Willie Doherty

Willie Doherty

Willie Doherty (born 1959) is an Irish artist. He has mainly worked in photography and video. He has twice been a Turner Prize nominee.

Life and work

Doherty was born in Derry in Northern Ireland, and from 1978 to 1981 studied at Ulster Polytechnic in Belfast. As a child he witnessed Bloody Sunday in Derry, and many of his works deal with The Troubles. Some of his pieces take images from the media and adapt them to his own ends.

These and other works by Doherty explore the multiple meanings that a single image can have. Doherty has again suggested that this interest may stem from his witnessing of Bloody Sunday and subsequent knowledge that many photos of the incident did not tell the whole truth. Some of Doherty's earliest works are of maps and similar images accompanied by texts in a manner similar to the land art of Richard Long, except that here the text sometimes seems to contradict the image.

Doherty's video pieces are often projected in a confined space, giving a sense of claustrophobia. The videos themselves sometimes create a mood that has been compared to film noir.

Doherty has acknowledged the importance of the Orchard Gallery in Derry as a venue where he could see modern art in his formative years, and in later years he received much help and support from the gallery's then-curator, Declan McGonagle.Doherty was shortlisted for the prestigious Turner Prize in 1994 and 2003, and has represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale in 1993, Great Britain at the São Paulo Art Biennial in 2003 and Northern Ireland at the 2007 Venice Biennale.

Representing Galleries

*Alexander and Bonin, New York
*Matt's Gallery, London
*Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich
*Galerie Pepe Cobo, Madrid
*Kerlin Gallery, Dublin

Represented in Collections

*Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York
*The Dallas Museum of Modern Art
*The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
*MOMA, New York City
*The Tate Gallery, London
*The Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh
*The Moderna Museet, Stockholm
*The Weltkunst Foundation, London
*Sammlung Goetz, Munich.
*Kiasma, Helsinki
*De Appel, Amsterdam

ee also

*List of Northern Irish artists

External links

* [http://www.kerlin.ie/artists/Willie-Doherty.aspx Kerlin Gallery: Willie Doherty]
* [http://www.mattsgallery.org/artists/doherty/home.php Matt's Gallery: Willie Doherty]
* [http://www.alexanderandbonin.com/artists/doherty/doherty.html Alexander and Bonin: Willie Doherty]
* [http://www.jca-online.com/doherty.html An interview with Doherty by Tim Maul]
* [http://www.artscouncil.ie/aosdana/biogs/visualarts/williedoherty.html Aosdána biographical note]
* [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/2113 Artfacts.net Willie Doherty]


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