Dorothy Cross

Lecture: October 4, 6pm, Tipton Hall
Workshop: October 4 - 8

Dorothy Cross’ studio workshop will draw upon the artistic imagination as informed by her multimedia work with sculpture, video, photography, performance, and installation—often in unexpected combinations that traverse traditional boundaries of genre. For example, 1999's Chiasm, was a combination of film projection and live opera performed in two handball alleys overlooking Galway Bay on the Irish coast. In 1999, Cross was awarded the Nissan Public Art Prize, resulting in her production of Ghost Ship—a luminescent ship temporarily moored in Dublin's Dun Loaghaire Harbour. Intense and atmospheric, Dorothy Cross’ work explores the darker side of light.

Cross’ recent exhibitions throughout Europe and the United States include those at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb; Orchard Gallery, Derry; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Artpace, San Antonio; McMullen Museum of Art, Boston; and Center for the Arts, San Francisco. Cross has also taken part in the Venice, Istanbul, and Liverpool biennials. Her work is currently on view at Tate Modern, London, as part of the permanent collection. Dorothy Cross is represented by Frith Street Gallery, London, and the Kerlin Gallery, Dublin. She lives and works in Dublin.