Contact details
| Address | Coolcower, Macroom, Co. Cork – Ireland | |
| Postal Code | P12TP94 | |
| Mobile | (00353)(0)872910363 | |
| [email protected] | [email protected] | |
| https://www.facebook.com/ann.mechelinck | ||
| https://www.instagram.com/annmechelinck |
Education
| 2011 to 2015 | BA in Applied Art – Textiles | CIT Crawford College of Art and Design– Cork |
| 2010 to 2011 | Professional Art Practice | St. John’s College – Cork |
| 2009 to 2010 | Arts, crafts and design | McEgan College – Cork |
Awards
| 2021 | The Art of Isolation | Recognized for Distinctive Interpretation of Theme |
| Green exhibition | Best in show award (solo-exhibition online + 6-page feature in Gallery table book) | |
| Nature Art exhibition | Honourable Mention | |
| 2019 | Cadenza exhibition – Cork Textiles Network | Long Note Award |
| 2015 | Degree Show | CIT Purchase Prize |
| 2015 | Degree Show | Eli Lilly Purchase Prize |
| 2015 | Degree Show | Textiles Residency Award CCAD |
| 2013 | Camac Student Textile Design Challenge | Postcard made of design |
Gallery Representation
| since 2020 | Galerie Kunstlokaal Kerkrade showcases my work in their gallery in The Netherlands |
Exhibitions
| 2023 | All is connected in nature and time | Solo-exhibition – Blackwater Valley Makers Gallery – Ireland |
| In small things we find ourselves | Group exhibition – Laneway Gallery – Ireland | |
| 9 songs of the sea, 9 poems of the forest | Exhibition in collaboration with sculptor Denis Lynch Chapel Hill School of Art – Ireland | |
| Treasured Moments | Online exhibition with Arts to Hearts online global platform | |
| 2021 | Solo-exhibition series | 2 months online solo-exhibition with Camelback Gallery – USA |
| Re-Connected | solo-exhibition – MicroGallery project Gallery nr46 – Ireland | |
| The Art of Isolation | Online exhibition with Shanti Arts – USA | |
| OSCA Spring Exhibition | Online exhibition with Open School of Creative Arts and Well-being – UK | |
| Alone Together | Online exhibition curated by Shannon Skye Robinson – UK | |
| Green | Online exhibition with The Artist’s Circle Gallery – USA | |
| Nature Art | Online exhibition with Grey Cube Gallery – international online platform | |
| 5th Annual Colors Art Exhibition | Online exhibition with Fusion.Art Gallery – USA | |
| Make something that makes you feel good | Online exhibition with LUVA Gallery – UK | |
| Being Human | Online exhibition with Pepney Gallery – Ireland | |
| Affinity | Online exhibition with Pepney Gallery – Ireland | |
| 2020 | Collaboration and exhibition | Galerie Kunstlokaal Kerkrade – The Netherlands |
| Scythia – 13th Textile Biennial | Ukraine | |
| Positive Pandemic Experience PPE | Online exhibition via Instagram | |
| The abandoned project | Online exhibition with Cork Textiles Network – Ireland | |
| Renewed awareness | Online exhibition with Global Artists’ Collaboration Platform | |
| A light in the dark | Online exhibition with Las Laguna Gallery – Laguna Beach, USA | |
| Covid19. The Art of Isolation / Survey 2 | Online exhibition with Curator’s Voice Art Projects – Miami, USA | |
| Celebrating our strength in our diversity | Online exhibition with Doncaster Art Fair | |
| Post-Covid-19 Era | Online exhibition with Independent Image and Art Space -China | |
| The Virtual Art Fair | Online exhibition with The virtual Art Fair – UK | |
| 2019 | Cadenza exhibition – Cork Textiles Network | Cork School of Music, Cork City, Ireland |
| ‘Making and mending my way through’ | Solo Exhibition- Town Hall Macroom, Ireland and Vilnius, Lithuania | |
| Painting exhibition by local recreational artists | Town Hall Macroom – Tutor and curator | |
| 2018 | Small Steps Art Activism exhibition | North Docks – Liverpool – UK |
| Paintings by local recreational artists | Town Hall Macroom – Tutor and curator | |
| 2017 | Painting exhibition by art group Father Ryan Hall | Library Macroom – Tutor and curator |
| Painting exhibition by local recreational artists | Town Hall Macroom – Tutor and curator | |
| 2016 | ‘Affective Entities’ Exhibition | Wandesford Gallery – Cork – Ireland- Participating artist and co-curator |
| Create 2016- Gallery of Found Art | Brown Thomas – Cork – Ireland | |
| 2015 | ‘Emerging Artists’ Exhibition | St. Patrick’s University Hospital – Dublin – Ireland |
| ‘Fledglings ’15’ Exhibition | Lavit Gallery – Cork – Ireland | |
| ‘We Do Not Leave Piramids’ – degree show | Degree Show Crawford College of Art and Design – Cork – Ireland | |
| ‘Nexus – paper’ Exhibition | Kurogawa INN Museum – Fukuoka – Japan | |
| 2014 | ‘Things/Daktai’ Exhibition | Wandesford Gallery – Cork – Ireland |
| Camac Student Textile Design Challenge | Warner Textile Archive Braintree – Essex – UK | |
| 2013 | Camac Student Textile Design Challenge | Warner Textile Archive Braintree – Essex – UK |
Workshops and Collaborations
| 2023 | Classes in painting – crochet – knitting and textiles | Macroom School of Art |
| Circular weaving workshops | Macroom School of Art | |
| Circular weaving workshops | HSE Blackpool – Co. Cork | |
| Classes in Painting – Crochet – Textiles | Chapel Hill School of Art – Macroom – Ireland | |
| Circular weaving / Weaving workshops | Chapel Hill School of Art – Macroom – Ireland | |
| 2022 | Embroidery project ‘Home’ | Diversity Academy – Collaboration between Cork Migrant Centre and The Lantern project at Nano Nagle Place – Cork – Ireland |
| Circular Weaving workshops | Chapel Hill School of Art – Macroom – Ireland | |
| 2021 | Textile workshops and classes | Chapel Hill School of Art – Macroom – Ireland |
| Papermaking workshop – Joomchi | Crawford College of Art and Design – Cork – Ireland | |
| Circular Weaving workshop | Kilkenny College – Kilkenny – Ireland | |
| ‘What colours our lives’ | workshop and artwork installation in collaboration with The Lantern Project – Nano Nagle Place – Cork – Ireland | |
| Textile workshops and classes | Chapel Hill School of Art – Macroom – Ireland |
Catalogues, articles and books
| 2021 | Small Things | Article in tinyStudio Creative Life Magazine Issue 10 New Zealand |
| Zielone Krajobrazy | Article in Florysta – Floral and Art Magazine – Poland | |
| The Artist’s Circle Gallery Volume IV | 6-page feature in gallery table book | |
| 2020 | Scythia – 13th Textile Biennial – Ukraine | https://scythiatextile.com/scythia-2020.html |
| Global Artists’ Collaboration Platform | https://www.bettertogetherartists.net/ | |
| Las Laguna Gallery – Laguna Beach, USA | https://www.laslagunagallery.com/light | |
| Curator’s Voice Art Projects – Miami, USA | https://curatorsvoice.com/covid19/surve2/ | |
| Doncaster Art Fair – UK | https://www.doncasterartfair.com/ | |
| Independent Image and Art Space -China | https://www.independentimage.org/ | |
| The virtual Art Fair – UK | https://www.artsteps.com (TVAF) | |
| 2019 | My art… pulled me through depression | The Echo – July 3rd 2019 |
| Small Steps events take over | https://alisonlittleblog.wordpress.com/category/captivity/ | |
| 2015 | Stitch stories: Personal spaces and traces in textile art | Cas Holmes – Pavillion Books 2015 |
| We do not leave pyramids | Degree show catalogue 2015 | |
| Lavit Gallery | http://www.lavitgallery.com/page59.htm | |
| Craft Words | Perspectives on making by Frances McDonald https://francesmmcdonald.com/tag/annmechelink/ | |
| 2014 | Texere – Textiles Education and Research in Europe | http://www.texere-associ.org/newsletters/newslett-summer-2014.pdf |