Róisín O'Sullivan

Róisín O’Sullivan is an Irish painter based in Cork City, where she began a four-year studio contract with Backwater Artists Group in 2023. She holds an MA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins, London, UK (2015), and a BA in Fine Art from CCAM, GMIT, Galway, Ireland (2011). In 2026, she was shortlisted for the Golden Fleece Award. In 2026 she presented a two-person exhibition at Bien Cuadrado Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, undertook the GOMA 10 Residency Award, and was awarded the Cow House Studios Visual Artist Residency by Cork City Arts Office. In 2025, she presented A Deeper Well, a solo exhibition curated by Rachel Botha at Studio 12, Backwater Artists Group, Cork City, Ireland.

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Previous solo exhibitions include Under a Crescent Moon at Rathfarnham Castle, OPW, Dublin, Ireland (2023), and I See Skies at Triskel Arts Centre, Cork City, Ireland (2022–2023), curated by Miguel Amado.

 

Recent group exhibitions include At First/I Was Land, curated by Niamh Brown at Studio 12, Backwater Artists Group, Cork City, Ireland; Borders at Rua Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland; Paintingsince2000 online group exhibition, London, UK; MePaintsMe online group exhibition, United States; Field Trip (Backwater Artists Group biannual members' exhibition), curated by Kevin Kavanagh Gallery at Lavit Gallery, Cork City, Ireland; and the 194th RHA Annual Exhibition at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland.

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O’Sullivan completed the prestigious twelve-month Tony O’Malley Residency, administered by the Royal Hibernian Academy, in 2021 & 2022. She is a recipient of multiple awards from the Arts Council of Ireland, including the Visual Arts Bursary (2022). She was awarded the Cork County Council Creative Artists Bursary Scheme (2024).

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O’Sullivan has exhibited throughout Ireland and internationally, and her work is held in private and public collections, including the Office of Public Works, Ireland.