Vivienne Roche - Artist Info

About Vivienne Roche

  • Biography

    Vivienne Roche was born in Cork, Ireland and studied at the Crawford School of Art, now part of Munster Technical University. Subsequently, she studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

    President Higgins has presented sculptures from her Climate Bell series to various Heads of State between 2016-2019. She has work in many public and private collections in Ireland and abroad. In addition to her work as an artist she has been active in the creation and implementation of cultural policy.

    Amongst other things she was a founder member and first chairperson of the National Sculpture Factory in Cork and a member of the Arts Council (1993-98). She was a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Gal...

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