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Barialai Khoshhal is an Afghan-Irish photographer, photojournalist and visual storyteller based in Dublin. His work explores themes of identity, displacement, belonging and human connection. He has worked with international media organisations including BBC, Associated Press and Al Jazeera, and has exhibited his photography internationally. His projects in Ireland have included commissions and exhibitions with Dublin Castle, the Lord Mayor’s Office and Photo Museum Ireland.

Dublin-based Nigerian-Irish DJ whose sets draw on a rich, global palette shaped by years of collecting and blending sounds across clubs, festivals, day parties, and even family gatherings. As founder of The Sweet Spot (@sweetspot.mp3), who currently host a monthly get together in Dublin City’s Project Arts Centre, he's focused on creating warm spaces that welcome dreamers & dancers to let loose, unwind & SHAKE RUMP — because it's good for you. Using riddims to spread much love from Ireland to The World.

Bulelani Mfaco is a former spokesperson for the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland (MASI). MASI is a grassroots campaign group which campaigns for an end to the abhorrent system of direct provision and deportations, defends the fundamental right to seek asylum, and agitates for a more humane asylum process. Bulelani cut his campaigning teeth in his native South Africa where from an early age he was involved in protests for adequate housing, access to land, and healthcare. Bulelani is currently on the board  the Hope and Courage Collective, and on the steering group at Equinox Initiative for Racial Justice.

Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan is an Irish-Indian writer, performer, and cultural consultant, published by Banshee, Stinging Fly, Poetry Ireland, and others. She has been artist-in-residence for several science initiatives and is a Skein Press Play it Forward Fellow. Her debut poetry collection The Salt of Something New was published with Dedalus Press in 2026. 

Débora Adachi is a Brazilian-Japanese children’s book illustrator, visual artist, and facilitator working at the intersection of multilingualism, migration, and participatory arts in Ireland. Published titles include The Boy Who Forgot to Say Goodbye (Goethe-Institut, 2025), Cruinniú na nÓg Activity Book (Create, 2024), and Weaving Stories (Mother Tongues, 2024). A Christmas Full of Poetry, published by Quarto Kids, will be released in October 2026.

I’m 58. I went to art college 35 years ago. I swiftly gave up art and only went back to painting in 2014 after I got sick. I paint in oil. I am interested in Paint, Colour, Shape and Layers.

I am an Irish artist from Dublin, with deep roots in Brussels and Athens. I have been lucky enough to live for long periods in Greece, Bulgaria, Poland, Belgium, Finland and Scotland, (and have tried to learn songs in most of these!). I try to stay curious and talk to strangers.

Fadi Zmorrod is an award winning contemporary circus artist and director from Jerusalem, Palestine. He is currently Artistic Director of Doulab for Circus and Dance and of Rí Rá Festival of Children's Arts. He has been working in his field for over 20 years, and is specialised as an artist in the Chinese pole, acrobatics, and Cyr wheel. 

Gráinnemir is Palestinian artist based in Dublin. They completed a Four year programme on theatre studies and cultural resistance. Their artistic practice encompasses acting, writing and facilitation. Through physical theatre, storytelling, they explore their Palestinian identity from a queer lens, creating expressive work rooted in resilience, and using the stage and their performance as an expressive space to confront and challenge oppression in all its forms. 

Hopeful Theatre is a theatre group founded by Newton Barabara and made up of people living within Ireland’s International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS). The company creates space for people seeking international protection to tell their own stories, explore their experiences through performance, and connect those stories with the realities of building a life in Ireland.

Growing from drama workshops first developed at the Citywest Transition Hub, Hopeful Theatre uses collaborative theatre-making to bring together personal histories, migration, identity, belonging and everyday encounters with Irish society. Its work gives participants a platform to be heard not simply as asylum seekers or refugees, but as artists, storytellers and members of their communities. Through productions including  The Web, The Journey and The Unveiling, Hopeful Theatre explores the intersections between displacement, hope, culture and life in contemporary Ireland, creating work that encourages connection, understanding and social cohesion.

Igor Kapov is a Ukrainian filmmaker and screenwriter based in Ireland. His work explores themes of identity, memory, displacement, and the human condition through both documentary and fiction. He is interested in telling intimate, character-driven stories that reveal the complexity of ordinary lives. *The Camp* is his directorial debut, inspired by the experiences of Ukrainian refugees rebuilding their lives in Ireland.

Inga Mocke is an emerging artist exploring the tangled and intertwined nature of human experience. Through painting and drawing, the artist reflects on individual perception, relationships, emotional landscapes and personal transformation. Inspired by the process of unraveling complexity, seeks moments of meaningful connection, where uncertainty can transform into clarity, new perspectives and possibilities.

Jinny Ly is a Chinese-Vietnamese-American visual artist, curator and arts facilitator based in Dublin, Ireland. Born and raised in a family of Vietnamese Boat refugees, Jinny's autoethnographic approaches combined with multilayered storytelling focuses on bridging cultures and humanising refugee familial narratives through applied materials and archival methodologies. 

Josué Reis is a dance artist and choreographer which practice bridges Krump, Hip Hop, Passinho, and Contemporary Dance, engaging with identity, cultural memory, improvisation, and the dynamics of dance battles as sites of expression and resistance. He is a mentor/associate artist with Dublin Youth Dance Company (DYDC). Also the recipient of the Artist in Collaborative Practice Award (Creative Ireland South Dublin 24-25), and the Agility Award 2026 by the Arts Council of Ireland.

A student of sociology and an armature ceramicist in Dublin. Interested in the intersections between body politics, queer sex, critical racial theory and clay.  Delving into sculptural work since January of this year after practicing ceramics for 2 years. Having immigrated to Ireland five years ago, Dublin has been crucial in their artistic journey. Kaushik also helps facilitate the peer support group with Queer Asian Pride. 

Leon Diop is an author and equality advocate from Tallaght. He founded Black and Irish in 2020 and leads it as CEO. He co-wrote Black & Irish: Legends, Trailblazers and Everyday Heroes, winner of an An Post Irish Book Award, and wrote Mixed Up: An Irish Boy's Journey to Belonging. His children's book Black & Irish: Awesome Icons is forthcoming. Leon is an Obama Foundation Europe Leader.

MAGALAS is an interdisciplinary artist from western Ukraine who living and working in Dublin, Ireland. He works with sculpture and painting. In his work, he explores the world around him, stimulating both the eye and the mind, adding detail to each piece that prompts the viewer to reflect on the essence of this art. A hippie since his youth in the 1970s, his art, utilizes allegory and sarcasm to explore social, cultural, and artistic themes. Using grotesque forms (sometimes employing the contextual technique of surealism or hyperrealism), cognitive biases, and sometimes social culture with symbolic value, he combine this nexus of ideas into a potentially aesthetically achievable and provocative work of art. In doing so, does he signifiantly question inherent meaning and values, striving to understand the proper interpretation. Magalas has exhibited in NCAD, Ireland. His sculpture "Island" won the top prize in the Art Craft Design 2026 competition, organized by Sport Culture Council in the City of Dublin. 

Marcello Fidelis, Brasil, is a multidisciplinary artist working in film and theatre. He has directed and produced several short films, including sete, and the winner of GORM's Close-Up Residency 2025, Go Home. He currently writes a play for The Baptiste Programme for the Smock Alley Theatre for the 2026s cohort.

Megan Rosa Kelly is an Irish filmmaker. Megan’s work often explores psychological and philosophical concepts. Through the use of experimental, mixed-media film techniques and a continuous emphasis on the surreal, she produces visually bold and playfully disturbing work. Previous projects include an installation which showed at the Tate Modern, London. 

Melissa Ndakengerwa is the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Executive – Public Engagement at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), where she works with her team to create meaningful workshops and collaborations that resonate with diverse audiences and foster a strong sense of belonging within the museum community. As part of IMMA’s strategic pillar, A Radically Public Space, Melissa is dedicated to creating inclusive spaces for underrepresented communities to engage with art, dialogue and cultural events through initiatives such as IMMA Perspectives: A Creative Encounter and Art for All: Inclusive Families.

Melissa obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion from the University of Limerick in 2024 and is a board member of the charity Aware.

Niveditha Ramnath is a Kalakshetra alumna with a master’s in Bharatanatyam from Madras University and a B-High grade artist from Doordarshan Chennai. She performs widely in India and runs Utkrishta The Space of Arts in Ireland and India, bringing the beauty of Indian arts to life.

Pankti Amin is a Dublin-based mandala artist and the founder of Shyakti Art. Her work combines intricate mandala patterns with contemporary themes inspired by nature, mindfulness, and the interconnectedness of all living beings. With a passion for making art accessible, she also facilitates mandala art workshops for libraries, community groups, schools, and corporate organisations across Ireland. She has exhibited her work in galleries, libraries, and public exhibitions throughout Ireland. Through both her artwork and workshops,  she seeks to inspire moments of mindfulness, connection, and creativity while celebrating the beauty and harmony found in nature.

Princess Chisom (shapeshifter) is a multidisciplinary, shape-shifting artist, singer-songwriter, and emerging filmmaker whose work moves through Afro R&B, Neo-Soul, and Afro-Jazz. She creates work that sits at the intersection of African identity, migration, centering the experiences of marginalised communities through sound, storytelling and image.

Romi Beiroa King (they/them) is a multidisciplinary socially engaged artist, nutritionist, community facilitator and creative coordinator based in Ireland. Their practice explores food, care, migration, identity, and collective creativity. Romi creates welcoming spaces where people connect through the arts, play, multilingual dialogue, critical reflection, food sharing, and cultural exchange.

Rough Draft Poetry is a creative community run by Alymat Aderayo Salam which blends open-mic performances, experimental art, and guided creative writing into one event, allowing multiple entry points for shared reflection through collective storytelling. 

Roxana Manouchehri is an Iranian/Irish multidisciplinary artist, art advisor, writer, translator and mentor based in Dublin.  She has been teaching art and giving talks in different universities and museums in Tehran, Seoul and Dublin. Her ongoing research on European medieval and Persian manuscripts are the main resources in her practice.

Tatiana Santos is an antidisciplinary artist, journalist and a leading voice in bringing Brazilian rhythms to Irish dance spaces. Exploring connections across differences, she is the Artist in Residence at Cork Opera House/UCC, and a contributor to the book Contemporary Socially Engaged Art Practice in Ireland (Cork University Press).

Tobi Bello is a Nigerian-Irish multidisciplinary artist, photographer and founder of Our Village Archive. Her practice explores identity, migration and community through photography, storytelling and cultural archiving, creating spaces that celebrate Black and culturally diverse artists across Ireland.

Valerie Starovoit is a multidisciplinary artist based in Dublin, Ireland. Following a lifelong passion for creativity, she recently made a career transition to dedicate herself fully to artistic practice. She is currently a First-Year student at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) after completing portfolio studies at Liberties College. Her practice spans painting, ceramics, and stone carving. Despite starting her professional creative journey recently, Starovoit’s work has quickly gained recognition; she was named a Winner in the City of Dublin FET Colleges Sports and Cultural Council (SCC) Art, Craft & Design Awards 2026.

Wilson Onoh is a contemporary visual artist whose practice explores the depth of human experience through expressive imagery, thoughtful composition, and a distinctive visual language. His work is rooted in an interest in identity, emotion, culture, and the stories that shape how people see themselves and the world around them.

Zoë O’Reilly is a researcher working mainly in the areas of displacement, migration, asylum and cultural diversity. She has a particular interest in visual, sense-based and participatory methodologies, often collaborating with artists to explore identity, place, culture and subjective experience. In 2017, she carried out research with Rua Red/Civic Theatre Tallaght, funded by South Dublin County Arts Office/Arts Council of Ireland. She co-curated ‘FORUM: Transcultural Dialogues’, held at Rua Red and Civic Theatre in 2018.