ABOUT
Angela Brady is a multi designer ;-
An Architect and director of award winning practice Brady Mallalieu Architects
An Artist and Fused glass craftsperson
A TV broadcaster - who champions Design and Craft internationally and
has presented 3 Primetime TV series on contemporary design
Angela has design studios in London and Cork, Ireland.
Born in Dublin and graduated from T U Dublin School of Architecture, Angela was President of the RIBA 2011 - 2013
Angela sits on TUD Foundation Board from 2018 - 2027
External Examiner Westminster School of Architecture 2023-2027
Design Mentor at Uni of Kent - Canterbury School of Architecture 2025
​Angela will have her first solo show #Horizons in November 2025 at the Irish Embassy London
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Angela is the curator of #10HandsCrafts group of master crafts people since 2015 who have exhibited in China in 2018 and 2024 and Dublin, Cork and London
Art Groups;- West Cork Creates, Cork Craft & Design, The Glass Society of Ireland (GSOI)
4 Galleries: Uillinn, Working Artists studios, Aisling Gallery and Blue House gallery, all in West Cork
Angela takes part in many group Art & Craft shows
#MadeLocal #Spanish/Irish exchange 2024 with GSOI
West Cork Creates annual shows, at 'Cnoc-Bui Arts' Union Hall West Cork
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Exhibitions;-
Solo exhibition Angela Brady "#Horizons"
Canvas & Glass works, Irish Embassy London,
3-16th Nov 2025
Glass Society of Ireland, Group show at
National Botanic Gardens, Dublin #GSOI #Connecting
27th Oct - 1st Nov 2025
#WestCorkCreates Summer group show #CnocBui Gallery, Union Hall, West Cork
2nd to 17th Aug 2025 #Feast
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Artist member of The Blue House Gallery, Schull, West Cork
​#ShowcaseIreland2021 and #WestCorkCreates 2013 to 2025
Angela has made 3 prime time TV series on design to date 'Designing Ireland" RTE Player and Amazon Prime, The Home Show on Ch 4 and Building the Dream on ITV
Angela is a Design and Crafts Council UK Ambassador 2021 to 2026
LondonCraftWeek 2021 held at BMA office with a selection on show to June 2023 ​
Galleries: The Aisling Gallery, West Cork 4 Dec 2021 to - 30 Jan 2022
http://aisling.gallery/ Plus 6 pieces in house show - #AugustCraftMonth 22 and 23
Cork Craft & Design "#Baile/Home at #WorkingArtist'sStudios #WAS in Ballydehob
30 July - 31 August 2021 for Cork Craft Month 2023
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"Cork Craft & Design" celebrate Cork Craft Month -Group show in new retail outlet at Douglas Shopping centre to 31 August 2021
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#WestCorkCreates curated by #AlisonOspina group show of 40 artists and crafts people- ten years in Skibbereen and in 2023 - 2025 at Union Hall
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Craft short film #BallydehobTheHomeofCraft
Angela Brady and Brian Lalor launched their short film "Ballydehob-The Home of Craft" on 12 Aug 2021 with guest speakers film maker David Puttnam and CoCork Conor Nelligan
Watch short film on line on www.10handscrafts.com home page
and via RTE
https://www.rte.ie/culture/2021/0728/1237732-watch-ballydehob-the-home-of-craft/
Thanks to Minister Heather Humphreys for her message of support for our short film
See video message link here: https://vimeo.com/586332920
"Ballydehob - The Home of Craft" looks at 60 years of hand craft in Ballydehob West Cork, where hundreds of Artists and Crafts people have been coming to live and work since the 1960's - attracted by the beautiful countryside, quality of life and affordable house prices
"In this 30 minute documentary Angela Brady talks to Brian Lalor curator of the Ballydehob Arts Museum's first permanent craft collection. Angela visits the 'Working Artists Studios' to look at the Craft exhibition on contemporary crafts with Paul O'Colmain who also contributed his music. Angela
then meets several artists to inform us about their work from Pottery, and basketry to bespoke jewellery and silk weaving - including the next generation contemporary works"
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Thanks to;-
This video was made possible with a grant from Creative Ireland-Cork Co Co and thanks to Design and Crafts Council of Ireland for sponsoring the launch.
Thanks to all the craftspeople for taking part.
Film co produced by Angela Brady with Bazar Productions.
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Angela curates and takes part in the "10 Hands Crafts" Irish master crafts group shows for major international exhibitions
China Craft Week in Hangzhou China in Nov 2018 and Oct 2024 as focus country
London Craft Week at Irish Cultural Centre June 2019 and at BMA 2021
See our VIDEO how we make crafts on www.10handscrafts.com
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Instagram @AngelaBradyOBE
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Royal Academy Summer Shows 2018: Brady Mallalieu Architect's Crown Plaza garden pavilion project was invited to both the Royal Academy London and Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin Summer Shows : 3D architectural model made to sit on fused glass base plate design
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Angela has been working as an artist using fused glass for 18 years and has exhibited many times at the Barbara Stanley Gallery London and 3 galleries in Ireland and annually with the West Cork Creates group in West Cork. Angela first curated "7 Hands Crafts” group show of craftspeople with exhibitions in London, Cork and Dublin to celebrate Irish Design 2015. She exhibited at The Blue House Gallery in West Cork with glass and acrylic paintings and a mixed media concrete + glass piece for #Bauhaus100 as group artwork with Robin and Alex Mallalieu
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Glass artworks are also exhibited in various group shows with “Shoreline” in the Blue Egg Gallery in Wexford, The Mill Cove Gallery in Kenmare, the Etain Hickey collection in Clonakilty and also shows her glass works at the Uillin West Cork Arts Centre
Angela collaborated with sculptor Holger Lonze to make a Bronze and fused glass artwork " Winterfields" for “The Garden” show curated by Alison Ospina and exhibited in Skibbereen #WestCorkCreates with 40 artists and at The BlueHouse Gallery Schull
Commercial installations include 4 steel and fused glass artwork panels for The Murphy Group HQ in London illustrating the work that they do in a series of 48 fused glass plates mounted on the 4 steel panels which were laser-cut as part of the design
Angela paints artworks to commission and painted 32 acrylic paintings for UK Specialist Hospital in Emerson's Green NHS treatment centre in UK where Brady Mallalieu architects were involved in the main design works. These were mainly abstract landscapes inspired by the Irish coastline
Community Art Projects include the award winning "Brickworks community centre" where a selection of Angela's 10 large acrylic paintings are part of the fit-out project by Brady Mallalieu Architects
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As a TV broadcaster Angela co wrote and co presented with Dr Sandra O’Connell the 4 part documentary series “Designing Ireland" - a landmark TV series promoting the best of Irish Design, broadcast on RTE in 2015 and 2016. It continued to be broadcast in Australia + New Zealand on Sky Arts in 2018 and currently is available on AmazonPrime in USA and Canada 2020
Angela was awarded an OBE in 2015 for services to architecture & education and in 2016 was awarded the Irish Presidents Distinguished Service Award for contribution to Irish Design in Arts and Culture. She was given a lifetime achievement award from Westminster University and awarded a Doctor of letters 2018 and many other awards and fellowships. Angela spends time between London, Cork and Dublin with husband Robin Mallalieu and their two children
Angela also works to private commissions and works with clients on special projects
SALES: contact me by email for full list of available glass designs and artworks.
Latest products: #Biodiversity #Insects #Bees #Butterflies #Birds and all involved with nature and fused glass jewellery as featured on London Fashion Week 2023 with Paul Costelloe fashion on the runway
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Email: angelamariabrady@gmail.com
Instagram: AngelaBradyOBE
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@AngelaBradyRIBA
@BradyMallalieu
Instagram @AngelaBradyOBE
Tel +44 20 88801544
www.10handscrafts.com - curated from 2015 - 2025
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