JEAN ROONEY  BFA. MSC. ANCAD

VISUAL ARTIST / ART EDUCATOR

2D     PRINTMAKING     DRAWING     PHOTOGRAPHY    MIXED MEDIA     NEW MEDIA

ABOUT THE ARTIST :

Rooney is a visual artist residing in the Fredericton area of New Brunswick. She received her art college eduction in Europe at  The National College of Art and Design, Ireland and post graduate Masters Degree at Trinity College Dublin University.  In addition to being a visual artist, she has worked as art college lecturer, designer and  mural painter, She has over 10 years teaching experience as an art educator at 3rd level. Since graduating she has taught at the top art institutes in Ireland. She has exhibited internationally and received many awards for her work including the Dakota Printmaking Award, The Rondomondo Bursary Award, and an Arts Council of Ireland award.

In addition to her studio practice she is  currently  managing and establishing a dedicated printmaking facility at The French Lake Studios, New Brunswick. This purpose built studio is to house both etching and screenprint presses. This has been a work in progress since 2009.

ABOUT THE ART :

Rooneys practice is a carefully choreographed series of contrasts between many materials, approaches and intentions. The handmade and unique marks of drawing, meet the mechanically reproduced mark. These are intermingled with other obscure mark-making processes, such as biting. The techniques employed to construct the work are screenprint , etching, embossing and digital giclée print processes.

The subject of the work is the theatrical element of everyday life. The Images used are The Ventriloquists Dummy, The Mouth, and The Circus Performers.

Rooneys approach is distinguished by the unique layering of imagery. It is playful and dramatic, challenging the frame, breaking beyond the frame and even out of the realm of the two dimensional. It fractures the mould of what can be done with printmaking.

http://www.jeanrooney.com           jeanrooney@ymail.com       http://www.facebook.com/jean.rooney                                            

Jean Rooney 2010