Cathy Dorman: Art inspired by the world of architecture 

Dorman currently has a joint exhibition with Ita Freeney at the Lavit Gallery in Cork

Cathy Dorman and Ita Freeney at the Lavit in Cork. 

Cathy Dorman’s joint exhibition with Ita Freeney at the Lavit Gallery is aptly named Within and Beyond. Dorman, a former architect, is largely interested in the built environment, and particularly in interior spaces, while Freeney is more preoccupied with the outdoor landscape.

The two met on a residency at the Ballinaglen Arts Foundation in Ballycastle, Co Mayo in January 2025. Both are painters, but their paths to working professionally were a little dissimilar. Freeney went on to art college after school, graduating from the Crawford College of Art and Design in Cork in 1994, while Dorman, by her own account, took longer to answer her calling.