Beatrice O’Connell is a multidisciplinary artist from Dublin, Ireland, whose practice explores human and animal behaviour in the context of climate crisis.
Beatrice holds a BA in Painting from TU Dublin and an MFA from NCAD (2022). Her work spans drawing, painting, animation, video, sound, sculpture, installation, performance, and film. O’Connell exhibits regularly at Taylor Galleries, Dublin, where she presented her 2024 solo exhibition Overwintering on the Moon.
Her work has been included in major national exhibitions such as the RHA Annual Exhibition, the Royal Ulster Academy, and Rua Red’s Open Submission Exhibitions, as well as internationally at the Centre for the Less Good Idea in Johannesburg and the Beep Painting Biennial in Swansea.
Beatrice has taken part in curatorial and collaborative projects such as Mutualism at the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon (2024–25), Landmarks at the Pearse Museum (2022), and Sonic Displacements at Project Arts Centre (2022).
Her awards include the Arts Council Agility Award, a scholarship to study with Mark Dion at the Alternative Art School (2022), and a mentorship with Sabine Theunissen at William Kentridge’s Centre for the Less Good Idea (2021). O’Connell has participated in residencies at Leitrim Sculpture Centre (2023), Interface Inagh (2024), Fundación Valparaíso in Spain, the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Monaghan, and Cill Rialaig in Kerry.
Forthcoming projects include screenings of Mutualism (co-created with Rayleen Clancy) at Homeland in Damer House Gallery, Tipperary and at Loop Festival Barcelona, as well as a solo exhibition of new paintings at Taylor Galleries, Dublin, in early 2026.
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