Designer/Metalsmith/Sculptor
Kevin J. O'Dwyer
Kevin J. O'Dwyer
Designer/Metalsmith/Sculptor
O'Dwyer’s passion seems to lie in melding natural and industrial histories, exploring how artefacts—whether tools, architectural fragments, or industrial leftovers—tell stories about human interaction with place.
His work often acts as a bridge between archaeology, ecology, and art, creating spaces where history, memory, and environment meet.
His installations use scale, orientation, and material to generate shifting seasonal and experiential readings; light, reflection, pathways, and sightlines become integral components of the work, exemplifying his belief that sculpture should activate the landscape rather than merely inhabit it.
Eclectic and Playful, the highly original metalwork of Irish artist Kevin O'Dwyer engages in a dialogue with history. O'Dwyer's 40 year involvement with the medium of metal renews the eternal qualities of early Irish art. O'Dwyer intergrates the traditional metalwork of his ancestors with a modernist aesthetic, and achieves remarkable crossover between the ancient and the contemporary.
Metal In and Out of Time, John Grande, Metalsmith Magazine