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Rita Duffy

b. 1959

Northern Ireland artist (born 1959)

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About Rita Duffy

Born 1959. Rita Duffy is a British painter.

Rita Duffy (born 1959) is a Northern Ireland artist, described in 2005 as the province's "foremost artist". She describes herself as a Republican, pacifist and feminist.

Her installations and projects often highlight socio-political issues and some of her work is in the permanent collections of the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Imperial War Museum in London.

Background Rita Duffy was born in Belfast in 1959 to a Catholic family and grew up during the Troubles of the 1970s, in the Protestant neighbourhood of Stranmillis, Belfast. When at college she preferred socially engaged, figurative painting and, during her holidays, she lived in New York City drawing street portraits. On 24 April 2016, the centenary of the Easter Rising to end British rule in Ireland, Duffy opened a show called "The Souvenir Shop" in a Georgian mansion in North Great George's Street, Dublin. The exhibition sought to examine Irish identity.

Duffy's work can be found in several major public collections, including the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Imperial War Museum in London.

She works from her studio based in Ballyconnell, County Cavan, in the Irish Republic just south of the border with Northern Ireland.

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1959, Belfast
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Who is Rita Duffy?

Northern Ireland artist (born 1959)

When was Rita Duffy born?

Rita Duffy was born in 1959 in Belfast.

What is Rita Duffy's occupation?

Rita Duffy is a painter.

What nationality is Rita Duffy?

Rita Duffy is British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Rita Duffy

· Wikidata: Q21467159

· DBpedia: Rita Duffy

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