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Plus Studio Artists and Library Fellowship Recipients announced + PhotoIreland 2025 Review ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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PhotoIreland is pleased to announce the main elements of the Programme 2026 for the International Centre for the Image, celebrating the work of contemporary artists through four core exhibitions.
The year starts with the premiere of AS IF, a new, extensive interdisciplinary work by internationally acclaimed photographer Eamonn Doyle, artist-designer Niall Sweeney, and composer David Donohoe. The resulting large-scale installation will occupy the museum galleries, featuring hundreds of previously unseen works and setting the tone for a formidable year at the Centre.
New Irish Works returns in its 5th edition to present the latest projects of 10 selected artists: Austin Hearne, Billy Kenrick, Ciara Richardson, Debbie Castro, Dorje De Burgh, Emily O’Connell, Garry Loughlin, Kate Nolan, Mandy O’Neill, and Miriam O’Connor. New Irish Works is PhotoIreland’s talent programme, providing a refreshing snapshot of contemporary photographic practices in Ireland.
In a double premiere, Rhiannon Adam and Lewis Bush, representing two very different and exciting practices, converse in parallel exhibitions about the moral dilemmas of space exploration and scientific progress. This is the first time both artists have exhibited in Ireland.
You can now read these and much more; find out what is coming this year!
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Launch 6pm Thursday 5th February RSVP open now →
Running 6 February–5 April 2026
At the International Centre for the Image
PhotoIreland presents the premiere of internationally acclaimed photographer Eamonn Doyle, artist-designer Niall Sweeney and composer David Donohoe new and extensive interdisciplinary body work AS IF, at the International Centre for the Image.
Eamonn Doyle’s practice has evolved rapidly over the last years from an acclaimed street photography approach towards intricate interdisciplinary and collaborative projects, frequently working with Niall Sweeney and David Donohoe. Their latest project, AS IF, presents an ambitious body of work that builds into a visceral and psychological articulation of the physical world and the psyche. It comprises silver gelatin prints, filmworks, montages, sound, music, painting, drawing and text.
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PhotoIreland announces the names of the four artists awarded a studio space at the International Centre for the Image for 2026, supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. The selected artists, Aoife Herrity, István László, Róisín White, and Vera Ryklova, represent a variety of career stages and practices, as well as different focuses for the residency period.
The studio artists have the opportunity to work in a supportive, creative environment with regular, easy access to the library, art bookshop, and the Centre’s staff, and receive a materials bursary over the course of the residency.
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PhotoIreland announces Clodagh Assata Boyce and Jennifer Mehigan as the two recipients of the Library Fellowship 2026 at the International Centre for the Image, supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
PhotoIreland’s new fellowship programme invites two individuals to engage with and mediate the PhotoIreland Collection housed at the International Centre for the Image. The fellowship recipients receive a fee for their participation and benefit from access to the facilities as well as guidance from the PhotoIreland team. The recipients are requested to produce a public outcome upon completion of the fellowship, to be defined and developed in collaboration with the Centre’s curatorial team.
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The year 2025 marked a defining chapter for PhotoIreland with the launch of a new landmark cultural space in Dublin, the International Centre for the Image, representing an ambitious new phase for the organisation in how we cultivate, support, and showcase contemporary visual arts practices.
The International Centre for the Image is a result of an unprecedented partnership between PhotoIreland and Kennedy Wilson developed over three years behind the scenes. The new cultural space consolidates the wide scope of PhotoIreland’s projects under one roof while opening possibilities for new initiatives, both public facing and private, and providing the capacity for new opportunities to support artists and art professionals–such as through the Artist Studios or the Library Fellowships.
You can already read online about the Programme 2026 at the International Centre for the Image, but this post is dedicated to highlighting some of the projects we completed in 2025, as part of PhotoIreland’s 360 degrees support framework, focused on artists, the artform and audiences. These have ranged from supporting artists with developmental programmes to publicly celebrating their work in events and exhibitions in Ireland and abroad. Let’s remember some of them!
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PhotoIreland grows the reputation of Irish artists globally through a 360 degree support system and platform for contemporary photography, activated through a diversity of projects. These include events such as PhotoIreland Festival and Halftone print fair amongst others; resources such as the PhotoIreland Collection, a specialised research library of photobooks, and Ireland’s Art Bookshop, The Library Project; via publishing with projects such as OVER Journal and TLP Editions; professional development support through networking and consultancy opportunities; and empowering early and mid-career photographers via our international partnerships, most relevantly through Creative Europe co-funded platforms such as FUTURES and Parallel.
Find out more about PhotoIreland at photoireland.org
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