1st August – 31st August
O’Shea is an Irish artist based in Cork who exhibits internationally. She has developed a practice of sculptural making that directly involves us with issues of waste and recycling. By use/reuse of existing materials, she creates forms that mimic the natural world and engage our relationship to it.
O’Shea’s art practice researches the journey of waste plastics in the sea and challenges our anthropological perceptions of the deep underworld. O’Shea’s primary material is found plastic from local beaches and collected recyclables, she reimagines this debris and creates creatures reminiscent of marine life. The process begins with gleaning throwaway plastics, mulling their material qualities and exploring their potential forms; it is an enquiry that is led by the trust of ‘making through doing’. O’Shea uses techniques and equipment synonymous with fibre and textile arts – the sewing machine, tacking pins, embroidery threads – and boldly takes ownership of this waste material by focusing on new narratives for waste Plastics.
