Lavit Gallery

SUBMISSIONS

A submission is an approach to the gallery by an artist who wants us to consider exhibiting and/or stocking their work.

We are only open to receiving submissions by email. We will not accept submissions by post or take in-person submissions in the gallery or look at your artwork on a phone or laptop. We will ask that you email us.

Although we are open to receiving submissions from artists by email proposing their work, we do not have the capacity to respond to all the emails we receive and we are not obligated to do so. It is not possible for us to engage each time, providing feedback. If you have sent us an email about your work and it has not bounced back, we have seen it and it has been forwarded to our Director who has viewed its contents and filed it. If and when an artist’s work is of interest and suitable for stock or one of our exhibition formats that artist will be contacted and invited. All other artists will not receive a reply (this has not been sustainable). Persistent attempts by email or phone to receive a reply or feedback are not welcome.

If submitting your work by email please be clear as to your intentions and what you want for your work, preferably demonstrating some awareness of our remit, programming and how we operate. For example, are you proposing a solo show, work for stock or is it a general introduction to you and your work or an update to share a recent body of work for consideration for group exhibition opportunities?

You don’t have to be a member to exhibit in the gallery (a common misconception)

For more information aimed at artists please visit our Terms and Conditions section on our website (bottom of home page or link in bio)

For all email submissions please email our Gallery Director, Brian Mac Domhnaill at [email protected]

Image: Installation view of New Irish Art 2026. Photo credit: Jed Niezgoda

LAST DAY

NEW IRISH ART
Deinstall begins 4pm

The artists participating in the 2026 edition of New Irish Art are Collin Crotty, Róisín de Buitléar, Stephen Doyle, Gabhann Dunne, Vanessa Jones, Vera Klute RHA, Michael Quane RHA, Michael Kobuladze, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Bennie Reilly, John O’Reilly and Charles Tyrrell. Curated by Brian Mac Domhnaill.

As a not-for-profit arts organisation and registered charity Cork Arts Society, trading as Lavit Gallery, greatly appreciates the support of our colleagues running sales-based galleries in Dublin. Included in this exhibition are artists represented by private commercial galleries.

Image: Install view by Jed Niezgoda

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LAST TWO DAYS

NEW IRISH ART
Until this Saturday 26 September 2026. Deinstall begins 4pm

Thank you to all the invited artists who participated in this year's edition, which was very well received by our audience and the visual arts community nationwide. It is our intention that this exhibition is one that artists want to be featured in and also one that collectors keep a close eye on. We will build on the success of the first two eiditions in 2027, with an equally fantastic line-up.

The artists participating in the 2026 edition of New Irish Art are Collin Crotty, Róisín de Buitléar, Stephen Doyle, Gabhann Dunne, Vanessa Jones, Vera Klute RHA, Michael Quane RHA, Michael Kobuladze, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Bennie Reilly, John O’Reilly and Charles Tyrrell. Curated by Brian Mac Domhnaill.

As a not-for-profit arts organisation and registered charity Cork Arts Society, trading as Lavit Gallery, greatly appreciates the support of our colleagues running sales-based galleries in Dublin. Included in this exhibition are artists represented by private commercial galleries.

Image: Install view by Jed Niezgoda

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FEATURED ARTIST | Gabhann Dunne

Images
1: Red Breasted Flycatcher 1985, 2026, Oil on board, 10 x 15 cm, €550
2: Tanya’s Bog, 2025, Oil on board, 24 x 30 cm, €1200
3: Philadelphia Vireo 1985, 2026, Oil on board, 13 x 18 cm, €625
4: Heather in Bog, 2025, Oil on board, 30 x 40 cm, €1400
5: Scarlet Tanager 1985, 2026, Oil on board, 15 x 20 cm, SOLD

Dunne’s work is filled with paintings of topographical features, figures and animals emerging from a rich, opaque ground, suggestive of a parallel world to our own. A critique of humanity’s annexation of the natural world and our displacement of other species, Gabhann uses this landscape to explore these serious themes with humour and compassion.

Gabhann Dunne is an Irish artist. Dunne studied at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin and the Technological University Dublin. Dunne is a tutor at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin. He is a winner of the Taylor Trust Art Award, the Whyte’s Award for Painting, the ESB Award, and a joint winner, of the Craig Hennessy Award. His work is found in public and private collections nationally and internationally including The Arts Council of Ireland and the Office of Public Works. He has completed commissions for Facebook, Dublin; the Ark, Dublin, University College Cork and the University of Limerick. Dunne has also exhibited extensively, including solo exhibitions at Limerick Gallery of Art and the Lab, Dublin, and multiple group shows such as: the West Cork Arts Centre; the Highlanes, Drogheda; Glucksman Gallery, Cork, the Visual Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow and the Zurich Portrait Awards at the National Gallery.

New Irish Art
Until 26 September 2026

All available works in the show can be viewed and purchased on our website via the link provided here and in bio: https://lavitgallery.com/exhibition/new-irish-art-2/

UPCOMING

Diarmuid Breen | A place to be
01– 31 October
Opening reception Thursday 01 October, 5.30-7.30pm. Wine by Bubble Brothers
Artist talk, Saturday 10 October, 12pm

“I create paintings that explore work and the human experience of working. My artwork focuses on the routines, pressures, and expectations that shape everyday life, often highlighting how work can become repetitive, exhausting, or overwhelming. Alongside this, my paintings include a quieter subplot about the importance of free time. I am interested in the contrast between moments of labour and moments of rest, and how rare and meaningful unstructured time can be. These moments are shown as pauses, empty spaces, or shifts in mood that suggest relief, reflection, or freedom. They represent the human need to exist beyond constant responsibility. I use paint, colour, and composition to emphasise repetition and structure within work environments, while allowing freer marks and softer elements to appear in scenes of rest. This contrast mirrors the tension between obligation and personal time. Through my work, I hope viewers reflect on their own relationship with work and consider the value of rest as an essential part of being human.” Diarmuid Breen, 2026.

Born in Cork, Diarmuid graduated from the Dublin Institute of Technology BAVA, Sherkin Arts Programme in 2012. Since then he has exhibited regularly in Cork and Dublin. He is represented by Taylor Galleries in Dublin, McKenna Gallery in Omagh, Co. Tyrone and Blue House Gallery, Schull, County Cork. He has exhibited in the Boyle Arts Festival, RHA Annual exhibitions and was the inaugural winner of the Anita Young Award for a mid-career artist at the 191st RHA Annual Exhibition. He was also awarded the de Vere’s prize for an artwork of distinction at the 194th RHA Annual Exhibition. His painting The Avenue was purchased by the OPW in 2024 and is now part of their permanent collection.

Image: Diarmuid Breen, Dawn Chorus, 2026, Oil on canvas,40x50cm

The 2026 Lavit Gallery programme is kindly supported by Arts Grants from The Arts Council of Ireland and Cork City Council.

FEATURED ARTIST | Colin Crotty

Images
1: Garden, 2026, Oil on linen, 43 x 34 cm, €2200
2: Eclipse, 2026, Oil on linen, 48 x 38 cm, €2400
3: Halo, 2026, Oil on linen, 35 x 30 cm, €1800

Colin Crotty creates paintings that explore ideas of belonging and the social and symbolic boundaries that govern everyday life. Working from memory through improvisational processes that include drawing and collage, Crotty reflects on experiences drawn from his immediate surroundings and broader cultural environment, while also evoking images and sentiments from the history of painting. Within this space, the sacred and the everyday, the intimate and the public coexist.

Colin Crotty graduated with an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, 2004 and BA Hons Fine Art at Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork, 1997. Recent exhibitions include Labour of Love: Economies of care in contemporary art, Glucksman Gallery, Cork (2025); Irish Art Centre, New York (2022); Solas Nua, Arts Centre, Washington, D.C (2022); 6th Biennial in Painting, Zagreb, Croatia, Pallas Projects (2021); Moving Spaces, Glucksman Gallery, Cork (2020); RAUM Galerie (solo), Dusseldorf, Germany (2019); Oonagh Young Gallery, (solo) Dublin (2018); Matthias Erngtes Galerie, (solo) Düsseldorf, Germany (2017); DROP Beyond Boundaries, Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore (2017); Sirius Arts Centre, (solo), Cobh, Cork (2016). His work is represented in public collections that include Arts Council of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork and Office Public Works. He is also lectures in fine art at the MTU Crawford College of Art & Design.

New Irish Art
Until 26 September 2026

All available works in the show can be viewed and purchased on our website via the link provided here and in bio: https://lavitgallery.com/exhibition/new-irish-art-2/
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OPEN FROM TUESDAY

Julia Dlugosz | Vessels
Cork Arts Society Vaults Award
Vaults, Lavit Gallery
22 September – 10 October 2026
Artist talk 10 October, 3pm

“My current body of work 'Past Forms, Present Lives' draws inspiration from Ancient Egyptian representations of everyday life. The vessels they created depict everything from simple activities to grand myths, which offer a unique insight into the past. This fascination led me to people watching and sketching the everyday to better understand modern-day routines. My practice explores the contrasts between past and present values, with my vessels honouring tradition while reflecting contemporary perspectives."

Julia Dlugosz is the 2025 recipient of the Cork Arts Society Vaults Award This new award gives a graduates of MTU Crawford College of Art & Design the opportunity to exhibit in the unique vault spaces at Lavit Gallery.
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The 2026 Cork Arts Society t/a Lavit Gallery visual arts programme is kindly supported by Arts Grants from the Arts Council of Ireland and Cork City Council.

FEATURED ARTIST | Vera Klute

Images
1: Slither, 2025, Oil on linen, 110 x 200 cm, €10500
2/3/4: Plunge III, 2026, Digitally sculpted and assembled polyamide, automotive lacquer, iridescent pigment, Edition of 5, 70 x 35 x 45 cm, €7500

Vera Klute works in a variety of media, from painting to sculpture, kinetics, drawing, and video animation. Fundamentally, she draws, and in a way, drawing underpins her use of painting, photography, collage, video, carving, modelling, construction, tapestry, ceramics and even taxidermy.

Vera Klute is a multi-disciplinary artist. She was born in Germany but is based in Ireland since 2001. She has had solo exhibitions at the RHA, the Butler Gallery, Limerick City Gallery (2-person show), the Molesworth Gallery, QSS Gallery and the LAB. Her work is part of public and private collections including the National Gallery, the National Self-Portrait Collection, the Arts Council, the Office of Public Works, Trinity College and The Butler Gallery. Most recently she won the Hanley Energy Sustainability Excellence Award (2021). Other awards include the Solomon Fine Art Award for sculpture (2020), the Hennessy Portrait Prize at the National Gallery and the Hennessy Craig Scholarship at the RHA (both 2015), the K+M Evans Award (2013) and the EVA Award at Wexford Arts Centre (2009). She has been received several Arts Council Bursary Awards and was elected Associate Member of the RHA in 2018 and elevated to full Membership in 2023. Klute is represented by the Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.

New Irish Art
Until 26 September 2026

All available works in the show can be viewed and purchased on our website via the link provided here and in bio: https://lavitgallery.com/exhibition/new-irish-art-2/

CULTURE NIGHT

Thank you to everyone who called in yesterday evening for our COLLECTING ART TALK & EXHIBITION TOUR and all those who paid us a visit later. We had 200 people through our doors between 4.30 and 7.30pm.

Remember, culture is not for one night only. We are here all year round. It is always free to enter and you are always welcome. There are 10 exhibitions per year and there is always a tour or an artist talk scheduled. Join our mailing list, follow us on social media. Visit again, visit often. You dont have to wait for Culture Night

New Irish Art
Main Galllery
Until 26 September 2026
Collin Crotty, Róisín de Buitléar, Stephen Doyle, Gabhann Dunne, Vanessa Jones, Vera Klute RHA, Michael Quane RHA, Michael Kobuladze, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Bennie Reilly, John O’Reilly and Charles Tyrrell. Curated by Brian Mac Domhnaill.

Lorraine Parker | Unfamiliar Landscape
Vaults
Until 19 September

The 2026 Cork Arts Society t/a Lavit Gallery visual arts programme is kindly supported by Arts Grants from the Arts Council of Ireland and Cork City Council.

Arts

FEATURED ARTIST | Charles Tyrrell

Images
1: CG2.26., 2026, Oil on canvas, 160 x 80 cm, €14500
2: CG1.26., 2026, Oil on canvas, 160 x 80 cm, €14500
3: CG3.26., 2026, Oil on canvas, 160 x 80 cm, €14500

From his early years as a student at the National College of Art and Design, Charles Tyrrell has remained totally committed to abstraction. His initial impetus came from American Abstract Expressionism, which led to a period in the early 1970s in which he made large scale paintings using fluid paint on raw unprimed canvas. Over time, his practice evolved towards a less expressionistic more pared-back and minimalist language. While always remaining firmly within the realm of non-representational imagery, Tyrrell’s work often acknowledges and embraces the influence and power of the rugged landscape in which he lives; looking more towards the underlying forces rather than the outward manifestations. Ultimately he sees his work as self-contained; in and of itself. He is inspired and driven by material engagement which sees him work across a range of materials and mediums: oil on wood panel, canvas and aluminium as well as occasional timber constructions. Drawing plays an important role in his work, and his engagement with print is primarily etching and woodblock.

Originally from Trim, Co. Meath, Charles Tyrrell has lived and worked on the Beara Peninsula in West Cork since 1984. He has exhibited extensively in Ireland as well as exhibitions in Britain, France, Austria and Germany. He has represented Ireland on a number of occasions, notably the Paris Biennale and the International Festival of Painting at Cagnes-sur-Mer in France. Charles Tyrrell is a member of Aosdána and an associate member of the Royal Hibernian Academy. He is represented by Taylor Galleries, Dublin.

New Irish Art
Until 26 September 2026
Collecting Art Talk & Exhibition Tour, Culture Night, Friday 18 September, 5pm
Open until 8pm

All available works in the show can be viewed and purchased on our website via the link provided here and in bio: https://lavitgallery.com/exhibition/new-irish-art-2/