Orla de Brí (born 1965), is a contemporary Irish sculptor.

Biography

Orla de Brí was from Beaumont in Dublin, born in 1965. She attended the Grafton Academy and studied fashion. After that she went on to work designing items for various high-street brands like

A Wear A Wear was a chain of women's clothing stores with a wide number of operations across Ireland. The brand also operated internationally through its website through a number of units in Great Britain. It ceased trading in January 2014. Ownership T ...

. She married a systems analyst and they moved to Kilmoon,

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where they had two children while she continued studying art. She studied sculpture and bronze casting with a teacher in the North Strand VEC and the

National College of Art and Design The National College of Art and Design (NCAD) is Ireland's oldest art institution, offering the largest range of art and design degrees at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the country. Originating as a drawing school in 1746, many of t ...

. De Brí began her first pieces and within ten years had won a major commission for the Park West Business Park. De Brí has since had a number of solo shows and commissions around the world. Her art is in collections all over Ireland as well as abroad.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:de Brí, Orla 1965 births Living people Artists from County Meath Artists from Dublin (city) 20th-century Irish sculptors 21st-century Irish sculptors 20th-century Irish women sculptors 21st-century Irish women sculptors