Wackers Academie, Amsterdam) , but also academic, with a Masters in History of Art (Trinity College, Dublin). Inspired by painters past and present, too numerous to list here, she is constantly brought back to the easel by the complex process of looking, and the balancing act required to bring a work to completion.
The work of Bairbre Duggan has been selected for the Royal Hibernian Academy Annual (2022, 2021, 2012) twice shortlisted for the Dutch Portrait Prize, (2021. 2019) and accepted into the Dutch Zomerexpo (2014). She has been awarded an artist’s residency at Cill Rialaig Artist Retreat (2014) and her work has been purchased by the Office of Public Works. In addition, her work hangs in private collections worldwide and she has carried out a number of portrait commissions internationally. Bairbre exhibits regularly, and takes part in selected international painting festivals.
Bairbre Duggan is a Professional Member of Visual Artists Ireland, and currently teaches drawing and painting at the Wackers Academie in Amsterdam. She is also available for workshops in portrait and still life painting and drawing.
EDUCATION:
Born in Dublin, Ireland
Diploma Fine Art, Wackers Academie of Fine Art, Amsterdam
M.A. Text and Image Studies, Trinity College, Dublin & Universite de Paris VII
B. A. History of Art and English Literature, Trinity College, Dublin
Diploma in Visual Education, Dun Laoghaire School of Art and Design, Dublin
Lives and works in Amsterdam
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