Fine Arts

Meet the artist: Abigail O’Brien who takes part in Ireland’s biggest online art sale later this month

Mixed media artist whose work explores themes such as ritual, rites of passage and the domestic realm

Abigail O’Brien was elected as President of the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin in 2018

Abigail O’Brien’s work fuses fine art practices with traditional forms of object-making and employs many media, including photography, sculpture, video, sound and hand-made embroidered objects.

Her work explores themes such as ritual, rites of passage and the domestic realm. These rituals are both an anchor and a noose, and are a way of navigating the complexities of life.

She received her MA in Fine Art Painting from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, ...