Collection Artist, Residency Artist

Nevan Lahart b.1973

Irish artist Nevan Lahart attended Limerick School of Art and Design and the National College of Art and Design. Lahart’s practice considers the role of media, social and political perceptions, and the Museum as purveyor of artistic merit and classification. Lahart has exhibited extensively, including solo exhibitions at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin; Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles; and Catalyst Arts, Belfast. He participated in IMMA’s Artists’ Residency Programme in 2005.

Country of Birth: Ireland

Overview

Studio 12
June to October
painting/installation/virtual reality
Nevan works in a wide variety of media. The subject matter of his work could be very loosely described as encompassing television, the media, social and political perceptions and the history of art and life as he finds it. Nevan is interested in the role that the Museum plays, as a purveyor of artistic merit and classification and societies neutralising agent of assimilation (adoptive negation). Nevan aims to engage in creative collaboration with the public, but hasn’t a clue what he’ll do yet; take it that he’ll wing it in a spoofing free style manner.