Recent exhibitions and projects
f Project at Chapel Hill, 2023
Of Light: an exhibition of analogue photographic work with f Project in June 2023.
Crawford Art Gallery desk residency, 2022
A prolonged encounter with the layered histories of The Crawford Art Gallery and the Cork School of Art.
A Drift, 2020
A solo show at The James Barry Exhibition Centre in March 2020
Orla O’Byrne is a Cork-based visual artist and 2019 graduate of The Crawford College of Art and Design. In 2020 she was granted a four-year studio licence at Backwater Artists Group and in 2022 she became a member of the Board of Directors there. Her previous awards include The Lavit Gallery Student of the Year and the CIT Registrar’s Prize. Recent arts-funded projects include a research trip to the marble-quarrying region of Northern Italy and a desk residency at The Crawford Art Gallery. In 2023, Orla graduated with an MA in Art & Process (MA:AP) from MTU CCAD. She is currently the Artist in Residence at St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork.