Artist Sean Lynch will present a public lecture in memory of the late Oliver Dowling, a leading figure in visual arts in Ireland.
Sean Lynch was awarded the Arts Council’s Oliver Dowling Visual Arts Bursary Award 2025, and this lecture comes as a result of this award. This one-time bursary was established to honour Oliver Dowling’s legacy as an esteemed colleague, friend and mentor to many artists, and to acknowledge his enormous contribution and legacy to the visual arts in Ireland.
The lecture, mediated from Lynch’s own relationship with Oliver and conversations with those in Ireland and worldwide whose practices and exhibitions were supported by him, aims to highlight the ways artists continue to take up the mantle of progressive art within the complexities of today’s creative communities and economies.
Commenting, Sean Lynch said:
“As art from Ireland continues to find new narratives, purpose and agency, both local and global, it becomes all the more urgent to acknowledge how this energy has arisen, and the tireless support for art given by a person such as Oliver. I hope that this lecture at the RHA helps to continue his legacy into new and unexpected terrains”.
The event is free and open to the public, but booking is essential. Tickets can be reserved online here.
