Public Talk: Amanda Dunsmore, AIB Portrait Prize Winner 2024

A free talk with artist Amanda Dunsmore, winner of the AIB Portrait Prize 2024.

Join us for a free a free public talk where artist Amanda Dunsmore will speak about her artistic practice. The talk will have special emphasis on her acclaimed work ‘Lydia’ Dr Lydia Foy 2022, an artwork that celebrates the remarkable life and legacy of Dr Lydia Foy, a trailblazing figure in the fight for transgender rights in Ireland. This video portrait piece was the winner of the AIB Portrait Prize 2024.

Amanda Dunsmore works in art processes that explore representations of societal transformation, examining place, people and moments of political significance. Dunsmore’s contextual portraits evolve through long periods of research, and her work is presented as a series of extensive socio-political and historical projects, through video, photography, drawing, audio and sculptural installation. Central to Dunsmore’s art practice is an exploration of the potential and long-term implications of socio-political art-making and the legacy of visual parity in portraiture. Dunsmore has exhibited extensively in Ireland and shown internationally since 1992. She lives in Co. Clare and is a Lecturer in Fine Art at Limerick School of Art & Design, TUS.