Olivia Golden’s Illustrations exhibited in IMMA 7 November 2013 – Posted in: Uncategorised

Cois Life congratulates illustrator Olivia Golden on her continued success. Pictiúr, an exhibition of work by leading Irish children’s book illustrators – including some of Olivia’s amazing work from An Dragan Feasa (which can be bought here) – opens in IMMA, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kilmainham from the 14th of November to 12th of January.

Pictiúr, curated by Laureate na nÓg, Niamh Sharkey, is supported by the Arts Council’s Touring and Dissemination Scheme.and is the largest single exhibition of Irish children’s book illustration ever assembled.

The video above from Laureate na nÓg’s youtube channel tells the story of the exhibition’s European tour (supported by Culture Ireland) to the Festival of Young Readers, Palais Auersperg, Vienna, Austria, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy, the European Parliament in Brussels and the Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe. As always, where children’s literature is concerned, CBI – Children’s Books Ireland, are working away in the background.

Participating artists are: Lily Bernard, Adrienne Geoghegan, Anita Jeram, Donough O’Malley, Alan Clarke, Olivia Golden, Chris Judge, Niamh Sharkey, Michael Emberley, Chris Haughton, P.J. Lynch, Steve Simpson, Tatiana Feeney, Paul Howard, Oisin McGann, Kevin Waldron, Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, Oliver Jeffers, Mary Murphy, Olwyn Whelan and Andrew Whitson.