BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/Dublin X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:VEVENT UID:231@visualartists.ie DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250808T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250906T160000 DTSTAMP:20250808T091247Z URL:https://visualartists.ie/events/matters-of-process-group-exhibition-at -leitrim-sculpture-centre SUMMARY:Matters of Process | Group Exhibition at Leitrim Sculpture Centre DESCRIPTION:'Matters of Process' - Exhibition Launch Friday 8th August 5-8p m.\n\nNiamh Fahy\, Lucy Mulholland\, Blaine O’Donnell\, Kate Oram\, Sony a Swarte.\n\nMatters of Process is a new series of exhibitions that explor es the work of artists who completed a Technical Development Research Resi dency (TDR) the previous year at the Centre. During their research phase\, artists conducted experiments with diverse materials and objects\, examin ing the often hidden processes and energies involved in their creation. Ma tters of Process highlights these processes and showcases how they influen ced the generation of new work and ideas.\n\nNiamh Fahy's approach examine s how disembodied forms might metamorphose into speculative bodies within the landscape. Working with the malleable and translucent qualities of wax \, the artist introduces the disobedient cow's tongue\, detached from noti ons of human ownership. Her series of 'roaming' sculpture works forms a pl ayful engagement with imagined worlds and unseen relationships in the land scape. Lucy Mulholland’s sculptural practice explores ecological precari ty\, interspecies entanglement\, and the ethics of care through labour-int ensive processes like mould-making\, slip-casting\, and metal casting. She works primarily with clay\, metal\, and paper\, investigating how these r aw materials are transformed through process. Humour and play are key stra tegies in her work — ways of navigating the emotional complexity of livi ng through ongoing crisis. Her recent work examines how small\, seemingly futile gestures can take on new meaning when viewed through the lens of cl imate anxiety and collective denial. Blaine O'Donnell has created new work investigating the sculptural potential of electro-mineral accretion proce sses\, where limestone deposits gradually build up on wire forming an Iris h word in a tank of mineral-enriched water. O'Donnell explores the art obj ect as a site for the meeting of disparate things - limestone dust\, metal \, electricity\, water\, solar energy\, and the Irish language - tracing p oints of separation and connection between the material and incorporeal\, presence and absence\, artwork and place. Kate Oram's large-scale welded s teel installation features fractal-inspired branching forms\, echoing the self-similar\, repeating patterns of tree growth. These sculptures are roo ted in an exploration of recursive geometry\, mirroring the natural logic of tree development and limb structures. The works aim to translate natura l growth systems into durable\, tactile forms that provide space for quiet observation and bodily resonance. Sonya Swarte's installation employs the mechanics and processes associated with the early stages of photography a nd animation to reconfigure images from mobile phones\, old photographs\, postcards\, drawings\, animation\, and diaries. Inspired by the persistenc e of images from the past\, as in the concept of 'hauntology'\, Sonya work s with print\, drawing and photo-reel manipulation to develop an experimen tal work-in-progress installation using a self-made mutoscope\, a praxinos cope and series of wall-mounted drawings.\n\nBio’s\n\nNiamh Fahy is a vi sual artist and researcher from Galway\, she has worked as a Research Asso ciate at the Centre for Print Research (CFPR) at the University of the Wes t of England. She completed her BA in Fine Art Printmaking at the Limerick School of Art and Design\, Ireland and holds her MA in Multidisciplinary Printmaking\, University of the West of England (2019) and she is currentl y studying towards completing her PhD. Through her practice\, Niamh invest igates the possibilities and capacity for the print artist to challenge an d expand modes of understanding anthropogenic changes within landscape. Be tween 2021 and 2023 she was awarded the UWE HAS-ACE connecting research pr oject grant for the project Slow Violence and River Abuse: The Hidden Effe ct of Land Use on Water Quality. Her work has been exhibited nationally an d internationally at shows including The Masters: Relief\, Bankside Galler y\, London. The RWA\, Bristol. The TYPA letterpress and Paper Arts Centre\ , Estonia. International Printmaking Conference Impact 9\, Hangzhou\, Chin a and Woolwich Contemporary Printmaking Fair\, London.\nhttp://www.niamhfa hy.com/\n\nLucy Mulholland (b. 1999) is an emerging artist based in Belfas t. Working across sculpture and installation\, her practice playfully inve stigates connections and exchanges between humans and the more-than-human world. She focuses on actions or gestures that may seem insignificant or e ven futile\, reimagining them as catalysts for potential future action. Lu cy holds a First-Class Honours degree in Sculpture from Edinburgh College of Art (2022) and was recently awarded the 2025 Gilbert Bayes Award by the Royal Society of Sculptors and the Meyer Oppenheim Prize at the 195th RSA Annual Exhibition. She has exhibited across Ireland and the UK\, includin g Hidden Door Arts Festival Edinburgh\, AWAKEN (Artlink\, Buncrana)\, Mate rials\, Messages and Meanings (R-Space\, Lisburn)\, and They Had Four Year s (GENERATOR projects\, Dundee).\n\nBlaine O'Donnell received the 2019 Eme rging Irish Artist Residency Award at the Burren College of Art\, followed by the exhibitions CAOL AIT\, BCA\, Clare (2019) and CAOL AIT Cuid a Do\, 126 Gallery\, Galway (2020). In 2021\, he created a permanent sculptural installation at VOID\, Derry\, for Office of the Rest\, a Forerunner proje ct commissioned by Mary Cremin. O'Donnell's essay Things to Do With Photog raphs was shortlisted for the Source Magazine Writers Prize 2021. Recent e xhibitions include hinder/further\, The Complex\, Dublin (2022)\, and TWO PHOTOGRAPHS AWAY\, Ardgillan Gallery\, Balbriggan (2024). Residencies incl ude the Temple Bar Gallery+Studios / HIAP Residency Exchange (2023)\, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico (2024)\, and Fire Station Artist s' Studios\, Dublin (2024/5). Awards include the EMERGENCE Award\, Wexford Arts Centre (2024) and the Paul Robinson Award\, TBG+S (2025).\n\nKate Or am was awarded a Bachelor’s degree in Wood\, Metal\, Ceramics and Plasti cs in Brighton in 1991. After thirty years in the studio producing finely crafted bronze and stone sculpture\, in 2021 she completed an MA in Creati ve Practice at IT Sligo during which she engaged with new processes\, expl oring the depths of her connection to the landscape. Her work has evolved towards a more conceptual\, ecologically-focused art practice\, allowing t he creative forces of nature to shape her work. Exhibitions include King H ouse\, Boyle Arts Festival 2012-2023\; Sculpture in Context\, Botanic Gard ens\, Dublin 2015- 2023\; Ballymaloe Sculpture Exhibition\, Co. Cork\, 201 8\; Sculpture at the Castle\, Blarney\, Co. Cork 2019\, 2023/24\; Tread So ftly Festival\, Sligo\, 2021 and ‘Bloodroot’\, Pulchri Studio\, The Ha gue\, Netherlands and Hamilton Gallery\, Sligo 2025.\n\nSonya Swarte grew up in The Netherlands where she acquired a BA in Archaeology in 2005 at Le iden University. In 2007 she came to Ireland and has since been based in L eitrim where she lives with her three children. Swarte finished an Art and Design course (ETB) in 2017 and a Masters in Creative Arts (ATU Sligo) in 2022. During the Masters she started working in film photography and (sto p motion) animation and later made a collaborative work entitled Bridey\, with M. Blake\, which was shown at the Galway Film Festival that year. In 2023 Swarte took part in the Chervona Kalyna animation project for Creativ e Leitrim and is based at the Leitrim Sculpture Centre where she continues to explore various ways of printing\, developing photos and super 8 film. In 2025 Swarte joined the art collective ^ in Manorhamilton and is also a member of the Manorhamilton Print group where she facilitates print works hops with other artists.\n\nImage credit: Kate Oram\, Work in Progress. LS C 2025 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://visualartists.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025 /08/IMG_6120-1.jpeg CATEGORIES:Connaught,Exhibition LOCATION:Leitrim Sculpture Centre\, Manorhamilton\, North County Leitrim\, Manorhamilton\, Leitrim\, Ireland GEO:-8.1766955000001;54.3048735 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Manorhamilton\, North Count y Leitrim\, Manorhamilton\, Leitrim\, Ireland;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=L eitrim Sculpture Centre:geo:-8.1766955000001,54.3048735 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Dublin X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR