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Maitiú Mac Cárthaigh

maitiumaccarthaigh.hotglue.me
maitiumaccarthaigh.hotglue.me
About the member

In 2023, Maitiú graduated from the MA in Artistic Research (KABK, Den Haag) after receiving a first-class honours in BA (Hons) Fine Art (Crawford College of Art and Design MTU). Throughout their MA, they exhibited in Ireland, as well as in the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Poland. Following their graduation show, Maitiú was shortlisted for the RDS Visual Art Awards 2023. Their BA degree work was purchased by the O.P.W. and is now part Person, Presence, Perception, an all island of Ireland travelling exhibition with the Office of Public Works and Northern Ireland Department of Finance. During their BA, Maitiú was selected as the Irish nominee for an exchange in the U.S.A. through the Fulbright Commission.

Maitiú
Mac Cárthaigh

Maitiú grew up in what they fondly call the Back-Ass of Nowhere. They spent most of their childhood on a pig farm as the eldest of four sons, helping their parents care for animals to slaughter until one day the farm burnt down. A traumatic event for a farmer on the edge of Europe, so traumatic it’s almost comical. Their research practice looks at mechanisms of group assimilation, self-annihilation, and ascension within isolated queer/Irish communities. They focus on Irish neo-liberal economics, white/queer guilt, the definitions of “traditional” versus “productive”, historical depictions of the Irish landscape, and how these histories mirror in queer politics.

Maitiú Mac Cárthaigh
Maitiú Mac Cárthaigh
Maitiú Mac Cárthaigh