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arts · Thursday 2 July 2026 · Various 
Billy Lingwood - Residency and Exhibition at Triskel Arts Centre
At Triskel Arts Centre · Tobin Street, Cork City, Co. Cork
At Triskel Arts Centre · Tobin Street, Cork City, Co. Cork
Cork-based visual artist Billy Lingwood takes up a nine-week Project Space Residency at Triskel Arts Centre from 2 July to 30 August 2026, with work on public display throughout. Lingwood works across printmaking, installation and community collaboration, with a practice rooted in queer ecology and the impact of social and colonial structures on Irish communities. This is an invited residency - one of a select number Triskel offers each year - so visitors are seeing an artist working at a genuinely developmental stage, not a finished touring show. It suits anyone curious about contemporary Irish art, process-led practice, or the intersection of identity and place.
The TRISKEL SAMPLE Project Space is a partnership between Triskel Arts Centre and Sample-Studios, one of Ireland’s largest artist studio networks. The space sits within Triskel itself, functioning as a hybrid workspace and public gallery - meaning the residency is open for visitors to drop in and see work as it takes shape across the nine weeks, rather than waiting for a single opening night.
Lingwood was awarded this residency through the Sample15 Artist Bursary and brings a track record of ambitious public and community-engaged projects, including a large-scale community exhibition in partnership with the Gay Project and the AIDS Memorial Quilt. His printmaking background points toward work that is considered and material - expect something that rewards time spent with it rather than a quick glance.
Past residents in the Project Space have worked across video installation, painting, sculpture and collaborative community methods, so the tone of each residency reflects the artist. The space has hosted over 44 artists since it launched in March 2024, and the programme is well established in Cork’s visual arts calendar.
Triskel Arts Centre is on Tobin Street in Cork City centre, a short walk from the South Mall, Grand Parade and St. Patrick’s Street. On foot from the train or bus station at Kent and Parnell Place respectively, it is roughly 15 minutes. Cork’s city centre is compact and most major points are walkable. If you are driving from outside the city, the car parks around Grand Parade and the South Mall are the closest options. Cork is served by regular Bus Eireann intercity routes and by Irish Rail on the Dublin, Limerick and Mallow lines.
Cork City has a strong independent arts scene alongside the obvious pleasures of the English Market, the Lee itself, and the hillside streets of Shandon. A gallery visit at Triskel pairs well with a walk up to St. Anne’s Church or down to Fitzgerald’s Park. There is more to see in Cork and across Co. Cork.
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