Ramon Kassam 09022017

Ramon Kassam is an artist from Limerick City in Ireland, painting forms the basis of his practice. Kassam’s paintings combine the thematic of the artist's workspace (canvas, studio, gallery and urban environment) with formal and conceptual references to the autonomous reality of modernist abstraction. Kassam is a graduate of The Limerick School of art and Design Painting Department. Recent exhibitions include; The Green on Red Gallery - Dublin (Solo), The Lewis Glucksman Gallery - Cork, The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in Michigan (USA), Limerick City Gallery of Art (2015 Solo), and EVA International Ireland's Biennale, Limerick (2014). He has received a number of awards and residencies. These include The 16 x 16: Next Generation Bursary Award, a special initiative of the Arts Council and the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme, in recognition of the role of artists in the events of 1916. Residencies include The Embassy of Ireland in Addis Ababa - Project Residency, The RHA Tony O’ Malley Residency Award and Irish Museum of Modern Art. In addition to his practice Kassam founded and was a director of both Wickham Street Studios, an artist studio complex and Occupy Space, a visual arts exhibition space in Limerick City from 2009-2011. Most recently he founded 'Green Painterly' a website and a platform that aims to promote commentary and visibility for Irish painting practices.

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Uploaded on Monday 13th of February 2017

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00:55:21

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1280x720 @ 25 f/s

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48000 Hz / 2 channel(s)

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mp4, 1.8 GB