EXHIBITIONS
DUBLIN-HALLWORTH GALLERY, MERRION SQUARE,
AT THE HALWORTH GALLERY EXHIBITION.
WITH MRS LILIAN CARTER IN DUBLIN'S MANSION HOUSE
ON THE OCCASION OF THE VISIT OF THE MOTHER OF PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER
TO DUBLIN, MRS CARTER WAS PRESENTED WITH A SET OF DRAWINGS BY JOHN MAHER
TO DUBLIN, MRS CARTER WAS PRESENTED WITH A SET OF DRAWINGS BY JOHN MAHER
IN 1996 MAHER'S WORKS IS EXHIBITED AT THE UNITED NATIONS
JOHN MAHER'S 'LE FRAGILE' SERIES WAS EXHIBITED
AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN GENEVA.
AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN GENEVA.
EXHIBITIION OF LARGE WORKS IN LONDON
THE CUT GALLERY IN WATERLOO,LONDON HOSTED A SERIES OF SOLSTICE
PAINTINGS
PAINTINGS
THE AFRICAN SOLSTICE IN WEST AFRICA
THE BRITISH COUNCIL HOSTED AN EXHIBITION OF THE SOLSTICE SERIES
IN THE BRITISH CULTURAL CENTRE IN ACCRA, GHANA.
IN THE BRITISH CULTURAL CENTRE IN ACCRA, GHANA.
NEWGRANGE PAINTINGS AT THE CUT GALLERY
MAHER'S WORK AT THE SEGAL,THOMPSON ART GALLERY.
LONDON.
LONDON.
SWISS EXHIBITION OF MAHER'S PAINTINGS
THE GALLERIE BEL AIR IN LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND HOSTED AN EXHIBITION OF
SOME WORKS WHICH HAD BEEN MADE IN THE ARTIST'S STUDIO ON LAKE GENEVA.
SOME WORKS WHICH HAD BEEN MADE IN THE ARTIST'S STUDIO ON LAKE GENEVA.
SHOW IN SAN REMO NORTHERN ITALY
JOHN MAHER LIVED IN BUSSANA VECCHIA NEAR SAN REMO
FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS IN THE LATE NINTIES AND EXHIBITED
FREQUENTLY AS A LOCAL ARTIST WITH THE GROUP OF
PAINTERS OF THE LABORATORIO APARTO WHICH HAD
CONNECTIONS AS AN EXPERIMENTAL ARTS CENTRE WITH
UMBERTO ECHO.
FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS IN THE LATE NINTIES AND EXHIBITED
FREQUENTLY AS A LOCAL ARTIST WITH THE GROUP OF
PAINTERS OF THE LABORATORIO APARTO WHICH HAD
CONNECTIONS AS AN EXPERIMENTAL ARTS CENTRE WITH
UMBERTO ECHO.
ACCADEMIA RIVIERA DEI FIORI. ITALY.
MAHER'S 'ICARUS' THEME WAS SHOWN IN THE RIVERIA ACADEMA
IN BORTIGEHERA, ITALY.
IN BORTIGEHERA, ITALY.
SHOW AT THE INTERNATIONAL GALLERY,VONGY, FRANCE.
RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION IN THE INTERNATIONAL
GALLERIE IN VONGY, FRANCE.
GALLERIE IN VONGY, FRANCE.
GREENWICH PARK ROYAL OBSERVATORY. LONDON
OPEN AIR SHOWING OF THE SOLSTICE SERIES NEAR THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY
HELD ON THE SUMMER SOLSTICE IN 2002.
HELD ON THE SUMMER SOLSTICE IN 2002.
LE FRAGILE SHOWN IN THE GOLDSMITH GALLERY,LONDON UNIVERSITY/
THE LE,FRAGILE (FRAGILE MAN) (6'0''X 12.'0'') FIRST SHOWN IN GOLDSMITH
THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE WORK OF DAMIEN HIRST, TRACEY EMMIN AND THE
YOUNG BRITISH ARTISTS.
THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE WORK OF DAMIEN HIRST, TRACEY EMMIN AND THE
YOUNG BRITISH ARTISTS.
JOHN MAHER'S PAINTING EXHIBITION.
THE WORK OF THIS ARTIST HAS BEEN EXHIBITED MOST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES,
NOTABLY IN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE,GERMANY,SPAIN, ITALY, WEST AFRICA. AND THE US.
NOTABLY IN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE,GERMANY,SPAIN, ITALY, WEST AFRICA. AND THE US.
THE DEAUVILLE EXHIBITION OF THE SOLSTICE WORK
THE SOLSTICE SERIES WAS SHOWN AT THE GALLERIE CASINO,
DEAUVILLE, FRANCE.
DEAUVILLE, FRANCE.
DEAUVILLE
THIS GALLERIE IS CLOSE TO THE GRAND HOTEL, DEAUVILLE WHERE MARCEL PROUST FAMOUSLY WROTE
'A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU'
'A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU'
THE UNITED NATIONS 1998.
THE CUMA PAINTINGS ON SHOW AT THE UNITED NATIONS,
GENEVA
GENEVA
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IRISH DISTILLERS GALLERY
THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IS
PRESENT AT THE EXHIBITION OF MAHER'S PAINTINGS0
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HAVING SPENT MANY YEARS AS DRAFTSMAN AND ARTIST WITH THE CITY AUTHORITY
IN DUBLIN, MUCH OF HIS WORK WAS GIVEN AN EXHIBITION IN THE DUBLIN CIVIC MUSEUM
IN DUBLIN, MUCH OF HIS WORK WAS GIVEN AN EXHIBITION IN THE DUBLIN CIVIC MUSEUM
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ENGRAVINGS ARE MADE BY THE ARTIST IN COLLABORATION
MAHER'S ENGRAVINGS ARE MADE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
WIDELY KNOWN SPANISH MASTER ENGRAVER, ANA MATIAS.
WIDELY KNOWN SPANISH MASTER ENGRAVER, ANA MATIAS.
May 1979 Davis Gallery, Dublin.
The Davis Gallery, Dublin showed many of Maher's early works.
He was also commissined by them to design and book and magazine covers for publications.
Maher continued his association with New Writers Press and worked on covers for many of their poetry publications.
May 1993 Goldsmith Gallery, University of London.
The Goldsmith Gallery, University of London was long considered the
Epicentre of the young British Artist's movement exhibited Maher's
"SOLSTICE" series in 1993.
The show received much critical acclaim.
Dec. 1993 Civic Centre, Lewisham.
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The Civic Centre, Lewisham featured his works in their unique
Circular Gallery.
In this his paintings were placed free standing and upright recalling
the atmosphere of the megalithic site Newgrange, near Dublin.
The Civic Centre, Lewisham featured his works in their unique
Circular Gallery.
In this his paintings were placed free standing and upright recalling
the atmosphere of the megalithic site Newgrange, near Dublin.
June 1994 Greenwich Royal Observatory, London.
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The Royal Observatory, Greenwich hosted an exhibition of Maher's work
next to the brass plaque indicating the zero degrees meridian line.
Maher later travelled along that line in his Zerotrek series.
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich hosted an exhibition of Maher's work
next to the brass plaque indicating the zero degrees meridian line.
Maher later travelled along that line in his Zerotrek series.
July 1994 The Irish Club, Belgravia, London.
The Irish Club exhibition in Belgravia was officially opened by the Late Brian Behan (brother of Brendan) who reminded us that many of this artists themes are to found in tradition of Irish literature.
The paintings were dis[layed in the grand dining room.
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Feb 1995 The British Gallery, Accra, Ghana.
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"The African Solstice" was hosted by the British Council in Ghana.
It featured a splendid exhibition of traditional costume and dance
performed by the students of the Sacred Heart Secondary School.
A wide array of leaders in the arts, education,missionary and the
diplomatic services were in attndence.
"The African Solstice" was hosted by the British Council in Ghana.
It featured a splendid exhibition of traditional costume and dance
performed by the students of the Sacred Heart Secondary School.
A wide array of leaders in the arts, education,missionary and the
diplomatic services were in attndence.
May 1995 Laboratorio Aperto, Bussana Vecchia, San Remo.
The Labatorio Aperto is located in the artists village in Bussana Vecchia
San Remo, Italy.
It is linked through its artists to the University of Bologna and Umberto Eco
(a centre of experimental artist development in the art language movement).
June 1995 Accademia Bordighera, Northern Italy.
The ICARUS exhibition at the Accademia Bordighera was opened by
Professor Marco Angeletti who elaborated on the connection between
between Maher's method of painting and the method of writing of James Joyce.
This was not surprising, he said, in that in Maher's formative work made in the
late nineteen sixties and after we see all those Joycean elements, the
controlled accident, the poetic, the ambiguity of meaning and escape
from dogma.
Professor Angeletti also identified the memory exploration of this artist's
work possibly arising from that open form of the recalled events and
travels in Ullyses echoing Plato's view of memory as unreliable and
imprecise. In the same way as in both cases their imagery remains
unfinished.In Maher's work, furthermore, we note that, as with Joyce,
the many different styles or voices, both in form and content as if
various different artists were involved in their creations. A deeper study
on this similiarity would show that from his earliest works, Maher considers
Joyce's aesthetics as perceived in the main body of his reflective work
to be new and for our time. Both seem anxious to inspire and
influence, to simply drop a hint rather than to labour absolutes. Maher also joins
Derrida-another for whom Joyce was often master, wherewe find the absence of dogma,
the lack of centre and the conscious movement away from totaltarianism.
Professor Marco Angeletti who elaborated on the connection between
between Maher's method of painting and the method of writing of James Joyce.
This was not surprising, he said, in that in Maher's formative work made in the
late nineteen sixties and after we see all those Joycean elements, the
controlled accident, the poetic, the ambiguity of meaning and escape
from dogma.
Professor Angeletti also identified the memory exploration of this artist's
work possibly arising from that open form of the recalled events and
travels in Ullyses echoing Plato's view of memory as unreliable and
imprecise. In the same way as in both cases their imagery remains
unfinished.In Maher's work, furthermore, we note that, as with Joyce,
the many different styles or voices, both in form and content as if
various different artists were involved in their creations. A deeper study
on this similiarity would show that from his earliest works, Maher considers
Joyce's aesthetics as perceived in the main body of his reflective work
to be new and for our time. Both seem anxious to inspire and
influence, to simply drop a hint rather than to labour absolutes. Maher also joins
Derrida-another for whom Joyce was often master, wherewe find the absence of dogma,
the lack of centre and the conscious movement away from totaltarianism.
July 1996 United Nations, Palais des Nations, Geneva.
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Maher's first United Nations exhibition in 1996 was his "BLOODY NOSE"
series and inspired by the events in the troubled Northern Ireland conflict.
The full title given to these works referred to the bloody nose of tribalism.
This aspect of the conflict was identified by Maher at an early stage and he
saw the pain as primary in all.
Maher's first United Nations exhibition in 1996 was his "BLOODY NOSE"
series and inspired by the events in the troubled Northern Ireland conflict.
The full title given to these works referred to the bloody nose of tribalism.
This aspect of the conflict was identified by Maher at an early stage and he
saw the pain as primary in all.
Aug 1997 Galerie d’Art International. Vongy, France.
The International Gallerie in Vogny presented some new paintings which he worked on at this location.
Maher called these new works FREEFALL
Perhaps because they were flowing in the French and Italian countryside
Nov 1997 Galerie Bel-Air Metropole. Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Robert Oliver's Galerie Bel-Air in Lausanne hosted an exhibit of
45 of Maher's smaller oil paintings.
The former Irish President Mary Robinson (then UN based) was represented and spoke warmly of Mahers works and contribution to the Art world.
Robert Oliver's Galerie Bel-Air in Lausanne hosted an exhibit of
45 of Maher's smaller oil paintings.
The former Irish President Mary Robinson (then UN based) was represented and spoke warmly of Mahers works and contribution to the Art world.
Aug 1998 United Nations, Palais des Nations, Geneva.
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The Vestibule Gallery of the Deauville Casino near The Grand Hotel in Deauville provided the setting for Maher's
SOLSTICE works.
This Gallery was made famous by Marcel Proust who resided here for a time.
Solstice was placed in a standing installation style display area.
The Vestibule Gallery of the Deauville Casino near The Grand Hotel in Deauville provided the setting for Maher's
SOLSTICE works.
This Gallery was made famous by Marcel Proust who resided here for a time.
Solstice was placed in a standing installation style display area.
Sept 1998 Irish Distillers Gallery, Dublin.
Opened by Tomás Mac Giolla, The Irish Distillers exhibit featured a number
of the artist's recent works.
It was well attended with a large number of dignataries from both an Irish and International background.
The American Embassy was involved with this show and the cultural administrator was Ken Mc Cue.
Oct 1999 Hallward Gallery, Merrion Square,Dublin.
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The Hallward Gallery diplayed a series of Maher's recent
oil paintings.
It was a time which signified his return to Ireland after a period
of "living in voluntary exile" and extensive travels abroad.
The Hallward Gallery diplayed a series of Maher's recent
oil paintings.
It was a time which signified his return to Ireland after a period
of "living in voluntary exile" and extensive travels abroad.
Dec 1999 Palais des Congres, Evian, France.
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As their Millenium Exhibit in 2000 t88he Palais des Congres honoured Maher with
a retrospective show of 126 pieces.
The exhibit was opened by Dr Conor Cruise O'Brien who spoke of his thirty year friendship with the artist.
As their Millenium Exhibit in 2000 t88he Palais des Congres honoured Maher with
a retrospective show of 126 pieces.
The exhibit was opened by Dr Conor Cruise O'Brien who spoke of his thirty year friendship with the artist.
June 2000 The Civic Museum, Dublin.
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The Civic Museum paid tribute to Maher's work done in the design field.
This was based primarily upon his early tenure as a draughtsman with
the local Dublin authority.
Much of this included design of parade floats, large visual centrepieces
participating in community arts projects and illustrations for council
billboard/ poster campaigns.
The Civic Museum paid tribute to Maher's work done in the design field.
This was based primarily upon his early tenure as a draughtsman with
the local Dublin authority.
Much of this included design of parade floats, large visual centrepieces
participating in community arts projects and illustrations for council
billboard/ poster campaigns.
May 2004 Royal Dublin Society (RDS), Ballsbridge, Dublin.
.The RDS Dublin provided the setting for sixty six of Maher's paintings.
Much of these were on pater in pastels and graphite.See studio work.
Much of these were on pater in pastels and graphite.See studio work.
