Dystopian visions from a resolutely Gothic imagination. Investigating once again the dark destructive inpulses of humans, Gary Coyle’s new exhibition presents a terrfying snapshot of the way we live. – Aidan Dunne . The Irish Times. Tuesday March 17 2020 . Generally the titles of Gary coyle’s exhibitions are reliable indicators of the mood they […]

Art In Focus: My Magnetic North, Gary Coyle. Aidan Dunne . Irish Times Saturday November 17th 2018. What is it ? A Photo that forms part of Gary Coyle’s forthcoming Performance Piece incorporating still photographs, moving images and the spoken word – the words written &n performed by the Artist. How is it done ? […]

Press: Irish Times, November 2016     NOW CAME STILL EVENING ON: JOHN COYLE AND GARY COYLE The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim Although he was born in Scotland, the painter John Coyle is most strongly identified with disarmingly low-key paintings exploring his immediate environment for many decades: his home, his studio, and the surrounding terrain […]

Press: The Visual Artists News Sheet, Critique Supplement, November 2015     The overwhelming feeling upon entering into the RHA’s Ashford Gallery, given over to Gary Coyle’s compact solo exhibition, is of crossing into the realm of fantasy and fairy tales. This is thanks to the shows eponymous which covers all four walls, a floor-to-ceiling […]

Press: Totally Dublin, October 2015     The most exciting aspects of Gary Coyle’s practice are arguably his performative, photographic and sculptural work, as these forms often best highlight his skill for being present in the work (as the witty sarcastic storyteller in the lecture- performances from his 2010 exhibition At Sea in the Royal […]

Press: Totally Dublin, October 2015     The most exciting aspects of Gary Coyle’s practice are arguably his performative, photographic and sculptural work, as these forms often best highlight his skill for being present in the work (as the witty sarcastic storyteller in the lecture- performances from his 2010 exhibition At Sea in the Royal […]

Press: Irish Times, September 2015     Gary Coyle’s Into the Woods is superb. You have to be there in the gallery to get a sense of what he is doing. The exhibition is conceived and delivered as a single, immersive installation. Walk through the door and you have the uncanny sensation of having wandered […]

Press: Sunday Times 17 June 2012 Elements of Gary Coyle’s familiar yet disturbing world recur in these recent charcoal drawings, including the hooded figure who turns his back to the viewer in the shows title piece. Coyle has long being preoccupied with the idea of threat, both real and possibly imagined. He focuses on the […]

Press: The Visual Artists’ News Sheet July / August 2012 THE press release for Gary Coyle’s ‘Hello Darkness’ employs the word ‘Gothic’ as packaging for the dreary menace that glides sullenly and persistently through his work. Its a teasing, slippery description.In architecture, literature, art, even music. ‘Gothic’ connotes a gut reaction rather than a strict […]