Gallery 126 is proud to present the work of Diarmuid Byron O’Connor.

Diarmuid will be at the gallery on Saturday afternoon December 20th to talk about his work.The gallery will open on Sunday 21st from 12 to 6pm. We will also stay open until 7.30pm on Monday and Tuesday.We hope you can join us for a seasonal glass.

Diarmuid is an established sculptor best known for his statue of Peter Pan outside Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London.

He says of his work:”My inspiration is the human figure and how it works as a universal language. I draw from life but sculpt from memory.

Whilst each piece has its own unique drama they draw upon our common understanding and experience of our own bodies. I sculpt in wax at this scale with my bare hands and a few simple tools harnessing a handmade sensibility. However I imagine each piece ultimately being larger.

I sculpt in wax at this scale with my bare hands and a few simple tools harnessing a handmade sensibility. However I imagine each piece ultimately being larger”.

Born in 1964 in Ayelsbury moved to South London in ’69.I split my time between London and Ireland where my 3 daughters now live. Although I’m known for creating the Grt Ormond St “Peter Pan and Tinker Bell”. My Personal work is contemporary and figurative.

Gallery 126 is located at North Main St. Youghal. Proprietor Eamonn O Brien

Chelsea School of Art BA(Hons)

Exhibitions:
Vangard Gallery Cork
McHardy Sculpture Company,Tower Bridge.
Escape Gallery, Herne Hill.
A Gallery, Wimbledon.
Framers Gallery, Wimbledon.
For the Wall Gallery, Wimbledon.
One man show, Simmons Gallery, Bloomsbury.
Moravian burial Ground, Chelsea.
Whitleys, Bayswater.

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