Axis As Gaeilge Artists 2023

  • A woman taking a selfie in a circular mirror, holding a camera, with her face and hand visible.

    Elena Horgan

    Elena is a lens-based artist from East Cork living in Dublin. Currently, a lot of her work explores language, land, and identity. She tutors in the film department at IADT and was Cork County Council's Filmmaker in Residence in 2021/22

  • A young woman with dark hair styled in loose waves and a half-updo, wearing a white sleeveless top with embroidery, standing in front of a softly blurred background.

    Ciara Ní É

    Ciara Ní É - bilingual poet, performer, playwright and screenwriter. The founder of REIC, a monthly multilingual spoken word event and co-founder of LGBTQ+ arts collective AerachAiteachGaelach. Chosen as one of the Irish Examiner’s '100 Women Changing Ireland in 2022' and an Irish Writers Centre ambassador. 2023 Artist in Residence with UCD Scoil ICSF, previously with The Dublin Fringe Festival and DCU. Has performed in New York, London, Brussels, Sweden, and across Ireland. Published in anthologies Bone and Marrow/Cnámh agus Smior, Queering the Green, Washing Windows Too; journals Aneas, Icarus, and Comhar; and her first collection is forthcoming.

  • A woman with short, brown hair and large earrings holds a bouquet of red roses and dark leaves, looking upward with a contemplative expression.

    Niamh O'Beirne

    Niamh is a multi-disciplinary artist from Kildare. Her work encompasses spoken word, performance art, cabaret-theatre, broadcast and experimental participatory art spaces. Her work focuses on queering her cultural heritage. Since 2015, she makes collaborative work as Spooky Beore; whose blatant promotion of degeneracy and paganism, is shamelessly concealed by a veil of performance and interactive art.

  • A woman with brown, wavy hair and hoop earrings, wearing a yellow shirt, standing outdoors in front of a large tree trunk, smiling at the camera.

    Roisín Sheehy

    Roisin is an award-winning poet, playwright and broadcaster. Coiscéim published her debut collection Líomóidí ‘s Rúbarb and her play Snámh na Saoirse was published by LeabharComhar. Roisin is invigorated by dance.