Paul Doran is the winner of this year's AIB
Prize. The Prize is always associated with a show in the gallery
that nominates the artist for the award.
Doran, born in Gorey, Co. Wexford
in 1972, was nominated by the Sligo Art Gallery. He graduated
in Fine Art Painting, from the National College of Art and
Design, Dublin, in 2001. His work is the result of an intense
commitment and a passion for the act of laying paint on canvas.
Paul wins a prize of 20,000
euro to cover the publication of a catalogue, a contribution
towards the costs of an exhibition in Sligo Art Gallery in
2006 and an award to the artist to facilitate production of
new work for the exhibition.
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Paul Doran: wonderful,
wonderful, 2003, oil on linen on board, 23 x 23
cm; courtesy Green on Red Gallery
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You can read a CIRCA review of his 2004 show
at the Green on Red Gallery, Dublin, here.
