About
Aoife Bambury is an Irish visual artist and sculptor based in Kildare. Her work explores the complex relationship between humanity and nature, focusing on environmental consequences. Aoife likes to interweave natural forms with human-made elements in her sculptures and digitally rendered prints, creating a dialogue between the organic and artificial. Her sculptures combine direct mouldings of natural elements with invented, organic-seeming forms, while her prints incorporate overlaid and digitally manipulated images derived from her direct observations of the natural world. This blurring reflects her response to our unsustainable coexistence with the planet.
Press:
Aoife's work was featured in an article by Penny McCormick this year entitled- '15 Irish Sculptors To Know Now'
https://thegloss.ie/discover-irish-sculptors-contemporary-sculpture-artists/
Press:
Aoife's work was featured in an article by Penny McCormick this year entitled- '15 Irish Sculptors To Know Now'
https://thegloss.ie/discover-irish-sculptors-contemporary-sculpture-artists/
Education
- N.C.A.D. National College of Art & Design- Post Graduate Dip. in Community Arts Education, 2011-2012.
- C.I.T. Crawford College of Art- Arts Participation & Development, 2010-2011
Awards/Recognition/Exhibitions
- RHA Annual Exhibition-Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin,2026, 2025 (2 works selected for RHA 2025 Exhibition).
- Mason Hayes & Curran Annual Exhibition 2023 https://www.mhc.ie/latest/events/annual-art-exhibition-2
- Sculpture in Context 2023- winner of 'Sculpture of Distinction' Millcove Award https://sculptureincontext.ie/
- RUA Annual Exhibition- Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2023 - https://www.royalulsteracademy.org/
- RHA Annual Exhibition-Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, 2023- https://rhagallery.ie/events/exhibitions/193rd-rha-annual-exhibition/
- Business to Arts-Catalyst Strategy 2023-2028 -Cover image design https://www.businesstoarts.ie/about-us/our-strategy https://www.businesstoarts.ie/content/files/Business_to_Arts_Catalyst_Strategy_2023_2028.pdf?v=1689669589
- Bloom 2024, 2022, 2023 with The Kildare Gallery https://thekildaregallery.ie/bloom-2023/
- RUA Annual Exhibition- Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2023, 2022, 2021 - www.royalulsteracademy.org/annual-exhibition
- Mart Gallery, Dublin 2022-solo exhibition https://mart.ie/portfolio-item/lucid-aoife-bambury/ www.aoifebambury.com/lucid-exhibition.html
- Montenotte Summer Show with The Kildare Gallery, 2024, 2022 www.themontenottehotel.com/en/sculpture/
- Arts Council of Northern Ireland- acquisition 2021 www.artscouncil-ni.org/
- RUA- Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2021 - www.royalulsteracademy.org/annual-exhibition
- Saatchi Art profile www.saatchiart.com/aoifebambury
- Kilkenny Art Gallery- Summer Exhibition 2021 https://thekilkennyartgallery.com/
- CIACLA-Contemporary Irish Arts Centre Los Angeles 2020- ciacla.com/online-program/
- RUA- Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2020- www.royalulsteracademy.org/annual-exhibition https://www.artshow.at/royalulsteracademy/index.htm?skip-loading#media-index=46&focus-overlay-name=AoifeBambury
- Sculpture In Context, Dublin, Ireland 2020 http://www.sculptureincontext.com/
- N.C.A.D. National College of Art & Design 2019- Bronze Art Sculpture Award winner, C.E.A.D. 2019
- Sculpture in Context, Dublin, Ireland 2014.
- Irish Sculpture Awards - Millcove Gallery 2013.
- R.D.S. Craft Awards, Dublin. Shortlisted 2012 & 2013.
Artist Statement
Originally from Kerry, but based in Kildare, my work explores the complex relationship between humanity and the natural world. My practice encompasses sculpture, painting and digital print, and interweaves organic elements with imagined appendages, to contemplate our precarious coexistence with nature.
Themes within my work are based around loss and transitions. My sculptures combine direct mouldings taken from nature with fluid forms created through working with wax in water. These sculptural investigations are mirrored in my two-dimensional work, where I use painting and digitally overlaid prints to further explore themes of loss, change and the evolving state of our environment.
I studied at postgraduate level at NCAD and Crawford College, and learned bronze casting during an extended study period in Burkina Faso. I now collaborate with Bronze Art Foundry, Dublin, to finalise my sculptural work.
My work is held in private and public collections and has been exhibited at the RHA, Royal Ulster Academy, and Sculpture in Context. Following a 2022 solo show at MART Gallery, I was selected for the 2023 Mason Hayes & Curran Annual Exhibition.
Through a multi-disciplinary approach, I invite viewers to contemplate our shared influence and responsibility within our ever-changing environment.
Themes within my work are based around loss and transitions. My sculptures combine direct mouldings taken from nature with fluid forms created through working with wax in water. These sculptural investigations are mirrored in my two-dimensional work, where I use painting and digitally overlaid prints to further explore themes of loss, change and the evolving state of our environment.
I studied at postgraduate level at NCAD and Crawford College, and learned bronze casting during an extended study period in Burkina Faso. I now collaborate with Bronze Art Foundry, Dublin, to finalise my sculptural work.
My work is held in private and public collections and has been exhibited at the RHA, Royal Ulster Academy, and Sculpture in Context. Following a 2022 solo show at MART Gallery, I was selected for the 2023 Mason Hayes & Curran Annual Exhibition.
Through a multi-disciplinary approach, I invite viewers to contemplate our shared influence and responsibility within our ever-changing environment.
