Grilse Gallery

Screenprint studio & artist-run gallery in Killorglin, Kerry V93 A2TY
087 604 7559 / either@grilse.ie
Open Wed–Sun 12–5pm or by appointment. Free entry, all welcome.

15 August – 13 September 2026

Eilís O’Connell, Whorls: framed works and small objects

The celebrated sculptor was born in Derry, Northern Ireland. Her studies in Cork and Boston were followed by research fellowships in Rome and New York. After living in London for 14 years, Eilís returned to live in Ireland in 2002, exhibiting at home and abroad and working on commissions for public and private locations across Europe. She is a founder director of the National Sculpture Factory in Cork, a former member of the Arts Council of Ireland, a member of Aosdána, and a member of the RHA.


The exhibition will be previewed by IMMA curator Seán Kissane, 12–2pm, Saturday 15 August. The exhibition will be open until 13 September, Wed–Sun 12–5pm or by appointment. Free entry, all welcome.

Below  That flesh is heir to, watercolour and ink, 2020

Edged Camarna, bronze edition of 5, 37 x 15.4 x 18 cm, 2004
MRI Diffusion, intaglio print on Khadi paper, 45 x 45 cm, Stoney Road Press edition of 40, 2017

Ridge, Iranian Travertino Oniciato, 9 x 31 x 8 cm, 2019

26 September – 25 October 2026
Petrina Shortt, Realm of Possibilities, paintings exploring the imaginative and ecological potential of a wild marine forest in West Cork


8 November – 20 December 2026

Curiouser and Curiouser, an invitational group show exploring an ever-growing feeling of wonder in the face of the world’s complexity.


Images below:

Petrina Shortt, Everything Again, oil and mixed media on board, 60 x 84 cm, 2026

Philip Flanagan, Summer Solstice, Lunniagh, four-colour screenprint, 55 x 69 cm, in a Grilse Gallery edition of 7, 2026



26 September – 25 October 2026
Petrina Shortt, Realm of Possibilities, paintings exploring the imaginative and ecological potential of a wild marine forest in West Cork


8 November – 20 December 2026

Curiouser and Curiouser, an invitational group show exploring an ever-growing feeling of wonder in the face of the world’s complexity.


Images below:

Petrina Shortt, Everything Again, oil and mixed media on board, 60 x 84 cm, 2026

Philip Flanagan, Summer Solstice, Lunniagh, four-colour screenprint, 55 x 69 cm, in a Grilse Gallery edition of 7, 2026



Artists exhibited at Grilse Gallery include Mike Ahern, Miriam Barry, Regine Bartsch, Paul Bokslag, Dorota Borowa, Katherine Boucher Beug, Cormac Boydell, Edwina Bracken, Kate Buckley, Na Cailleacha (Helen Comerford, Barbara Freeman, Patricia Hurl, Catherine Marshall, Carole Nelson, Rachel Parry, Therry Rudin), Lucy & Robert Carter, Bernadette Cotter, Marie Coveney, Wendy Dison, Fermoyle Pottery, Lisa Fingleton, Michael Flaherty, Audrey Fleming, Austin Ivers, Cathy Giles, Debbie Godsell, Tim Goulding, Zoë Green, Patrick Groneman, Karen Hendy, Carol Hodder, Con Kelleher, Denis Kelly, Darragh Kinch, Maria Levigne, David Lilburn, Rochelle Lucey, Sean McCarthy, Ava McKenna, Deirdre McKenna, Tadhg McSweeney, Silke Michels, Susan Montgomery, Paul Mosse, Niall Naessens, Jock Nichol, Noël O’Callaghan, Ciara O’Connor, Denis O’Reardon, Geraldine O’Reilly, Danny Osborne, Rachel Parry, Rebecca Peart, Alan Raggett, Robert Rasmussen, Jenny Richardson, Aisling Roche, Robert Russell, Áine Ryan, Eddie Ryan, Úna Ni Shé, Mary G Sheehan, Petrina Shortt, Gerda Teljeur, Charles Tyrrell. Also in Kerry Art Now! Kathy Cronin, Clodagh Edwards, Laura Fitzgerald, Holger Lönze, Poppy Melia, Aran Mulvihill, Christopher Steenson.