Note on Elisa in Wonderland
Essay, Sunniva O'Flynn
Following a period of rehabilitation, Elisa (Nora Ní Anluain Fay) returns to her ancestral stately home, Stradbally, where she is haunted by acute anxiety,…
NEW JERSEY STAGE : CLÉA ELISA VAN DER GRIJN
Critical Review, Review by Evelyn Reese (USA)
Adapting a story from one already familiar to most and twisting it into a creation completely unique is a mark of a true creator. The…
Disembodied in Wonderland
Essay, Dr. Veronica O’ Neill
There is comfort in the idea of sailing off the end of the world, falling clean off the edge of a cliff, where choice…
Opening Speech – The disembodied adventures of Clea
Essay, Keith Gaynor, 09/02/2023
My name is Keith Gaynor. I work as a clinical psychologist and I’m honoured to speak at Cléa’s exhibition “The Disembodied adventures of Cléa”.…
Cléa van der Grijn One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small
Essay, Niall MacMonagle, November 07 2021
Ireland-born Cléa van der Grijn spent her childhood between Amsterdam and Dublin. Her artist father Erik van der Grijn’s “disciplined studio practice, the space,…
Flux by Dr Veronica O’Neill
Essay, Dr Veronica O'Neill, 27/7/21
FLUX, the new film by Cléa van der Grijn, is breathtakingly beautiful. Every frame comprises a painting in itself, and every prop is a…
Shift by Veronica O’Neill
Essay, Dr Veronica O'Neill
SHIFT comes both in the wake of and the process of FLUX—like the climax of a tsunami, FLUX leaves behind an altered landscape. Nothing…
Foreword to SHIFT
Essay, Dr Marie Naughton, 2021
I was truly honoured to be asked to contribute to Cléa Van der Grijn’s exhibition of SHIFT. I see this as an important role…
Flux by Veronica O’Neill
Critical Review, Veronica O’Neill, 27/7/21
FLUX, the new film by Cléa van der Grijn, is breathtakingly beautiful. Every frame comprises a painting in itself, and every prop is a…
On Cléa van der Grijn’s ‘Jump’
Essay, Dr. Medb Ruane
The journey to Jump Four neon letters on the wall leading to Cléa van der Grijn’s new exhibition spell out the word ‘Jump’. The…