Laois Nationalist — Young Laois artist (14) shortlisted for national portrait award
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Laois teen shortlisted for Zurich Young Portrait Prize
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Edna O Brien.
Celebrated, controversial, talented, a national icon. All or any of these would describe one of Ireland’s foremost ladies of literature, Edna O’Brien. Recently, to celebrate her 90th birthday, a diptych portrait by photographer Mandy O’Neill was unveiled at the National Gallery of Ireland.
The commission, by the 2018 Zurich Portrait Prize winner O’Neill, has been added to the national portrait collection and is a most worthy inclusion. O’Neill’s commission followed her success in the competition with the evocative Diane, Larkin Community College.
Diane, Larkin Community College, 2018 by Mandy O Neill.
Mandy O’Neill is an Irish visual artist working primarily in the fields of photography, installation and text. Her practice draws on themes of youth, community and institutions, and she has a particular interest in the dynamics between people and place. Over the past decade she has worked within educational and community settings, and in particular with