Kerry Donohoe
Using sculpture through a variety of material to share experience and generate discussion, through the lens of people suffering with related conditions.
About
Kerry Donohoe is 4th year interdisciplinary artist currently studying at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee.
Mainly working in sculpture and installation, Kerry uses material to share experience. Her work explores the relationship between food, medication, and the self. Informed by her own experience of IBS (Irritable bowel syndrome), Kerry creates work using a variety of material to convey the absurd, comical but difficult nature of this relationship.
Working in bronze, ceramic, and woodwork, she uses the inherent properties to emphasis her perspective and experience of different foods and medications. Heaviness, lightness, or fragility become metaphors for communicating the difference in experience of someone who suffers from digestive disorders to someone who does not. The work appears comedic and absurd but contains serious undertones as the excessive consumption of medication results in the self becoming dependent on the ‘relief’.
Kerry has recently been involved in a variety of projects such as featuring in Exoskeleton’s first publication (2023) and CAPsoc’s exhibition ‘Because We Want To That’s Why!’ (2024).
Eat
Ceramic plate with bronze patinated casted fish, chips, and peas.
Food Untitled
Ceramic plate and bowl with bronze casted and patinated fish and polished fruit.
Consume
Ceramic tablet boxes with ceramic transfers.
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