Ceara Conway
Ceara Conway is an independent Irish contemporary vocal and visual artist. She uses performance, song, text, and forms of visual art (photography, sculpture and video) to explore social issues such … Continue reading
Washing Soot Off Stained Glass
22nd November 2023 to January 2024 2023 is the centenary year of the birth of Irish writer Eithne Strong (1923-1999). To mark this, Eithne’s daughter, the visual artist Sarah Strong … Continue reading
Miguel Mitlag
STANDARD FANTASTIC 23 October to 20 November 2023 Curated by Aoife Tunney Derived from still imagery, Miguel Mitlag’s Standard Fantastic experiments with simultaneous moving images across multiple screen. Apparently random chops of … Continue reading
Bassam Issa Al-Sabah
A Scream Floats Among the Flowers – September to October 2023 This exhibition charts Bassam Issa Al-Sabah’s film work over the last eight years. Al-Sabah utilises a hyper-artificial and glitched … Continue reading
The Centre for Indisciplinary Research
The Centre for Indisciplinary Research | Nathan O’Donnell Curated by Aoife Tunney Opening event 4–6 pm, Wednesday 11 March 2020 Including an in-conversation between Dr Nathan O’Donnell and Dr Patrick Bresnihan, Iontas … Continue reading
Martina O’Brien
Quotidian 28th November – 29th January Quotidian is a seven-channel video installation by visual artist Martina O’Brien. This new series of work is developed through engagement with seven people based in … Continue reading
Form Ever Follows Functions
Ireland’s most innovative art and literature magazines, The Pickled Body and gorse, have joined forces to present a groundbreaking exhibition at Illuminations, the digital-visual exhibition space at NUI Maynooth. Form … Continue reading
Sam Keogh – Videos
For his show at Illuminations Gallery, Sam Keogh presents a selection of videos which have come out of his performances and installations to date. Each video is formally specific to … Continue reading
Redemption – The Architecture of Robin Walker
17.10.18-16.11.18 To coincide with the launch of Maynooth University’s new Strategic Plan, Illuminations revisits Robin Walker’s iconic Arts Building (1970-1977). Built on the North Campus as an educational hub, housing … Continue reading
Portrait of a (Working) Mother
7 June-30 June 2018 Images: Marina Cavazza Words: Eglė Kačkutė Part of the “Motherhood, Mobility, Migration” Symposium held at Maynooth University on 14-15 June 2018, the exhibition Portrait of a (Working) … Continue reading
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