MART MEMBERS SHOWCASE AT THE GRAINSTORE

MART Members Showcase at Grainstore Studios

Join us for a festive weekend celebrating creativity at MART Grainstore Studios, Cabinteely Park.
Discover a vibrant selection of original paintings, prints, and cards from small treasures to statement pieces all created by our talented studio members.

Meet the artists, explore their work, and find the perfect gift for the season while supporting local creatives.

Saturday & Sunday, November 22–23, 10AM–5PM
MART Grainstore Studios, Cabinteely Park

The Irish Contemporaries {iv}

Grains of Colour

A Studio Members Exhibition at The MART Gallery Grainstore Cabinteely

Featuring work by:
Deirdre Hayes
Denise Kevany
Emma Dowling
Gráinne Mulligan
Jenny Cosgrave
Louise Newman
Maura Culbert
Siobhán Heraty

Opening Reception May 3rd at 1pm

Open Saturdays | 11am–4pm

Exhibition Dates: May – August 2025

Location: MART Studios at The Grainstore, Cabinteely Park, Cabinteely, Co. Dublin, D18 PDD0

The Directors of MART, Ciara Scanlan and Matthew Nevin, are proud to present Grains of Colour, a curated selection of artwork from visual artists producing work at The MART Studios Grainstore, Cabinteely Park.

This exhibition serves as both a celebration of artistic expression and a thoughtful inquiry into the role of art in shaping individual and collective identities — locally and globally. Artists in the studios produce in a diverse range of mediums including painting, sculpture, music, printmaking, drawing, illustration, digital art, photography, film, and performance.

Grains of Colour provides a vital platform for our studio members to exhibit their works publicly, engage with wider audiences, and enhance their visibility within the cultural landscape. Through this showcase, MART is delighted to highlight the breadth of talent within our studio community and support each artist in developing their professional careers and opportunities to market and sell their work.

The MART Studios at The Grainstore is kindly supported by Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council Arts Office and The Arts Council of Ireland.

About the Artists

Emma Dowling is a self taught Irish contemporary artist. Her work contains expressive abstract layers of colour and form. Her paintings are inspired by nature, sacred sounds, mood and possibility. She paints mostly in oil and acrylics. www.instagram.com/emmadowling_art

Maura Culbert began her journey in the art and design industry almost two decades ago. Maura’s initial introduction to art was through interior design, which she has had a huge passion for from a very young age. While studying interior design she then discovered art (painting in particular). This led her to complete a BA Hons degree in fine art. For Maura design and art went hand in hand. This is clear from her wealth of knowledge in colour. Soon after the completion of her degree Maura had a number of successful exhibitions located in Galleries and restaurants around Ireland. While pursuing her love of creating art Maura then started her business as an interior designer based in her hometown of Waterford Ireland. www.mauraculbertart.com

Deirdre Hayes is an award-winning plein air artist and studio oil painter based in Dublin, Ireland. She creates serene, atmospheric landscapes and cityscapes, along with timeless portraits and still lifes. Her work reflects the unique light of each scene and evokes a strong sense of place, drawing inspiration from the beauty of the Irish landscape and her local surroundings. See more at www.deirdrehayes.com

Siobhan Heraty is a contemporary artist, based in Cabinteely, Co. Dublin, where she creates paintings which evoke a sense of space, freedom and possibility. “Sea and sky are always an inspiration, whether calm and clear or wild and moody – I love how their ever-changing constancy feeds the soul in some way and provides a place for the mind to rest or wander awhile.”  www.siobhanheratyart.com

Denise Kevany “I am an artist living in the Dun Laoghaire area for 40 years, working primarily in paint and drawing with landscape and figurative work the main focus of my practice. My work has featured in many galleries and exhibitions over the last 20 years, including Lexicon Dun Laoghaire, Town Hall Dun Laoghaire, Mermaid Arts Centre Bray, Hallward Gallery, Sandford Gallery Dublin, Pallas Contemporary Projects Studio, La Cathedral Studios Dublin, Centre for Creative Art Practices Dublin, 44 The Quay Waterford and the RUA 139 th Annual Exhibition Belfast. I am a member of Dublin Arts Society who exhibit annually, ArtNet DLR who exhibit regularly in Walters Dun Laoghaire and Signal Arts Centre Bray. I also take part in Art in the Open Wexford and Dublin Plein Air. I hold a BA Honours Degree in Visual Arts from IADT Dun Laoghaire and a CPD Diploma Painting; Drawing from RHA Dublin.” www.denisekevany.ie

Jenny Cosgrave “I am a mixed media artist from Dublin. I have studied at SCFE and NCAD. My work is inspired by nature, womanhood, mental health and therapeutic process.” www.instagram.com/cosgravejenny

Louise Newman “Louise Newman studied Fine Art at I.A.D.T where she received a National Diploma and Degree. She has exhibited nationwide. Louise’s work can be found in many Private and Public collections including, Bank of Ireland, The O.P.W, Department of Defence, The Flynn Hotel Group, The Haddington Hotel Dublin The Blackrock Clinic, Irish Credit Union, and in the Private Collections of many. Her Coastal landscapes came about through residencies on Clare Island, The Cill Rialaig Project in Co Kerry, also time spent in Connemara and West Clare. She has also be a regular residency artist at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre. Her Coastal scenes are of The Wild Atlantic Way, an area of great interest and significance to the artist. Her work shows assured use of texture and mark making with a concentration on surface. Louise Newman is interested in the hidden narrative that can exist in an image and her interpretation of that. She paints with increasing skill and assurance, suggesting things like weather, atmosphere, mood and a rhythm that always lingers on the surface of her paintings.” www.louisenewman.com

MART AWARDS SHOW 2025

MART AWARDS SHOW Exhibition 2025

Christina Loughlin (MTU Crawford )

Andrew Grace (Fingal Residency)

Mary Madeleine (FSAS)

Curated by Ciara Scanlan

Exhibition Runs March 15th-29th | Open Wed-Sat 1-6pm

Opening Reception Saturday 15th March 2025 at 1pm.

The MART Gallery, 190A Rathmines Road Lower. – map link

www.mart.ie

This annual exhibition aims to provide a showcase and support opportunity to artists whose work is both engaging and experimental. The exhibition presents artists selected through partnerships; Andrew Grace was selected from the MART & Fingal Arts Office Graduate Award and successfully received a one year studio at MART Studios alongside curatorial and financial support for the exhibition and Mary Madeleine was selected from Fire Station Artists’ Studios Sculpture Practice Award and Christina Loughlin a recent graduate of MTU Crawford College of Art & Design.

Artist Bios and statements:

Christina Loughlin 

Christina Loughlin’s  practice interrogates the persistent effects of intergenerational trauma in Ireland, shaped by the twin forces of colonization and institutional religion. Through a multidisciplinary approach, her work explores the resonances between ancestral physical toil and mental struggle, addressing themes of forced domestic and agricultural labor, sectarianism, and excommunication.

A central focus is the Ulster linen industry of the 19th and 20th centuries, examining its lasting impact on both the environment and the people who labored within it. The desolate boglands and discordant coastline of the Belmullet Peninsula in Mayo serve as an allegory for layers of ancestral trauma, their shifting and eroded landscapes mirroring the instability of inherited wounds.

Utilizing found and crafted objects, performance art, and film, her installations seek to unveil and release patterns of trauma carried through multiple generations. Her performances function as acts of psychomagic—a surrealist trauma therapy developed by Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky—enacted with intention to disrupt and heal inherited cycles of suffering.

Andrew Grace

Drawing on Queer Theory, José Estaban Muñoz discusses the queering of space through alternative forms of declarations, such as the queering of space rendered through gay public sex acts (cruising). He investigates ideas about the then and now, the past and present of where Queerness lives.

These ideas are further developed in a video essay that explores cruising spaces, public parks and toilets, through the lens of the then and now. The ‘then’ being the organic erotic nature within past perspectives, the ‘now’ being the digital expansion of sexual desires through the present. The placement and use of blueprints becomes consistent, posing questions of where Queerness lies and what the future holds for Queers.

Andrew, an artist and researcher, thrives through expansive research focusing closely on Queer Theory. Their practice expands understandings and continuously longs to question ideas. They work predominantly with video and sculpture, using post lens cultures to further expand definitions and ways of thinking.

Mary Madeleine

Mary Madeleine is an emerging artist and curator based in Dublin, Ireland. Mary’s artistic practices traverse a diverse range of mediums, including installation, photography, sculpture, and paint. Reflecting her Irish and Bahamian heritage, at the core of Mary’s artistic expression are themes of mysticism, spirituality, race, and identity. 

In her latest series, “The Unseen,” Mary presents photographic prints of her sculptural compositions suspended within a void black space, offering a visually striking representation of her contemplation of traditional African sculpture and Caribbean mythology. Through this body of work, Mary explores the profound impact of colonialism on traditional spiritual practices and the ensuing loss of cultural heritage.  

Mary’s exploration of the profound connections between art and spirituality manifests in her methodical research of psychological and spiritual phenomena, culminating in thought-provoking experiences for viewers.