Julie Merriman

As part of the exhibition Public Gesture at the Lab
You are invited to a Conversation,
Between Artist Julie Merriman and Sarah Searson

Wednesday 10th June 5pm, The Lab, Foley Street, Dublin

The intention of the conversation is to discuss the artist's new work and research and a long-term commission The Carlisle Pier Project 2006-2010 from which much of her current body of work originates. Julie Merriman's long-term residency focuses on Dun Laoghaire Harbour area; she worked with Sarah Searson on the formation of the commissioning structure which is funded by The Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company, The Art Council of Ireland, the project is also managed and funded through the DLR Arts Office.

The artist is having an opening studio during the month of July with the intention of showing a larger selection of works to curators, inviting exchange and insight to this developing body of new work. To make an appointment or for futher information about the project please contact the artist at julienicos@eircom.net

Julie Merriman lives and works in Dublin and is currently studying on the MA Visual Arts Practices at IADT. She has exhibited in Ireland and England including: RUA 127th Exhibition; Eigse ’08; Let’go, Monster Truck Gallery; Eurojet Futures, The Anthology ’05 and Eurojet Futures ’04, RHA; West Cork Arts Center; EV+A (wining an open award in ’03); Temple Bar Gallery Atrium; The Mostyn Gallery, Wales; The Norwich Gallery. She has also participated in residencies and symposiums in Ireland and the UK.

Her work, which revolves around the practice of drawing, reflects her interest in architecture, in particularly the phases of construction and demolition. She is interested in the idea of shadowing an architect’s work, in bringing a building back to the drawing board. Line is what interests her most in drawing; how it quickens, slows, stutters, reinvigorates, fades, overlaps….. Line is at the heart of all mark making; it can be very simple but also incredibly complex. Drawing as a medium is not just used by artists but by many other professions; architects, engineers, scientist, cartographers, mathematicians… It’s a way of making all manner of information visible. She is currently examining how these other professions use line, and is interested in extending her idea of ‘shadowing’ to include them.