Faigh Amach | Meet exhibiting artist Emily Waszak

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.

This short film explores Emily Waszak’s practice. Her textile and assemblage works are informed by rituals of her Japanese cultural heritage, experiences of grief and the landscape of her home in Donegal. Using both ancient and contemporary weaving techniques, alongside the collection and display of found materials and other hand-made objects, Waszak combines processes that transcend time and place to find meaning in loss and understand how to access otherworldliness.

Emily Waszak was born in North Carolina, United States, and works between Dublin and Donegal. Her recent and upcoming solo exhibitions include Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny (2026); Pallas Projects, Dublin (2024); TU Dublin (2023).

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.