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Geraldine O’Neill

@geraldineoneillstudio

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Aosdána, RHA member, S/TAC member, KevinKavanaghgallery, National Gallery of Ireland,
Visual Artist, Dublin, Ireland

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‘Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine’
Interface, Inagh @interfaceinagh

Two rooms of artwork curated by Kevin Kavanagh and Alannah Murray.

The Sorting Area features work by Interface members while the The Egg Room presents a selection of works by 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.
Massive thanks to @interfaceinagh and @kevinkavanaghgallery taken in Interface Inagh by @geraldineoneillstudio

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: GERALDINE O’NEILL

Geraldine O’Neill is one of Ireland’s leading contemporary artists. She has created a beautiful and deeply thoughtful piece for the Ground Zero 360 Remembrance exhibition.

We are delighted o have Geraldine’s work included in our 25th anniversary exhibition at the New York City Fire Museum.🇺🇸🇮🇪 by @geraldineoneillstudio

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Last weekend to visit the @rha.arts RHA annual exhibition. Many thanks to @mccannfitzgerald for their award. ‘Alltar’, 200cmx220cm. In ‘Alltar’ there are spatial, temporal and linguistic dualities at play.
The scene blends domestic clutter, art historical landscape and surreal juxtapositions, a merging of so called high and low imagery rammed together in the service of this painting.
The appropriation is from Patinir and the art historical imagery is interrupted by an obsolete television set rendered useless and without a plug. Behind the boy a satin curtain appears to be illusionistically attached to the painting itself with no convincingly means of support. The drapery marks the threshold between the inside and outside, between the seen and unseen and refers to the title of the painting. Alltar, which is an Irish word and a counterpoint to ceantar which means physical locality. Alltar is a liminal space, a parallel world of the imagination or afterlife.
MacDara my son stands upright, facing us directly holding a jaw bone. He looks both deviant and uncertain. His bright green shirt and modern clothes contrast sharply with Patinir’s landscape He carries a jawbone in his hand. To the left a helium balloon is painted on top of the image, a vanitas symbol, a humorous cartoon version of nature smiling over the landscape. It is both absurd and poignant, a cheap cheerful commodified surface image floating over a landscape of environmental and emotional heaviness. The bone and the balloon are a jarring combination of innocence and death.
The children’s drawings overlaid at the base of the painting are like small bright and hopeful interruptions of a child’s creativity, they are gestures of continuity, proof that even as things unravel, the impulse to make, create, draw meaning persists. However because they are painted over a scene of uncertainty they’re also ghostly and precarious as if the world itself is a child’s drawing, erasable and fragile. taken in RHA Gallery by @geraldineoneillstudio

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This month's Little Interview is with Geraldine O'Neill, one of the artists featured in our current exhibition Panorama Europa!

Every month we ask the same set of cultural questions to one of our artistic, academic or civic collaborators.

Over the last number of years, we have interviewed diverse members of the Glucksman community - artists, academics, staff members, guests, audiences and workshop participants. The responses are funny, inspiring, revealing and always a great read.

@geraldineoneillstudio is an Irish artist whose work spans painting and sculpture. Her practice engages with themes of memory, place and personal narrative, often combining figurative and abstract elements. O’Neill responds to the increasing confrontation and human relationship with the Anthropocene, a geological time marked by human trace embedded within layers of the Earth’s structure.

Read Geraldine's responses at the link in our bio under 'Explore- Little Interview'

Image by Clare Keogh by @geraldineoneillstudio

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Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Geraldine O’Neill: Ag Cur Le Chéile

Feb 4 - Jun 12 2027
Irish Arts Center, New York

@irishartscenter spring exhibition features select works by Geraldine O’Neill and Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh.

O’Neill, elected an associate of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 2013 and to Aosdána in 2015, has exhibited extensively in Ireland and internationally, with work shown at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), the National Gallery of Ireland, National Portrait Gallery London, the Florence Biennale, and in Frankfurt.

Presented with generous support from Culture Ireland and the H.W. Wilson Foundation. taken in New York by @geraldineoneillstudio

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@theglucksman PanoramaEurop curated by @fionakearney @katie.o.grady_

Wonderful to see a keen interest in the Irish Visual Arts during the EU Presidency. Many thanks to everyone at the Glucksman Gallery Cork at UCC for showcasing this exhibition taken in The Glucksman by @geraldineoneillstudio

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Good looking show currently on at The Irish Georgian Society, Dublin

IGS Exhibition: Artists’ Studios in Henrietta Street
Co-curated by Francesca and Peter Murray.

Exhibition continues until 19 June - 10 July 2026

The exhibition includes works by artists Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Eithne Jordan, Geraldine O’Neill, Alice Hanratty, Paul Nugent, Diana Copperwhite, Gwen O’Dowd, Mick O’Dea, Michael Cullen, Fergus Martin, Daniel McKeon, Louise Peat, John Kelly and Charles Cullen. Also included are photographs by Anna Rackard, David Davison and Perry Ogden. taken in Irish Georgian Society by @geraldineoneillstudio

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4 months ago

𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘢
The Glucksman, Cork
22nd May to 1st November 2026

Ursula Burke, Michael Canning, Sian Costello, Genieve Figgis, Claire Halpin, David Eager Maher, Rachel Fallon, 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐜𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐲, Isabel Nolan, 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐎'𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥.

Curated by Fiona Kearney and Katie O'Grady.

𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘢 presents the work of ten Irish artists who engage with traditions of European painting to explore contemporary identities and wider societal issues.

The selected paintings, tapestry, sculptures and drawings reference works from Pre-Renaissance to Impressionism. The exhibition invites you to reflect on these art histories and consider how artists draw on diverse pictorial tropes to create new modes of representation.

Photography Credit: Clare Keogh taken in The Glucksman by @geraldineoneillstudio

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Great to be presenting new works at @art_rotterdam 2026 by artists 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 @dianacopperwhite, 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐍𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 and 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐎'𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥 @geraldineoneillstudio

Visit us at 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 F8, Main Section | 27 - 29 March 2026

With continued support from @cultureireland

#ArtRotterdam #ArtFair #ContemporaryPainting #RotterdamArtWeek taken in Rotterdam, Netherlands by @geraldineoneillstudio

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𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐦
27 - 29 March 2026

The Gallery is pleased to present a selection of new works by 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞, 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐍𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 and 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐎'𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥 at Art Rotterdam 2026.

With continued support from Culture Ireland @cultureireland

Booth F8
AHOY, Rotterdam, The Netherlands taken in Rotterdam, Netherlands by @geraldineoneillstudio

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Ciorcal Comhrá ar líne - 19ú Feabhra, 1 i.n.

Tá níos mó i gceist le portráidíocht ná cosúlacht. An mhí seo, beimid ag fiosrú coincheap na portráidíochta agus a ról sa tsochaí inniu. Beidh Geraldine O’Neill ina healaíontóir rannpháirteach. Féachfaimid siar ar phortráidí ó thaispeántais san am atá thart, pléifimid portráidíocht ar bhealach níos leithne, agus breithneofar conas a léiríonn an portráid an saol comhaimseartha.

🔗 Tá an ócáid saor in aisce, ach ní mór duit áit a chur in áirithe roimh ré.

💡Is imeacht míosúil ar líne i nGaeilge é Ciorcal Comhrá agus is deis é labhairt le foireann na Gailearaí faoi obair sa bhailiúchán nó faoi thaispeántas.
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Ciorcal Comhrá online – 19 February, 1pm

Portraiture is more than just likeness. This month, we will explore the concept of portraiture and its role in society today. Geraldine O’Neill will be a participating artist. We will look back at portraits from past exhibitions, discuss portraiture more broadly, and consider how the portrait reflects contemporary life.

🔗The event is free, but you must reserve a place in advance.

💡Ciorcal Comhrá is a monthly online event in Irish and is an opportunity to talk to the Gallery staff about work in the collection or an exhibition.

🖼️: Geraldine O’Neill, Portrait of John Rocha (b.1953), Designer, 2015. Commissioned, 2015. National Gallery of Ireland Collection. Photo © National Gallery of Ireland taken in National Gallery of Ireland by @geraldineoneillstudio

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8 months ago

Many thanks to Gillian Buckley for her extraordinary skills in documenting Flicker Flicker @kevinkavanaghgallery A massive thanks also to everyone who joined us last weekend for @dublingalleryweekend for tours, coffees, scones, book signings, great chats and an in conversation with the amazing Dr Yvonne Scott. Over 800 people crossed the threshold in just two days! 👏👏👏to everyone involved and also @cagaireland taken in Kevin Kavanagh Gallery by @geraldineoneillstudio

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