Love the mistakes. You have to keep persevering before the good stuff comes out - Debbie Godsell [27]

In this episode of the Warrior Artist Podcast, host Éadaoin Glynn interviews Debbie Godsell, a visual artist and art educator based in Cork. Her work is primarily lens based, but has evolved to include sculptural forms and video.

A graduate of Crawford College of Art and Design and Limerick School of Art and Design, she is a member of Cork Printmakers. In 2018, she was shortlisted for the Zurich Portrait Prize. She has won many awards and her work is in public collections, including the National Gallery of Ireland, the OPW, and the Crawford Art Gallery.

Debbie discusses:

• her artistic evolution from lens-based work to printmaking the influence of her rural surroundings on her art.


• her love of the unpredictability and possibilities within printmaking


• the impact of her family history and environment on her work


• Her interest in folklore, identity, and the colonial history of Ireland


• The creative processthe challenges of balancing teaching and her art practice


• Rejection


• Advice and the importance of community


• The importance of perseverance

See Debbie's work in her upcoming solo exhibition 'Flail' in Source Arts Centre, Tipperary, 14th September – 19th October 2024

Full show notes available here

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