About
Kayleigh Maimaran (b.1996) is a multidisciplinary artist.
With a particular interest in the concept of psychological space and architecture, her practice combines video, sound and sculptural elements as a form to explore physical and non-visual aspects of space.
She graduated in 2021 from MTU Crawford College of Art and Design with a BA in Fine Art and was awarded a Graduate Studio Residency at Sample – Studios, where she has been a member since. Her work has been part of multiple exhibitions including her solo exhibition Beyond Liminal (2022), in the Lord Mayor’s Pavilion, Cork and her most recent solo exhibition Void Scape at GlogauAIR, Berlin in 2023.
Upcoming
2024 - Trifecta Residency Programme with Cork Midsummer Festival and Sample - Studios, Cork.
2024 - 48h Neukölln Art Festival, Berlin.
Solo Exhibitions
2024 - Void Scape, GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany
2022 - Beyond Liminal, Lord Mayor’s Pavilion, Cork, Ireland.
Group Exhibitions
2023 - One Day in the Patio, Mena, Berlin, Germany.
2023 - Sample-Studios Members Summer Exhibition, Lord Mayor’s Pavilion Cork, Ireland.
2023 - WORK FORCE FIELD Group Exhibition, A4 Sounds, Dublin, Ireland.
2023 - Be Framed Summer Exhibition, Cork, Ireland.
2022 - Open Studios - GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany.
2022 - Opening Distance, Béal na Scairte, Co Cork, Ireland.
2022 - Sample-Studios Members Summer Exhibition, Lord Mayor’s Pavilion Cork, Ireland.
2022 – K Fest, Killorglin, Ireland.
2021 – Monochrome, Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland.
2021 – Sample-Studios Members Winter Exhibition, Lord Mayor’s Pavilion, Cork, Ireland.
2021 – Degree Show Exhibition, Crawford College of Art and Design Cork, Ireland.
2020 – Indie Cork Film Festival, Irish Artist Film – Under the Surface, Ireland.
Featured Publications:
The Racket: Quarantine Journal, Vol. 5, NO. 78, 2023. - Beyond Liminal, 2023.
TESHOH 2022, Teuta P., 2022.
Irish Arts Review, ‘Graduate Gallery 2021’, Ireland, 2021.
Source Magazine, ‘BA Phase of Graduate Photography Online’, Ireland, 2021.
Residencies:
GlogauAIR Berlin
Juli 2022 - August 2022, Berlin.
Sample-Studios Graduate Studio Residency Award
June 2021 - December 2021, Cork, Ireland.
Awards:
Visual Artist Bursary, Irish Arts Council, 2022.
Agility Award, Irish Arts Council, 2022.
Visual Artist Bursary, Irish Arts Council, 2021.
Sample-Studios Graduate Studio Residency, 2021.
Education:
MTU Crawford, Cork, Certificate in Principles of Art Therapy (Level 8), 2022.
MTU Crawford, Cork, First Class Honours Degree, Fine Art (BA), 2021.
Thanks to current and past support.
