Michele Horrigan is an Irish artist and independent curator.

Since 2006 she is founder and curator of Askeaton Contemporary Arts, facilitating artist experimentation and residencies, exhibitions and publication production in rural County Limerick, Ireland. Over one hundred projects have been realised with a particular interest in contemporary art engaged in site-specific and social practice. Many artworks made in this context have subsequently been presented throughout the world in exhibitions, art biennials and film festivals. Since 2014, she is editor and publisher of A.C.A. PUBLIC, a publication venture with over twenty titles exploring the many meanings and relationships between art and the public realm.

Her artworks made over the last two decades have investigated narratives of place, dwelling and environment, with an ever-increasing focus on ecological issues. Resulting videos and installations have been presented at Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Schloss Britz, Berlin; Frankfurter Kunstverein and Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin amongst others. Michele has additionally curated exhibitions and public programmes at TULCA, Galway; VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow; EVA International – Ireland’s Biennale of Contemporary Art, Limerick; Kunstvlaai Biennial for Experimental Art, Amsterdam; Catalyst Arts, Belfast; Lismore Castle Arts; Irish Architectural Archive, Dublin and The National Women’s Council of Ireland, amongst others. Her writing, essays and articles have been commissioned for Mousse Publishing, Winter Papers, Paper Visual Art Journal, Dundee Contemporary Arts and Bomb Magazine.

Michele studied art at the Städelschule, Frankfurt. She is a member of IKT, the international association of curators of contemporary art, and an active collaborator with New York’s Independent Curators International. In 2022 she was presented a Civic Award by Limerick City & County Council in recognition of her ongoing curatorial work in Askeaton. She continues to develop artistic and curatorial projects for PUBLICS, Helsinki; EXPO Chicago; Flat Time House in London, and The Model, Sligo.

This website details a selection of artworks, alongside ongoing research notes and regularly updated texts on recent exhibitions.

More about Askeaton Contemporary Arts can be encountered at www.askeatonarts.com

Email: michele_horrigan@yahoo.ie