The Artists
The five emergent artists are recent graduates of Irish art schools including Technological University Dublin tud.ie Belfast School of Art ulster.ac.uk Limerick School of Art and Design tus.ie, National College of Art and Design ncad.ie and The Burren College of Art burrencollege.ie
Patryk Gizicki is originally from Poland and spent his childhood in County Mayo, Ireland. His practice is focused on the relationship between photography and personal experience. He uses analogue techniques in his image making process and colour is fundamental.
Being present at every part of the image making process is important. Patryk’s artistic vision extends beyond the frame, as he crafts stories that touch upon themes of identity, memory and home. He looks back at childhood and adolescence, confronting difficult memories of emigrating from Poland to Ireland aged six.
There are evocations and reflections upon the desire to feel connected and to be ‘at home’ and what it means to be Irish. It is a love letter to his hometown, Castlebar, in all its complexities.
Katerina Gribkoff has a BFA in Drawing from the Pratt Institute in New York in 2017. Her research aims to find alternative, liveable ways of making and creating in tandem with growing systems, and directly links her studio practice with a dye and pigment garden in the Burren.
Her work includes foraging and growing to make dyes and inks, biodegradable soft sculptures, photography, and plant support systems. She is currently doing Doctoral research at the Burren College of Art, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
Ethan Mc Garry is a Dublin based artist. His practice is concerned with the everyday, reflecting on societal living, he creates and compiles a variety of imagery through expanded photography and digital media into moving images. His work connotes oblique narratives that emphasize and employ each person’s independent understanding of the world we live in.
