Eamon O'Kane
O’Kane explores nature and human traces such as architecture, design, and technology. At first glance, his works are lush, abundant, and accessible. However, his works are often dualistic in the sense that they hold a certain emptiness. It is rare to find humans within his works - perhaps they have abandoned these rich places, O’Kane shows us. In other works, trees and woods stand for themselves and make up the entire artwork. In a sense, you can say that O’Kane works with the lack of balance between nature and humans, and how we as humans affect and exploit nature. In another sense, he approaches the idea of past and presence with a phenomenological perspective.
O’Kane works as a Professor of Visual Art at The Art Academy, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen, Norway. He has a Master of Fine Art from the University of Ulster and another MFA from Parsons in New York. He teaches, researches, and produces art. He has had numerous solo exhibitions, group shows, and public commissions. He is represented in museums, public, and private collections in Europe, the USA, and Asia.