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arts · Monday 13 July 2026 · 11am-6pm (11am-8pm Thu-Sat) 
Printworks Gallery Exhibitions
At Printworks Gallery · Galway, Co. Galway
At Printworks Gallery · Galway, Co. Galway
Three photography and visual art exhibitions open simultaneously at Printworks Gallery on Market Street as part of the Galway International Arts Festival, running from 13 to 26 July 2026. Each show takes a different route into the same territory - memory, loss, identity and what history leaves behind - and together they make a compelling afternoon for anyone who wants something more substantial than a quick gallery walk. Admission is free throughout, which makes this one of the better free arts experiences in Connacht this summer.
The three exhibitions share Printworks Gallery across the two-week festival run and work well as a sequence.
Jackie Nickerson’s Stateside is a photographic portrait of contemporary America built up over a decade of living and working across the United States. The work examines identity, labour, landscape and social change through Nickerson’s long-form documentary approach - it rewards time and rewards reading the individual images slowly.
Lorraine Tuck’s Limbo turns to Irish ground and Irish grief. Large-format photographs of children’s burial grounds explore histories of loss and remembrance, considering how memory becomes embedded in specific, often overlooked places. The scale of the prints gives the subject the weight it deserves.
Dolores Lyne’s Rebel Kin: To the Letter draws on correspondence from the Irish Civil War to build an intimate reflection on family relationships fractured by political division. Letters, archival material and contemporary artistic intervention sit alongside one another - private voices placed against national history.
The gallery keeps extended hours on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings until 8pm, which gives you a quieter option if you want to avoid the midday festival crowd.
Printworks Gallery is at 15 Market Street in Galway city centre, roughly five minutes on foot from Eyre Square. Bus Eireann and Citylink coaches serve Galway from Dublin, Limerick, Cork and most of Connacht, arriving at Ceannt Station on Station Road - an eight-minute walk from the gallery. By road, Galway is on the M6 from Dublin (two hours) and the N18 from Limerick. City centre parking is limited during the festival; the Eyre Square Shopping Centre multi-storey and the Jurys Inn car park on Merchants Road are the most practical options.
The Galway International Arts Festival takes over the city for the full two weeks, with street performances, theatre, and outdoor installations scattered around the Latin Quarter and Shop Street alongside the gallery programme. There is more to see in Galway and across Co. Galway.
Heading to Printworks Gallery in Galway? Galway has plenty more to see. Read the Galway area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.