Gallery hours: Monday - Sunday 12 - 5 pm
and by appointment.
The Ballinglen Gallery was established in 2000. Its exhibitions relate directly to works made by Ballinglen Fellows and recipients of the Student Artist Award. Thus the community and visitors to the area have continual access to works of the highest international standard, inspired by this locality, created by artists many have met in their community.
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Ballinglen Gallery Exhibitions
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Lucy O'Donnell, 'our little earth bound tales'
The Ballinglen Gallery 9 November 2024 - 6 January 2025Lucy O'Donnell, a Ballinglen fellow, puts drawing at the centre of her practice to explore the medium within the context of loss, and pregnancy without birth. This exhibition plays with... -
Fernando Villena Exhibition
The Ballinglen Gallery 26 October - 28 November 2023Opening October 26th, 2023, 6pm - 8pm Fernando Villena (Bilbao 1974) graduated in Fine Arts by the University of the Basque Country in 2001, later furthering his training at the... -
The Odyssey and Segment Drawings | Samuel Walsh
The Ballinglen Gallery 17 June - 24 July 2023'The Odyssey drawings were mostly made in Berlin during a month-long artists residency in 2018. On my return they became the basis for more drawings and an exhibition of those... -
Desire Lines | Debbie Dawson & Helle Helsner
Ballinglen Gallery 16 March - 28 April 2023Curated by Róísín Foley. Desire Lines is an exhibition of artwork by Debbie Dawson and Helle Helsner curated by Róísín Foley. An artist led endeavour, it is the sum of... -
Diane Henshaw, "Cloud Drawings"
Ballinglen Gallery 17 October - 10 November 2022This collection of small drawings was made during the lockdown-one subject, one drawing a day, themed to clouds, abstracted in every way imaginable. Originally from Islandmagee in Co. Antrim, Henshaw... -
'Inherit’, Place|Lab Collective
Ballinglen Gallery 27 August - 27 September 2022Artists Joanna Kidney, Nuala Clarke, (Ireland) Joe Ostraff, Melinda Ostraff and Karina Nöel Hean (USA) met as fellows at Ballinglen. They formed a collective which expanded becoming Place|Lab Collective when... -
Signifiers: Prints by Claudia R. Fieo
Ballinglen Gallery 3 - 24 August 2022Artist Statement Claudia Fieo's prints consider the complex tensions between humanity and the natural world. Through her work she seeks to highlight the potential for reconciliation in the face of... -
Growth: A lantern light box installation
Ballinglen Gallery 29 April - 6 May 2022Growth is the title of a joyous exhibition of 70 light box lanterns by the pupils of Scoil Naomh Bríd, Ballycastle in North Mayo. The project is the result of... -
Moving Still, a solo exhibition of work by Kate MacDonagh
Ballinglen Gallery 4 March - 20 April 2022Opening Event: Friday March 4th at 7pm. Opening speaker: Hugo Hamilton Kate MacDonagh is an abstract artist whose work explores dualities of light and dark, scale and ephemerality, stillness and... -
Fumi Masaki: In Between
Ballinglen Gallery 17 September - 30 October 2021I'm always curious and look at things which are 'in between' every day in my life that is undefined - not a specific place, time, species and feelings. These 'in... -
not yet saved / Jo Killalea
Ballinglen Gallery 2 - 31 August 2021not yet saved is an exhibition of new paintings by Mayo artist, Jo Killalea, started during a residency at Ballinglen Arts Foundation in early 2020. The exhibition title not yet... -
mergemerge: A Collaborative Drawing Project by Michael Geddis and Joanna Kidney
Ballinglen Gallery 2 - 30 July 2021This project began as purely visual conversation by way of a series of small drawings posted back and forth between two artists. What emerged from this silent contemplation is a... -
Together Now - The Engagement Project
Ballinglen Gallery 22 February - 23 March 2020Curated by Catherine Marshall, the exhibition will occupy three separate venues in Mayo; Linenhall Art Centre, Ballina Civic Offices and Ballinglen Art Foundation. Opening on Saturday 22nd of February in... -
Between Presence and Absence: Two Winter Weeks in North Mayo
Ballinglen Gallery 4 September 2020A exhibition of works by Gabrielle Flynn, this year's Sligo IT recipient of the Ballinglen residency award. This exhibition features portraits of many loved locals which Gabrielle got to know...
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