Aleana Egan
A maritime child
Interface, Inagh, Connemara, IE
11 July - 16 August 2026
A maritime child responds to the atmosphere of pathos and human fallibility felt within the site at Interface. Aleana Egan’s artworks share an instinctive sensibility, referring to processes of adaptation, repair and reuse. The exhibition hints at a central nervous system, influenced by sensory formations carried through the low-lying modernist building, its cantilevered canopies and the various outdoor tanks, pumps and connective infrastructures of the former salmon hatchery.
Egan’s subtle but deliberate sculptural forms speak with the industrial materiality of Interface, and the expansive natural landscape that encloses the site in the picturesque Lough Inagh Valley.
Aleana Egan’s solo exhibitions include Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (forthcoming September 2026); Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin (2025); Lismore Castle Arts (2024); Void, Derry (2022); Künstlerhaus Bremen (2021); NICC Vitrine, Brussels (2020); Farbvision, Berlin (2019); Illuminations Gallery, NUI Maynooth (2017); The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (2015); Mary Mary, Glasgow (2014); The Drawing Room, London (2011); Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin (2009); Kunsthalle Basel (2008). Egan’s work has been represented internationally in group exhibitions including Kettles Yard, Cambridge; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh; SculptureCenter, New York.
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Interface is an exhibition, studio and residency programme for artists of all disciplines situated in the Inagh Valley, in the heart of Connemara. It’s mission is to provide catalysing opportunities for artists to develop work and engage with others through a platform exploring the intersections between scientific research and art. Interface offers artists an opportunity to engage with a unique environment and to be inspired by the exciting research taking place in a spectacular landscape on the edge of Lough Inagh. The facility was built as a salmon hatchery in the late 1980s by renowned Irish architects Scott Tallon Walker. The facility was bought by the current owners in 2007 to develop a centre of scientific research. Interface Inagh is founded and directed by Alannah Robins.
Interface Inagh, Recess, Co. Galway, H91 VW58, Ireland
How to get there:
Interface is not serviced by public transport due to its remote location. It is approximately 1 hour drive from Galway, and 3.5 hours drive from Dublin.
Please contact me for suggestions for local accommodation and camping.
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Exhibition dates:
12 July - 26 July, 12-6pm daily during Galway International Arts Festival, continues to 16 August, 12-6pm Saturdays and Sundays.
Artist Talk - Sunday 12 July at 2pm
Aleana Egan and Michael Hill will give an informal walkthrough of the exhibition. All welcome, no booking necessary.
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With support from Kerlin Gallery and Konrad Fischer Galerie. Thanks to Alannah Robins, Emma O Flaherty and John Durning at Interface.
Aleana Egan, remote sense (Isuzu Trooper), 2019 (detail). Courtesy of the artist and Konrad Fischer Galerie. Photography by Silvia Cappellari.
35mm film photograph of Interface, July 2025. Courtesy of Aleana Egan.