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Video from the official opening  on May 29th which took place on Zoom with Eva O'Donovan, Lisa Byrne of The Presentation Arts Centre and special guest speaker Veronica Victor
The Presentation Arts Centre is proud to present an exhibition of paintings by artist Eva O’Donovan.

In Chrysalis, Eva continues her distinctive oil on vintage fabric style, this time working with live models. She remains focused on the essence of femininity but for this collection celebrates and explores a broader conception of the term.

In an attempt to redress the lack of visibility of those identifying as Transfeminine in the visual arts and portraiture in particular, the artist collaborated with Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) to find subjects for the Chrysalis series.

The artist and sitters aim to promote Positive Visibility and the rights of trans people (and their families) by presenting a collection of powerful portraits featuring members of the Transfeminine and broader TENI community.
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Keeva
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Conny
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Vanessa
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Lorcan
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Veronica
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O’Donovan has worked closely with the participants featured in the paintings and their input has been key to the success of the project. Working from styled photographs and fabrics, they made key choices during the process and had final approval on the resulting canvasses.

Much time was spent developing relationships before any work commenced. ‘This project has taken almost a year to put together and it has been a year of great growth and fun’ says O’Donovan. 
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Philippa
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Sara
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Aoife
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Catherine
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Cearbhall
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Tara
The transgender community (through TENI) is a broad church and a highly inclusive one, catholic in the truest sense; representing trans men, trans women, cross dressers, people who identify as non-binary, gender queer or anywhere within the trans community spectrum.
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Rebecca
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Alice
Chrysalis by Eva O'Donovan was available to view at The Presentation Arts Centre Enniscorthy until July 24th 2021

For more information on this exhibition and our visual arts programme, please send your inquiry to [email protected] or call our box office at 053 92 33000

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All artwork in Chrysalis is © Eva O'Donovan and may not be used under any circumstance without permission from the artist. Photographs of The Presentation Arts Centre on this page are © Mark James Hall and may not be used under any circumstance without permission from the photographer. For all inquiries please contact the visual arts manager Lisa at [email protected]

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