A journeying art installation reflecting and recording the loss of 796 babies and toddlers, born to unwed pregnant women in Tuam, Ireland by artist Clare O Hagan The Innocents – Los Inocentes takes the form of a cascade comprising multiple fabric name tapes flowing from a pair of infant’s shoes. The tapes, up to one metre in length, document the names and age at death of 796 babies and toddlers … Read More →
Denise Wyllie’s artwork is featured in a many international exhibitions. See video links and art reviews to discover surprising insights into this prolific artist’s passion for creating within diverse printmaking techniques. Puerto Rico Estampas de Resilienca 2018 (Prints of Resilience 2018) Denise Wyllie (London UK) Honored Invited International Artist guest (Artista Invitada La Exhibicion de Grabado) of Martin Garcia-Rivera & the Printmaking Students of The University of Puerto Rico, Rio … Read More →
Embracing Women features a series of some fifty drawings and prints created over a period of two decades. Based on life drawing studies, each artwork explores female sexuality through O Hagan’s personal vision: “I’m acutely aware, as a feminist, of the restrictive and commodified depiction of women’s bodies in both advertising and pornography” O Hagan writes. “I really felt compelled to create work that rejected the stereotype of women’s subordination as erotic. I wanted to construct … Read More →
Art exhibitions in the UK and Japan: March 2018 Threads Exhibition at the Espacio Gallery, Shoreditch, London The Hahnemühle Mini Print Exhibition 2017 22 – 26 September The Garage Gallery Aldeburgh, Suffolk 20 – 23 October Nunnsyard Gallery Norwich, Norfolk 17 – 19 November Art Space Cambridge, Cambridgeshire 01 – 04 December The New Cut Halesworth, Suffolk Read a review of Denise Wyllie’s work here Awagami International Print Exhibition 2017 … Read More →
Whitework – A Gentle Path, Book Launch, Signing and Exhibition at Threads Espacio Gallery Show Saturday 10th March 5-7pm Espacio Gallery Address: 159 Bethnal Green Road, London, E2 7DG Nearest Tube: Tube: Liverpool Street Station, Bethnal Green Station Overground: Shoreditch High Street Buses: 8, 388 Admission Free The book contains almost 100 beautiful photographs of contemporary whitework textiles and their creators, accompanied by insightful commentaries. This unique book has the power … Read More →
This project was created by Wyllie O Hagan during a two year residency at University College London Hospital. The artists made a monumental 42 metre cross media textile artwork that celebrates the growing awareness of the importance of DNA in Cancer Research,
Artist and project manager: Denise Wyllie The monumental land art ‘The Angel of the Lee Valley’ created by artist Denise Wyllie was a chalk drawing of a gently smiling angel who spread her wings over Leyton Marsh in the city of London.
With the Queen's former yacht “Britannia” now operating as a tea-room in Edinburgh's Albert Docks, artist and punk at heart, Clare O Hagan offers Her Majesty an alternative method of travel - “The Royal Raft”. With its satirical sensibilities The Royal Raft - Homage to Her Maj could suggest it’s origins lie in the 1977 “Stuff the Jubilee” or British Punk movement. Political / social comment in art is normally … Read More → 
