Avril Corroon Vigil(ance) Year 2024 Medium Coloured pencil on paper Dimensions 29.8 x 21 cm Nominated by Chris Fite Wassilak Top pick Selected by Chris Fite Wassilak, writer & critic About the work The drawing depicts police in Berlin breaking up a public vigil and stamping out candles lit for killed Palestinians in Gaza in October 2023. Date and country of birth 1991, GB Career Highlights Corroon’s work is collected in the Irish Arts Council Collection. In 2020 she was awarded the Arts Council Ireland Next Generation award and the Freeland’s Bursary. Solo exhibitions include: GOT DAMP at TACO!; London and Project Arts Centre, Dublin 2023; Cow&Gate, at Sismógrafó, Portugal (2022); Spoiled Spores at The LAB, (2020); JUST DO IT, Ormond Studios , Dublin (2014). Performance, screenings and group exhibtions: Hmn (2022), PEER, London (2021); Feminist Supermarket at Ormston House, Limerick (2021); WIP at South London Gallery, (2020); Forming a Residency Association at LUX, (2020); Old Operating Theatre, (2019); Enclave, London (2018); Fool’s Bells Fall, HMK, Netherlands, 2016.