A solo exhibition by Els Dietvorst, curated by Catherine Bowe and Karla Sánchez Zepeda.

Wexford Arts Centre is working collaboratively with Highlanes Gallery, Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, and Wexford County Council to tour the work of Els Dietvorst. The tour began at the Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda in 2023, continued at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre from March to May of this year, and will be shown concurrently in Wexford Arts Centre and Wexford County Council this October to December.

In the two final installations of the tour ADRIFT, curators Catherine Bowe and Karla Sánchez highlight and revisit various pieces meaningful both to artist and the Irish individuals and communities she has been building relationships with over the last decade. Dietvorst will also present new pieces conceived specifically for these two very different venues.

At Wexford Arts Centre, the artist will explore primeval feelings and ideas, playing with materials such as light, wood and clay. Wexford County Council will house a monumental piece about human resilience built in collaboration with others.

Els Dietvorst is a Belgian visual artist and filmmaker based in County Wexford. Her work has been shown and supported by organizations such as the Kaaitheatre, Brussels; Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels; M HKA Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp; and BAK, Utrecht as well as internationally in New York, Casablanca, London, and Vienna.  She has been awarded international prizes such as the Evens Arts Prize in 2017, and more recently the Belgian Art Prize. In 2021, as part of the Belgian Art Prize, she hosted two exhibitions concurrently – This is what you came for – in Bozar and CENTRALE for Contemporary Art, both in Brussels.

Venue 1: Wexford Arts Centre, Cornmarket, Wexford Y35 X5HF

Tuesday, October 15th – Friday, December 13th

During Festival: Monday-Saturday, 10am – 5pm; Sunday, 11am – 4pm

Outside Festival: Tuesday – Friday, 10am – 5pm; Saturday, 10am – 4pm

Venue 2: Wexford County Council, Carricklawn, Wexford Y35 WY93

Tuesday, October 15th – Friday, December 13th

During Festival: Monday-Friday, 10am – 5pm; Saturday, 10am – 4pm; Sunday, 11am – 4pm (closed Saturday, November 2nd)

Outside Festival: Monday – Friday, 10am – 5pm

Free