Artist · Lisburn / Northern Ireland
Maria
Perry
Atmospheric abstract landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes inspired by Ireland.
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About Maria
I am a painter and graduated from the University of Ulster with a BA Hons in Fine and Applied Arts. On graduating, I was awarded an Art Prize by the Spires Gallery and started exhibiting in Northern Ireland.
After a career break to travel and raise my young family, in recent years I have further developed my painting practice. I have exhibited my work across Ireland and further afield, and have worked alongside interior designers and private clients. My artworks are now held in private, corporate, and public collections, locally and internationally.
I create atmospheric landscape paintings drawing inspiration from the rugged Irish coastline and dramatic sea views. The fluctuations between flatness and depth, abstraction and representation, the contrast between light and dark, and the process of painting itself all play important roles in my work. I hope to convey a sense and feeling of a place rather than an exact visual representation.
Bio
Based in
Lisburn, originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland
Education
- 2003 — BA Honours Degree in Fine Art, University of Ulster, Belfast
- 2000 — Certificate in Foundation Studies in Art and Design, University of Ulster, Belfast
Awards
- 2003 — Spires Art Award, Spires Art Gallery, Omagh
Solo exhibitions
- 2023 — ‘Ireland’, Black Box, Belfast
- 2022 — ‘Exploring the Island’, Malone House, Belfast
- 2019 — ‘Belfast City’, John Hewitt Bar, Belfast
Group exhibitions
- 2026 — Gallery 545 Group Exhibition, La Roche House, Belfast
- 2025–2024 — Contemporary Art of Northern Ireland #5, Gallery 545
- 2025 — ‘Re-imagined Places’, Gallery 545, Belfast and online
- 2024 — Yard Gallery, Holywood
- 2023 — Bi-annual exhibitions with Cohen & Co, venues around Ireland
- 2023 — Yard Gallery, Holywood
- 2020 — 2020 Art, Whitehead
- 2022 — Yard Gallery, Holywood
- 2021 — Oscar and Oscar, Belfast
- 2019 — ‘By the Sea’, Marine Court Hotel, Bangor
- 2003–2004 — ‘Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition’, Ulster Museum
- 2003 — Spires Art Gallery, Omagh
Collections
- University of Ulster, Belfast (public)
- RPS Group, Belfast (corporate)
- A.C. Technical Services, Toronto, Canada (corporate)
- Northern Soul, New Jersey, USA (corporate)
- Private collections
Selected recognitions
- My artwork is held in public collections
- I have exhibited extensively in Northern Ireland
- I am represented by local and international galleries, including Saatchi Art Online
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info@mariaperryart.co.uk ↗Shop available work at Gallery 545 ↗Shop available work at Yard Gallery ↗