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Domino Whisker
WAVES & WAVES 1

Year 2023

Dimensions 110 x 80 cm.

As part of the "Stay Awhile" exhibition at Château La Coste, Irish artist Domino Whisker is presenting new tapestries with a tormented iconography. The stormy skies and turbulent seas appear to reflect the violent emotions that run through her. These hand-tufted tapestries are made from wool sourced from Donegal Yarns, Ireland's last remaining woollen mill, maintaining a link with its homeland.

The Artist

Although born in Dublin in 1988, Domino Whisker spent her childhood in Los Angeles with her artist parents, raising rabbits and iguanas in the canyons of Pacific Palisades, watching sunsets and reading books in the back of her father's 67 Chevy Impala. Returning to Ireland in 2001, she began experimenting with embroidery, weaving the shapes of her adventures into her work, as well as her whims, misfortunes and words.

Her work has been exhibited in several group shows, including "Girls, Girls, Girls", curated by Simone Rocha at Lismore Castle, Waterford; "Island", an exhibition of tapestries; and "Paipear" at Hang Tough Gallery in Dublin. She has also lectured on her approach as part of the "Myth Making and Meanings" event at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin.

Following her first solo exhibition "REMNANTS" at Atelier Now in Dublin, Whisker has received numerous commissions, including a major project for Claridge's Hotel in London. She received the prestigious RCSI Award in 2021 for The Birds and I, a large embroidered piece exhibited as part of the 191st Annual Group Exhibition at the RHA in Dublin. She is currently working on her next solo exhibition at Château La Coste, France, in autumn 2023.

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Artists Domino Whisker

Name of the work WAVES & WAVES 1

Year 2023

Dimensions 110 x 80 cm.

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