A maritime child – Aleana Egan
In association with Galway International Arts Festival 2026 | 12-6 daily 12th – 26th July
Continues to 16 August, 12-6pm Saturdays and Sundays only
Opening Saturday July 11th @4pm
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
Associated Events:
Artist Talk – Sunday 12 July at 2pm
Aleana Egan and Michael Hill will give an informal walkthrough of the exhibition.
About the artist
Aleana Egan’s solo exhibitions include Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (forthcoming September 2026); Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin (2025); Lismore Castle Arts (2024); Void, Derry (2022); Künstlerhaus Bremen (2021); NICC Vitrine, Brussels (2020); Farbvision, Berlin (2019); Illuminations Gallery, NUI Maynooth (2017); The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (2015); Mary Mary, Glasgow (2014); The Drawing Room, London (2011); Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin (2009); Kunsthalle Basel (2008). Egan’s work has been represented internationally in group exhibitions including Kettles Yard, Cambridge; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh; SculptureCenter, New York. www.aleanaegan.com
About the curator
Michael Hill is Programme Curator at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, and one half of the curatorial team that represented Ireland at the 59th Venice Biennale 2022, and Irish Tour 2023. He has curated exhibitions at The Model, Sligo; Weatherproof, Chicago; The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin; and Pallas Projects, Dublin. He collaborates with Aleana Egan on an ongoing series of postcards, with editions posted globally from Ireland, USA, Netherlands to date. www.100yrsagotoday.com
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