Amanda Dunsmore works in art processes that explore representations of societal transformation, utilising durational artist engagement with individuals, groups, and associated social and political structures. The resultant artworks are undertaken after in-depth research, using video, sound, text, photography, installation, and drawing to create contextual portraits, which include a series of social-political-historical art projects, archives, and exhibition series.
Dunsmore’s socio-political art making and her artworks act as a mechanism of awareness, visibility, and societal reflection, working extensively around representation of equality, of peace-making and peace-makers, of the sites of social change, and the local/international implications and perceptions of these changes.
Dunsmore is a lecturer in Fine Art at Limerick School of Art & Design, TUS, and her artworks are held in national and international collections. Since 1997, she has been represented in Germany by ACC Gallerie for the artwork PLAN. In 2024, she was the overall winner of the National Gallery of Ireland’s AIB Portrait Prize for her moving image portrait of Irish transgender activist, Dr Lydia Foy. Dunsmore is currently working on a Democracy and Politics commission by Fingal Arts Office, exploring the history and legacy of local government in Fingal; research includes conversations with local archivists, historians, and councillors.
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January – December 2025
Dwell Here offers participants a simple proposition: to commit to this time and place while thinking deeply about its urgencies. Together we are curious to learn what can be activated or challenged through the process of dwelling. IMMA encourages reflection across the following themes to consider geographical, historical, political and cultural concepts of Ireland as a starting point to expand and connect international contexts through similarities and differences:
Technologies of Peace – to consider commemorative landscapes and memories of peace (as a dream, movement, or value) while generating perspectives on sustainable coexistence.
The Irish Paradigm – Welcomes artistic research that creates intimacy and connections, while celebrating the perceived agility and freedoms of operating on the periphery. As a small island on the edge of Europe, Ireland often has a challenging relationship with ‘the centre’.
The Museum as a Site of Vibration – consider how the museum and site can create new vibrations and rhythms within the built legacy of empire. How can museums make visible cultural shifts, including erased, censored or marginalised histories, as well as sustainability, planetary care, sharing and hospitality.