Deirdre O’Mahony (b. Limerick, 1956) graduated with a BA Fine Art from St. Martin’s School of Art (1979), MA Fine Art (Research) Crawford College of Art Cork (2005) and PhD (2012) University of Brighton. Based in Ireland, her career spans over 30 years making work across sculpture, painting, film, installation and participatory projects. Her practice focuses on the politics of landscape, rural and urban relationships, rural sustainability and food security. She considers the role of art in bringing together diverse communities, alternate forms of knowledge, embracing art as a critical space to help us see things differently. Recent exhibitions and projects include Between A Rock and A Hard Place at VISUAL, Carlow (2025); The Quickening at the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin and Kunstverein, Amsterdam (2024); EVA International, Limerick (2023); Eat Food Policy Feast, Kunstverein Aughrim (2023); SPUD (2019-2009); A Village Plot at The Irish Museum of Modern Art (2016). O'Mahony has received numerous awards and residencies, nationally and internationally; and her work is represented in public and private collections including the Arts Council of Ireland and the Irish Museum of Modern Art.