Projects

The show Plot and Piece is a series of interconnections through both media and philosophical stance. The work spans painting, photo imagery, sculpture and installation and addresses ideas from fragility to trespass.

Upward behind… presents a new body of paintings formed loosely through the narrative of illusory constructs, a reality yielded and infinite abbreviations or associations.

The Recount of Conflict presents projects focused on the disruption of the everyday life of individuals, families, communities, organisations, countries, etc. The artists selected for the exhibition are Anna Ehrenstein, Demetris Koilalous, Jasper Bastian, Marcus Haydock, Mark McGuinness, Martin von den Driesch, and Sascha Richter.

Smile is an exhibition of paintings about nightmares; teeth; anxiety; the ambivalence and possibilities of dreams contrasting with vividity and certainty.

Alien Architecture is a an ongoing response to both Henry’s advice and to the alien specimens found in the collection. Presenting work made over the past two years, this exhibition acts as a conduit for conversation, asking; What is a landscape when it is architected by industry?

The Pinch is an installation of wax rubbings, paper coins, a bench, and a bookwork followed by a performance. Paid for with money scoured from the streets of Dublin, the installation explores the potential of public funding, city mining, and social entrepreneurialism toward decelerated economic opportunities.

Studio amigos during our time in Dublin, this exhibition is a chanceto reunite and continue our conversation about the formal, historicaland emotional aspects of painting.

Origins is a series of paintings investigating the physicality of paint as object and furthermore how it can be used to create the impression of form and movement without the means of a traditional perspective space.

“Nimmo’s Pier” is an exhibition of recent paintings by Carlow-based artist Jules Michael. Made in her rural studio over the previous eighteen months, the works consist of mostly large-scale, abstracted images, the paintings utilising ideas and sources derived from remnants in architecture and the built environment.

Beatland is an exhibition of paintings by Dublin based artist Chanelle Walshe. The paintings depict human organs, the heart and lungs, in various energetic states.

Part how-to manual, part history, and part socio-political critique, Artist-Run Europe looks at the conditions, organisational models, and role of artist-led practice within contemporary art and society.

Periodical Review (2011–ongoing) is a long-running curatorial project which sets out to consider, revisit and review current movements within contemporary art practices from around Ireland.