
Jim Savage was born in Manchester 1950. He studied
at the Manchester School of Art and at the Slade School of Art London.
His work is primarily concerned with drawing.
He moved to Ireland in 1982.
He lives in Co. Cork and is married to the sculptor Sarah O’Flaherty.
British Drawing,
The London Group,
Two Painters,
Living Arts
Independents
Recent Work :
Art Network
New Work :
Vangard Gallery at Sheen Falls
Terrain :
EVA
RHA
Line/Exploration,
Occasional Press
Focus on Drawing
Drawing Texts
From Landscape
Some Thoughts On Getting From A To B The Ministry of DustIntelligent MissilesThe Ministry of Dust Drawings
David Lilburn is an artist, whose current work predominantly involves the graphic processes of drawing and printmaking. He studied history and political science at Trinity College Dublin, (MA); lithography at the Scuole D’Arte, Urbino and art and design at Limerick School of Art and Design, (Dip. AD), where he taught for a number of years.
His recent commissions include:
In Medias Res, for the James Joyce Ulysses Exhibition, National Library of Ireland, 2004.
The Courthouse Maps, and “Frieze”, two commissions for Limerick County Council, 2002/2003.
Coastline, for the Irish Pavilion, “Expo”, Hamburg, 2000.
A Map for City Hall, Millennium Project 2000, Dublin Corporation.
At IMPACT 3 in Cape Town he presented Urbs Antiqua Fuit Studisque Asperrima in Causa Belli - (Re)Presenting the City (in Print).
His recent printmaking awards include:
First prize, ‘Impressions’, open print award, Galway, Ireland, 2004.
“Michael Byrne Award for Printmakers”, administered by the Arts Council of Ireland, 2002.
“Mary Farl Powers Printmaking Award”, 2000, administered by the Arts Council of Ireland, 2001.
First prize, Second Limerick Mini-Print Exhibition, 2000.
Lilburn has works in numerous public collections, including the Office of Public Works, Ireland; the University of Limerick; the National Self-Portrait Collection; the National Collection of Artists Books, NCAD; the National Collection of Contemporary Drawing, LCGA; the Palazzo della Penna, Perugia; the National University of Ireland, Cork; the Dublin Corporation; AIB; Guinness; MIC, Limerick; the Limerick Corporation; the Shannon Development Company; and the Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork, Ireland.