Saldanha Gallery | Fort Dunree | 5th – 4th October 2026
In Ga (Radius), Donegal-based artist Sinéad Walsh explores the ways in which a sense of place is formed through memory, folklore, language and encounters with the natural world.
Rooted in the coastal landscape of Donegal, the exhibition brings together sculpture, found objects, drawing and mixed-media installation. Recycled and natural materials, among them clay, metal and organic matter – are transformed, reinterpreted and given new possibilities. Ordinary things become curious objects; fragments suggest stories; familiar forms shift into something less certain.
Sinéad is drawn to states of transition: the point where land meets water, waking meets sleep, the remembered meets the imagined, and the everyday becomes strange. Humour and playfulness sit alongside a deeper interest in time, memory and the traces we leave in the places around us.
The title Ga (Radius) speaks to the way an idea can begin small and personal before expanding outward, gathering meaning from its surroundings. The works are not fixed answers but invitations to look, wonder and make connections.
With an ongoing interest in Gaeilge and Béaloideas (folklore), Sinéad brings together language, landscape and material in an exhibition that asks us to pause and consider our own relationship with place – and the quiet magic held within it.
