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Wejchert RHA (1921-1995), Alexandra
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ALEXANDRA WEJCHERT RHA (1921-1995) Born in Poland, Alexandra moved to Ireland in 1965 in an effort to forget her terrible and haunting experiences during the war in Danzig (Gdansk). Working firstly as an architect and artist, Alexandra then moved on to sculpture and her works quickly became emblems of the new Ireland that emerged in the 1970's. She experimented with innovative synthetic materials and embraced a cool, architectural abstraction that gave her work an international flavour. She will be remembered for her many great works housed in public and private collections such as IMMA, The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, AIB, UCD & National Self-Portrait Collection, Limerick.
1921 Born Krakow, Poland
1949 Degree in Architecture, Warsaw University
1956 Degree from Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
1965 Came to live in Ireland
1981 Became member of Aosdana
1995 Elected Full Member of the Royal Hibernian Academy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1959 Galleria dell’Obelisco, Rome
1966 Molesworth Gallery, Dublin
1968 Galerie Lambert, Paris
1969/73 David Hendricks Gallery, Dublin
1971 Kenny Art Gallery, Galway
1992 Solomon Gallery, Dublin
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1958 Via Marghutta Exhibition, Rome
1961 15 Years of Polish Art, National Museum, Warsaw
1972 Gordon Lambert Collection, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin
Peter Stuyvesant Collection, Pulchri Studio, The Hague
Collection of the Galerie Lambert at the Chateau de l’Abbaye de Pommier, Vert, France
1973 Galerie Krikhaar, Amsterdam
1974 Irish Directions, Belfast, Dublin, U.S.A.; a tour of museums & universities in the U.S.A.
1980 Irish Directions, The International Connection, London
Thirty Years of Irish Art, ROSC, Cork
1988 Open Sculpture, International Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
1990 Austin Desmond Fine Arts, London
1991 Art Inc., Corporate Collections, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin
Let There be Light, Science Exhibition, O’Reilly Institute, Trinity College Dublin
1993 Little Sculpture, Solomon Gallery, Dublin
1996 Women Sculptors, Solomon Gallery, Dublin
1997 Little Sculpture, Solomon Gallery, Dublin
Exhibited annually at the RHA, The Irish Exhibition of Living Art, Galerie Lambert, Paris & Solomon Gallery, Dublin
AWARDS
1968 First Prize, Carrolls Open Award, Irish Exhibition of Living Art
Beaumont Hospital Sculpture Exhibition Premium
1992 Winner of the competition for an outdoor sculpture for the University of Limerick
1993 Dublin Arts Foundry Award, RHA Annual Exhibition
Two Stage Competition, Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale, Japan
COLLECTIONS
Arts Council of Ireland
National Self-Portrait Collection, Limerick
Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art
IMMA - Gordon Lambert Collection
Civic Collection, Boyle
Warsaw University, Poland
Hotel Conrad, Dublin
Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Rome
Peter Stuyvesant Collection, Amsterdam
RTE
AIB Bankcentre
Bank of Ireland
Lombard & Ulster
Barclays Bank (Ireland)
Irish Life
Jefferson Smurfit Group plc
University College Dublin
University College Galway
University College Cork
University of Limerick
Trinity College, Dublin
Coras Trachtala, Dublin
Galerie Lambert, Paris
PJ Carroll & Co., Dundalk
KPMG, Dublin
Holy Trinity Church, Donaghmede
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