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Open Call Exhibitions: 2027, 2028 and 2029
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Arts Office is delighted to announce the 2027-2029 Open Call Exhibitions. These were selected through a widely advertised selection process.
Image: Noelle Gallagher, Sarah O'Brien, Marielle MacLeman, Kathy Tynan.
The artists are:
2027: Noelle Gallagher (emerging artist) Noelle’s moving image artwork Forest/ry will be exhibited alongside a series of paintings which are companion pieces to this film, evoking a slower, more measured response to the themes of the work. She will also exhibit new work from her slow-art project with the Woodland Symposium responding to ongoing woodland restoration at Interface, the artist studio and residency centre in Connemara.
2027: Artists Sarah O’Brien and Kathy Tynan will work in collaboration to exhibit their paintings in a way that will elicit new readings of the work. By locating common grounds as well as points of departure between both art practices, the exhibition will reflect on painting by the sea, the effects of motherhood on art making, how a painting is built, and the chance encounters that come about due to conversation and collaboration.
2028: Marielle MacLeman Exploring loss and preservation amid scientific research to improve native woodland, The Visitors is a playful yet critical lament on Ireland’s built and natural heritage. Made using scavenged materials, many gathered in the wake of storms or human activity, the artworks interact like a set. A room for visitors - invited and invasive - ready to come apart for the next act.
2029: Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh will exhibit a range of paintings, all works on canvas. Her work is innately concerned with the material qualities of paint and the physical act of painting itself. Her paintings achieve an ‘opening up’ of landscape that consider universal themes of language, ancestry, and timeless depictions of place.
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