Willie Doherty

Willie Doherty ( born 1959 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is an Irish artist ( photography, video and sound installation ).

Life

As a child, is Doherty witnessed the Bloody Sunday. His later works deal with the conflict in Northern Ireland. From 1978 to 1981 he studied at the Ulster Polytechnic, Belfast. In 1999, he was a DAAD scholarship in Berlin.

Prices

In 1995 Doherty the Irish Museum of Modern Art Glen Dimplex Artists Award. 1994 and 2003 he was nominated for the Turner Prize.

Work

Doherty designs in his video works, political and aesthetic images of Ireland.

Public collections

Germany

France

  • Fund régional d' art contemporain - Lorraine, Metz
  • Kadist Art Foundation, Paris

Ireland (Republic of )

  • Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
  • The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaion, Dublin
  • Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin
  • Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin

United Kingdom

  • Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast (Northern Ireland)
  • Dundee Contemporary Arts - DCA, Dundee (Scotland )
  • Hiscox Art Projects, London ( England)
  • Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton (England)
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