Dee Hurley has been invited to exhibit in the gallery space of Blackwater Valley Makers, Fermoy. The show entitled Small Wonders will feature assemblage and textile prints of botanical elements. Dee completed a first class honours degree in Contemporary Applied Art in MTU Crawford College of Art and Design in 2024 receiving many awards for her degree show ‘Radiant Other’, including the MTU Registrars Prize. Her practice evolved from an intuitive connection to plant forms coupled with a strong zero waste ethos. She explores the use of botanical elements to invoke a gentle appreciation and reconnection with the living environment. These sympathetic configurations of plant matter and textile prints seek to imbue a sense of wonder in the viewer and offer a new perspective on what we take for granted.
Since graduating she has exhibited in Emerge, the Cork Craft & Design Showcase, the Sample Studios Graduate Show, Europa Gallery, Dublin and recently had a solo show, ‘Recompose’, in the James Barry Exhibition Centre, as part of the Registrars prize. Her OPW purchase has been chosen for the
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