Isabelle Nolan will represent Ireland at the 2026 Venice Biennale.

Dublin artist Isabelle Nolan will represent Ireland at the 61st Venice Biennale of Art in 2026. The pavilion is curated by Georgina Jackson, director of the Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art at Trinity College Dublin.

In a statement, the biennial said: “Nolan’s exhibitions are based on important themes: cosmology and deep history; religion and mythology; mortality and love.” In 2027, Nolan’s work in Venice will be shown at various venues across Ireland; she will also take part in the 13th Liverpool Biennial next year (BedrockJune 7 – September 14), curated by Marie-Anne McQuay.

IN interview V ArtReview Last year, Nolan spoke about her exhibition at Château La Coste in Aix-en-Provence and explained her approach. Asked about the “stylistic diversity” of her work and the “descending” aspect of her paintings, including descending suns and photographs of feet, she said: “I think it has to do with a preoccupation with verticality and a reverence for height and light. in Western culture.

“In the history of art, in politics and religion, power is represented and articulated through motifs that represent ascension or exaltation as the ideal state of humanity.” She also addressed the issue of climate change, saying: “Like a lot of people, I find what’s going on pretty damn scary and it’s hard not to think about it.”

The curator of the next Venice Biennale has not yet been announced; This year’s curator is Adriano Pedrosa, artistic director of the São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand Museum of Art, which organized the exhibition. Stranieri Ovunque-Foreigners Everywhere (until November 24).

Canada and Estonia were the first countries to announce their artists for the 2026 Venice Biennale. Abbas Akhavan will represent Canada and Merike Estna will carry the Estonian flag.