Temple Bar Gallery + Studios announces the recipient of the Paul Robinson Studio Award 2026

From Temple Bar Gallery + Studios

18th March 2026

Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (TBG+S) is pleased to announce Joanne Reid as the recipient of the Paul Robinson Studio Award 2026, proudly sponsored by leading law firm Arthur Cox LLP.

The Paul Robinson Studio Award supports an emerging artist of talent and promise to develop and focus their artistic practice during their Project Studio Membership at TBG+S. The award is created in the memory of Paul Robinson, a partner and much-loved member of the Arthur Cox team for over 20 years and TBG+S Board Member from October 2013 to November 2017. He is warmly remembered with great fondness and respect for his many contributions to the organisation, support of artists and his engaging interest in contemporary art.

Joanne Reid is the recipient of the Paul Robinson Studio Award in 2026. Working primarily in sculpture, her work often begins as an intuitive response to materials, objects and spaces that form our built environment. Reid’s material vocabulary draws primarily from the urban environment and construction sites, often using steel, plywood, timber, plaster, and concrete. Reid is interested in our desire to reproduce the natural world and the history of ornament in architecture and is influenced by art historical compositions, such as the still life.

Select exhibitions include: Residues of the Garden of Eden, The Complex, Dublin (2025); Thresholds to the Unseen, Solstice Arts Centre, Meath (2024); Sample Set, Studio 1, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (2023); Home Bodies, Glandwr, Dublin (2021); Dearly Beloved: ARTWORKS ,VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow (2019); Futures, Series 3, Episode 2, RHA Gallery, Dublin (2018).