P.J. Doherty (ˈpi.dʒeɪ ˈdɔ.hər.ti) n. multidisciplinary visual artist from Donegal, Ireland (b. 2004)

With a systematic approach to material, P.J. Doherty explores analogue and digital realms as both subject matter and process, through drawing, printmaking, photography, video, installation, sculpture and performance.

P.J. started drawing at a young age, and developed his pencil portraits as a teenager (see Self Portrait, Me And My Dad, Focus), which gained him recognition in national art competitions and featured in exhibitions in Letterkenny, Omagh, Drogheda, Dublin and Cork, as well as Tokyo, Japan.

Now studying Fine Art at the National College of Art and Design, P.J. challenges the conventionality of his earlier work as a portrait artist. From this, he evolved a laborious system of drawing (see Aerial, Smokescreen, 50/50) that explores decelerative art practice as a form of resistance against the anxieties of the Information Age.

In his current work, P.J. appropriates the visual language and aesthetics of bureaucratic systems (see Folder 1, Folder 2, Labour Simulation 1, Labour Simulation 2), addressing unconventional concepts of white-collar labour and questioning where exactly in the workforce the artist can be placed for optimum (in)efficiency.