"Art Olympic Games". Oriental Lilies, "Stemperando Water Cube

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1 !! Irish artist, John Keating Awarded Gold Medal of Honour for his Oil on Canvas Oriental Lilies at the London Olympic Fine Arts (O.F.A.) 2012 (London) at The Barbican. John Keating, Irish Artist, having been chosen to exhibit at the London Olympic Games Olympic Fine Arts (O.F.A.) 2012 (London) in the Barbican Arts Centre, has been awarded a gold medal of honour for his oil on canvas "Oriental Lilies". The theme for the Olympic Fine Arts 2012 (London) exhibition was The River Thames The Great Wall - Embrace the World. The artists were invited to interpret the spirit of the Olympic Games in their own style. Keating was also one of the Artists chosen to participate in the First Beijing International Biennale China in Keating says I consider it a great honour to have been selected once more to exhibit a work at the recent London Olympic Games Jack B Yeats, Artist ( ) was a previous recipient and he was awarded a silver medal at the Paris Olympics in 1924 for his painting The Liffey Swim

2 "Olympic Fine Arts (O.F.A.) 2012 (London)" is aimed at spreading and praising the spirit of the modern Olympic Movement and realising the ideal of harmonising coexistence and collaborative development. The event was a remarkable art festival in the modern Olympic history around the world, which was also the "Art Olympic Games". The exhibition took place under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee, and was supported by the London organising committee of the Olympic Games. It was approved by the Ministry of Culture of the People s Republic of China and supported by the China International Culture Association and Beijing Association for the promotion of Olympic Related Culture. Following on from Keating s participation in the Olympic Fine Arts (O.F.A.) 2012 (London), where he was awarded a Gold Medal of Honour, for his oil on canvas Oriental Lilies, he is currently exhibiting in the 5th edition of the Biennale titled "Stemperando" 100 works on paper by 50 invited artists from Europe, Asia, China, America, Africa, Mexico, Argentina and Brazil. The exhibition tours the national libraries of Turin, Cosenza and Rome from 5 September 2012 to March The exhibition is curated by the President of the National Institute of Contemporary Art in Italy. It will finish in the Central National Library in Rome The exhibition will be visited by thousand viewers. Keating has also been invited to participate in the forthcoming Olympic Water Cube Museum Exhibition in Beijing. 100 Artists globally have been selected for this Exhibition which will open in Beijing in mid-november, To view Keating s other works, visit For further information contact: John Keating Brid Tunney

3 JOHN KEATING Born 1953 Tipperary Ireland Studied Crawford College of Art Cork, Ireland Loughborough University Leicestershire, England Trinity College Dublin Art Students League of New York, U.S.A. Selected Solo Exhibitions Human Friezes I, Lincoln Gallery, Dublin Human Friezes II, Hendriks Gallery, Dublin Human Friezes III, Compagnia Del Disegno, Milan Heads Galleria Del Officina, Brescia Opere , Compagnia Del Disegno, Milano Opere , Sale Del Podesta, Palazzo Barbo, Soresina Opere Su Carta, Torre Avogado, Lumezzane, Brescia Life Fragments, Ashford Gallery RHA, Dublin Life Frieze The Solomon Gallery, Dublin Fragments, Compagnia Del Disegno, Milan Gormleys Fine Art Selected Group Exhibitions XXII International American Bi-centennial Exhibition, Gallerie Internationale, New York, U.S.A. XXIV International Drawing Prize Exhibition, Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Spain Selected Work from XXIV Miro Drawing Prize Exhibition Touring Spain 100 Works on Paper, Taipei Fine Art Museum China

4 Selected Group Exhibitions (contd.) Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition Prix International D Art Contemporani De Monte Carlo, Monaco Oltranza realistic, Studio D Arte, Benlamino San Remo The modern art collection, Trinity College, Dublin, Douglas Hyde Gallery Galleria Davico, Torino The Nude, Solomon Gallery, Dublin Compagnia Del Disegno, Milano XXV Rassegna Di Pittura, Vertova, Bergamo I Concorso Nazionale Di Pittura, Brembilla, Bergamo Interchange, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin Drawing Studies, National Gallery of Ireland Rittratti A Testori, Museo, Casa Del Carraresi, Treviso Nus La Galerie Beckel Odille Boicos, Paris XV Triennale Internazionale D Arte Sacra, L Aquilla Abruzzo The Watercolour Society of Ireland Annual Exhibition Giovanni Testori Un Ritratto L Omlaggio 40 Artisti Contemporanei Legnano, Palazzo Leone da Perego, Italy Primal Means, Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick The National Survey of Drawing, Primo Nova Milanese The First Beijing International Art Biennale, Millennium Monument Art Museum, China International Nordic Baltic modern Watercolour Symposium and Exhibition, Zvartava Castle, Latvia This Capricious and Beloved Aquarelle, Draakoni Galleri, Tallinn Estonia London Olympic Games Olympic Fine Arts (O.F.A.) 2012 in The Barbican Arts Centre. Theme for the Olympic Fine Arts Exhibition was The River Thames The Great Wall Embrace the World (Awarded Gold Medal of Honour for Oil on Canvas Oriental Lilies.

5 Selected Group Exhibitions (contd.) 5 th Edition of The Biennale titled Stemperando 100 works on paper by 50 Invited Artists. The Exhibition tours the National Libraries of Turin, Cosenza and Rome from September 2012 to March The Olympic Water Cube Museum Exhibition in Beijing Artists globally selected for this Exhibition which opens in Beijing in November, Awards Bord of Control Scholarship of the Art Students League of New York, U.S.A. Fulbright Cultural Enrichment Awards, U.S.A. Department of Foreign Affairs Award, Ireland Arts Council Award, Ireland Combridge Award for a work of exceptional merit in Watercolour, RHA Jury s Commendation, XXI Prix International D Art Contemporaini De Monte Carlo, Monaco Pollock Krasner Foundation Award for Painting, U.S.A. Gold Medal XXV Survey of Painting, Vertova, Italy Residency, Cill Rialaig, Ballinaskelligs, Ireland Residency, Zvartava Castle, Latvia Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism Award, Ireland Awarded Gold Medal of Honour at the London Olympics 2012 for painting Oil on Canvas Oriental Lilies at the London Olympic Fine Arts (O.F.A.) 2012 at The Barbican.!