Kevin O'Dwyer (silversmith)

Kevin O' Dwyer is an internationally exhibited artist whose works embrace the fields of design, metalworking and sculpture. He creates primarily in silver.

Kevin O'Dwyer
Sauce boat, forged and worked from sterling silver
Born
Kevin O'Dwyer

1953
Lindenhurst, New York, United States
NationalityIrish, American
EducationHarriet Dreisseger, Chicago
Bill Frederick, Chicago
Heikki Seppa and John Cogswell, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago
Known forDesign silversmithing sculpture
Websitehttp://www.kevin-j-odwyer.com

Career

He began his training in 1979 with jeweller Harriet Dreissigger and continued his studies with silversmiths William Frederick and Heikki Seppä. He has also occupied roles as artist-in-residence in the U.S state of Georgia, and lecturer in design methods at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, where he taught students business and product development skills. He works from his studio in Durrow, County Offaly.

Works

O'Dwyer's artwork is influenced by Irish prehistoric art, bronze-age artefacts, early monastic metalwork, and 20th century design and architecture. His childhood was divided between the monastic ruins of Tipperary and the skyscrapers of Manhattan.and this has influenced the way he approached the creation of artefacts or site-specific installations.[1]

Exhibitions

His works have been featured in public collections including the High Museum (US), Racine Art Museum (US), The Victoria and Albert Museum (UK), Ulster Museum (Belfast),[2] Espace Paul Ricard (France), Governor's Palace (Belgium) and the National Museum of Ireland. He founded Sculpture in the Parklands, a land-art sculpture park in Lough Boora Parklands, County Offaly, in 2002.[3]

  • Architectural Salt and Peppers
  • Candlestick Centrepiece
  • Teapot on the Crest of a Wave
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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. https://www.nmni.com/collections/art/silver-metalwork-and-jewellery
  3. https://www.offalyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/boora_sculpture2.pdf

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