The Lavit was originally set up by a group of artists wanting to promote an interest in art in 1963. Currently, the gallery shows the work of over 400 artists, introducing many new artists to Cork audiences.  It is a non-profit organisation which is dedicated to promoting the work of local and national artists.

Current and upcoming shows

CORK PRINTMAKERS

Lavit Gallery, Wandesford Quay, Cork

18 May – 10 June.

Opening reception Thursday 18 May 5.30-7.30pm. The exhibition will be officially opened by Tadhg Crowley, Senior Curator at Glucksman Gallery.

Exhibition and print workshop tour Thursday 01 June, 1pm

Cork Printmakers Members Exhibition at Lavit Gallery features new work by over 50 Cork Printmaker’s artists. The exhibition, which is a bi-annual event at Lavit Gallery, celebrates the diverse practices and approaches to fine art printmaking by artists at Cork Printmakers.

With over 100 members, Cork Printmakers artists work across traditional and contemporary fine art printmaking techniques including lithography, etching, screenprint, relief print, as well as expanded print practice which incorporates video, sculpture and installation.

Established in 1991, Cork Printmakers is a professional print studio, gallery and resource organisation providing artists with facilities and equipment to create artwork through the medium of print. Located at Wandesford Quay in the heart of Cork City it supports and promotes the creation and development of new work through our studios, exhibitions, events and education programme, promoting the highest standards of practice in printmaking.

Cork Printmakers Members Exhibition at Lavit Gallery features the work of Cork Printmaker’s members including Aoife Barrett, Brian Barry, John Beasley, Don Braisby, Johnny Bugler, Craig Carry, Aoife Claffey, Liam Collins, Cecilia D’Alessandro, Elize de Beer, Debbie Godsell, Lynn-Marie Dennehy, Tom Doig, Dominic Fee, Nic Flanagan, Anita Geaney, Evelyn Goold, Sean Hanrahan, Catherine Hehir, Hehir & Noonan, Sandie Hicks, Amal Hope, Jo Howard, Miriam Hurley, Liudmila Kalinka, Fiona Kelly, Eileen Kennedy, Viktoria Kondratieva, Paul La Rocque, Frances Leach, Colette Lewis, Maeve Lynch, Paul Mc Kenna, Eimearjean McCormack, Sean McGuill, Deirdre McKenna, Frieda Meaney, Béibhinn Moore, Bríd Moynahan, Peter Nash, Yeaneah O’ Connell, Fionnuala O’Connell, Elinor O’Donovan, Michael O’Donovan, Sarah O’Driscoll, Shane O’Driscoll, Heather O’Dwyer, Maeve O’Hare, Emma O’Hara, Danny Osborne, Ben Reilly, REM, Ciara Rodgers, Petrina Shortt, Elton Sibanda, Georgina Sutton, Nikki Tait, The Project Twins, Christina Todesco-Kelly, Inge Van Doorslaer and Mary Wallace.

Lavit Gallery is a not-for-profit arts organisation and registered charity dedicated to promoting an appreciation of art in Cork City through the provision of a gallery space in which artists can exhibit their artwork for public patronage. Lavit Gallery also serves the art community and the public through its non-commercial activities such as artist talks, exhibition tours, continued professional development and the provision of two graduate awards given annually to students at MTU Crawford College of Art & Design.

This exhibition forms part of Lavit Gallery’s 60 year anniversary programme, Cork Arts Society having been founded in 1963.

 

Colette Lewis, Bare earth #1, 2023, Lithography print, ed. 1 of 5, 27 x 21 cm, €400 framed
The Project Twins, Red spark, 2022, Woodblock print on Japanese kawashi, ed. 2 of 10, 80 cm X 60 cm, €580 unframed
Amal Hope, Communication, 2022, Screen print, ed. 5 of 10,, 56 x 37.5cm, €300 framed
Craig Carry, Landscape i, 2022, Screenprint, ed. 5 of 20, 40 x 40 cm, €250 framed, €150 unframed
Sean Hanrahan, Island ruse, 2022, Screenprint, roll up ink, paper collage and gold leaf on plywood, mixed media on wood, ed. U:P, 45 x 45 cm, €725 framed
Maeve O’Hare, The Golden form, 2023, Screenprint and digital print, ed. 1 of 10, 31 x 23.5 cm, €300 unframed
Fionnuala O’Connell, Leaning into self, 2022, Screenprint, ed. A:P, 71.3 x 87 cm, €297 framed
Ciara Rodgers, Electric Avenue ii, 2023, Photopolymer etching, ed. 1 of 5, 88 x 40 cm, €370 framed
Liudmila Kalinka, You always meet yourself, 2022, Screenprint, ed. 1 of 2, 72 x 52 cm, €395 unframed
Craig Carry, Landscape ii, 2022, Screenprint, ed. 6 of 20, 40 x 40 cm, €150 unframed
Michael O’Donovan, Reflection, 2022, Screenprint, ed. 1 of 1, 42 x 52 cm, €950 framed
Deirdre McKenna, Mari, 2023, Etching, ed.2 of 15, 28.5 x 23 cm, €150 unframed
Heather O’ Dwyer, Surge, 2022, Lino print, ed. variable, 38 x 26 cm, €80 unframed
Michael O’Donovan, Between two forms, 2022, Screenprint, ed. 1 of 1, 38 x 52 cm, €850 unframed
Sandie Hicks, Upstairs, 2022, Collagraph print, ed. A:P, 48 x 62 cm, €525 framed
Bríd Moynahan, Home is where the heart is, 2023, Etching, ed. 1 of 10, 42 x 30 cm, €690 framed
Béibhinn Moore, The paps, 2022, Monoprint, ed. 1 of 1, 42 x 59 cm, 360 unframed
Nic Flanagan, Careful, careful, 2023, Photo polymer etching, ed. 1 of 3, 40 cm x 30 cm, €150 framed
Paul La Rocque, Uncas, 2021, Screenprint, ed.3 of 5, 100 x 70 cm, €1600 framed
Liam Collins, Upper reaches, 2023, Mixed Media, carborundum print and encaustic painting on plywood, ed. V:P 1 of 1, 77 x 28 cm, €675 framed
Sarah O’Driscoll, Omey, 2023, Etching, ed. 1 of 6, 35 x 25 cm, €130 framed
Elton Sibanda, Faded, 2022, Screenprint, ed. A:P, 48.5 x 34.7cm, €164 framed
Shane O'Driscoll, Light threads, 2022, Screenprint, ed. 1 of 3, Diptych 2 x (60 x 80 cm), €850 framed
Jo Howard, The road to the sea, 2022, Screenprint, Monoprint, ed. 1of 1, 32 x 48 cm ( paper : mount size ) 23.5 x 38.5 ( actual print size ), € 150 unframed
Cecilia D’Alessandro, Burgundy, 2023, Linocut, ed. 6 of 6 VP, 42 x 29 cm, €200 unframed
Eileen Kennedy, Light of Spring, 2023, Stone lithograph, ed.1 of 8, 33 x 30 cm, €250 unframed
Dominic Fee, Liudmila, 2022, Lithograph, ed.1 of 10, 53 x 71 cm, €320 unframed
Petrina Shortt, Exhale, 2021, Lithograph, ed. A:P, 31 x 43cm, €220 framed
Cecilia D’Alessandro, De cendres et de sang, 2023, Drypoint, ed. 3 of 4 VP, 33 x 47.5, €280 framed
Yeaneah O' Connell, Stretch, 2021, Etching, ed. A:P, 16 x 13 cm, €120 framed
REM, Inefficacy, 2023, Screenprint, ed. 1 of 2 V:P, 46.3 x 59.8 cm, €243 framed
Liudmila Kalinka, Untitled 4, 2023, Mono Screenprint, ed. 1 of 1, 71 x 51 cm, €700 framed
Bríd Moynahan, Flat out, 2022, Etching, ed. 2 of 10, 15 x 20 cm, €270 unframed
Tom Doig, Orrery 6, 2023, Screenprint, ed. 1 of 1, 43 x 31 cm, €300 framed
Inge Van Doorslaer, Thimbleful, 2023, Cmyk screenprint, drawing, ed. 1 of 1 U:P, 34 x 42 cm, €360 framed
Peter Nash, Coventry Boy, 2022, Polyester plate, lithograph, ed. 1 of 3, 35 x 25 cm, €150 framed
Anita Geaney, Currabinnywood, 2021, Screenprint and lithograph, ed. 8 of 10, 38 x 33 cm, €190 framed
Heather O’ Dwyer ,Saturate, 2022, Lino print, ed. variable, 38 x 26 cm, €100 framed
Maeve O’Hare, Is this love or something else, 2023, Screenprint, ed. V:P 1 of 4, 55 x 55 cm, €550 framed
Amal Hope, Language, 2022, Screenprint, ed. 2 of 7, 31.5 x 31.5cm, €175 framed, €90 unframed
Evelyn Goold, Lead/Trust/Inspire, 2022, Collagraph and chine colle and oil pastel, ed. 1 of 1, 71 x 50 cm, €260 unframed
Dominic Fee, Piece R, 2023, Monoprint & mixed media, ed. 1 of 1, 60 x 60 x 12 cm, €800 framed
Johnny Bugler, Seascape VIII, Brighton Pier, 2022, Mixed media, photo-etching, photo-riston, found book jacket, ed. U:P, 38 x 59 cm, €750 framed
The Project Twins, Blue Glitch, 2022, Woodblock print on Japanese kawashi, ed. 2 of 10, 80 cm X 60 cm, €1,230 framed, €580 unframed
Elinor O'Donovan, Beautiful cosmos, 2023, Digital collage, ed. 1 of 10, 50 x 40 cm, €450
Aoife Barrett, Seeds III, 2021, Etching and relief, 1 of 1 , Series 3 of 3, 76.3 x3 4.7 cm, €400 framed
Anita Geaney, Gone to seed, 2022, Lithograph, A:P, 43 x 33 cm, €150 unframed
Jo Howard, Cork city sunrise, 2022, Screenprint, ed. 10 of 26, 63.5 x 50.5 cm, 51 x 39 cm, €350 framed, €250 unframed
Eileen Kennedy, Walking on water, 2022, Stone lithograph, ed. 1 of 7, 53 x 38 cm, €600 framed
Liam Collins, 3 Elements, 2023, Carborundum print, ed. 2 of 5, 36 x 57 cm, €250 unframed
Georgina Sutton, The prodigal son, 2023, Copper plate etching, ed. 1 of 30, 23 x 23 cm, €300 framed
Aoife Barrett, Pinocchio’s Toys, Cork, 1986, 2022, 2 colour stone lithograph, ed. 1 of 12, 29.7 × 21 cm, €60 unframed
Georgina Sutton, Maeve and Blackie, 2023, Steel plate etching, ed. 3 of 30, 23 x 23.5 cm, €200 unframed
Paul La Rocque, 1492, 2021, Screenprint, ed. 3 of 5, 120 x 70cm, €1200 unframed
Eimearjean McCormack, Survey series vii, 2022, Silkscreen, ed. 1 of 10, 69.5 x 49.5 cm, €500 framed
Ben Reilly, Familiar, Photo etching and spit bite 2022, ed. A:P 1 of 8, 22 x 44 cm, €475 unframed
Deirdre McKenna, Dyma ni'n Dwad, 2023, Etching, ed. 1 of 10, 30 x 28 cm, €250 framed
Sarah O’Driscoll, Cuskinny, 2022, Etching, ed. 3 of 8, 19 x 25 cm, €65 unframed
Danny Osborne, Russian invasion of Ukraine, 2023, Etching on flattened artillery, ed. 4 of 45, 68 x 58 cm, €1,200 framed
Sean McGuill, Deadwood, 2023, Etching, ed. 1 of 3, 22 x 32 cm, €300 framed, €200 unframed
BAN-EEE-UKT, You'll have a drop in your hand, 2022, Cyanotype, ed. 1 of 1, 35 x 35 cm, €175 framed
Elinor O'Donovan, Constellation, 2023, Digital collage, ed. 2 of 10 , 40 x 50 cm, €300 unframed
Nikki Tait, Buddleia, 2022, Wood engraving, ed.12 of 20, 12 x 15 cm, €120 framed
Debbie Godsell, Harvest, 2022, Screenprint, ed. V:P, 120 x 80 cm, 1,200 framed
Frances Leach, All the time in the world, 2023, Digital print, ed. 1 of 20, 29.7 x 42 cm, €390 framed
Christina Todesco-Kelly, Venetian chair, Etching, 2022, ed. 5 of 5, 39.5 x 49.5 cm, €230 framed
Frieda Meaney, Waterlily study, Digital print, ed. 2 of 5, 30 x 40 cm, €145 unframed
REM, Disconnected, 2022, Screenprint ed. 2 of 5 V:P, 46 x 47.5 cm, €169 unframed
Emma O Hara, Monsoon season, 2022, Screenprint, ed. 2 of 6, 80 x 116 cm, €950 framed
Ben Reilly, Gorilla, Photo etching and spit bite, 2022, ed. A:P, 22 x 34 cm, €450 framed
Frieda Meaney, Puffball, 2023, Digital print, ed. 1 of 50, 30 x 40 cm, €220 framed, €145 unframed
Maeve Lynch, Composite, 2019, Digital print, acrylic, jesmonite, plastic, 60 x 120 x 10 cm, €420
Tom Doig, Orrery 7 2023, Screenprint, ed. 1 of 1, 43 x 31 cm, €200 unframed
Don Braisby, Wetlands 10, 2023, Digital, ed.1 of 20, 60 x 80 cm, €475 unframed
AAoife Claffey, Tough front, 2023, Photographic and acetate layered print, ed. 1 of 1, 100  x 34cm, €360 framed
Shane O'Driscoll, eclips, 2022, Screenprint, ed. A:P, 46 x 38 cm, €290 unframed
Nikki Tait, Waves II, 2022, Wood engraving, ed. 1 of 10, 15 x 30 cm, €100 unframed
Sean McGuill, Paper landscape, 2023, Screenprint, ed. 1 of 2, 60 x 82 cm, €410 unframed

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For further information please contact info@lavitgallery.com or 021 4277749