Grilse Gallery

Screenprint studio & artist-run gallery in Killorglin, Kerry V93 A2TY
087 604 7559 / either@grilse.ie

CLOSED UNTIL 26 SEPTEMBER
Thereafter open Wed–Sun 12–5pm or by appointment. Free entry, all welcome.

26 September – 25 October 2026
Petrina Shortt, Realm of Possibilities

Shortt’s paintings explore an underwater world where observation and imagination mingle. Through her collaboration with Bantry Marine Research Station and her exploration of the wild kelp forests of West Cork, Shortt draws on scientific research and encounters with the marine environment. Inspired by mythical lands of wildness and abundance, the paintings evoke a luminous world just out of reach, offering glimpses of the richness and possibility held within these marine environments. By focussing on the local as an entry point for addressing larger universal themes, Petrina probes biodiversity, belonging, deep time and future long time. Her work will be previewed by Dr Julie Maguire of Bantry Marine Research Station from 12–2pm, 26 September. The exhibition be will open thereafter Wed–Sun 12–5pm. Free entry, all welcome.

Below:

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

Petrina Shortt, Asparagopsis Dreaming, oil paint and mixed media on wood, 62 x 87 cm, 2026

Petrina Shortt, Flight, oil paint and mixed media on wood, 61 x 875cm, 2026

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.


Below: Philip Flanagan, Summer Solstice, Lunniagh, four-colour screenprint by Grilse Editions, 55 x 69 cm, ed./7, 2026


26 September – 25 October 2026
Petrina Shortt, Realm of Possibilities

Shortt’s paintings explore an underwater world where observation and imagination mingle. Through her collaboration with Bantry Marine Research Station and her exploration of the wild kelp forests of West Cork, Shortt draws on scientific research and encounters with the marine environment. Inspired by mythical lands of wildness and abundance, the paintings evoke a luminous world just out of reach, offering glimpses of the richness and possibility held within these marine environments. By focussing on the local as an entry point for addressing larger universal themes, Petrina probes biodiversity, belonging, deep time and future long time. Her work will be introduced by Dr Julie Maguire of Bantry Marine Research Station from 12–2pm, 26 September. The exhibition be will open thereafter Wed–Sun 12–5pm. Free entry, all welcome.

Below:

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

Petrina Shortt, Asparagopsis Dreaming, oil paint and mixed media on wood, 62 x 87 cm, 2026

Petrina Shortt, Flight, oil paint and mixed media on board, 61 x 85 cm, 2026

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.


Below:

Philip Flanagan, Summer Solstice, Lunniagh, four-colour screenprint by Grilse Editions, ed.7, 55 x 69 cm, 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, Philip Flanagan, 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, Eilís O'Connell, 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.