Fine Arts

Meet the Artist: Shane Keisuke Berkery

The Irish-Japanese contemporary artist on his favourite space, what he’s currently reading, and the best advice he ever got

Shane Berkery at his exhibition The Tasting Menu, which runs at Molesworth Gallery, Dublin until June 30

Shane Keisuke Berkery is an Irish-Japanese contemporary artist based in Dublin. His cultural background has been a major influence on his work and is a frequent theme in his paintings.

Berkery distils a wide array of imagery into his paintings, ranging from an archive of family photographs, documenting his heritage, to the stream of posts assailing him via social media feeds and the scenes seared into his mind after a recent trip to Kenya to ...