Exhibitions Archive

Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine

Two rooms of paintings curated by Kevin Kavanagh and Alannah Murray

17th - 26th September 2026 | 12-6pm Daily

The Egg Room

Diana Copperwhite, Margaret Corcoran, Cecilia Danell, Deirdre Frost, Nevan Lahart, Salvatore of Lucan,

Paul McKinley, Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Aileen Murphy, Geraldine O’Neill, Dermot Seymour, Mark Swords.

The Sorting Area

Fiona Cawley, Daniel Coleman, Aidan Crotty, Mary Donnelly, Aisling Dunne, Noelle Gallagher,

Jo Killalea, Hardy Langer, John Maguire, Selma Makela, Margo McNulty, Sarah Wren Wilson.

Photographs: Aoife Herriott

A maritime child
Aleana Egan

in association with Galway International Arts Festival

12 July - 26 July, 12-6pm every day during Galway International Arts Festival
Continued to 16 August, 12-6pm Saturdays and Sundays only

A maritime child responds to the atmosphere of pathos and human fallibility felt within the site at Interface. Aleana Egan’s artworks share an instinctive sensibility, referring to processes of adaptation, repair and reuse. The exhibition hints at a central nervous system, influenced by sensory formations carried through the low-lying modernist building, its cantilevered canopies and the various outdoor tanks, pumps and connective infrastructures of the former salmon hatchery.

Egan’s subtle but deliberate sculptural forms speak with the industrial materiality of Interface, and the expansive natural landscape that encloses the site in the picturesque Lough Inagh Valley.

Curated by Michael Hill. With support from Kerlin Gallery and Konrad Fischer Galerie.

Aleana Egan’s artworks hold an instinctive sensibility, referring to processes of
adaptation, repair and reuse. The materiality of her work, whether in delicate
fabrics, galvanised steel, or cast concrete speaks to the consideration given to the
making and use of objects. Egan draws from personal and cultural associations of
literature and cinema to suggest evocative moments of pause, intrigue and
emotional depth.
A maritime child hints at a central nervous system, influenced by sensory
formations carried through the low-lying modernist building at Interface–its
cantilevered canopies, inoperative industrial architecture and the connective
infrastructures of the former salmon hatchery. The exhibition comprises several
new works that blend sculpture and painting, as well as re-made, re-finished and
re-appropriated sculptures: outdoors and in two intimate interior spaces.

Egan responds to the atmosphere of pathos and human fallibility felt within the
site. Her subtle but deliberate sculptural forms resist the romanticism of the
ruinous outdoor tanks and pumps, and also the expansive natural landscape that
encloses the site in the picturesque Lough Inagh Valley. Instead Egan’s works merge
with–and present opportunities to accept and relate to–the rawness and fragility of
both overwhelming environments.
At times intentionally obscure and elusive, the reading of Egan’s artwork is not
always revealed instantly. Alternatively, her affinity to tactility, closeness and tonal
sensation supports a slower response that walking the land and traversing the
various points of curiosity within Interface supports and celebrates.

Photographs: Ros Kavanagh

Annual Interface Members' Exhibition

in association with Clifden Arts Festival

September 17th-27th 2025

This Too Will Pass
July 2025
Curated by Valeria Ceregini

Inspired by Richard Long's This Too Will Pass; this exhibition explores the transient nature of life and the interconnectedness between humans and the Earth. Through the use of decay materials, the featured artists highlight the cycles of transformation in nature, emphasising the fragility and resilience of the environment. The proverb Bíonn siúlach scéalach, meaning "a walk is a story," reinforces the idea that each journey reveals new insights about the world. The exhibition encourages reflection on sustainability, urging us to adapt to nature's rhythms and act with urgency to address environmental challenges, fostering a hopeful path toward a harmonious, sustainable future.

Here, the Considered Line
September 2024
Curated by Lenka Sýkorová

An international group exhibition focussed on contemporary drawing extends the collaboration between artist-run spaces Altán Klamovka, Prague and Interface, Connemara.

Being an intimate gesture, drawing is perceived by many artists as the most direct medium for processing or articulating ideas. Combining the mind, eye and hand, the drawn line is a strong visual gesture of contemporary intermedia artists, whether on paper or guided by matter in space.

The thinking hand[1] is a gift for visual artists, where slowing down can lead to a state of deep concentration and connection to the current moment. One of the freedoms of art is that it offers an opportunity to bear witness to experiences through alternative lens. Together with this comes a vulnerability in which the artistic process can be informed by emotional intention. Slowing down, staying in the present moment can also be liberating. Sharpening the senses to fully concentrate on the moment also provides identification with place and a full appreciation of the present without planning for the future.

The exhibition Here, the Considered Line combines work by artists from the Altán Klamovka gallery platform in Prague and artists from Interface. It opens a dialogue between artists from Central Eastern Europe and the West of Ireland taking drawing as a starting point, which is demonstrated as a tender but powerfully expressive medium. Simultaneously, the exhibition makes room for conversations bout space and place, for immersion in nature and an exploration of the local history and legacy of place.

[1] Juhani Pallasmaa: The Thinking Hand, (2009).

Photos: Aoife Herriott & Alannah Robins

When We Cease to Understand the World
July 2024
Curated by Marysia Więckiewicz-Carroll

When We Cease to Understand the World is a group exhibition that takes its cue from the unique setting of Interface Inagh - a studio and residency programme situated in the Inagh Valley, in the heart of Connemara. The site was originally designed to be the biggest and most advanced salmon hatchery in the world, which supplied offshore salmon farmers with smolt via helicopter. The company’s ultimate failure – the factory was built too high above the adjacent lake - represents both the scale of human ambition and its disregard for natural surroundings.

The exhibition brings together the work of seven artists who explore the disconnection between humankind and nature, but also look at the potential of renewal. Through film, painting, sculpture and installation, they invite us to look closely, to look back to old practices, to learn a place and sit within its geology and deep time, and finally to connect with each other and the natural world.

Photos: Aoife Herriott

All the Dark Places
July 2023
Curated by Alannah Robins

Eliška Kováčiková | Hardy Langer | Margaret O Brien | Mary Donnelly | Noel Arrigan

All the Dark Places is a site-specific exhibition curated by Alannah Robins. In the unique environs at Interface, a visual artists’ workspace in the Inagh Valley, Connemara, this exhibition brings together the work of five artists exploring the unseen pulse in the landscape. The five artists approach the subject of landscape through paint, kinetics, multi-media sculpture and installation. Their engagements range from the spiritual and metaphysical to investigating more sinister, corporate exploitation of nature.

Photos: Aoife Herriott