Claire O’Hagan is an Irish painter working across abstraction and figuration in oil, acrylic, and watercolour. Her practice explores the body as a site of memory, intimacy, and imagination, informed by decolonial perspectives, folklore, and personal mythology. Recent works consider fantasy, painting, and wish-making as forms of spell-casting, exploring how desire shapes internal worlds.

Group Shows:

2024, Winter Exhibition, An Chéad Tine, Kilkenny

2024, WAYSTATION, The Complex Gallery, Dublin 1

2023, Gaffer Tape, PhizzFest, Phibsborough Centre, Dublin 3

2017, The Cock and Pussy Manifesto, Gallery X, Dublin 2

Press:

Morrissy, Julie. “A response to WAYSTATION” Mirror Lamp Press, November 2024. https://www.mirrorlamppress.com/s/Julie-Morrissy-Waystation-The-Complex.pdf

Awards:

2023, Agility Award, Arts Council Ireland

Education:

2025, M.A. in Fine Art, Technological University Dublin - First Class Honours

2014, International B.A. Double Hons. in Anthropology & French, Maynooth University - First Class Honours