RIGHT HERE
RIGHT NOW
03 OCTOBER
—15 NOVEMBER
2025
RIGHT HERERIGHT NOW
Exhibiting Artists
Reuben Brown, Dee Byrne, Geraldine Carton, Emanuela Carvisiglia, Rayleen Clancy + Beatrice O'Connell, Paddy Critchley, Gemma Crowe, Jane Cummins, Alicia Donnan, Hannah Farrell, Sophie Gough, Susan Gogan, Nickie Harrington, Annie Hogg, Conor Horgan, Elizabeth Hogan, Jim Xi Johnson, Gary Kearney, Lucy Lambe, Sarah Lincoln + Andy Walsh, Sarah Long, Maeve Lynch, Maitiú Mac Cárthaigh, Maria Maarbjerg, Tadhg McGreevy, Constance McKenna, Joanna McNulty, Asha Murray, Aoife Ní Dhuinn, Augustine O'Donoghue + Conor McCabe, Tina O'Connell, Olivia O’Dwyer, Emily Roche, Jane Skovgaard, Oisín Tozer, Stephen Turner, Lorraine Walsh
Annual Open 2025—Right Here Right Now
Each year, Rua Red holds an annual open-call exhibition of fine and applied arts. Work is invited from artists in any discipline and at all career stages. The Annual Open serves as a platform to support and encourage emerging and established artists. It is an opportunity to see the breadth and vibrancy of the work being created today and to find new and unexpected connections.
This year, Rua Red has invited artists to submit work that responds to the theme Right Here, Right Now. Work that speaks to the urgency of the present moment, that reflects lived realities, challenges inherited systems and reimagines futures from the ground up. Whether personal, political, poetic or protest-driven, we welcome proposals/work that is rooted in the here and now, work that speaks from within communities, that is unapologetically human.
The winner of the Rua Red Judge’s Choice Award will be awarded a solo show in Gallery 2 at some point during the ensuing 12-month period.
Conor Horgan is the recipient of the 2025 Annual Open Judge’s Choice Award.
Exhibition
Credits
- Photographer
Kevin Collins - Project supporters and sponsors
This commission is possible due to the support of our funders: The Arts Council of Ireland, and South Dublin County Council Arts Office. The support of the Rua Red Board of Directors is gratefully acknowledged.
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