Vanessa Donoso López

Member (3 year)
2014 – 2017, 2025 – 2028

Vanessa Donoso López's work unfolds through an installation process that engages in a dialogue between cross-cultural identity, migration and elements emerging from inhabited space. She uses a variety of processes, including archaeological experimentation, collaborative clay sourcing, drawing, and conversations around repetitive object making. Vanessa Donoso López was born Barcelona, Spain and is based in Dublin.

Select exhibitions include: A rock can hurt you, a rock can help you open a nut, Municipal Gallery, dlr Lexicon, Dublin, (2025); La Fragua, Fundación Botí, Córdoba (2024); Remembering the Future, VISUAL, Carlow (2023); Movements of Immobile Objects, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin (2022); Collective Attempt, Can Serrat, Barcelona (2022); Cuando una piedra se rompe, se convierte en más piedras, Herrero de Tejada Gallery, Madrid (2021); Graft, temporary public artwork commissioned by Glucksman Gallery and National Sculpture Factory, Cork (2021); Color Lab, VCU gallery, Doha (2020); The Time Capsule Project, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, Dublin (2017).

Residencies and awards include: Arts Council Bursary (2024, 2022); Cal Gras Art Residency, Barcelona (2024), Entorns Art Residency, Lleida (2023); Diversity Award, Solstice Art Centre (2021); Can Serrat Residency, Barcelona (2020). Public works and collections include: Glucksman Gallery, Arts Council Ireland, Office Public Works.