Gerda Teljeur

Gerda Teljeur is a familiar figure in contemporary Irish art having come here from the Netherlands in 1967.Her large-scale, abstract ink drawings, frequently black on white paper mix concentrated energy with a profound sense of the importance of each mark. Her work is deeply meditative. While adhering uncompromisingly to an abstract form of expression she manages to convey a sense of the connections between humanity, the earth and the spaces around us.

Solo shows include: Crosscurrent , Grilse Gallery, Killorglin, 2025; Like Life Itself, Drawing Installation with 260 Diary Drawings, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford 2013; Lines, Layers and Light, Stone Gallery, Dublin 2010; Drawings including a site specific drawing, Sligo Art Gallery, 2007; The Drawing Room, Drawing Installation, Courthouse Arts Centre Tinahely, Co Wicklow, 2004; Lifelines, Signal Arts Centre, Bray 2003; Moodscape, Drawings, Mermaid, County Wicklow Arts Centre, 2003.

Surface Tension, Arts Council funded initiative, Touring Experiment, with Wexford Arts Centre. 3 Artist's work, travelling to, Co Clare; Dublin and Thurles( 2007/08)

Groups shows include: Na Cailleacha; School of Hibernia Project; Na Cailleacha with reference to Paula Rego, The Dock, Carrick on Shannon, 2023. Bones in the Attic, Hugh Lane gallery, Dublin,2022. The Age of Reason /Unreason, Na Cailleacha, touring exhibition including a collaborative Multimedia drawing installation; 2014/15 The Netherlands, All About Drawing, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam,The Netherlands

Teljeur is a member of the Artist Collective Na Cailleacha.