Vivienne Roche
{{short description|Irish sculptor and art critic}}
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Vivienne Roche (born 1953) is an Irish sculptor and art critic.
Biography
Born in Cork in 1953, the daughter of an engineer, Roche was educated in Miss O'Sullivan's primary and secondary school before studying first at the Crawford School of Art from 1970 to 1974 and then the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston graduating in 1975. She was awarded an honorary doctorate by University College Cork in 2006.{{cite web |title=VIVIENNE ROCHE: HEAD TO HEAD |url=http://www.crawfordartgallery.ie/presspdf/VRocheHeadtoHeadPR.pdf |website=crawfordartgallery.ie}}{{cite news |title=Sound and vision as Vivienne Roche returns to her home turf |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsfilmtv/sound-and-vision-as-vivienne-roche-returns-to-her-home-turf-452779.html |date=19 June 2017}}{{cite web |title=Vivienne Roche|url=http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/Members/Visual-Arts/Roche.aspx |website=aosdana.artscouncil.ie |language=en}}
File:2015-09-29 LIBERTY BELL (1988) BY VIVIENNE ROCHE (ST. PATRICK'S PARK) REF-1085839.jpg]]
She began her creative life as an artist but moved into sculptor and is considered one of Ireland's foremost sculptors. Roche was one of the founders of the National Sculpture Factory in Cork and was the chair from 1989 to 1997. She also was on the national Arts Council from 1993 to -1998 as well as on the governing body of Cork Institute of Technology. She is a member of Aosdána and the Royal Hibernian Academy. She is on the board of the Hugh Lane Gallery and the Dublin City Gallery. Roche remains active in creating national cultural policy.{{cite news |title=Vivienne Roche Sculptor |url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2017/0626/885674-vivienne-roche-sculptor/ |work=RTÉ Archives |date=29 June 1987}}{{cite web |title=Cork Trip with Vivienne Roche RHA |url=http://www.rhagallery.ie/events/cork-trip/ |website=RHA |date=12 August 2015}}{{cite news |title=Arts Council withdraws document on Aosdána |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/arts-council-withdraws-document-on-aosd%C3%A1na-1.3134803 |newspaper=The Irish Times}}{{cite book|author=Katy Deepwell|title=Dialogues: Women Artists from Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xk5C8EYuU1wC&pg=PA161|date=15 January 2005|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-85043-621-8|pages=161–}}
File:NC Iris Sculpture.jpg in Mayor Square, Dublin]]
Roche has participated in exhibitions in multiple countries like France, Finland, Sweden, England, and the U.S. Her work has been presented by the President of Ireland to other national heads of state.{{cite web |title=Vivienne Roche, Climate Bell II |url=https://www.solomonfineart.ie/artists/60-vivienne-roche/works/558-vivienne-roche-climate-bell-ii/ |website=Solomon Fine Art |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Ireland |first1=Office of the President of |title=DiaryPresident Unveils A Sculpture Entitled The Book Of Climate Bells By Vivienn |url=http://www.president.ie/en/diary/details/president-unveils-a-sculpture-entitled-the-book-of-climate-bells-by-vivienn |website=www.president.ie |language=en}} She lives in County Cork.{{cite web |title=Vivienne Roche:Flow |url=https://publicart.ie/main/directory/directory/view/flow/19be09dee17fe58ec7d589ac8327374c/}}{{cite web |title=Spirit and Light |date=3 May 2017 |url=https://www.irishartsreview.com/spirit-and-light/}}
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Category:Irish women sculptors
Category:Alumni of Cork Institute of Technology
Category:Artists from Cork (city)