Blacksmith,Painter and Sculptor Eamonn Higgins
Eamonn Higgins, a sculptor working mainly in steel, draws his inspiration from his Northern Ireland heritage. The natural landscape is reflected in his use of animal forms while his figurative sculptures explore social and historic complexities of contested rural communities.
Public Collections
Craigavon Borough Council
Ballymena Borough Council
Lincoln City Council.
Arts Council NI
Sustainable Transport Network
European Fund PEACE III
Exhibitions
Sept 2003 – Craftisnot… Fine and Applied Arts (Arts Coritani, Swineshead)
Dec 2003 – Craftisnot… Crafts exhibition Lincoln Xmas market (The Drury Lane Gallery, Lincoln)
March 2004 – Collaborations and Fine Art (The Sam Scorer Gallery, Lincoln)
May 2004 – MiNE Applied Art and Crafts (The Sam Scorer Gallery)
July-Dec 2004 – That’s MiNE (Trinity Arts Centre, Sleaford)
Sept 2005 – Contemporary Craft and Fine Art (The Gallery Lincoln)
July 2006 – Art in the Wetlands – Introducing the Work and Artists of the South Lough Neagh Arts Initiative (Discovery Centre, Oxford Island and Millennium Arts Centre Portadown)
Nov 2006 – Untitled London – Throgmortons Gallery Central London
May 2007 – ‘Elements’ Group Exhibition – The Loft Gallery, Dublin
August 2007 – Group Exhibition (World Peace Through Art Movement) – The Rembrandt Yard, Colorado
Feb 2008 – Solo Exhibition Clotsworthy Arts Centre, Antrim
December 2009 – Christmas Exhibition – Coloured Rain Templepatrick
December 2009 – New Works – Eblana Gallery
September 2010 – Thats Belfast – Emer Gallery
April 2011 – Solo Exhibition – Braid Arts Centre
May 2011 – Art in the Garden – Gormleys, Culloden Estate and Spa, Cultra, Belfast
June 2012 – Summer Sculpture Exhibition, Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin
August 2012 – ‘Work in Progress’ work by the members of Making it 2011 – Craft NI Headquarters
March 2013 – Perspective London – Craft Central Clerkenwell, London
June 2013 – Summer Soul – Canvas Gallery, Stranmillis
August 2015– Summer Exhibition- Chimera Gallery,Mullingar
