artists

Malo Girod de l’Ain came to art in a roundabout way. A Parisian through and through, his aunt, Hélène Girod de l’Ain, was a famous artist and his parents’ home still hosts a number of delightful paintings. He enjoyed art as a hobby but…

If you're on the lookout for something new to listen to, you're in luck. There are two new Irish podcasts coming out in February which I am particularly looking forward to. There's a new season of the always excellent Meet Your Maker and a…

More Artists We are looking for visual artists from all over Ireland to feature in the Visual Art section of HeadStuff. If you are an artist no matter what your practice, let us know about you. We want painters, print-makers, sculptors,…

Belfast-born Janice Lightowler has established herself as a professional artist for the past 25 years.  She paints from life, every day scenes with a wide variety of subjects. She has many fine pencil drawings, although primarily works in…

Amanda Shirlow is a contemporary artist living in Coleraine N. Ireland. Her artwork is a blend of photography, installations, street art, and food art. In her photography installation, Microscopic Worlds, she uses tiny figurines against a…

Lithuanian artist Jelena Straiziene uses a variety of mediums in her paintings to create bright, intense imagery. Her work is very diverse, ranging from the realistic to the abstract, but no matter what the subject matter, there is always a…

Alan Somers is a self-taught Dublin artist who began painting at a young age. As he grew into adulthood his art slowly took a back seat to work and the demands of everyday life. After almost a decade, he returned to art and discovered a…

Art is brain made. Art can be an escape valve, a revival but sometimes endowed with a strange or psychedelic character. Are artists alienated and crazy? Whereas scientists confirmed the link between creativity and mental illnesses, a new…

Wander through the streets of Zagreb, and you may accidentally stumble across Marge Simpson, Jimi Hendrix or Kurt Cobain. No, we're not talking hallucinations – we're talking Pimp My Pump. Pimp My Pump is a collective of six Croatian…