Open Call Exhibition 2026

Draíocht is delighted to announce its Open Call Exhibition 2026, Curated by Aisling Prior, and featuring 25 emerging artists, part of a series of initiatives for artists to mark Draíocht’s 25th Birthday.

The objective of the Open Call Exhibition is to support and celebrate work by 
1) Graduate visual artists of the last four years (2022 to 2025) from recognised third level art colleges across the island of Ireland and abroad, at BA, MA or PhD levels who are from, live in or work in Fingal
and
2) Early career artists who are from, live in or work in Fingal

The artists were selected by a panel including: 
Aisling Prior (Exhibition Curator)
Emer McGowan (Director, Draíocht)
Sarah O’Neill (Fingal County Council Arts Officer)
Rich Gilligan (Artist) 
Bassam Issa Al-Sabah (Artist).   


Participating Artists to be announced in January 2026.