Painter Amanda Doran's new one-woman show, The Devine Feminine, opens tonight in the artist's native town of Gorey, in honour of International Women's Day.
Doran’s work is based on sub cultures, particularly looking at the ‘outcasts’ or the social rejects of everyday society. She likes to display the idols, traditions and lifestyles of society's more colourful social groups. Her particular focus is on painting, but her work often includes smaller scale drawings, collages or embroideries.
Amanda Doran: The Devine Feminine, Amber Springs Hotel, Gorey, until March 19th.
Amanda Doran was born in 1987 and grew up in Gorey Co. Wexford. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in fine art painting at the National College of Art and Design, graduating in 2012 with a first class honours degree. Since graduating Amanda was shortlisted for the Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations Award 2012 showcasing new talent from the U.K. and Ireland. Since then she has exhibited her work globally, and was shortlisted for the 2016 Marmite Prize for Painting.
