The Residency

As part of the Garden Studio Residency at Butler Gallery in April 2025 Leda will gather and build upon their current research into memory, affect, and association, using key texts by the anthropologist Kathleen Stewart, in particular her essay Awkward Attachments. Accompanying this study would be practical experiments with collage and other forms of image making, which would then inform a series of worked up oil paintings. Leda will would aim to complete the residency with a body of paintings depicting childhood characters like Casper the Ghost in different situations, out in the landscape, dealing with adversity or other dream logic situations.

About the Artist

Leda Scully is a Dublin-based artist whose work spans a diverse range of media. A graduate of the National College of Art & Design (NCAD), she holds both an MFA in Art in the Contemporary World (2023, First Class Honours) and a Fine Art degree (2005).

Her work has been featured in the Dublin Book Art Fair and the RHA Annual Exhibitions, as well as exhibits such as Distro: The Reading Room, Commune, Muine Bheag, Pallas For Palestine and The Collision Project.

In 2024, she received the Agility Award from the Arts Council, recognizing the innovative nature of her work. Her past accolades include the Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Travel Bursary from the RHA, which facilitated a study trip to Italy where she immersed herself in the works of Giorgio Morandi.

Leda’s work is held in both public and private collections, including the Office of Public Works (OPW) and AXA Insurance collections.