Artist Studio Residency Announced: Laura Skehan

Fingal County Council and Draíocht Blanchardstown, are pleased to announce Laura Skehan, a Visual Artist from Blanchardstown, as the recipient of the four-month paid residency in Draíocht’s Artist Studio, further to its recent Open Call.

This residency, based in Draíocht’s Visual Artist’s Studio, offers an artist a unique opportunity to develop their practice in a comfortable, practical and supportive environment. It aims to provide time and space for artistic growth and experimentation. This Residency consists of the use of Draíocht’s Visual Artist’s Studio, from September-December 2026, rent free. A fee of €4000 for the 4 month period together with €1,000 material costs are in addition.

Laura Skehan is an artist from Blanchardstown working across moving image, sound, photography, and installation. 

Her research-led practice investigates the interconnected dynamics of ecology, memory, migration, and environmental change, with a particular focus on how these relationships are mediated and represented through public spaces and institutions. Through interdisciplinary methodologies, she investigates how plants, seeds, landscapes, and living systems act as repositories of knowledge, carrying stories of adaptation, resilience, and transformation across generations. Working between artistic research and environmental inquiry, Skehan develops projects through collaborations with ecologists, botanists, seed custodians, cultural organisations, and local communities. Her works often examine hidden ecological processes and forms of communication that exist beyond human perception, inviting audiences to reconsider their relationship with the natural world and the complex networks that sustain life.