About this Event
Join artist Tom Climent and Crawford Gallery Director Mary McCarthy for an 'in conversation' event, focusing on Climent's latest solo exhibition HELIOTROPISM.
The talk will be followed by refreshments and an opportunity to browse the exhibition.
This event has been organised in conjuction with Dublin Gallery Weekend which takes place in Dublin from 5-8 November 2026. See here for the full schedule of events:
About the exhibition:
TOM CLIMENT: HELIOTROPISM
Thursday 29 October – Saturday 21 November 2026
In this captivating body of new work Climent focuses on the intuitive choreography of nature, translating the slow and discreet rhythms of trees, flora and landscapes into vibrant, light-filled compositions. Appropriately titled Heliotropism—after the natural phenomenon where plants instinctively turn to follow the sun—the exhibition serves as an exploration of light, growth, and constant movement.
Embracing the role of chance and alchemy in their creation, Climent creates paintings which touch on both abstraction and representation while challenging the materiality and mobility of paint. His masterful use of plaster, sand and collage in his compositions result in subtle and refined textures, a suggestion of the tactility of the landscapes and structures within. Climent’s approach is largely intuitive; the act of painting begins a process of discovering unexpected connections and relationships all the while embracing the richly rewarding interplay between the subconscious emotional world and the physical and logical process of painting.
TOM CLIMENT
Climent originally trained as an engineer before attending Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork and went on to win the prestigious Victor Treacy Award and the Tony O’Malley Award. He has exhibited extensively throughout Ireland with solo shows at the Hunt Museum, Limerick, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, GOMA Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford and the Luan Gallery, Athlone. He has taken part in group exhibitions in China, Australia, New York and London. Climent's work is represented in public and corporate collections including the Crawford Gallery, Cork, the Office of Public Works/State Art Collection, the Central Bank of Ireland, the National Treasury Management Agency of Ireland, University College Cork, University College Dublin, the National Concert Hall, Dublin, Smurfit Business School and AIB.
MARY MCCARTHY
A native of West Cork, Mary McCarthy has worked in commercial galleries in New York, Dublin and at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. In 2005, she served as deputy director of Cork’s European Capital of Culture and worked for several years as director of the National Sculpture Factory. She was appointed director of Cork’s Crawford Art Gallery in 2018.
Event venue & nearby stays
Solomon Fine Art, Balfe Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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