Image: Emi O’Connell, and then I ran
PhotoIreland announces the names of the ten artists selected by an international jury for New Irish Works 2025, out of the large pool of projects submitted to the open call. They are:
- Austin Hearne, Slabs
- Billy Kenrick, The Very End of Everything
- Ciara Richardson, How would you like it to happen to you?
- Debbie Castro, Age is a privilege, unless you forget!
- Dorje De Burgh, Now is the Time
- Emily O’Connell, and then I ran
- Garry Loughlin, What Makes An Island?
- Kate Nolan, The Cut Tells its Own Tale
- Mandy O’Neill, Best Laid Plans
- Miriam O’Connor, Fox=Cow
During the years 2025 to 2027, PhotoIreland provides a structured programme to contribute to the professional development of the participating artists. Amongst other supports, participants will enjoy:
- A group exhibition at the International Centre for the Image
- Private workshops with guest professionals
- Support from our Production and Curatorial staff
- A feature in OVER Journal
We wish to extend a deep thank you to our jury this year:
- Ana Casas Broda, Co-founder, Hydra
- Dan Rule and Justine Ellis, Co-founders, Perimeter
- Danaé Panchaud, Director, Centre de la photographie Genève
- Dawn Williams, Curator, Crawford Art Gallery
- Gwen Lee, Co-founder, Singapore International Photography Festival, Director, DECK Photography Art Centre
- Jean-Christophe Godet, Founder, Artistic Director, Guernsey Photography Festival and Glaz Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie ,
- Katy Hundertmark, Managing Editor, Foam Magazine, Curator, Foam
- Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Photographer
- Michael Hill, Programme Curator, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
- Sohee Kim, Curator, Daegu Photo Biennale
PhotoIreland will be working with long-time partner printing studio Inspirational Arts, who have collaborated with PhotoIreland Festival for over a decade, to deliver the finest quality that is expected by contemporary artists. Inspirational Arts were, incidentally, the first printer in Ireland to become evaluated by Hahnemühle and appointed as a Certified Studio for digital fine art printing.
“It’s always a pleasure to see how holistically PhotoIreland looks at a problem, never in the usual routine, but thinking about what an opportunity like this should be about, what an artist needs. I like that you try to create opportunities rather than increasing the frustration of a competition.”
– István Virágvölgyi, Curator Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center
About New Irish Works
New Irish Works is a triennial project run by PhotoIreland to represent and promote the growing diversity of contemporary photographic practices in Ireland. We want to enrich the Irish ecosystem with much-needed new voices, new curatorial approaches, facilitate much-deserved new opportunities, and invigorate the Irish photography scene.
New Irish Works is a unique artist support programme run since 2013 by PhotoIreland in 3-year cycles, generating a growing set of professional development opportunities for selected lens-based practitioners throughout the duration of each cycle. The call is open every three years to Irish and Ireland-based artists at any stage of their career.
Throughout its history, New Irish Works has exhibited and showcased nationally across Dublin, Cork, and Limerick, and internationally from Paris, Amsterdam to Madrid, Ukraine, and beyond; it published and distributed a book featuring 25 artists in 2013, and a collection of 20 solo publications in 2016. The publications have sold worldwide and are now part of many private and public collections, including key cultural organisations such as the Hasselblad Foundation Library and the Centre Culturel Irlandais.
For a balanced and transparent outcome, a jury is set in place to review the submissions and select a number of projects. The jury is strategically composed of national and international experts from a diversity of Art fields and with a variety of specialisations.
Find out more about New Irish Works →
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