TULCA Festival of Visual Arts Announces 2025 Programme

From TULCA Festival of Visual Arts.
29th October 2025.

TULCA Festival of Visual Arts is pleased to announce the programme for its 23rd edition, Strange lands still bear common ground, curated by Beulah Ezeugo. Running from 7–23 November 2025, the festival unfolds across multiple venues in Galway City and extends internationally with a satellite exhibition in New York.

Taking inspiration from an anonymously drawn Burmese Map of the World, the festival explores how encounters between people, places, and histories can reorient understanding and open up new possibilities of contact.

Curator Beulah Ezeugo says:

“I’m incredibly proud to be working with such an extraordinary team of Irish and international artists on this iteration of TULCA. This year, the festival is bolstered by the sites it inhabits, the creativity of previous editions, and the sense of fluidity and interdependence I see reflected in Galway’s artistic ecosystem. I hope it invites audiences to encounter these spaces and histories in new ways, and to connect more deeply with the stories the artists bring forward.”

Programme Highlights

Exhibitions and projects will take place across Galway at TULCA Gallery (Hynes Building), Galway Arts Centre, 126 Artist-run Gallery, University of Galway (James Mitchell Geology Museum, Zoology & Marine Biology Museum, and University Gallery), and ATU Wellpark Road Library.

The 2025 programme contributing artists include Saoirse Amira Anis, Mourad Ben Amor, Susannah Bolton, Caroline Mac Cathmhaoil, Marie Farrington, Bojana Janković and Nessa Finnegan, Caoimhín Gaffney, Mair Hughes, Francis Jones, Emily Joy, Jericho Mars, Bint Mbareh, Hussein Mitha, Kate Morrell, Thais Muniz, Tom O’Dea, Seán O’Riordan, Enya Moore and Kate O’Shea, PATHOS, Abel Shah, Durre Shahwar, Peter Tresnan, Chris Zhongtian Yuan, and Jess Zamora-Turner.

The Events Programme includes curator and artist talks, performances, workshops, and gallery tours. Highlights include:

● Official Festival Launch: TULCA Gallery, St. Augustine Street, Galway, 7 Nov at 7pm
● Artist Talks Series with ATU (4 talks: 21 Oct, 4 Nov, 11 Nov, 18 Nov)
● Susannah Bolton’s live performance of a poetic songscape Gam Thàladh, presented at the O’Donoghue Centre, University of Galway13 Nov, 1-2pm
● Saoirse Amira Anis: rebreach of a fraying body performance beginning at O’Brien’s Bridge, 15 Nov
● TULCA 2025 Satellite Gallery: The Longest Shadow Ever Cast at 334 Broome Street, New York, running 14–16 Nov
● Bint Mbareh: Tidal Memory broadcast on FLIRT FM, 13 & 20 Nov

TULCA 2025 also presents an Education Programme with artist talks, public and academic gallery tours, and workshops inviting audiences to reflect and participate in the festival’s themes.

Exhibitions are free and open to the public; some Festival Events are ticketed and can be booked at TULCA’s website. Discover the full programme at www.tulca.ie.