Paul Connell
Paul Connell (Pól) is an Irish contemporary visual artist and educator based between Cork and Offaly. His practice primarily concerns expanded drawing, moving image and works on paper and blackboards.
The Irish language and oral tradition are significant elements within his process and inter-lingual wordplay often trespasses into the visual or conceptual vocabulary of the work.
Pól teaches at both post-primary and third level, and was recently nominated for the National University of Ireland's Scholarship & Prize in Education Award in 2021.
(Pictured with Amanda Coogan, curator of You breathe differently down here, at the Draíocht Gallery)
Exhibitions:
You breathe differently down here
Draíocht Gallery, Dublin • March 2022
To Hell or to Connacht: A Pilgrim's Prayer
Solo showcase & Lecture, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork • 25th February 2022
B o l g
Cork County Hall, Cork • September 2020
IndieCork Film Festival: art(ist)FILM
Gate Cinema, North Main St, Cork • October 2019
BOMBARD
CIT James Barry Exhibition Centre, Cork • September 2019
Fledglings
Lavitt Gallery, Cork • September 2019
DISMANTLE
CIT CCAD, Sharman Crawford St, Cork • June 2019
IndieCork Film Festival: art(ist)FILM
Gate Cinema, North Main St, Cork • October 2018
TAUTOPHONY: Why do we rattle? Why do we sweat?
Kino Café, Washington St, Cork • May 2018
D.I.V.A at Electric Picnic: ORPHEUS
Electric Picnic, Stradbally, Laois • September 2017
Awards:
Royal Dublin Society Visual Art Awards Long-list • 2019
Cork County Council Emerging Artist Solo Exhibition Award • 2019
Enclave Review Commission Award • 2019
Irish Arts Review New Generation Gallery Official Selection • 2019
CIT Student Engagement Exhibition Selection Award • 2019
CIT Collection Purchase Prize • 2019
Eli Lilly Commission Award • 2019
Highly Commended Visual Art Awards Global Undergraduate Awards • 2018
D.I.V.A at Electric Picnic Artist in Residence Award • 2017
