Cara Gordon CV
1980 -1984 BA hons Fine Art Newcastle University Awards 2021 Perpetual Gold medal Royal Ulster academy 2019 Elected associate member of Royal Ulster Academy 2018 Recipient of N.I Arts Council grant 2017 Conor award Royal Ulster Academy 2017 Recipient of Arts Council grant 2016 Merrion Hotel Award National Open Art competition 2014 Irish News Award Royal Ulster Academy 2013 Regional award National open art competition Selected exhibitions 2023 Whitethorn Gallery group show Royal Hibernian annual exhibition McKenna gallery, Omagh 2022 3 woman show, RUA building Artisann Gallery Belfast - solo show Boyle Arts Festival Greenacres Opera festival show RUA annual exhibition McKenna Gallery Omagh 2021 Royal Hibernian summer show Boyle Festival Royal Ulster Academy Greenacres Gallery group show exford 2020 Bram Stoker group exhibition, Hamilton gallery Sligo Royal Ulster Academy GreenAcres Festival Exhibition Wexford McKenna Gallery Omagh 2019 Royal Ulster academy Doorway Gallery group show Dublin Whitethorn Gallery group show Clifden 2018 Boyle Arts Festival Hallows Gallery group show Belfast Doorway Gallery group show, Dublin 2017 Royal Hibernian show Dublin McKenna Gallery Omagh Royal Ulster Academy 2016 National Open Art Competition Mercers Hall London Boyle Arts Festival Royal Ulster Academy 2012- 2015 Royal Hibernian show Tom Caldwell Gallery Belfast Royal ulster Academy Oisin gallery Dublin Whalley gallery Belfast
Awards include
Conor award Royal Ulster Academy 2017
National open art competition, N. Irish award 2013 Awards include the Irish news award, Royal Ulster academy 2014 National open art competition, regional award 2016
Cara Gordon was born inBelfast and studied fine art at Newcastle University.
Working mainly in charcoal, ink and acrylic, her work covers a wide variety of subjects. Over the years animals, and in particular dogs, have been a recurring theme in her work - the vitality of the animal reflected in the spontaneity of mark and gesture within the paintings These latest paintings of dogs are not so much concerned with depicting a detailed portrait but focus more on the movement and energy of the animal, reducing the image to a series of lines and smudges. The textures and colours of the paintings are informed by the landscape and shifting weather patterns where she lives.
AWARDS
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:" calibri",sans-serif;times="" new="" roman";"="">1980 -1984 BA hons Fine Art Newcastle University Awards 2021 Perpetual Gold medal Royal Ulster academy 2019 Elected associate member of Royal Ulster Academy 2018 Recipient of N.I Arts Council grant 2017 Conor award Royal Ulster Academy 2017 Recipient of Arts Council grant 2016 Merrion Hotel Award National Open Art competition 2014 Irish News Award Royal Ulster Academy 2013 Regional award National open art competition Selected
Exhibitions 2023 Whitethorn Gallery group show Royal Hibernian annual exhibition McKenna gallery, Omagh 2022 3 woman show, RUA building Artisann Gallery Belfast - solo show Boyle Arts Festival Greenacres Opera festival show RUA annual exhibition McKenna Gallery Omagh
2021 Royal Hibernian summer show Boyle Festival Royal Ulster Academy Greenacres Gallery group show Wexford
2020 Bram Stoker group exhibition, Hamilton gallery Sligo Royal Ulster Academy GreenAcres Festival Exhibition Wexford McKenna Gallery Omagh
2019 Royal Ulster academy Doorway Gallery group show Dublin Whitethorn Gallery group show Clifden
2018 Boyle Arts Festival Hallows Gallery group show Belfast Doorway Gallery group show, Dublin 2017 Royal Hibernian show Dublin McKenna Gallery Omagh Royal Ulster Academy
2016 National Open Art Competition Mercers Hall London Boyle Arts Festival Royal Ulster Academy 2012- 2015 Royal Hibernian show Tom Caldwell Gallery Belfast Royal ulster Academy Oisin gallery Dublin Whalley gallery Belfast
