FERGUS FITZGERALD EXHIBITION
Geography Is Important

Geography Is Important, a retrospective exhibition by Fergus FitzGerald at Sirius Arts Centre in Cohh, Co. Cork. The exhibition surveys FitzGerald’s practice and is the most comprehensive presentation of his work to date. It results from a five-year engagement between the artist, the Sirius team and selected staff at KCAT Arts Centre. This is a must-see exhibition.

The exhibition opens this Friday, May 2, from 3pm to 5pm and runs until Saturday, June 14, 2025 at Sirius Arts Centre, The Old Yacht Club, Westbourne Place, Cobh, Co. Cork, P24 F209. 

Geography Is Important

“FitzGerald’s practice is informed by his travels throughout Europe, both real and imaginary – he is an excursionist to lands familiar and foreign. He draws connections between geographies he has visited with his family and those he hopes to explore in the future, melding lived experience with research conducted online and through expansive reading. FitzGerald is largely concerned with urban scenarios, and mostly paints landmarks – monuments, main streets. He registers, whether directly or through reproductions, the shapes that compose a single building’s facade or a whole stretch of a city skyline, and then confidently arranges those minute details into gestural vivid, rhythmic renderings. FitzGerald’s style is characterised by broad brushstrokes and streaks of paint that create atmospheric backdrops of the built environment. The fast-drying properties of acrylic paint capture his intent with immediacy. His framings of cities as panoramas results in kaleidoscopic and energetic representations of place.”

– Miguel Amado

Fergus FitzGerald

Fergus FitzGerald joined the KCAT Studio in 2012 where he has continued to developed a substantial and dedicated body or work. He has presented work internationally, including at Gallery C8 (Überlingen, Germany), Galleria Art Kaarisilta (Helsinki, Finland), and at the Beyond Festival (Leeds, U.K.). He has also shown widely in Ireland, including at the F.E. McWilliam Gallery (Banbridge), Farmleigh House Galleries (Dublin), Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Riverbank Arts Centre (Newbridge), Galway Arts Centre, Film Base (Dublin), Crawford Art Gallery (Cork), Butler Gallery (Kilkenny), Mermaid Arts Centre (Bray) and his solo at the Sirius Arts Centre (Cobh, Cork).

His work has been documented in publications such as The Engagement Project KCAT (2014-2020) and Art & Inclusion – The Story of KCAT (2009). Along with many of his KCAT colleagues, Fergus actively promotes inclusion within the arts and has taken part in several events such as the Engagement Symposium KCAT (2018).

Fergus’ artworks and an exhibition publication are available for purchase. For more information, please contact studio@kcat.ie