We are delighted to have hosted Tetiana Milshyna in the TRISKEL SAMPLE Project Space in January 2025. She brought the space to life with her vibrant watercolours, and took full advantage of the space’s location to build a compelling new body of work which takes in the various sites and landmarks that lend Cork City Centre its distinct character. We’re very happy that Tetiana found this to be such a beneficial opportunity – read her thoughts below:
“I am very grateful for the opportunity to undertake an artist residency and solo exhibition TRISKEL SAMPLE Project Space in January 2025. The flexibility of the space allowed me to display a selection of my watercolours and gouaches 2022-24 while developing my studio practice. I also created a new series of 11 small sketches of the urban environment in Cork City Centre, executed in a free style in watercolour and graphic materials. The opportunity to display my existing work in tandem with my studio practice allowed me to review how my practice over the last 3 years, focused on Irish nature and heritage, related to the emerging direction of my practice now, taking in a new environment and revisiting a loose style I had previously employed when working in Ukraine. The TRISKEL SAMPLE Project Space provided an ideal base for this as I built this new body of work through walks around the city accompanied by a sketchbook and camera, working en plein air or bringing photographs back to the Project Space. Throughout my residency, I was delighted to introduce my art to a new audience in person, and I enjoyed hearing visitors’ reactions to my work first-hand. I was also able to use the time and space to develop future projects and make important connections that will direct my future work.”
