Rowan Gillespie
Rowan Gillespie was born in Dublin in 1953 and lived in Cyprus until the age of ten. In 1969 he enrolled at York School of Art and later continued his studies at Kingston College of Art and Kunst og Handverke Skole in Oslo. In 1989 he decided to concentrate on site specific work, resulting in a number of major public sculptures sited throughout Ireland and abroad including The Blackrock Dolmen, The Kiss, The Age of Freedom (all in Dublin), The Cashel Dancers (Cashel), W.B.Yeats (Sligo), The Singer (Limerick City) and The Cycle of Life and The Minstrels in Colorado, USA.
Gillespie's most well known piece to date is Famine, a commemorative group of seven life-size figures sited on Custom House Quay in Dublin which was donated to the Irish people by Mrs Norma Smurfit in 1997. His work is represented in the collections of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the National Self-Portrait Collection, Limerick, AIB Bank, I.B.M., Office of An Taoiseach, R.T.E. Authority Commission, Aer Lingus, Chicago Bank, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ulster Bank, National Maternity Hospital and Irish Intercontinental Bank.
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Rowan GillespieBorrowed Time, 2019bronze, unique (+ 1 A.C.)134cm sculpture + 70cm brass base
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Rowan GillespieSunDay, 2017Bronze, unique
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Rowan GillespieReclining Bodyscape, Study, 1994bronze, edition 8 of 917 x 79cmEdition of 9
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Rowan GillespieFreeBronze, edition of 9Display dimensions: Arm span: 89cm
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Rowan GillespieMaquette for Failing Betterbronze, edition of 3Edition of 3
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Rowan Gillespie commission unveiled at Boston College
Irish Arts Review covers Gillespie's Nobel Laureates commission February 28, 2019 -
Sotheby's video: Rowan Gillespie
The sculptor discusses his patron Brian P. Burns’ passion for Irish Art November 17, 2018Find out what it is like to be commissioned by one of the greatest ever collectors of Irish art. Speaking at his studio in Dublin,...Read more -
Rowan Gillespie Unveiling
Sir William Orpen Sculpture at Talbot Hotel Stillorgan September 14, 2018The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood Set to Unveil Bronze Sculpture of William Orpen in Dublin The unveiling of the Sir William Orpen sculpture by Rowan...Read more -
Rowan Gillespie achieves record price for an Irish sculpture
Sotheby's Irish Art Sale October 22, 2015We are absolutely delighted for Solomon Gallery artist ROWAN GILLESPIE whose sculpture ‘WHEN HOPE AND HISTORY RHYME’ just fetched GBP161,000 (€200k) at today’s Sotheby’s Irish...Read more