Exhibition Preview: Project 365 @ The Playhouse
Project 365 is the first solo exhibition of local artist Sean Keddy.
Comprising of 365 individual pieces of artwork, the exhibition is an autobiographical day to day visual representation of 2013 and is inspired by particular events or situations relative to each day of Derry’s year as UK City of Culture, while also being influenced by his family.
The images in the series, measuring 21cm square, are mostly hand drawn with pen and ink and then transferred to Adobe Photoshop where they are digitally coloured and manipulated, and Sean would often add other creative practices such as photography, mark making, typography, textiles and paint.
Since graduating from the University of Ulster with a First-class honours degree in Illustration and Animation, Sean has produced numerous works such as animations, comics, greetings cards and children’s picture books.
“My artwork is heavily influenced by 20th century pop culture such as 80’s movies, classic cartoons, music, comics, tattoos, people and last but not least, fellow artists” Keddy states about his approach to illustration. This influence is apparent not only from his illustration style, but also within the subject matter he draws.
