Originally from Churchtown in Dublin, Fiona was born in
1972 to Tom and Elsie de Lacy and is the second eldest of their six daughters.
As a teenager Fiona designed and created her own unique jewellery and carried
out minor repairs for friends and family. Creative from birth, she was
fascinated with the structure of inanimate objects and how they worked. Her
father, to his horror, discover her interest when she was about seven years old
and had used his tools to dismantle his clock radio while he was at work. It
had been gifted to him by his employer. Attracted to the bright colours, Fiona had
removed all the components from the circuit board and had rearranging them into
colour coordinated groups, intending to make a pretty necklace. This early fascination
with bright colours together with her curiosity in the mechanics of how things
function, is something Fiona has carried through into her adult life as an
artist and designer where she continues to enjoy experimenting and
incorporating various materials into her art, including wood, ceramics, metals
and glass.
Her life long relationship with colour, geometry and
mechanics is evident throughout her work, particularly in her well know
paintings 'Spectrum', 'It's Complicated' and 'Fractured'.
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October 2011 I was interviewed by up and coming artist Alan Hurley: http://tinyurl.com/fionadelacy
February 2012 dun Laoghaire Gazette Newspaper had a write up about my upcoming exhibition. (page 7)
March 2012 Southside People Newspaper, wrote an article about my upcoming exhibition ' A touch of sense'. They sent a photographer to my home to photograph me at work in my studio. My paintings 'Candy Land' and 'It's Complicated' were featured in the article. (Southside People, Pg 3)
March 2012 Tallaght Express Paper did a full page article on my upcoming exhibition ' A touch of sense' in Taylors Three Rock. (edition 20, Pg 4)
March 2012 The opening of my solo exhibition ' A touch of sense' began in Taylors Three Rock. This was a massively successful exhibition, after which art lectures in both \Belfast and Trinity college encouraged their students to come view my work in Stephens Green. The exhibition was opened by Joe Dunne from the RHA. The opening was recorded by Darragh Hughes.
March 2012 My painting 'it's complicated was on display at the Hermione Art Exhibition in Alexandra College D6
March 2012 Exclusive Killiney magazine, added me to their 'best that Dublin has to offer section' and printed my painting "it's complicated" (Spring 2012 Edition, Page 10)
March 2012, Woman's Way Magazine, advertised my exhibition, A touch of sense' along with photos of me working on my painting 'Dyslexic'.
March-April 2012 - The 2nd part of my Solo Exhibition of 'A touch of Sense' was held in Village framing and Gallery D16
March-April 2012, About Ballinteer, a Local Magazine, shared a full page article on my Exhibition A touch of sense along with photographs of my work. (Issue 54, Pg. 31)
April 2012 On Line interview with Graham Mathews from ArtPromotive.com about my art and recent exhibition. (This Interview along with photos of my collection were later shared across Pinterest)
April/May 2012, News Four newspaper did a half page on me. page 35, (www.news4.ie)
October 2012 The Irish Times featured my painting 'Spectrum' on their advertisement for the up coming RDS Art Source 2012 Exhibition.
October 2012 I took part in the RDS Art Source Exhibition. Art Source chose my painting "Spectrum" to be featured on their 2012 invitations (only 3 artists were featured out of the hundreds that took part.)
November 2012 art Interview by Emma Traynor about what inspires me etc. (Part of her thesis.)
December 2012 The Sunday Business Post mentioned me in their 'events calendar and then shared an image of my painting 'Spectrum' and a little info about me being in the RDS Art Source 2012 exhibition.
November 2013 I took part in Exhibition 'Art Source 2013
'December 2014 The Brighter Future Ball auctioned my painting "Dancing in the Dark" for Cancer Clinical research Trust
