About
Pádraic Barrett is an Irish contemporary artist whose interdisciplinary practice spans performance, film, and installation. His work explores the complex intersections between capitalism, technology, and ecological systems, with a particular focus on how these forces affect the human body. Barrett’s art frequently incorporates elements of surrealism, blending organic and artificial forms to question the boundaries of human and machine influence. His works often recontextualise the body, particularly the queer body, as part of a broader landscape that speaks to resilience, adaptation, and alternative ways of existing within a neoliberal, tech-driven world. His practice is known for immersive and confrontational techniques that challenge viewers to reflect on their roles within societal systems.
Education & Training
2026
Marina Abramović, Clean The House, Athens
2020-2021
MA (1:1) Art and Process, Crawford College of Art and Design
2020
IMMA Summer School Art and Politics #Statecraft
2015-2019
BA (1:1) Fine Art, Crawford College of Art and Design
Exhibitions
SOLO
Machination, The Municipal Corporation of Culture of San Joaquin, Santiago, Chile, 2023
The Engineering of Consent II, The Marina Warehouse, Cork, 2021
GROUP
Memory Lane, Cork Opera House, Cork, 2026
Body Signal, Living Canvas, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 2025
I N S I T U, C3-studios, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2025
Liquid Urbanism, The Lab Gallery, Dublin, 2025
⌥ertigo, A Crescendo, inter_site, Cork County Hall, Cork 2025
Auto-cannibalism, GlogauAIR, Berlin, 2024
Error: /Undefined, Pallas Projects, Dublin, 2023
Oscillation: An Altering Rhythm, The Counting House, Cork, 2023
Sluice Screens, IMT Gallery, London, 2022
PADA x Sluice, curator-led project, Lisbon Art Fair, Lisbon, 2022
Machination, PADA, Lisbon, 2022
After Light: These Dark Citizens, R&H Hall, The National Sculpture Factory, Cork, 2022
Quare, Cork Midsummer Festival, St. Anne’s Park, Shandon, 2022
inter_site x Timpeall, K-fest, Kerry, 2022
inter_site, Old Queen’s Castle, Cork, 2022
Pulsating P(l)ace, Faoin Spéir, Backwater Artists Group, Wandesford Quay, Cork, 2022
OUTSIDE, Cork Centre for Architecture, National Sculpture Factory, Cork, 2021
Oileán, Battery Observation Point, Spike Island, Cork, 2021
Standstill, Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre, Cork, 2021
A Soft Rupture, GOMA, Waterford, 2021
inter_site, The Marina Warehouse, Cork, 2021
Oileán, The Lord Mayor’s Pavilion, Cork, 2021
COM,MA, MA:AP, No. 46 Grand Parade, Cork, 2020
Confluence, Student of the Year, The Lavit Gallery, Cork, 2020
Dismantle, CCAD, Cork, 2019
Awards
Arts Council of Ireland Project Award, 2026
Cork City Council Individual Bursary Award, 2025
Arts Council of Ireland Multidisciplinary Artist Bursary Award, 2025
Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award, 2024
Arts Council of Ireland Project Award, 2024
Cork City Council Individual Bursary Award, 2024
Arts Council of Ireland Individual Artist Bursary Award, 2023
Cork City Council Individual Bursary Award, 2023
Culture Ireland funding, 2023
K-fest Screaming Popes Prize Finalist, 2022
Cork City Council Individual Bursary Award, 2022
Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award, 2021
Arts Council of Ireland Project Award, 2021
RDS Visual Art Awards long list, 2021
Postgraduate Residency Award, Sample Studios, 2021
Valerie Gleeson Development Bursary Award, 2020
The Ciarán Langford Memorial Bursary, Backwater Artists Group, 2020
RDS Visual Art Awards long list, 2019
Lavit Gallery Student of the Year Award, 2019
Residencies
Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, April 2026
GlogauAIR, Berlin, 2024
The Municipal Corporation of Culture of San Joaquin, Santiago, 2023
PADA Studios, Lisbon, 2022
The Gallery at No.46 Grand Parade, Cork, 2019
Visiting lecture, Crawford College of Art & Design, 2026
Artist talk, The Lab Gallery, Dublin, 2025
Visiting lecture, Crawford College of Art & Design, 2023
Artist talk, Pallas Projects, Dublin, 2023
Visiting lecture, Crawford College of Art & Design, 2021
Visiting lecture, Sample Studios, 2021