As the Laois Arthouse moves towards mid winter, and the year comes to a close we are delighted to present an exhibition by Laois Arthouse resident artist Stephanie Deady.

Measure for Measure  an exhibition of paintings by Stephanie will be opened by Kevin Kavanagh on Saturday 7th December (14:00 – 15:30) all are welcome.

Exhibition Runs: 7 – 21 December, 2024.

Stephanie Deady Measure for Measure No.16, 2022/2024, oil on birch plywood, 100 x 144 cm.

Aidan Dunne says of Stephanie’s work – ‘Historically, in western painting, there is an art of drama and spectacle, and there is an art of quietness. The extrovert and the introvert. Stirring, dramatic events and moments of inner revelation. Stephanie Deady’s work is aligned with the latter, with interior life.’

To know more about Stephanie’s work listen to her in conversation with art critic Aidan Dunne. Jan 2023

Stephanie Deady graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Limerick School of Art and Design in 2014. Recent solo and group exhibitions include Measure for Measure, Solo Exhibition Kevin Kavanagh Dublin, The Pleasure Ground, Rathfarnham Castle, SILVER, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin (2019), Hennessy Craig Award, Shortlisted Group Show, RHA Dublin (2019), Make Haste Slowly, Goethe-Institut Irland, Dublin (2018), Island Life, Kevin Kavanagh Dublin (2018), Primed Vision, Solo Exhibition, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin (2018), An Act of Hospitality can only be Poetic, Highlanes Gallery Drogheda curated by Linda Shevlin and Aoife Ruane (2018), Atrium Space, ‘Temple Bar Gallery + Studio’s 6th Annual ‘Dublin Art Book Fair’ (2016). Deady was shortlisted for the RHA Hennessy Craig Biennial Award in 2019 and was awarded MA Art in the Contemporary World Scholarship NCAD in 2018. Deady’s work is held as part of the OPW State Art Collection as well as part of private collection in Ireland and the UK.