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.