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Aoife Cawley

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Aoife Cawley is a printmaker and textiles artist from county Kildare, now working between Ireland and Scotland. Graduating in 2024 with First Class Honours in Contemporary Art Practice from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, her work explores folklore, mythology, history, and early Christian saints, blending traditional medieval art forms with contemporary techniques.

Her vibrant, multi-layered screen prints and embroidered textiles have been exhibited widely in Ireland and the UK, and she has been featured in media outlets such as The Irish Times, RTÉ, and Tourism Ireland. In 2024, she was artist in residence at Creative Spark, Dundalk, and the Hugo Burge Foundation, in the Scottish Borders.

Aoife was awarded the RSA John Kinross Scholarship in 2024, and her work is held in collections such as the University of Dundee Museum.
Education
2020-2024: BA (Hons) in Contemporary Art Practice (1.1), Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art And Design, Dundee.

Exhibitions
2024:
Winter Show, Segotia, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland
Nell Baxter and Dundee’s Celtic Revival, Lamb Gallery, Dundee, Scotland
OXO 2024, Outset Gallery, The Cornstore, Galway City, Ireland
Halftone 2024, The Library Project, Dublin, Ireland
Reside, An Táin and Creative Spark Downtown, Dundalk, Louth, Ireland
Royal Arcade Academy 2024, Arcade Studios, Belfast, North of Ireland
Dlúthpháirtíocht, P21 Gallery, London, England
Window Texts, CCA Derry, Derry, North of Ireland
Degree Show, Duncan of Jordanstone, College of Art and Design, Dundee, Scotland
Instructions Not Included, Original Copy Collective, Keiller Centre, Dundee, Scotland
Because We Want To That’s Why! Generator Projects, Dundee, Scotland
MultiCultur Alba, Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Members Show, Generator Projects, Dundee, Scotland
Cruthú Ó Mhná, Limerick City Museum, Limerick, Ireland
Brigid 1500 Lightshow, Herstory, various locations around Co. Kildare, Ireland
Unravelling an Icon, Kildare Town, Ireland

2023:
Reshape, Scrapantics, Dundee, Scotland
Royal Arcade Academy 2023, Arcade Studios, Belfast, North of Ireland
Formorians, Rosie Maddison’s, Cork City, Ireland
The Land of Saints and Glamour (solo), King John’s Castle, Limerick, Ireland

2022:
Curator’s
Arrival
  • Aoife Cawley
  • Arrival
  • Screenprinting
St. Brendan And His Monks Meet Jasconius
  • Aoife Cawley
  • St. Brendan And His Monks Meet Jasconius
  • Screenprinting
The Land of Saints and Scholars
  • Aoife Cawley
  • The Land of Saints and Scholars
  • Screenprinting
St. Colmcille Gives Out To Nessie For Reefin' Youngflehs Out Of It
  • Aoife Cawley
  • St. Colmcille Gives Out To Nessie For Reefin' Youngflehs Out Of It
  • Screenprinting

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