About
Biography
Of Kildare soil originally, Casey spent her childhood in Maynooth until the age of 12. She then moved to rural Tipperary where she spend her years until 18 growing up.
In 2015 Casey studied Art and Design at Moate Business College in Westmeath. The following year she moved to Limerick to study Sculpture & Combined Media at the Limerick School of Art and Design, graduating in 2021.
Casey is currently studying Jungian Phycology with Art Therapy at the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest.
And is now living rurally in Clare.
Artist Statement
Casey’s practice is rooted in the concept of place. She explores themes of reconnection and belonging, as she journeys through related matters in personal life. A student of Jungian Psychology, Casey regards her work as deeply intertwined with the processes of her psycho-spiritual development and sees her art as a vehicle for navigating the conscious and unconscious realities she experiences through inner landscapes.
Casey has an immense gratitude and great reverence for the imbas forosnai that imbues her with inspiration to create artwork she finds personally meaningful. Lyrical poetry reflecting her internal experience of place comes through for her while out exploring the external world. Striving to work in rhythm with the genius loci (spirit of place) of her surroundings, Casey aims to tap into an experience of connection and belonging through her practice.
Initially as a way to protect the personal palpability of her words, Casey began making ogham sculptures of her poetry as tangible structures to express the deep articulations of her soul in an encrypted manner. She makes her ogham sculptures out of wood and stone, at times collecting materials from the very places she wrote the poems.
She has since began working on a poetry book, which will be bound of paper she creates herself using waste materials. She has also launched an ogham affirmation sculpture series.
As well, Casey practices painting as a modality for further expression. The subject matter of her paintings is often inspired by personal alchemy, and synchronistic events, as well as spirit animals, archetypes and characters from fairy-tales, folklore and myth.
Throughout her work Casey includes a variety of Celtic motifs and symbols, carving a place for the memory and veneration of her ancestors as a way to deepening her experience of connection with those who lived in harmonious alliance with the natural rhythms of life, and to whom community was of central importance.
Also a beginner in pyrography, Casey loves taking on new materials and skills to expand upon her practice. Ceramics, eco-printing, and willow-weaving are realms in which Casey hopes to delve into come the future, for now her primary focus is on painting, poetry and sculpture. She also has experience in photography and filmmaking.