Rochelle Lucey
Irish Artist and Art Curator
Rochelle Lucey is a visual artist based in Killorglin, Co. Kerry, Ireland. She graduated with a BA from Limerick School of Art & Design majoring in Fine Art Painting (2012). Rochelle Lucey was recently awarded the Arts Council “Agility Award” in 2021 and 2022. These awards act as central building blocks in order to “grow and realize my true abilities as well as develop my own practice and skillset”. Rochelle is currently selling from her shop/gallery in Killorglin town and is also Artistic Director for K-FEST Arts Festival (2019-2023)
I have always been intrigued by a diversity in style and theme within my own art process and the process of others that inspire me. I have a passion for abstract painting but equally an affection for old buildings, trains and figures.
Always drawn to old buildings with a history in music, I enjoy the graffiti, the crumbling and the rusting of old architecture. I also have a huge love for old trains and their stations, in particular their graffiti markings again. Graffiti has historical ties to music and its origins are of significance to me. In some ways the abstract pieces I paint are my own homage to the way graffiti artists work, the use of bold colours and the expressive marks and strokes.
I hope for my work to envisage nostalgia and a sense of place in the viewer. Places said to have a strong "sense of place" have a strong identity that is deeply felt by inhabitants and visitors.
Rochelle Lucey most recently ran a series of Arts & Culture events alongside Dovetail Arts at her Studio + Shop space in Killorglin. RL Studio + Shop will be open until late February 2023.