Join STAC Artistic Director, Helena Tobin in conversation with artist Rory Prout.

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Rory discusses his technique behind his work featuring in his exhibition Crossing Ground.

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Rory Prout's paintings address experiences of remote or rural landscapes, of sites the artist has visited and environments he's moved through while collecting images to work on in the studio. Together with an embodied engagement with landscape, Prout is fascinated with the idea of 'inventing the medium'; of creating a novel process of image making specific to his concerns.

Tipperary born Rory Prout graduated with a BA in Painting from Limerick School of Art and Design in 2008 and an MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History, Theory and Criticism from University College Cork in 2015. He has held solo exhibitions in Ireland and the UK, and appeared in group shows in institutions such as The Royal Academy of Arts London, Towner Eastbourne, and Limerick City Gallery of Art. In 2015 Prout was the Painter in Residence for the Irish Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The same year he was also awarded the Emerging Irish Artist Residency Award at The Burren College of Art. His work appears in the collections of the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ireland, as well as many private collections throughout Ireland and the UK.

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Find out about Crossing Ground here