I am delighted to be part of the GOMA Winter Exhibition. An eclectic showcase of fine and applied arts featuring work from over 40 artists.

Ambit showcased new paintings and drawings that explore liminality, perception, and spatial transition. My work focuses on the perceptual and psychological qualities of in-between spaces — where memory gathers, distance becomes a filter, and traces of presence appear subtly.

My work together with sculptural works by Elaine O’Dea reflected on how movement, memory, and perception shape our experience of the spaces we inhabit — and those just beyond reach.

Thresholds is the inaugural exhibition of my joint collaborative project with Elaine O’Dea, exploring the spaces where nature and human presence meet. Through reimagined landscapes and sculptural forms, we investigate how we move through, shape, and are shaped by the environments around us.

Lines of the Land – An Chead Tine Art Gallery, Kilkenny, June 2024

I showed a new oil on canvas (100 × 100 cm) as part of the Lines of the Land exhibition. The work explored landscape and the subtle traces of human presence within spaces of transition.

I was honoured and grateful to be awarded The Arts Council Agility Award 2024. The support of The Arts Council of Ireland is invaluable to artists in Ireland.

This oil on canvas (140 × 150 cm) was purchased by the OPW for the Irish State Art Collection. The work reflects my ongoing exploration of journeying through space and the traces of human presence within shifting landscapes.

Was great to have my work include as part of the Expanded Visions Exhibition held in the An Chead Tine Gallery in Kilkenny. The exhibiton included work that challenged conventional materials and presentation.

It was an honor and delight to contribute to the RTE/ Dyehouse tv art show in 2023. There were two parts to my contribution, firstly I was filmed in studio with my work where I discussed inspiration and process in my paratice. The second part was as art educator, teaching some wonderful young artists about perspective in art and how to use a vanashing point in art. The whole process was a fantastic experience.

Delighted to have been invited to be a part of diverse exhibition took place in Laroche, Belfast and curated by Jane Beattie and Dickon Hall. Artsis’s featured, Trióna Sweeney, Philip Flanagan, Gareth Reid, Hannah Casey-Brogan, Mark Shields and Colin Watson. An exciting inaugural exhibition for Laroche.

My Master’s in Fine Art degree show work was longlisted for the RDS Visual Art Awards 2022, marking an important milestone in my practice and recognition of my explorations of landscape, perception, and the impermanence of human presence.

https://ncad.works/graduates/triona-sweeney

NCAD Works – MFA Graduate Exhibition
National College of Art and Design, Dublin – June 2022
Exhibited as part of the Master of Fine Art graduate show, showcasing work developed during my MFA studies at NCAD.

My exhibited work explored transitional spaces and non-places through large-scale, layered paintings and drawings.