Faigh Amach | Meet exhibiting artist Ella Bertilsson

Roughly translating as ‘discover’, Faigh Amach brings together three artists selected through an open call: Ella Bertilsson, Kathy Tynan, Emily Waszak. Following the exhibition at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, 01 August – 21 September 2025, one of the three exhibiting artists will be invited to present their first international solo exhibition at Southwark Park Galleries' Lake Gallery in Spring 2026.

In this short film, Ella Bertilsson describes how she uses images and materials related to pop culture and the aesthetics of nostalgia to evoke a shared sense of memory and place. Her installations, which often incorporate film and performance, use the visual language of magical realism and absurdism to conjure darkly humorous and dreamlike sensory environments. The clash of bizarreness and naivety reflects the impact of anxiety and precarity in everyday life.

Ella Bertilsson was born in Umeå, Sweden, and works in Dublin and Kilkenny. Her recent and upcoming solo exhibitions include The Horse, Dublin (2025); Ballina Art Centre (2024); The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon (2023); The Complex, Dublin (2022).

Faigh Amach is an initiative by Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (TBG+S) in partnership with Culture Ireland and Southwark Park Galleries (SPG), London, to support an artist in presenting their first solo exhibition outside Ireland.

Film by Evanna Devine, commissioned and produced by Temple Bar Gallery + Studios.