Exhibition

Catherine Barron, ‘You Couldn’t Make It Up’

17 Apr 2025 – 16 Aug 2025

Regular hours

Thursday
10:00 – 17:00
Friday
10:00 – 17:00
Saturday
10:00 – 17:00
Wednesday
10:00 – 17:00

Free admission

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Catherine Barron, ‘You Couldn’t Make It Up’ presents a retrospective solo exhibition where salvaged metal plates, vintage 78rpm records, book covers, and playing cards serve as the artists canvas to reveal a deeply personal, as well as allegorical, biographical journey.

About

Born in Carlow, Catherine Barron is a visual artist, writer, arts facilitator and creativity researcher. She has won multiple awards for her work, including the Adams and De Veres awards at the RHA annual exhibition and the inaugural Amelia Earhart prize for an Irish female artist (Derry, 2022). She was shortlisted for the Hennessy portrait prize (now Zurich prize) at the National Gallery of Ireland in 2015. Her work is represented in many public and private collections including the National Portrait Collection (University of Limerick), the EPA, the OPW, Fingal County Council, Bank of Ireland, the Department of Education, Carlow Institute of Technology and the Haverty Trust.

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Taking part

The Molesworth Gallery

The Molesworth Gallery

Dublin, Ireland

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