Ormston House

The Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.) was founded in 2015 by Chris Dreier and Gary Farrelly. ‘Operational Overview’, (2026) is a large-scale wall map produced in collaboration with Alexander Pfeiffenberger. Here, the Mid-West is cast as the centre of the world.

On Thursday, 5 November at 5PM artist and filmmaker Christina Bennett will present some of her moving image works as part of ‘Alt-West / Alt-Thiar’. This event considers Bennett’s work in relation to the exhibition by the O.J.A.I. Admission is free and no ticket is required.

We want to thank everyone who joined us on Saturday, 3 October for the closing event of the Wexford iteration of ‘Memory of a Free Festival’. This event reflected on the Carnsore Point anti-nuclear festivals that took place in Wexford between 1978 and 1981.

Reminder! Tomorrow, 10 October at 3pm we will host an event as part of ‘Alt-West / Alt-Thiar’ by the Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.). Join us for a discussion between Gary Farrelly (O.J.A.I.), Gary A. Boyd and John McLaughlin.

Thanks to Declan Long for his insightful review of ‘Memory of a Free Festival’ in the September 2026 issue of ArtReview. Long writes “These anti-nuclear protest gatherings in the late 1970s – and their atmosphere of optimism born of convivial en masse comradeship – have a lot to teach us today.”

Join us on Saturday, 10 October at 3pm for a discussion between Gary Farrelly (O.J.A.I.), Gary A. Boyd and John McLaughlin. Admission is free and no ticket is required. Boyd and McLaughlin curated, ‘Infra Éireann – Making Ireland Modern’ for Ireland at the Venice Biennale Architettura in 2014.

Join us on Saturday, 3 October at Wexford Arts Centre from 2–4pm for the closing event of the Wexford iteration of ‘Memory of a Free Festival’. The event is free, but booking is required.

Thanks to everyone who joined us last Saturday for the closing of 'Energy Made Visible'. This afternoon of electronic music by Jürgen Simpson and Neil O’Connor was a response to the paintings of the late Michael Ashur.

Save the date! Ormston House warmly invites you to the exhibition preview of ‘Alt-West / Alt-Thiar’ on Culture Night, Friday, 18 September from 6-9pm. The exhibition opens with a performance from 6.30–7.30pm, and remains open until 9pm. Admission is free and booking is not required.

Reminder! There is two weeks left to submit to 'The Limerick Show'. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, 23 September at 6pm. Images by Jed Niezgoda.

Born in 1950 and raised in Dublin, Michael Ashur commenced his studies at NCAD in the late 1960s. The visual novelty of Ashur’s paintings and their capacity to capture the eye and imagination were central to his success from the mid-1970s.

It’s been just over two weeks since we celebrated Ormston House turning 15. Special thanks to Féile na Gréine for helping us celebrate. We would like to express our gratitude to the performers Dylan Kerr & Weston Olencki, Linda Buckley, and Neil Ó Lochlainn’s Tlú Lín.

Thaís Muniz is an interdisciplinary artist and designer interested in the Afro-diasporic connections, identity, belonging and migration. For ‘Energy Made Visible’ Muníz’s has produced a series of geometric diagrams forged in iron.

Join us on Saturday, 5 September for a special closing event for ‘Energy Made Visible’ from 4-5pm. Admission is free and no ticket is required. Jürgen Simpson and Neil O’Connor will respond to this exhibition with a live performance, using custom sequencing systems and modular synthesis.

‘Energy Made Visible’ is a group exhibition centred around the paintings of Michael Ashur (1950–2024). For this exhibition Sean Lynch has produced a pamphlet featuring reproductions of material from the Michael Ashur Artist File, found at the National Irish Visual Arts Library, N.C.A.D, Dublin.

Ormston House is 15! On 16 August 2011, Ormston House launched its very first exhibition. Since then we have developed and delivered 125 exhibitions and projects, both on and off-site. We have produced over 520 multi-disciplinary events and collaborated with over 500 artists and practitioners.

Ann Maria Healy works with video, sculptural and textual form. With their luminous hues, subtly blended effects, and angular compositions, Michael Ashur’s paintings are the natural counterpart to Healy’s animation entitled ‘Gabhlán Gaoithe-Dara Sraith (Swift - Second Series)’.

‘Energy Made Visible’ is a group exhibition centred around the paintings of Michael Ashur. Garrett Phelan has ‘translated’ a 1988 painting by Ashur into sound. Using image sonification technology, ‘Fragment of Orion’ has been converted into a soundscape, then pressed into a transparent vinyl record.

Reminder! On Saturday, 8 August from 2-4pm ‘Memory of a Free Festival’ will open at Wexford Arts Centre. Admission is free and all are welcome. ‘Memory of a Free Festival’ is a touring exhibition and event programme presented by Ormston House.

Limerick’s independent, experimental festival Féile na Gréine returns for 2026, including three performances at Ormston House on Sunday, 16 August. Admission is free, no ticket is required but capacity will be limited.

We are excited to announce that Angel Robinson has joined our Artist Affiliate Scheme, through our open call to graduates of L.SAD. Angel Isaac Robinson (b. 2004) is an artist living in Limerick City, Ireland.

Ormston House is seeking submissions for 'The Limerick Show'. For this opportunity, we invite artist members originally from, studied, or based in Limerick city and county to propose existing artworks for a showcase exhibition running from December to early 2027 at Ormston House.