​Liliane Tomasko: 'A painted surface has a kind of magic that a sculpture can't have'

The Swiss-born artist has an exhibition at the Kerlin in Dublin, a city she is familiar with through her husband Seán Scully

Liliane Tomasko's Twofold at the Kerlin is her 42nd solo exhibition.    Picture: Tristan Hutchinson 

It is raining in London, where Liliane Tomasko is at work in her studio. The Swiss-born artist has a long association with the city, having studied at Camberwell College of Arts, the Chelsea College of Art and Design and the Royal Academy of Arts in the 1990s.

Last year, after many years living in New York, Tomasko and her family moved back there, settling in Hampstead in North London. The move was a reaction to the rise of gun violence and right-wing politics in America; Tomasko and her husband, the artist Seán Scully, were determined to rear their son Óisín in a safer environment. Scully had grown up in London, and it seemed a better option than New York. Already, however, they are having second thoughts.