about us

Brian Barry is an artist printmaker from Cork.

Travel and a love of primitive photography inspired his early work. He’s exhibited two collections of pinhole photos, printed as etchings inspired by travels in Latin America. He lived in Spain for more than a decade where he started an event called Impresiones Gigantes which ran for three years. This was a collective of printmakers who brought their studios on to the street and transformed an industrial road roller into a printing press. He also studied in Granada’s Escuela de Arte during this period.

His work has been included in group shows in Ireland, Spain, Australia, USA, Italy and Norway. His most recent solo exhibition, entitled ‘The Toxic Union & Other Stories’, took place in Serbia in March 2022 as part of the Belgrade Irish Festival. He’s also a longtime member of Cork Printmakers

Artist / Printmaker

Headed up by the resident audio engineer Shannon Bowman, Studio 23 is a unique & cozy recording studio employing a combination of analogue equipment and digital post-production to give customers the best of both worlds!

Recording Studio/ Sound Engineer

Geoff is a painter and digital artist who has been based in Cork since 2001.

His work, described by the science fiction writer JG Ballard, as “very striking and original”, explores the landscape of human nature, sometimes literally, in a world where the media is omnipresent and in which we are constantly under surveillance or scrutiny and increasingly isolated from each other and our true nature. Francis Bacon’s abstract figuration, William Burroughs’ cut-ups, Ballard’s dystopian futures, Max Ernst’s surrealism and Warhol’s serial pop imagery simmer beneath the surface of Spiers’ colourful images.

In late 2022 Geoff opened the Laneway Gallery in Shandon with the aim of not only showing his own work, but also as an independent space to show and promote other local and national artists work.

Painter/ Gallerist 

Shandon Studios are delighted to announce our A.I.R. Winners for 2025. Our judging panel was so impressed with all the applicants that it was decided to award two joint winners. Both are cross-disciplinary artists and we look forward to seeing what magic they produce in their time together in the studios

Aoife King & Virginia Giglio

A.I.R. Winners 

 Creating tales of things and other places

Starting life in the UK, Kim-Ling Morris has lived in Africa and South-East Asia then in Europe as an adult before settling in Cork, Ireland. Although a Biochemical Engineer for nearly 20 years, Morris developed her art practice in parallel. She began with sculpture in Leamington Spa, UK, continuing at the École Duperré, Paris, France, also exhibiting in France. She has gained her Fine Art Textiles Special Purpose Award at CIT Crawford College of Art & Design in Cork, Ireland, where she has exhibited nationally. In 2011, Kim-Ling Morris became one of three co-founding directors of Sample-Studios where she now retains the role of financial manager. She is a member and Treasurer of the Cork Textiles Network and is on the board of the Design and Craft Council of Ireland.​

Abstract mixed media and recycle artist.

Photographer, Local historian and Shandon Street trader, Martin is a second generation cobbler who grew up on Shandon street and has operated his shoe repair shop on the street for many years and documented the lives and stories of the local population building up a historical record of Shandon through the years. He is a multi award winning photographer.

Photographer & Cobbler

Mary P O Connor studied at the Crawford College of Art Cork and the Royal College of Art London. She has exhibited widely in Europe and the USA and her work is held in many private and public collections. She has received numerous awards both for Art & Photography including from GPA ( Guinness Peat Aviation), Elizabeth T Greenshields, Madame Tussauds, RHA ( Royal Hibernian Academy) & RA ( Royal Academy)

Mary is represented by Treadwells Gallery in Vienna & Berlin and Pyms Gallery in London. Marys work has always been concerned with social and political themes and pushing her audience to react. In 2007 she became a Buddhist nun and her work has gradually become more reflective, concerned more with inner emotions, change making and sense of place within the broader human family. Her spiritual practice feeds into her artistic practice & visa versa

Painter / Photographer / Artistic Director

Photographer, videographer, audio engineer, and composer

My aesthetic is inspired by indie horror, and analog technology

Multi media artist / Composer / Sound Lab Director

In the realm where arts and passion meet, Jess, a director, takes her lofty seat.

From hotels to choirs, a vibrant blend, Life’s symphony through her efforts extend.

In forties’ grace, she dons the leader’s role, Crafting visions that illuminate the soul.

A life coach’s touch, a guiding hand, Transforming concepts into art so grand. 

With customer service as her learned art, She weaves connections from each loving heart.

In volunteer work and the choir’s embrace, Jess molds a community with boundless grace.

Through notes and colors, her canvas unfolds, A sonnet of a life where love enfolds.

-AI generated poem 

Creator / Managing Director / Diversity Director

I am a painter and singer song writer. I am a Crawford graduate with a BA in Fine Art. I am currently in my final year for a BA in Popular Music.

I have been interested in music since early childhood and I began making songs and pictures in my early teens. My understanding of art increased through my studies and I began to use the methods discovered by artists in the 20th century  allowing me to delve deep into my subconscious and imagination thus creating new ideas and exciting explorations.

I paint Colourful Abstractions based on Music, Fashion, Mysteries and the Figure. I have held a number of public exhibitions in places such St. Peter’s North Main Street and UCC and I aim for a big exhibition once or twice a year.

Painter / Musician / Composer 

Inma Pavon is a Spanish multidisciplinary artist, choreographer, and a dance and art facilitator based in Cork. She holds a BA (Physical Education for Primary School, Granada), a MA (Contemporary Dance Performance, UL) and a MPhil (Creative Dance/Art Practice, UCC). She is a dance member at the International Dance Council UNESCO and a Contemporary Affiliate Dance Teacher Member of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance (UK). She is the director of InmaPavonDanceCo (adults Contemporary Dance classes/workshops) and a lecturer with id+Project and Theatre Studies at UCC. She was the ‘Creative Dance Artist in Residence’ with The Rory Gallagher Music Library Cork in 2023. She was commissioned a new piece by the Glucksman Gallery UCC, Art Movements, which has been included in the UCC Arts Collection

Artist / Choreographer /  Dance and Art Facilitator

This could be you, if you would like to apply for a place in Shandon Studios please contact us on shandonstudios@gmail.com

or call Jess on +353 87 231 4772

Artist / Musician / Multi Disciplinary Practice