19 April – 25 May 2025
Maria Simonds-Gooding:  What land and country is this?

The human presence in Maria's paintings, plaster works and prints is that of the artist herself and of her spiritual journey in search of encircling, protective boundaries. Maria was born in India, educated in Dublin, Bruxelles and Bath. She settled in Kerry in 1947, was elected a member of Aosdána in 1981 and to the Royal Hibernian Academy in 2012. Maria and Poppy Melia introduced the exhibition; a video of their conversation can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3pFA3uBrUw