Irish sculptor Aileen MacKeogh attended the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, and Southern Illinois University. Combining bronze, steel, stone, porcelain and glass, her work addresses ideas of domesticity and the fragility of human life. MacKeogh was the chairperson of the Irish Exhibition of Living Art between 1983 and 1987. She was the first director of Arthouse, Temple Bar, and served as Head of Art, Design and Media at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology.