Fairgreen Building, Galway University Hospital and Newcastle Road
10.00am - 5.30 pm, Mon - Sat, 12.00pm - 5.30pm, Sun

Elaine Byrne - ‘How do you just live?’

Neon on Board

In a short residency within the hospital, Elaine Byrne explored the places and the people who passed through the hospital: people who worked there, patients and visitors. In this work, she tries to express what she feels captures the experiences in common from this wide range of people in a place that is part of life but also has the character of being apart. Elaine Byrne studied sculpture at the Kensington and Chelsea Art College, London and the Frink School of Sculpture, Stoke-on-Trent. Elaine has exhibited in the U.K. and in Ireland, most recently in THEY HAVE EYES, Leinster Gallery, Dublin, Public Gestures in the Lab 2009, White Noise , Studio 6 at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, 2008. 2009.

Fairgreen Building
12.00pm - 6.00pm, Daily

Maryam Jaffri - American Theatre

Slides Projection and Audio

Maryam Jaffri , born in Pakistan, lives and works in Copenhagen and New York. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions internationally, including Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Kunsthalle Helsinki, The Kitchen (US), Centre d’Arte Passerelle (FR) 1st Thessaloniki Biennial, Contour the 4th Biennial for the Moving Image (BE), The Renaissance Society (US) and Salzburger Kunstverein.

Fairgreen Building
12.00pm - 6.00pm, Daily

Ann-Sofi Sidén - In Passing

4 screen video

Ann-Sofi Sidén is one of Sweden’s most prominent contemporary artists. She often sets out from extreme situations, depicting them in an undramatic way. Ann-Sofi Sidén has participated in major international group exhibitions, including Manifesta 2 and Carnegie International , biennales in Sao Paolo, Venice and Berlin. Sidén has held solo shows in Seccession in Vienna, Museé D’Art Modern in Paris and the Hayward Gallery in London. Ann-Sofi Sidén was educated at Hochschule der Künste in Berlin and the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm, where she is now Professor of Fine Arts. She lives and works in Stockholm and Berlin.