Glenn Loughran an artist, educator and researcher living in Dublin, Ireland. For over 20 years, he has developed durational, socially engaged art projects with diverse communities. Situated locally, these projects foster contributory research through event-based practices. Key projects include: What is an Island? (2018-2021), After the Future… of Work (2017-2019) and The HedgeSchoolProject (2006 -2012). More details
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Atoosa Pour Hosseini makes film, performance, photograph, sculpture and installation to explore the influence of history and culture on the perception of reality and illusion. Her work examines several recurring themes relating to location, reflection, alienation and her relationship with her surroundings. Her projects aim to create a contemporary dialogue and forge new links between distinct geographical and cultural zones, producing an enriched, expanded, and amplified experience of being in the world. See more details here
Addoley Dzegede is a Ghanaian-American artist and educator from South Florida (USA), based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her work investigates how trade histories between Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas have shaped individual and communal identities. She was a 2022–2023 Fulbright Fellow to the Netherlands for Craft, including recent exhibitions at the National Museum of Norway, CANADA gallery in New York, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, and the Carnegie Museum of Art. See more details here
Samir Mahmood is a Pakistani-born visual artist based in Dublin. His practice integrates traditional Indo-Persian miniature painting with research into queer identity, spiritual transformation, and the politics of migration. Originally trained in medicine, he brings a rigorous, research-oriented methodology to his artmaking, drawing from symbolic, philosophical, and historical frameworks that inform both the content and form of his work. See more details here
Paul O’Brien is an architect working at the intersection of space, place, and cultural identity. He studied architecture at University College Dublin, KTH Stockholm, and The Bartlett, and has gained experience at award-winning practices including David Kohn Architects, Turner Works, DSDHA, and Grafton Architects. Research is central to his practice, with a particular focus on the relationship between art and architecture. His work examines how spatial design frames experience, reflects institutional values, and supports evolving curatorial models. Paul undertakes projects spanning buildings, installations, furniture, and objects, drawing inspiration from vernacular construction and material innovation. He is the recipient of an Irish Arts Council Project Award (2025/26) for research into developing a contemporary language for stone building in Ireland.
Xiao Zhiyu’s painting practice explores relationships between painted objects and contemporary image economies, where representation is shaped by dynamics of circulation, distortion, and screen-based perception. Following the study of landscape traditions, Xiao moves between European and Chinese contexts to examine how notions of nature, perspective, and technology have been differently conceived. See more details here