Órla Kelly
Apr — May 2026
01 April - 15 May 2026
Creative Development of The Toddler Take Over
Now in its 11th Year
Creative Development of The Toddler Take Over
Now in its 11th Year
In May, we welcome Diarmuid Woodcock to our Artists Studio, for 2 months.
Diarmuid is an emerging Irish visual artist based in Skerries, North County Dublin. He graduated from the National College of Art and Design in 2023 with a BA in Fine Art. His work explores the ideas of the “Flâneur”, documenting the world around him.
Woodcock's debut solo exhibition “Gone for a Gander” opened in the Highlanes Gallery in January 2025. Other recent exhibitions include the Hunt Open Submission Exhibition and Dunamaise Arts Centre Exhibition in 2025. He participated in the Mason, Hayes & Curran “Annual Art Exhibition”, “Sustain” with Dublin Modular in 2023. He had his graduate showcase, “Down Around the Town” in June 2023, which was long listed in the RDS Visual Artist Award 2023.
Woodcock received the Fingal Artist Support Scheme in 2023 and the Agility Award in 2024. He co-curated “Amplify” in the Highlanes Gallery in 2024 and is a member of their Youth Panel. He interned in the Cill Rialaig Arts Centre in 2024. He has led workshops in the Highlanes Gallery for Crúinniu na nÓg and as part of the running of his solo exhibition. He will be participating in an artist exchange with Kulturwerstatt Haus 10 in May 2026.
"My work revolves around my interactions with the world around me, documenting and responding to them. I focus on the seemingly ordinary, especially nondescript buildings and locations and create intimate paintings of them. I will be using the studio in Draíocht as a space to reflect and responding to my experiences with the area around Draíocht and Blanchardstown." - Diarmuid Woodcock
