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Saturday 16th August
Following Craig Benton's Soil Science and Composting Workshop, Laura will lead a drawing workshop that focuses on using soil as a material. Participants will draw with mycelium as pigment and worm tea, an ink derived from earthworm humus. Compostable surfaces, such as cardboard, will be explored as a base for drawings. We will create homemade drawing tools using foraged materials from the grounds of the gallery. The workshop aims to inspire creativity through a series of exploratory and open-ended approaches to drawing and mark-making on a range of scales, materials, and surfaces.
About the Artist
Laura Ní Fhlaibhín is an artist from Wexford and completed her MFA at Goldsmiths, University of London in 2019 with Distinction and her BA at NCAD Dublin in 2013. She is the recipient of the National College of Art and Design, Dublin Staff Prize Bursary, the Goldsmiths Graduate Almacantar Bursary 2019, Arts Council of Ireland Next Generation Award 2020, Arts Council England Developing Creative Practice Award 2021 and Arts Council of Ireland Bursaries. Laura was a studio participant at Conditions Programme London and at Firestation, Dublin. She is a Gilbert Bayes Royal Sculpture Society Awardee 2024 and was twice shortlisted for the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award U.K, 2023 and 2024. Laura’s work features in the Arts Council of Ireland collection and private collections. Laura undertook a research residency at The Henry Moore Research Institute Leeds in 2024 and is the Derek Hill Scholarship Residency recipient at The British School of Rome, 2025. She is a part time lecturer at The National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
Solo and two-person exhibitions include Britta Rettberg Gallery, Munich (2024), The Complex Dublin (2024), Commonage, London (2024), Belmacz London (2023) Palfrey London (2020). Recent group exhibitions include Hollybush Gardens London (2025) and ‘Footfalls’, curated by Yara Sonseca, Britta Rettberg Gallery, Munich (2024). Laura is currently exhibiting at the Irish Museum of Modern Art and will participate at EVA international with Ormston House.
The Soil Project:
The Soil Project is an annual commission at Butler Gallery which supports invited artists to create participatory projects which connect deeply with our environment. The resident artist in 2025 is Laura Ní Fhlaibhín.
