John Dolan, Michele O’Hana, and Jack Dolan “HOME” - 2025

We are pleased to announce the next exhibition entitled "HOME" by John Dolan, Jack Dolan + Michele O’Hana. The opening reception will be held on September 13, 2025, from 5 pm to 7 pm at The Robin Rice Gallery, 234 Warren St, Hudson, NY 12534

Back in the spring of 2025, Robin Rice visited the studio of John Dolan and Michele O’Hana, and she experienced a lightbulb moment. She imagined a family collaboration. The result is HOME, a deeply personal, immersive exhibition that explores the meaning of home through the diverse but interconnected practices of John Dolan, fine art photography, Michele O’Hana, interior designer, textiles, ceramics, and weaving, and Jack Dolan, blacksmith, hand-forged knives. The show brings together three artists—two parents and a son—in a celebration of craft, memory, and place. 

In the exhibition HOME, the gallery space is transformed into an evocative, intimate environment inspired by the family’s barn studio in Chatham, NY. One room features a re-creation of the barn interior, designed by Michele, with hand-stained wooden boards covering the walls to create a warm, inviting space. Framed Fine art photographs rest on picture rails above a knitted woolen quilt and softly glowing porcelain light fixtures. Knives with hand-forged steel blades and Hudson Valley wood handles are displayed like heirlooms passed down through generations next to porcelain sculptures created by Michele. O’Hana’s installation contributions include knitted textiles, basketry, and porcelain, all resonating with warmth and tactility. This is not just an exhibition; it is an invitation into a way of life—slower, rooted, intentional. 

The exhibition asks: What defines a home? Is it a structure, a memory, a handmade object, or the hands that make it? For the Dolan-O’Hana family, home is all of those things—a place shaped over time through movement and return, creation and collaboration. This show blurs the lines between domestic space and gallery, between art object and daily ritual. 

Through fine art photography, textiles, ceramics, and metalwork, HOME is a multi-sensory portrait of a family rooted in craft and place. At its heart is a shared creative language—one that speaks through light, form, texture, and the enduring beauty of handmade things. 

Each artist brings their own story, medium, and sensibility to the exhibition.

Michele O’Hana works across a wide range of materials: wool, willow, porcelain, hand-spun yarns, and is an interior designer. Her practice reflects a lifelong relationship with natural materials and handmade processes, often collaborating with artisans for custom creations. Born in Paris and raised in England and Ireland, O’Hana studied Archaeology and Art History at University College Dublin, followed by studies at The New York School of Interior Design. Her creative life has always been shaped by a balance between rural heritage and urban sophistication. Her design sensibility is both eclectic and deeply grounded—celebrating simplicity and functionality. Today, she lives in Chatham, NY, surrounded by sheep, goats, and horses, where her work continues to be informed by the land and the rhythm of the seasons. Her installation contributions include knitted textiles, basketry, and porcelain, all resonating with warmth and tactility. 

John Dolan, an acclaimed photographer and educator, brings more than three decades of experience capturing the quiet moments that define a life. Known for his work with high-profile clients like Gwyneth Paltrow, Michelle Williams, and Jerry Seinfeld, Dolan's work straddles the worlds of fine art, editorial, and commercial photography. He taught at ICP in New York for 15 years and continues his workshops in the Berkshires. His 2021 monograph The Perfect Imperfect: The Wedding Photographs of John Dolan (Damiani Books) speaks to his ongoing fascination with human connection, beauty, and the fleeting nature of time. In HOME, his photographs from Ireland, the Hudson Valley, and elsewhere, bring a quiet, reverent sense of place—both as document and as dreamscape. This marks Dolan’s third exhibition at the Robin Rice Gallery. 

Jack Dolan, the middle of three children, brings the element of fire and steel. A knife maker and fisherman currently based in Portland, Maine, Jack was born in Ireland and raised in Chatham. He studied Music and Environmental Studies at St. Lawrence University and earned a captain’s license, sailing and transporting boats across the globe. His blacksmithing training began in Ireland under master knife maker Fingal Ferguson. Jack’s work fuses traditional technique with contemporary form, incorporating local woods and reclaimed materials from the Hudson Valley. His knives are not only tools but sculptural objects—evidence of time, labor, and skill. They are also a symbolic link to the handmade and the enduring.