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Venus Patel

@msvenuspatel

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film and performance artist 🏳️‍⚧️
Currently in post-production for my first feature film, Roxy.io 🪳🤖🕊️
Studio @firestationartistsstudios
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Some gorgeous photos of “Monsters” 🐙 Taken by: Carol Cummins @carolcumminsphoto “Monsters” runs until this Sunday, September 15. Grab your tickets now! Link in bio SHOWTIMES 9-15 September • 18:15 €14/€12 conc. VENUE The Lir Academy DURATION 75 mins The end of the world is nigh! But you could be saved. Join the church of Daisy, a radical Trans preacher, as she prepares your soul for a new world without the boundaries of conformity, where your difference will be celebrated. Through her immersive, queer reimagining of the end of the world Daisy will subvert your Catholic guilt and combat your need for obedience. Only the most devout will survive the coming apocalypse and be transformed into their true, monstrous selves. Director/Co-writer/Performer - Venus Patel Co-writer/performer - Shauna Harris @shaunaxrose Music Director/ Performer - Ciarán McGannon @ciaranmcgannon Producer - Alice Quinn Banville @m.o.o.n.c.u.p Associate Producer - David McGovern @davidm.govern Stage Manager/ Production Manager- Kate Feehily @kate_nee_fee Costumes- Amie Egan @costumedesign_amie.egan and Venus Patel Lighting Designer/Technician- Thomas Wall Sound Technician- Alan Fay Set Manager- Fiona Murray Graphic design and documentation: Róisín McGrath @rooooooisin_design Photography and Videography: Murky Anyango @murkyanyango @dublinfringefest @the__lir #dublinfringefestival taken in The Lir Academy by @msvenuspatel
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Installation view of my work in “Staying with the Trouble” in IMMA on until September 21st. “Tri-goddess” Sculpture “Daisy: Prophet of the Apocalypse” Film Photography (Images 1-3): Ros Kavanagh @roskavanagh It’s been so amazing to be a part of this exhibition with such wonderful artists :) Go check it out before it closes ! 🐈🐈 Thank you to the lovely curators Mary Cremin @marycremin , Rachael Gilbourne @rachaelgilbourne , Georgie Thompson @georgiesthompson , Sara Muthi @saramuthi , and Seán Kissane @seanykissane for having me 💖💖 Exhibition Text: “The exhibition Staying with the Trouble, inspired by author and philosopher Donna Haraway’s seminal work, features over 40 Irish and Ireland-based artists whose diverse practices explore urgent themes of our time. Pushing against social norms, the works in the exhibition challenge us and attempt to make sense of the present, questioning interspecies relationships, ideas of transformation, and renewal. The exhibition challenges human-centric narratives, advocating for a multi-species/multi-kin perspective through sculpture, film, painting, installation and performance. The exhibition follows Haraway’s propositions such as “Making Kin”, “Composting” and “Sowing Worlds”, inviting visitors to rethink their connections with humans, animals, and ecosystems. Other propositions include “Critters”, emphasising the agency of non-human life, while “Techno-Apocalypse” critiques dystopian views on technology, proposing a more nuanced, interconnected future. Rather than passive spectators, viewers of the exhibition become active participants, encouraged to confront the complexities of our time with creativity and care. Through Haraway’s “tentacular thinking”, the exhibition fosters new ways of seeing and imagining, offering an invitation to collectively sow the seeds for a just and interconnected world. “ @immaireland Installation view, Staying with the Trouble, IMMA, Dublin, Ireland, 2025. Photography by Ros Kavanagh. Image courtesy the artist and IMMA. taken in IMMA - Irish Museum of Modern Art by @msvenuspatel
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Over the moon to have won the RDS Taylor Art Award. I’m so glad that I’ve been allowed the opportunity to share this work that’s been so important to me. Thank you to everyone that helped me make it, especially @jerome_onyango and @ciaranmcgannon I can’t wait to keep making more art that I hope brings change, conversation, and love into the world. The exhibition will still be up at the RDS until Saturday so make sure to go check out all the amazing work ! // Beautiful dress by @oranjaurelio taken in RDS by @msvenuspatel
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Do It Together Pallas Projects 1996–2026 Phase II Preview: Thursday 1st October, 6–8 pm Performance: 'The monster crawls out' by Venus Patel, 7 pm Forerunner Kunsthal Gent Jennie Moran Featuring: Katie Holten, Brendan Earley, Jesse Jones, Brian Duggan, Sarah Browne & Gareth Kennedy, John Smith, Ruth Clinton & Niamh Moriarty, E.S.P. TV (Scott Kiernan and Victoria Keddie), Robert Dunne, Venus Patel, and Paul O’Neill. Screening programme: Gordon Matta-Clark, Hito Steyerl Do It Together continues into Phase II with a reconfiguration featuring invited contributions from Jennie Moran (Luncheonette, Dublin), Kunsthal Gent (an artist-run space in Belgium), and a performance by artist Venus Patel. “A small orga­ni­sa­ti­on in a lar­ge buil­ding” Kunst­hal Gent func­ti­ons not only as an exhi­bi­ti­on spa­ce, but also as a mee­ting pla­ce and as a base of ope­ra­ti­ons, for both artists and for the pro­grams of part­ner organisations. In the per­ma­nent exhi­bi­ti­on pro­gram­me – inspi­red by End­less Exhi­bi­ti­on by Prem Kris­h­na­murt­hy – cura­tors and artists add exhi­bi­ti­ons wit­hout an end date, in which new addi­ti­ons may move, chan­ge or dis­ap­pear. Several Irish artists (Jesse Jones, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Fiona Hallinan, and Jennie Moran) have gone on to present work there. Kunst­hal Gent’s Valentijn Goethals has selected part of their Endless Exhibition, bringing Thomas Min and Egon Van Herreweghe’s ‘Crisis Of Masculinity’ to Dublin. In time the piece will be permanently installed in Pallas Projects, linking the two spaces. In addition we will be displaying a number of items from Kunsthal Gent’s programme, including postcards and manuals. Funded by The Arts Council, Dublin City Council, and the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport. Image 1: courtesy of the artist, Jennie Moran Image 2: 5 years Kunsthal Gent Photo: Michiel Decleene Image 3: courtesy of the artist Venus Patel Lime-green poster reading "Tonight Do It Together: Phase II" — preview 6–8pm Thu 1 Oct; Pallas Projects 1996–2026. by @msvenuspatel
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Do It Together Pallas Projects/Studios 1996-2026 Phase II - Perfomance Venus Patel, The monster crawls out Thursday 1st October, (phase II launch) Venus Patel is a monster – part woman, part cardboard, part Indian, part Salvadorian, part cat, and part trash. Across performance, film, and sculpture, she proposes the deconstruction of boundaries and the unleashing of hidden and erased histories. She embraces failure, DIY aesthetics, and hybridity to puncture the structures that uphold society. Her work relies on the absurd, the fantastical, and the abject to create speculative realities for Queer/POC liberation. She has exhibited and performed across Ireland and N.Ireland and has screened film work across Europe and the US. Image 1: “Terrapolis” (IMMA, 2025), performing as “Daisy: Preacher of the Apocalypse. Photo Credit: Pati Guimarães Image 2: “The Preacher’s Monster” (FIX Festival, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, 2023) Photo Credit: Indigo Azidahaka Image 3: Still from “Daisy: Prophet of the Apocalypse” (2023). Photo Credit: Murky Anyango Exhibition structure by: @forerunner_studio Performer in white and straw hat holds pink megaphone with arms raised, addressing a seated audience in a wood-paneled room. by @msvenuspatel
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had so much fun this summer ! started production on my new film, Roxy.io ! saw pigeons ! saw cats! saw the eclipse ! performed in cabaregg ! dyed my hair ! drove to donegal ! by @msvenuspatel
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So excited to be working on my new film, Roxy.io ! 🤖🪳🕊️ A sci-fi fairytale musical that follows a chatbot who falls in love with a prince online and embarks on a journey to become human with the help of her animal friends and a trickster goddess. These are some test shots we did last year! So excited to tap dance my way through Dublin city :) Test Shot Credits: Cinematographer: Murky Anyango @murkyanyango Editor: Kat Lalor @katlalor.va Cast Fleepo: Ciarán McGannon @ciaranmcgannon Roxy: myself by @msvenuspatel
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Last November in Paris with @centreculturelirlandais So grateful to have shown my film and spent time researching some new work soon to be revealed … Photos 1&2 by Damien Boisson-Berçu @dbbpictures taken in Paris, France by @msvenuspatel
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Artist Spotlight - 'Still, We Gather' Venus Patel is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist working in visual arts, film, and performance, based in Ireland. Born in Los Angeles, she graduated from TU Dublin in 2022 with a BA Honours in Fine Arts. Her practice utilises a unique blend of humour, absurdity, and abjection to create multi-faceted work that speaks on subject matter such as hate crimes, religious guilt, and Queer POC bodily suppression. Solo exhibitions include: “Daisy: Prophet of the Apocalypse” (Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, 2024) and “Monsters of the Apocalypse” (Pallas Projects, Dublin, 2023). Selected group exhibitions include: “In the Press” (Hypha Studios, London, 2025), “Power of Us” (Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, 2024), and “The Queeratorial” (Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, 2023). She is a recipient of the Arts Council Project Award (2026), Arts Council Bursary Award (2024, 2025), Romilly Walton Masters Award (2023), and the RDS Taylor Art Award (2022). Selected performances include: “Monsters” (Dublin Fringe Festival, 2024) and “The Biscuit Without a Home” (Re-rooting Tallaght Festival, Rua Red, 2024). Her film work has been screened in festivals across Europe and the US. ‘Still, We Gather’ runs until 8 February 2026 @msvenuspatel @artscouncilireland @galwaycitycouncil @artsofficegalwaycity @thisisgalway @galwayswestend by @msvenuspatel
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Iconic final event, a performance walk by @msvenuspatel / Xtopher on queer erasure, suppression of truth, and the existence of monsters. Part of How We Get Free: an expansive Black and Brown feminist performance art programme curated by @clodaghassataboyce Thanks to all of the artists and audiences who joined us over the past five weeks. More thanks to come when we wipe the raindrops off our phone screen! We’re going to keep building the Black feminist library onsite (open until 20 December), and you can access an online list via the link in our bio 🔝 by @msvenuspatel
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We have two more stunning events coming up next weekend as part of How We Get Free: A Black Feminist Performance Art Programme, curated by Clodagh Assata Boyce @clodaghassataboyce 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ Saturday 6 December, 7pm-8pm  Osaro Azams: live performance and screening of Things Are Tough - Things Are Glorious Things Are Tough - Things Are Glorious is a Super 8 film that carries a sense of reconnection by depicting scenes of Osaro’s family, held in frame until they blur out. @osarohello programmed by Ruairí McCann @langsmonkey Image courtesy of @fullfridgeandleftovers More info and free tickets via Eventbrite, link in bio! 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ Sunday 7 December, 1pm-2pm  Venus Patel: performance walking tour Setting off from PS² at 1pm, the tour will last approximately one hour. Please dress for Belfast’s early December weather! The event draws inspiration from Patel’s ongoing research into monsters as sites of exploration and imagination. This performance deals with the erasure of queer people and people of colour throughout history. Venus Patel will act as a tour guide, taking the viewers through the streets of Belfast to uncover our past through a speculative historical lens. What has been lost due to systemic erasure and denial of existence? She will unlock the true secrets of our past: the existence of a civilisation of queer monsters that lived here before us. @msvenuspatel More info and free tickets via Eventbrite, link in bio! 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ by @msvenuspatel
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10 months ago
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Demain jeudi, lors de notre soirée de vernissage #ParisPhoto, ne manquez pas la projection de "Daisy: Prophet of the Apocalypse", court métrage expérimental de l'artiste Venus Patel, lauréate de notre Romilly Walton Masters Performance Residency en 2023. Entrée libre, en continu de 18h30 à 21h ! #romillywaltonmasters #romillywaltonmastersresidency #rwmperformanceresidency #experimentalperformance @dublinfringefest #dublinfringefest @msvenuspatel #venuspatel #daisyprophetoftheapocalypse #centreculturelirlandais #ruedesirlandais #paris5 by @msvenuspatel
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