Patrick Hall:

A Living Earth

Catalogue from Exhibition Beginnings (2021-22)
The Model, Sligo (2021-22)

About the Artist

Born in 1935 in Co Tipperary, Patrick Hall studied at the Chelsea School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design in London. In 1966 he moved to Spain, returning to Ireland in 1974.

Solo exhibitions include the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 1995; Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, 2002; Green on Red Gallery, Dublin, 2004; the Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo, 2006; the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 2007; and Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, 2022.

Recently Hall worked with the painter Nick Miller to create the exhibition Patrick Hall: Beginnings at The Model, Sligo, 2021-22. Hall’s works are included in many private and public collections including the Arts Council of Ireland, the Dublin City Gallery: The Hugh Lane and the Irish Museum of Modern Art.

He was appointed a member of Aosdána in 1982 the name derives from the Gaelic “aos dána” meaning, people of the arts or people of wisdom. Hall currently lives and works in Co. Sligo.

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Editorial

Patrick Hall:
Working drawings, 2020-23
by Nick Miller

I first got to know Patrick Hall in the late1980’s when we were both living and working in Dublin, and although twenty seven years my senior, we connected as fellow painters and have remained friends since then – both moving to rural Co Sligo in the early 1990’s. From the…
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Patrick Hall in conversation with Nick Miller

Installation View