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Visual artist (BA and MFA, National College of Art & Design, Dublin) who works with performance, installation, drawing & relational processes.
Catizone's work combines the immediacy of drawing and the directness of Performance Art. She engages in interdisciplinary collaborations, working with choreographers, musicians and video artists. Painting and drawing are an ongoing thread of practice in Catizone's work — an online collection of drawing and painting is in progress and will be added in future.
News & Upcoming Events
The Peatlands Project: Birr Castle
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Group exhibition. Copper Tree Gallery, Birr Castle Demesne, Birr, County Offaly.
Studio Visit
Catizone is a visual artist (BA and MFA, National College of Art & Design, Dublin) who works with performance, installation, drawing and relational processes.
Her background includes four decades of facilitating embodiment practices, both with a creative and a therapeutic focus. Her work engages in inter-disciplinary collaborations with choreographers, musicians and DJs.
While her work is primarily performance based — drawing, painting and installation are part of both her art processes and outcomes.
Catizone is a facilitator at The Irish Museum of Modern Art, where she has designed and delivered workshops, events and programmes such as Breaking Cover in 2020-2021, which focussed on the role of art in the ecological crisis.
Upcoming & current exhibitions
The Peatlands Project: Birr Castle
birrcastle.com
Group exhibition. Copper Tree Gallery, Birr Castle Demesne, Birr, County Offaly.
Past exhibitions
The Peatlands Project: Castletown House
www.heritageweek.ie
Group exhibition. Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare.
Birthed In Dreams
Group exhibition. The Patriot's Inn, Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland.
Arts Facilitation
Catizone is an arts educator and facilitator. She is a member of IMMA’s Visitor Engagement team, where she designs and runs workshops, events and programmes focussing a variety of topics including ageing, mindfulness and on the role of art in ecological crisis.
The Scene of The Myth by Sarah Pierce
imma.ie
Group performance participation & assistance by Paola Catizone, Artist and Visitor Engagement Team, IMMA.
Slow Art Series: Amanda Coogan
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Video with Paola Catizone, Artist and Visitor Engagement Team, IMMA.
The Maternal Gaze
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Video with Paola Catizone, Artist and Visitor Engagement Team, IMMA.
Breaking Cover: Art and Ecology Encounters
imma.ie
Programme designed by Paola Catizone, Artist and Visitor Engagement Team, IMMA.
Slow Art Series: Saddle by Dorothy Cross
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Video with Paola Catizone, Artist and Visitor Engagement Team, IMMA.
Features & Publications
Project Profile, Breaking Cover
visualartistsireland.com
Article by Dr Cathy Fitzgerald, The Visual Artists' News Sheet Online.
Performers Break Cover for the Ecological Emergency at the Irish Museum of Modern Art
haumea.ie
Article by Dr Cathy Fitzgerald, Haumea.
Essays & Articles
Witnessing ‘Yellow’
imma.ie
Performance assistance and article by Paola Catizone, Artist and Visitor Engagement Team, IMMA.
Thought of the heart
Article by Paola Catizone.
The term “Journey” has been so over-used in the yoga/therapeutic literature that I had vowed to avoid it at all costs, place a moratorium on it, and find a less jaded substitute. Looking back at 35 years of yoga teaching and training however, it really feels like a journey, or a trip, a voyage. [...]
The Primordial Other, Gender and Power. Vivienne Dick
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Article by Paola Catizone, Artist and Visitor Engagement Team, IMMA.