Abel Shah
At the Zoology Museum, artist duo Abel Shah present Shift, Tilt (2025), a new work that extends their ongoing exploration of translation, correspondence, and the subtle exchanges that shape how knowledge and meaning travel. Comprising oak, glass, steel embossing on paper, and volcanic sand sent from southern Italy by the artist’s mother, the work traces a fragile line between intimacy and distance.
Their practice often considers how objects and language act as vessels for communication, carrying fragments of history and emotion across boundaries of geography and time. Installed among the museum’s collections, Shift, Tilt resonates with the surrounding specimens and taxonomies.
Zoology & Marine Biology Museum
Ryan Institute, University of Galway
Galway H91 FN8X
Access
Wheelchair accessible venue
Accessible toilets
Accessible parking (Quadrangle Building)
Seating provided
Opening Times
8-23 November 2025
Mon-Sun 12-6pm
Getting There
10-minute walk from Eyre Sq.
Bus: stop 523031 University Road
Paid parking nearby
TULCA Festival of Visual Arts
Strange lands still bear common ground
Curated by Beulah Ezeugo
7-23 November 2025
Galway, Ireland
Image: Zoology & Marine Biology Museum. Photo: Ros Kavanagh, 2024