A group show of contemporary painters from Ireland concerned with developments within the abstract tradition.

With the current international resurgence of interest in painting, and a greater inclusivity towards Irish culture within the global community as a whole, Archeus Fine Art will be exhibiting a group show of contemporary painters from Ireland in May 2004. This exhibition will affirm the continuing relationship with Irish painting long established at Archeus. Bringing together a group of artists spanning some 30 years in age, from well-established and widely exhibited artists to recent graduates. Providing an all-encompassing survey of current trends in Irish contemporary painting, the show will aim to make links with recent Irish art history, explore current practice and find developments that will shape the future.

Having graduated in Fine Art at Camberwell School of Art, London, in 1985, Aldridge has exhibited widely throughout Ireland, most recently in a prestigious solo show of new work at Model Arts::Niland Centre, Sligo. In 2002 she was awarded the Ballinglen Arts Foundation Residency, and was artist in residence, Mayo County Council, 1998. She is represented in important private collections throughout Europe as well as Mayo County Council, Boyle Civic Art Collection and Ballinglen Arts Foundation. Born in Belfast, she now lives and works in Sligo.

From 1984 to 1989, Hughes studied at the University of Ulster and received his BA and MA in Fine Art. He has had numerous solo exhibitions at the Rubicon Gallery, Dublin and throughout Ireland and has participated in group exhibitions in America, Canada, Germany, Japan, Poland and the United Kingdom. His work is held in many public and corporate collections including both Irish Arts Councils and the Irish Museum of Modern Art. He currently lives and works in Sligo.

Born 1954 in Dublin, Lohan studied painting at the National College of Art & Design. Her solo exhibitions include the Taylor Gallery, Dublin (2001, 1998, 95, 92, 91); Vanguard Gallery, Cork (1999); and the Model Arts::Niland Centre, Sligo (1992). She has participated in international group shows in the USA, Finland, Paris and Brussels, and her work regularly features in exhibitions at the Irish Museum of Modern Art and at the Royal Hibernian Academy. In 1993, she received the DHL Airlift Award and a fellowship at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ballycastle, Co. Mayo. She also received the Taylor De Vere Award at the 1991 RHA Annual Exhibition.

Having most recently exhibited in a one-man show at Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, McAllister has been included in numerous group exhibitions world wide, including the Irish Arts Centre, New York, in 2001 and the Barrack Museum, Las Vegas. He was also included in an exchange programme that opened at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art with a three venue tour of California in 2000. He recently received an award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and was the recipient of the Silver Medal from the Royal Ulster Academy.

Having graduated in Fine Art from the University of Ulster only last summer, McGreevy has already been included in a major survey of Irish abstract painting 'Colour Chart' at Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast. 'Out of Context' will be his first inclusion in an international exhibition.

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