Event Details
Date
12/07/2026
Time
6–8pm
Location
Galway Arts Centre | 47 Dominick Street
Ticketing
Free
Event Type
Event, Exhibition, Festival,
Join us for the opening of Deviations, a new exhibition by John Rainey curated by Tom McLean.
Working across sculpture and installation, Rainey’s practice explores themes of transformation, reconstruction and material memory, drawing on references from classical statuary, mythology and archaeology. Deviations brings together a new body of work that considers how objects, histories and narratives are continually reshaped through time.
The exhibition will be officially opened by Andrew Hetherington of the National Gallery of Ireland.
All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.
John Rainey is a sculptor based in Belfast. He received an MA in Ceramics and Glass from the Royal College of Art (London, 2012), and a BA in Contemporary Crafts from Manchester Metropolitan University (2009). Rainey’s work has had solo presentations at Marsden Woo Gallery (London, 2013), Golden Thread Gallery (Belfast 2016) Naughton Gallery (2021) and BERG Gallery (Stockholm, 2019, 2022). His sculptures are held in public collections including the UK Government Art Collection, the Irish National Collection, the Ulster Museum, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Collection.
Feature Image: John Rainey
