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Vera Klute is a visual artist based in Co. Kilkenny. She was born in Germany but is based in Ireland since 2001. Her work utilises a range of different media such as sculpture, painting, drawing and video animation.
Themes span from formal portraiture and public sculpture to kinetic installation. She is always interested in exploring new materials and processes and in this way her work has taken many different incarnations over the years.
She has exhibited widely in Ireland and abroad since graduating from IADT in 2006, including solo exhibitions at the RHA, the Butler Gallery, Limerick City Gallery (2-person show), the Molesworth Gallery, QSS Gallery and the LAB.
Her work is represented in many collections, including the National gallery of Ireland, The Office of Public Works and the Arts Council and she has won numerous awards. These include the Anita Young Award (2022) and the Hanley Energy Sustainability Excellence Award (2021), the Solomon Fine Art Award for sculpture (2020), the Hennessy Portrait Prize at the National Gallery and the Hennessy Craig Scholarship at the RHA (both 2015), the K+M Evans Award (2013) and the EVA Award at Wexford Arts Centre (2009). She has received several Arts Council Bursary Awards and was elected Associate Member of the RHA in 2018 and is a full member since 2023.
Education
2002-2006
BA (Honours) in Fine Art (1st class hons) at
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Awards
2022
2021
Anita Young Bursary, RHA
Arts Council Agility Award
Hanley Sustainability Energy Award for a Landscape of Distinction, RHA, Dublin
2020
Solomon Fine Art Award for Sculpture , RHA, Dublin
Covid-19 Crisis Response Award
2008/ 2009/ 2011/ 2013/ 2019
2015
Arts Council Bursary Award
Hennessy Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Ireland
Hennessy Craig Scholarship, RHA
Shortlisted - Suki Tea Art Prize
2013
2008
2007
K+M Evans Award for Painting, RHA
Emerging Visual Artist Award, Wexford Arts Centre
Emerging Artist Award, The Gallery, Newry
Collections
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Arts Council of Ireland
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Dublin City Council
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Limerick City Gallery
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Dublin City University
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National Gallery of Ireland
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Royal Irish Academy
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Office of Public Works
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National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland
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University of Limerick
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Royal College of Surgeons
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University College Dublin
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University College Cork
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Trinity College
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The Butler Gallery
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The Bar of Ireland
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The Kings Inn
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Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire
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Municipal Park, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
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Irish Embassy, Paris
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National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Art & History
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Private Collections
Upcoming Exhibitions
2023
Sculpture in Context, Botanic Gardens, Dublin
Solo Exhibitions
2022
2021
2020
2017
2016
2014
Flora, Molesworth Gallery, Dublin
The loneliness of being German, Two-person show, Thomas Brezing & Vera Klute, Limerick City Gallery of Art
Grounded,
Solo Exhibition, Molesworth Gallery Dublin
Plunge,
RHA, Gallagher Gallery, curated by Patrick Murphy
Breeding Ground,
The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin curated by Ronan Lyons & Teresa Crowley
The Grand Scheme,
The LAB, Dublin, curated by Sheena Barrett
Deadweight,
RHA, Ashford Gallery, Dublin, curated by Ruth Carroll
End of the Line,
QSS Gallery, Belfast
2013
2011
2009
2006
Body Conscious 3,
Waterford Healing Arts Trust, curated by Mary Grehan
Blindgänger,
The Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, curated by Anna O’Sullivan
Finish your plate,
Wexford Arts Centre, curated by Catherine Bowe
Why Stop Now?,
The LAB, Dublin, curated by Sheena Barrett
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2023
It took a Century, Women Artists and the RHA,
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
80th Anniversary Collection Exhibition,
The Butler Gallery, curated by Anna O’Sullivan
193rd RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
2022
Zurich Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Ireland
192nd RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
2021
2020
2019
191st RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
The Sky is Blue, The Carlow Arts Festival and VISUAL Carlow Annual Open Submission and Art Award
190th RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
Seen, not Heard, Crawford Gallery, Cork, curated by Victoria Evans & Anne Boddaert
189th RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
2018
2017
188th RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
Hennessy Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Ireland
187th RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
2016
135th RUA Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
Suki Tea Art Prize, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast curated by Peter Richards & Oonagh Young Gallery Dublin, curated by Oonagh Young
2015
Hennessy Portrait Prize 2015, National Gallery of Ireland
Futures Anthology, RHA, Dublin
185th RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
134th RUA Annual Exhibition, (invited Artist), Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
VUE Art Fair, RHA, Dublin
2014
184th RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
VUE Art Fair, RHA, Dublin
133rd RUA Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
2013
Currents 2013, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, curated by Mariannah Amster & Frank Ragano
183rd RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
Act of Portrayal, Limerick City Gallery of Art
2012
Additions 2012 National Self-portrait Collection of Ireland, Bourn Vincent Gallery, University Of Limerick
Film and Video Selections, The Lab, San Francisco, curated by Stephanie Rohlfs
2011
Futures 11, RHA, Dublin, curated by Patrick T. Murphy & Ruth Carroll
Body and Movement/ Keho ja liike - irlantilaista nykytaidetta, Tampere Art Museum, Finland, curated by Laura Koonikka
The Swimming Naked Prophecy, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray; Riverbank Arts Centre, Kildare; Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford, curated by Eilís Lavelle
2010
Les Recontres Internationales, Reina Sofia national museum, Madrid & Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, open submission curated by Nathalie Hénon & Jean-François Rettig
Act of Portrayal, Limerick City Gallery of Art
Spring Show, The Stone Gallery, Dublin
Davy Portrait Award Exhibition, Naughton Gallery, Belfast & Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin, curated by Rosie Broadley & Brenda McParland
Futures 11, RHA, Dublin, curated by Patrick T. Murphy & Ruth Carroll
Paperplane, The Joinery, Dublin & Occupy Space, Limerick, curated by Mary Conlon
Snakes & Ladders, Symphony Space, Broadway, New York, curated by Daniel Figgis
2009
Force Majeure, The LAB, Dublin, curated by Sheena Barrett
Paper Work, Pallas Contemporary projects, Dublin, curated by Gavin Murphy & Mark Cullen
Les Recontres Internationales, Chatelet Theatre, Paris, open submission curated by Nathalie Hénon & Jean-François Rettig
Housewarming, RUA RED, Tallaght, curated by Cliodhna Shaffrey & Ruairí Ó Cuív
Dare to live without limits, Pallas Contemporary Projects at Sub-Urban Video Lounge, Rotterdam
_Unit, Portlaoise, curated by Cliodhna Shaffrey & Sarah Searson
2008
Pheonix Park, The Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, curated by Darragh Hogan & David Fitzgerald
Les Recontres Internationales, Chatelet Theatre, Paris, open submission curated by Nathalie Hénon & Jean-François Rettig
The Video Project, Pawn Shop Gallery, Los Angeles, curated by Cliodhna Shaffrey
Winter Salon, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, curated by Marian Lovett
Darklight Film Festival, Dublin
Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, curated by Fergus Ahern
Galway Arts Festival, Challenging Behaviour, MART - video, installation & performance, curated by Ciara Scanlan, Matthew Nevin
Animae Caribe, South Valley University, Luxor, Egypt & Trinidad, curated by Alan Lambert
2007
Batteries not included: Mind as Machine, Shrewsbury International Art Exhibition, Shrewsbury
Livin' in a box, The House Projects, Dublin, curated by Deirdre Morrissey
Vera Klute & Leona Clinton, Monstertruck Gallery, Dublin, curated by Deirdre Morrissey
Drawer, The Red Stables, Dublin, curated by kelly O'Connor
2006
TULCA, Galway, curated by Cliodhna Shaffrey & Sarah Searson
Catalyst Arts Annual Student Show, Catalyst Gallery, Belfast
IADT Graduate Exhibition, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology
2005
RDS Students Award Exhibition, RDS Concert Hall, Dublin 4, Axis Arts Centre, Co. Dublin, Custom House Gallery, Westport, Co. Mayo
Lost Property, The Digital Hub, Dublin
Residencies
2022/23
2017
2007-2010
Anita Young Bursary, Tyrone Guthrie Centre
Heinrich Boell Residency, Achill Island
Firestation Artists' Studios, Dublin