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Blaine O'Donnell

  • Paul Robinson Studio Award, Project Studio (1 year)

Blaine O’Donnell is an artist working primarily in sculpture. Taking an experimental approach to the materials and debris of photography, architecture and geology, O'Donnell investigates the art object as a starting point for tracing networks of relationships between objects, humans and places.

In 2021, O'Donnell created a permanent sculptural installation at VOID, Derry, for Office of the Rest, a Forerunner project commissioned by Mary Cremin. O'Donnell's essay Things to Do With Photographs was shortlisted for the Source Magazine Writers Prize 2021. Selected exhibitions include TWO PHOTOGRAPHS AWAY, curated by Aisling Dunne, Ardgillan Gallery, Balbriggan, Ireland (2024) and hinder / further, a two-person exhibition with Andreas Kindler Von Knobloch, curated by Mark O'Gorman, The Complex, Dublin (2022). Recent residencies include Firestation Artists' Studios, Dublin (2024/5), Leitrim Sculpture Centre (2024), the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico (2024) and the TBG+S/HIAP International Residency Exchange, Finland (2023).

Blaine O'Donnell is the recipient of the Paul Robinson Studio Award, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (2025), the Arts Council of Ireland's Visual Arts Bursary (2024) and Agility Award (2024), the Dublin City Council Bursary Award (2024) and the EMERGENCE Award from Wexford Arts Centre/ Wexford County Council Arts Department (2024).