Opening Reception Thursday 6 June at 7pm

Present State is a series of paintings based on cropped compositions of the human form. They record the body as present against a natural backdrop of the sky. ‘My intention is to divert attention away from the cultural cues we use to identify with figures in order to suggest that something else remains. There is an absurd and elegant characteristic of humanity viewed from this perspective and I identify with it through my paintings.’ Patrick Horan.

Since graduating from NCAD in 1998, Patrick has been living and working Dublin. He has had five solo shows. In 2009 Patrick was awarded The Don Niccolo D’Ardia Caracciolo RHA Medal and in 2010 he was a joint winner of The Hennessy Craig Scholarship at the RHA Annual Exhibition.