Sibéal Riordan
Sibéal is an Irish artist and maker based in Limerick, Ireland. She is a graduate of Limerick School of Art & Design with a BA in Photography, film & Video and an MA in Social Practice & the Creative Environment. She is a current member of Limerick Printmakers, Visual Artists Ireland and the Mná na nEalaín collective.
She is a multidisciplinary artist who works through the mediums of digital photography, darkroom processes, video, illustration and collage. Her fine art practice is informed by Irish history, mythology, feminism and our relationship with nature. She is often inspired by the tales of women throughout Irish history and mythology who have been forgottten.
She won the Photoshop.ie Award for traditional darkroom work and created a photobook with PhotoIreland and Inspirational arts as part of the Inspirational Arts Photography Awards 2020 which she was a finalist of. In 2020 she was invited to take part in the Wom@rts training program, funded by Creative Europe with the aim of promoting equality and diversity in the arts sector across Europe.
Sibéal has recently exhibited work with Mná na nEalaín. Their exhibition “Bantracht” was displayed as part of Limerick City and county councils inaugural St. Brigids festival 2023. She has also displayed work in PhotoIrelands "Halftone" Print fair which took place in The Library Project in Temple bar in October of 2022. She also created an outdoor mixed media installation which was displayed at last years Electric Picnic Festival.
Sibéal is also a workshop facilitator and has taught a number of printmaking workshops through Limerick Printmakers community engagement programme.