Agency for Nature | Diane Henshaw at Portiersloge, Netherlands

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Exhibition continues from the 8th of September to the 30th of September 2025.

In Agency for Nature, Northern Irish artist Diane Henshaw invites us to view the natural world not as passive scenery, but as a vibrant, politically potent agent. Influenced by philosopher Jane Bennetts concept of vibrant matter, her work foregrounds the agency of both living and non-living phenomena.
Originally from Islandmagee, County Antrim, and now based in rural Tempo, County Fermanagh, Henshaw works within the Irish tradition of dinnseanchas mapping place through story to create landscapes that are at once abstract and narratively rich. Through layered inks, acrylics,