When childish humour meets the grotesque in an artist's busy life
Aideen Barry, artist from Cork.
Cork artist Aideen Barry is busier than ever. She was recently elected to the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) and has several projects in the pipeline, a welcome state of affairs in the Covid era, and she he admits comes with a tinge of guilt. “I know it hasn't been an equal pandemic for most artists. A lot of artists were locked out of their studios," says Barry.
Originally from College Road in Cork, she now lives in Silvermines in Co Tipperary with her musician partner and three sons. Her partner is building a studio for her out of a tractor shed. "We've started thinking how we can be more self-sufficient," she says.
