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'''Patricia Hurl''' (born 1943) is an Irish artist.<ref>https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/patricia-hurl-i-was-talked-into-buying-a-cottage-that-was-safe-as-gold-it-took-10-years-to-sell-it-and-move-to-dublin/a581527727.html</ref><ref>https://imma.ie/artists/patricia-hurl/</ref><ref>https://www.apollo-magazine.com/patricia-hurl-irish-gothic-imma-painting-review/</ref>
'''Patricia Hurl''' (born 1943) is an Irish artist.<ref>https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/patricia-hurl-i-was-talked-into-buying-a-cottage-that-was-safe-as-gold-it-took-10-years-to-sell-it-and-move-to-dublin/a581527727.html</ref><ref>https://imma.ie/artists/patricia-hurl/</ref><ref>https://www.apollo-magazine.com/patricia-hurl-irish-gothic-imma-painting-review/</ref><ref>https://www.totallydublin.ie/arts-culture/a-life-lived-patricia-hurl/</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
Hurl was born in 1943 in Dublin.<ref>https://imma.ie/artists/patricia-hurl/</ref><ref>https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0504/1445232-patricia-hurls-irish-gothic-a-singular-irish-artist-celebrated/</ref><ref>https://2023.womenoftheyear.ie/winner/patricia-hurl/</ref> Hurl's father, born in 1894, was a Catholic from a farming background who grew up along the [[Derry]]-[[Antrim, County Antrim|Antrim]] border. He worked as a primary school teacher and was politically active, becoming involved in the [[The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922)|Ulster Troubles]]. Hurls parents moved to Charleston Avenue, [[Ranelagh]], [[Dublin]], where they bought their first house. They lived frugally and the family prioritised education.<ref>https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/patricia-hurl-i-was-talked-into-buying-a-cottage-that-was-safe-as-gold-it-took-10-years-to-sell-it-and-move-to-dublin/a581527727.html</ref>
Hurl was born in 1943 in Dublin. She had three sisters and one brother. Hr mother died of cancer when Hurl was 17.<ref>https://www.totallydublin.ie/arts-culture/a-life-lived-patricia-hurl/</ref><ref>https://imma.ie/artists/patricia-hurl/</ref><ref>https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0504/1445232-patricia-hurls-irish-gothic-a-singular-irish-artist-celebrated/</ref><ref>https://2023.womenoftheyear.ie/winner/patricia-hurl/</ref> Hurl's father, born in 1894, was a Catholic from a farming background who grew up along the [[Derry]]-[[Antrim, County Antrim|Antrim]] border. He worked as a primary school teacher and was politically active, becoming involved in the [[The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922)|Ulster Troubles]]. Hurls parents moved to Charleston Avenue, [[Ranelagh]], [[Dublin]], where they bought their first house. They lived frugally and the family prioritised education.<ref>https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/patricia-hurl-i-was-talked-into-buying-a-cottage-that-was-safe-as-gold-it-took-10-years-to-sell-it-and-move-to-dublin/a581527727.html</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Hurl married at the age of 20. Her husband, Joe Doherty, worked as a [[Cooper (profession)|cooper]] at the [[Guinness]] brewery. They lived in [[Blanchardstown]] where they raised three children.<ref>https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/patricia-hurl-i-was-talked-into-buying-a-cottage-that-was-safe-as-gold-it-took-10-years-to-sell-it-and-move-to-dublin/a581527727.html</ref><ref>https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41100931.html</ref>
Hurl married at the age of 20. Her husband, Joe Doherty, worked as a [[Cooper (profession)|cooper]] at the [[Guinness]] brewery. They lived in [[Blanchardstown]] and [[Deansgrange]], raising four children together. The couple separated in 1989 and were later divorced.<ref>https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/patricia-hurl-i-was-talked-into-buying-a-cottage-that-was-safe-as-gold-it-took-10-years-to-sell-it-and-move-to-dublin/a581527727.html</ref><ref>https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41100931.html</ref><ref>https://www.totallydublin.ie/arts-culture/a-life-lived-patricia-hurl/</ref>


Hurl lives in [[Ballybirt]], [[County Offaly]], with her partner, Therry Rudin.<ref>https://www.damerhousegallery.com/about</ref><ref>https://www.offalyindependent.ie/2023/11/20/offaly-artist-to-be-featured-in-new-series-of-rte-show/</ref><ref>https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41100931.html</ref>
Hurl lives in [[Ballybirt]], [[County Offaly]], with her partner, Therry Rudin.<ref>https://www.damerhousegallery.com/about</ref><ref>https://www.offalyindependent.ie/2023/11/20/offaly-artist-to-be-featured-in-new-series-of-rte-show/</ref><ref>https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41100931.html</ref>
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Patricia Hurl (born 1943) is an Irish artist.[1][2][3][4]

Background

Hurl was born in 1943 in Dublin. She had three sisters and one brother. Hr mother died of cancer when Hurl was 17.[5][6][7][8] Hurl's father, born in 1894, was a Catholic from a farming background who grew up along the Derry-Antrim border. He worked as a primary school teacher and was politically active, becoming involved in the Ulster Troubles. Hurls parents moved to Charleston Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin, where they bought their first house. They lived frugally and the family prioritised education.[9]

Career

Before becoming an artist, Hurl got a job with Williams and Woods, a Dublin confectionery factory, where she worked as a comptometer operator. Hurl attended the National College of Art and Design in 1975 as a mature student and returned to study at the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, graduating in 1984 with a first class honours Bachelor of Arts in fine art. In 2000, she completed a Master of Arts in interactive multimedia at Institute of Technology, Tallaght.[10][11] In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she was a committee member of Women Artists Action Group, a feminist group which promoted women artists from Ireland. From 1984 to 2009, Hurl was a lecturer in fine art at Dublin Institute of Technology College of Art and Design.[12]

Her first solo exhibition, Living Room Myths and Legends, was shown at the Temple Bar Gallery and Studios in 1988. It included works based on the Kerry babies case.[13][14][15][16] Major themes of her work include loss, pain, frustration, and loneliness.[17] Her work has been included in the The Great Book of Ireland.

In 2012, Hurl established the Damer House Gallery in Roscrea, County Tipperary.[18][19] Hurl is a founder member of Na Cailleacha (Irish for witches or hags), a group of older female Irish artists.[20][21][22][23]

In 2023, the Irish Museum of Modern Art held a major retrospective exhibition of Hurl's work. Parts of the collection toured Ireland as the Irish Gothic exhibition, including venues such as The Souce and South Tipperary Arts Centre.[24][25]

Awards

Hurl was named one of Irish Tatler's Women of the Year 2023.[26] In 1984, she won the Norah McGuinness Award for painting and in 2023 she won a Pollock Krasner Award.[27][28][29]

Personal life

Hurl married at the age of 20. Her husband, Joe Doherty, worked as a cooper at the Guinness brewery. They lived in Blanchardstown and Deansgrange, raising four children together. The couple separated in 1989 and were later divorced.[30][31][32]

Hurl lives in Ballybirt, County Offaly, with her partner, Therry Rudin.[33][34][35]

References

  1. ^ https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/patricia-hurl-i-was-talked-into-buying-a-cottage-that-was-safe-as-gold-it-took-10-years-to-sell-it-and-move-to-dublin/a581527727.html
  2. ^ https://imma.ie/artists/patricia-hurl/
  3. ^ https://www.apollo-magazine.com/patricia-hurl-irish-gothic-imma-painting-review/
  4. ^ https://www.totallydublin.ie/arts-culture/a-life-lived-patricia-hurl/
  5. ^ https://www.totallydublin.ie/arts-culture/a-life-lived-patricia-hurl/
  6. ^ https://imma.ie/artists/patricia-hurl/
  7. ^ https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0504/1445232-patricia-hurls-irish-gothic-a-singular-irish-artist-celebrated/
  8. ^ https://2023.womenoftheyear.ie/winner/patricia-hurl/
  9. ^ https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/patricia-hurl-i-was-talked-into-buying-a-cottage-that-was-safe-as-gold-it-took-10-years-to-sell-it-and-move-to-dublin/a581527727.html
  10. ^ https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41100931.html
  11. ^ https://www.apollo-magazine.com/patricia-hurl-irish-gothic-imma-painting-review/
  12. ^ https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/patricia-hurl-i-was-talked-into-buying-a-cottage-that-was-safe-as-gold-it-took-10-years-to-sell-it-and-move-to-dublin/a581527727.html
  13. ^ https://2023.womenoftheyear.ie/winner/patricia-hurl/
  14. ^ https://imma.ie/artists/patricia-hurl/
  15. ^ https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0504/1445232-patricia-hurls-irish-gothic-a-singular-irish-artist-celebrated/
  16. ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/do-we-really-need-an-exhibition-of-women-s-art-yes-1.4118460
  17. ^ https://www.irishartsreview.com/events/dublin-patricia-hurl/
  18. ^ https://www.damerhousegallery.com/about
  19. ^ https://thegloss.ie/gloss-ip-the-opening-of-patricia-hurls-exhibition-at-imma/
  20. ^ https://2023.womenoftheyear.ie/winner/patricia-hurl/
  21. ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2023/06/19/na-cailleacha-womens-art-collective-explores-age-and-invisibility/
  22. ^ https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0504/1445232-patricia-hurls-irish-gothic-a-singular-irish-artist-celebrated/
  23. ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/the-hags-collective-after-months-of-lockdown-it-s-like-being-let-free-to-fly-1.4367609
  24. ^ https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0504/1445232-patricia-hurls-irish-gothic-a-singular-irish-artist-celebrated/
  25. ^ https://www.irishartsreview.com/events/dublin-patricia-hurl/
  26. ^ https://2023.womenoftheyear.ie/winner/patricia-hurl/
  27. ^ https://imma.ie/artists/patricia-hurl/
  28. ^ https://pkf.org/grantees/
  29. ^ https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/what-s-on/1484598/work-of-artist-patricia-hurl-will-be-on-display-at-south-tipperary-arts-centre.html
  30. ^ https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/patricia-hurl-i-was-talked-into-buying-a-cottage-that-was-safe-as-gold-it-took-10-years-to-sell-it-and-move-to-dublin/a581527727.html
  31. ^ https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41100931.html
  32. ^ https://www.totallydublin.ie/arts-culture/a-life-lived-patricia-hurl/
  33. ^ https://www.damerhousegallery.com/about
  34. ^ https://www.offalyindependent.ie/2023/11/20/offaly-artist-to-be-featured-in-new-series-of-rte-show/
  35. ^ https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41100931.html