Artist in Residence

On Thursday evening 31st March the University of Liverpool launched their “artist in residence” project. The college was represented by Mr Hicks at this prestigious event held in the beautiful Victoria Gallery and Museum. The evening was a chance to meet the artist, Fion Gunn and see a little of her truly amazing, stimulating and inspirational work. The main exhibition will open in July at the Victoria Gallery and Museum. We are hoping to welcome Fion to our college campus in the very near future. Background: Fion Gunn graduated from Crawford College of Art & Design, Ireland in and spent a post-graduate year at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts Supérieure de Nancy, France where she lived for four years, she now lives and works in London. She is the first Irish artist to have a public sculpture commission in China for the city of Zhangjiakou, in 2012. She is represented by Peking Art Associates in Beijing and collaborates with Art W in the USA. She is an associate at Tate Exchange Liverpool with whom she realised a multimedia project funded by Arts Council England last year. She is working with the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool on a number of projects for 2022. Fion Gunn has won multiple awards for her work from Arts Council England, Arts Council Ireland, Culture Ireland, City Councils of London, Dublin, Cork & Belfast, Irish Literature Exchange and Walcot Foundation.