The Augustus Owen Foundation Presents: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain in conversation with Dr. Katherine Brodbeck

Sunday, 12 October, 2025
Doors: 4:30 PM
Talk: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Free Admission
161 Glass St. Dallas, TX

Sponsored by the Augustus Owen Foundation, this event is the first in a series of education programming at Dallas Contemporary designed promote cross cultural dialog.

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain is an Irish artist working with film, computer generated imagery, collage, tapestry, print and installation. Ní Bhriain’s work is rooted in an exploration of imperial legacy, human displacement and the Anthropocene. These intertwined subjects are approached through an associative use of narrative and a painstakingly crafted visual language that verges on the surreal. She sidesteps directive positions and familiar binaries, exposing instead the layers of ambiguity and contradiction embedded in these fraught issues. The resulting worlds she creates are at once idiosyncratic, irresistible and deeply unsettling. Her work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally and regularly involves collaboration with musicians and composers.

Dr. Katherine Brodbeck is the Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art.

Image credit: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain 'Interval II', 2025. Jacquard tapestry, cotton, wool, silk, Lurex, edition of 3 + 2AP. 280 x 376 cm / 110.2 x 148 in.