Troubles Art Lunchtime Talk: Dan Shipsides

Thursday, March 28, 2019 — 1pm

Dan Shipsides will discuss his work and artistic practice at this free lunchtime talk at Nerve Visual Gallery, Ebrington.

Registration is advised. For more information and to register, email: m.hamill@nervecentre.org or tel: 028 7126 0562.

About the artist:

Dan Shipsides studied art at Blackpool College of Art and gained a BA in Fine Art at Leeds in 1993. In 1997, he obtained a Master of Fine Arts at the Ulster University where he has taught since 2006. He is currently an artist based at Orchid Studios, Belfast.

Shipsides’ practice encompasses a number of strands including performance, installation, video, photography, interactive sculpture and graphic artworks. He has shown a particular interest in some of the visual iconography of Northern Ireland and has explored ideas of reimagining the meanings of symbols and words, as in Love, which transforms the letters UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force) often seen as graffiti on walls across Northern Ireland.