Credits:

Commissioner: Culture Ireland and The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Curator: Georgina Jackson with The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art 
Producer: Cian O’Brien
Assistant Curator: Niamh Darling
Co-ordinator: Rachel McIntyre
Installation Team: Bernard Smyth, Edward Cunniffe, Frank Prendergast and Sara Murphy.  
Tapestry Production: Manufacture de Tapis de Bourgogne
Sculpture Production: Space Forms 
Designer: Stina Sandström
Communications: Sam Talbot, Isabel Davies and Gwyneth Tambe-Green (Sam Talbot PR), and Aileen Galvin and Enya McIntyre (Sync and Swim).
Venice Co-ordinator: Diego Carpentiero
Venice Events Co-ordinator: Alice Tibaldi Chiesa 
Opening Party Producers: SoSimpatico

Biographies:

Artist: Isabel Nolan

Artist Isabel Nolan’s exhibitions are rooted in big subjects: cosmology and deep history; religion and mythology; mortality and love. Working across sculpture, textiles, paintings, drawings, photography and writing, Nolan responds to the fundamental question of how humans bring the world into meaning. Looking at the history of aesthetics, theology, technology, and ideas, Nolan examines how we frame and make our lived experience. Whether inspired by the knees of a 17th century sculpture, the status of a Neolithic artefact, or a solar storm in the 19th century, she looks for ways to like, or even love, the difficult and complex human world we’ve made. Born in Dublin, Nolan studied at the National College of Art & Design, and has had significant solo exhibitions in Ireland and
internationally in spaces including: Château La Coste, Aix-en-Provence, France; London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE, London; Grazer Kunstverein, Graz; Mercer Union, Toronto and Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; and Musée d’art moderne de Saint Etienne. Her work has been exhibited at Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Artspace, Sydney; Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh; Daejeon Museum of Art, South Korea; and Beijing Art Museum of the Imperial City, Beijing. She has participated in biennales including Lofoten International Arts Festival, Glasgow International, EVA International, Limerick, and in 2025 she was a commissioned artist for the 13th Liverpool Biennial, curated by Marie-Anne McQuay. In 2026 Nolan will have a comprehensive solo exhibition at Southwark Park Galleries, London, travelling to Bluecoat, Liverpool, in 2027. She lives in Dublin, and works in Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. Isabel is represented by the Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, and Sikkema Malloy Jenkins, New York.

Curator: Georgina Jackson

Dr Georgina Jackson is the Director of the Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art at Trinity College Dublin, where she has commissioned new work by artists including Abbas Akhavan, Bassam Issa Al-Sabah, Atsushi Kaga, Jumana Manna and Deirdre O’Mahony. Previously, she served as Director of Exhibitions at Mercer Union in Toronto, where she curated and commissioned significant new projects by artists such as Jason Dodge, Deanna Bowen, Carlos Motta and Duane Linklater. Her work is shaped by a commitment to supporting groundbreaking artistic practices and fostering dialogue between artists, audiences and institutions. Jackson has also been a Curator-in-Residence at Pittsburgh’s Mattress Factory-Contemporary Art Museum and has collaborated on exhibitions with major cultural organisations including Tate Liverpool, the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Alongside her curatorial practice, she has taught at the University of Toronto, IADT and the National College of Art & Design, Dublin. From 2018 to 2022 she served on the Steering Committee of the National Campaign for the Arts, contributing to advocacy efforts for the cultural sector in Ireland.

The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art

The Douglas Hyde is a leading platform for contemporary art in Ireland, bringing the best of international contemporary art to Ireland and the best of Irish contemporary art to the world. Located in the heart of Dublin city, it was founded in 1978 by Trinity College Dublin and the Arts Council of Ireland, making history as Ireland’s first public gallery dedicated to contemporary art and first university gallery. The Douglas Hyde commissions emerging and established Irish and international artists, presenting these new artworks in the gallery and beyond its walls to produce extraordinary and inspiring experiences. It supports artists to make bold new work and cares deeply about bringing that work to a diverse and expanding audience. For over 48 years it has shaped generations of artists and audiences. For further information see: thedouglashyde.ie

Producer: Cian O’Brien

Cian O’Brien is the Director of COBA: Cian O’Brien Arts, a production house and touring company that supports the production of large-scale cultural projects and cooperations and works strategically with cultural organisations on policy, recruitment, strategy and communications. COBA has a track record of working with notable artists on new works across theatre, dance and the visual arts, including Eoghan + Lauren, Fearghus Ó Conchúir, Gerard Byrne and Annabelle Comyn’s HATCH Theatre Company. Prior to founding COBA, O’Brien led Ireland's first arts centre, Project Arts Centre from 2011 to 2024, as was Artistic Director through a number of large-scale cultural projects including Ireland at Venice (2017 & 2024) and The Casement Project (ART: 2016) and 14-18 NOW. In 2023, he was appointed by the Dept of Foreign Affairs & Trade to the Strategy Committee of the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris. From 2016 to 2022 he served as Deputy Chair on the Steering Committee of the National Campaign for the Arts, contributing to advocacy efforts for the cultural sector in Ireland.