Robert Ballagh is an Irish artist, painter and designer. Born in suburban Dublin and privately schooled, he studied architecture at the Bolton Street College of Technology. After a brief career as a professional showband musician, he turned to art. With his three years of architectural training, and otherwise largely self-taught, he was given a first project by Micheal Farrell, freshly returned from the New York arts scene; Ballagh's initial painting style was strongly influenced by pop art. He is latterly particularly well-known for his hyperrealistic renderings of Irish literary, historical and establishment figures, as well as for designing more than 70 Irish postage stamps and a series of banknotes, and for work on theatrical sets, including for works by Samuel Beckett and Oscar Wilde, and for Riverdance in multiple locations. He also designed sets for the opening ceremonies for two major international sporting events hosted in Ireland, the Special Olympics and the Ryder Cup. Ballagh's work has been exhibited at many solo and group shows since 1967, in Dublin, Cork, Brussels, Moscow, Sofia, Florence, Lund and others, as well as touring in Ireland and the US. He has sold well at auction, and his work is held in a range of museum and gallery collections, as well as those of some companies. He was chosen to represent Ireland at the 1969 Biennale de Paris.
Dorothy Cross is an Irish artist. Working with differing media, including sculpture, photography, video and installation, she represented Ireland at the 1993 Venice Biennale. Central to her work as a whole are themes of sexual and cultural identity, personal history, memory, and the gaps between the conscious and subconscious. In a 2009 speech by the president of UCC, Cross was described as "one of Ireland’s leading artists".
Declan McGonagle is a well-known figure in Irish contemporary art, holding positions as director at the Orchard Gallery in Derry, the first director at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, and as director of the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. He writes, lectures and publishes regularly on art and museum/gallery policy issues, and curates exhibitions.
Brian O'Doherty was an Irish-American art critic, writer, visual artist, and academic. He lived in New York City for over 50 years, serving as an art critic for The New York Times and NBC, as well as an editor for Art in America. He used a number of alter egos, including Patrick Ireland.
Alice Maher is a contemporary Irish artist working in a variety of media, including sculpture, photography and installation.
Victor Sloan MBE is a Northern Irish photographer and artist.
Michael Nelson is a contemporary British installation artist. He represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2011. Nelson has twice been nominated for the Turner Prize: first in 2001, and again in 2007.
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (TBG+S) is a contemporary gallery and visual artist studio space located in the centre of Dublin in Temple Bar.
The Brooklyn Rail is a publication and platform for the arts, culture, humanities, and politics. The Rail is based in Brooklyn, New York. It features in-depth critical essays, fiction, poetry, as well as interviews with artists, critics, and curators, and reviews of art, music, dance, film, books, and theater.
Anna Barriball is a British artist based in South London.
William Powhida is an American visual artist and former art critic. Powhida's work is critical and addresses the contemporary art world.
Declan Long is an Irish art critic and lecturer specialising in contemporary art made in ‘Post-Troubles’ Northern Ireland.
Christian Viveros-Fauné is a New York-based writer and curator of contemporary art.
Jim Ricks is an American and Irish conceptual artist, writer, and curator. He has exhibited throughout Ireland and internationally, including a number of public art projects.
Helen Cammock is a British artist. She was shortlisted for the 2019 Turner Prize and was awarded the prize along with the other three nominees. For the first time ever, they asked the jury to award the prize to all four artists and their request was granted. She works in a variety of media including moving image, photography, poetry, spoken word, song, printmaking and installation.
Jaki Irvine is an Irish contemporary visual artist, specialising in music and video installations, and a novelist. She shares time between Dublin and Mexico City.
Rosc was a series of international modern art exhibitions held in Dublin, Ireland approximately every 4 years between 1967 and 1988.
Zoé Whitley is an American art historian and curator who has been director of Chisenhale Gallery since 2020. Based in London, she has held curatorial positions at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Tate galleries, and the Hayward Gallery. At the Tate galleries, Whitley co-curated the 2017 exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, which was described by ARTnews as one of the most important art exhibitions of the 2010s. Soon after she was chosen to organise the British pavilion at the 2019 Venice Biennale.
Laura Buckley (1977–2022) was an Irish video and installation artist, and sculptor. Born in Galway, Ireland, she lived and worked in London. She exhibited throughout the UK and internationally.
Barbara Dawson is an Irish author, editor, art historian, gallery director, and curator. She is curator of several art exhibitions including the works of notable artists such as Francis Bacon (2009).
