Paul McGrane
Dublin, Ireland
Paul McGrane (b.1991, Dublin) is an artist & curator working in Dublin, Ireland. He graduated from Technological University Dublin in 2015 with a BA in Fine Art. His practice focuses predominantly on painting and sculpture. His interests lie in public spaces such as places of worship, stadiums and sensory rooms. Nostalgia guides the creation of his work, drawing from personal memories rooted in family and place.
Paul’s paintings are expressed using various facets of abstraction – colour, shape, light, motif. He uses a process of layering thin washes of pigment repeatedly over each other. The paint is then brushed in long vertical or horizontal strokes. This process can often lead to areas of the surface being overworked, in return the pigment then merges together and counter intuitively erases.
Recent awards include Hang Tough Solo Exhibition Award, Dublin, and Rua Red Winter Open Award (2019), Dublin. Recent exhibitions include Páipéar (2022) at Hang Tough Gallery, Dublin, (2021) at Rua Red, Dublin, and Winter Open Exhibition (2019) at Rua Red, Dublin.
