PAST EXHIBITIONS
The Complex Gallery is a space which works to bridge a gap between established and emerging artists. Providing space and support to encourage artists from various stages of their professional arts practice to collaborate and present works together. The Complex has retained most of the building's original architecture to develop a non traditional gallery influenced by Off-site exhibition settings.
The Ground Floor Gallery curators accept proposals for a multitude of mediums on a rolling basis. We encourage artists to get in touch and develop dialogues around future projects, exhibitions and studio visits.
THE EXORCIST
30.11.2023
50TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING + Q&A
Kicking off our "WINTER OF DESPAIR" with a special screening of The Exorcist ...
ALTERNATING CURRENT 2023
26.10.2023 - 28.10.2023
Alternating Current, Dublin Digital Radio’s celebration of the experimental currents in contemporary ...
AOIFE NESSA FRANCES
14.10.2023
SPECIAL AV SHOW
Welcome to an audio visual deep dive into the music of Aoife Nessa Frances. Experience ANF & the pro ...
ACTS OF LIGHT
24.10.2023 - 25.10.2023
HILARY WOODS & GABRIEL FERRANDINI
Following excavations and explorations in intuition and physicality through sound which culminated i ...
ART IS MAGIC
21.10.2023
JEREMY DELLER
Join us at The Complex for an evening with the Turner prize-winning conceptual, video and installati ...
THE WEIGHT
8.11.2023 - 11.11.2023
This immersive new dance work created by Luca Truffarelli explores ideas of freedom and the individu ...
MEMORIES PIECED TOGETHER
30.9.2023 - 11.10.2023
PAUL MCGRANE
I have known Paul for a long time now. I have spent more hours in his studio talking to him about hi ...
MOVE – SET – MOVE
19.8.2023 - 2.9.2023
LUCY ANDREWS, ANDY FITZ, & KATIE WATCHORN
The months leading into this exhibition differed slightly from most as we zoomed to chat a lot, as o ...
DIZNEY IN DRAG: ONCE UPON A PARODY
19.7.2023 - 21.7.2023
THE HAIRY GODMOTHERS PRESENT DIZNEY IN DRAG: ONCE UPON UPON A PARODY AT THE COMPLEX
THE HAIRY GODMOTHERS PRESENT DIZNEY IN DRAG: ONCE UPON UPON A PARODY AT THE COMPLEX ...
MUSIC TOWN
27.7.2023 - 30.7.2023
An Essential Inspection And Celebration Of The State Of Irish Music In 2023. ...
WETWARE
22.3.2018
JANIS LIEPA, JULIE WEBER, HANNAH BLOOM, EMMA HOWE, PETER SMYTH, ALEX HARVEY & RICKY LAHART
This experimental exhibition explores ideas surrounding technology and its relationship to human exp ...
THE BLOOD-DIMMED TIDE LOOSED
17.5.2018
ELEANOR MC CAUGHEY
McCaughey contemplates impenetrable forces shaping our contemporary society, from the ideological to ...
COMPOSITION 2: NOTES ON BREATHING + SPACE
1.8.2018 - 14.8.2018
SIOBHAN KAVANAGH & ADAM GIBNEY
This project will combine live experimental vocal composition with generative technological assembla ...
HOW TO GROW (BLACK MOON)
18.1.2018 - 21.1.2018
AARON SMYTH ALEX DE ROECK CIARAN GALLEN MARK O'GORMAN PAUL MCGRANE &SOFYA MIKHAYLOVA
Six artists investigate the overlap of instant and eternal gratification that defines the contempora ...
HEED, TO THE MOUND
22.9.2018
EMMA BRENNAN
This video installation was made in the context of the INCUBATE studio residency in Draíocht,Blancha ...
TENDER PRIDE
24.6.2023
A block party is a party in which members of a community congregate, either to observe an event of s ...
ANTHROPOMORPHIA
10.6.2023 - 23.6.2023
MEL FRENCH & CELINE SHERIDAN
Anthropomorphiais a two-site Dublin exhibition by multidisciplinary Visual Artists Mel French and Ce ...
RUINING THE ACT
8.6.2023
Anxiety, people pleasing, going through the motions, existential dread; what do we do to fight and c ...
CLUB LOOSEN: SOBER RAVE
7.10.2023
Club Loosen - sober rave/party: Fun ravey-vibe energy. For people who want to enjoy themselves witho ...
WAIT
15.3.2012 - 23.3.2012
ANNEMARIE KILSHAW
This exhibition of works by Annmarie Kilshaw encourages the viewer to explore the concept of waiting ...
PAPER DOLLS
14.9.2011 - 19.9.2011
EMILY AOIBHEANN, ELAINE MCCAGUE, KAREN ANDERSON, NIAMH CREELY
Paper Dolls begins with a quiet ambient track with Emily Aoibheann coming centre stage walking along ...
COUPLE
23.6.2011 - 30.6.2011
NEROSUNERO
The Complex presents Couple by Nerosunero ...
SHUL
21.9.2012 - 9.10.2012
PAUL HICKEY, JUDY FOLEY, ROGER O’NEILL, JANE LOCKE
'Shul’ is a Tibetan word meaning a mark that remains behind ...
FRESH CUTS
17.8.2017 - 16.8.2017
CELINA MULDOON, DARREN YORKE, HEY MR DJ!, SARA FRENCH SUZI COOMBS, VICKEY CURTIS
LIVESTOCK presented Fresh Cuts, an evening of exciting new performance art. ...
QUEERSTOCK
20.1.2017
AMY GUILFOYLE, CIANA SPELMAN AND ANNE EBELING CIARAN O'KEEFFE, DAY MAGEE, DYLAN KERR, FRANCIS FAY, OLLIE BELL, PAUL FRANCIS QUINN, RYAN BACKER,STICKY BISCUITS, TALES FREY, THE PINK TRIANGLE, & VICKEY CURTIS
QUEERSTOCK" highlights work that pushes the norms of artistic expression. Thinking beyond the expect ...
BODY TALK
4.11.2016
ARTIST INCLUDE, ARTHUR CLAY, BRANWEN KAVANAGH,CIANA SPELLMAN, CIARÁN NASH, EMMA BRENNAN, KARMEL DALY, KATE MCELROY, LIESELLE MCMAHON, LISA FREEMAN, SARAH DIVINEY, VALERIE DRISCOLL
Livestock presents ‘Body Talk.' ...
GET REAL
30.10.2017
ARTISTS INCLUDE, ROBERY SUCHY, AUSTIN HEARNE, ANNE EBELING, TARA CARROLL,ROB MCGLADE,SIOBHAN KELLY,ROBBIE MAGUIRE, EL PUTNAM, PAULA GUZZANTI, JOAN SOMERS DONNELLY, AINE O'HARA, MICHAL LUBINKSI
The Complex presents "Get Real" ...
STREAM
20.4.2017 - 23.4.2017
ALEX DE ROECK, BASSAM AL-SABAH, PADDY JOE RICKARD, PAUL MCGRANE, PEADER JOLIFFE BYRNE, LEONARD TRAYNOR, MARK O'GORMAN, RONAN O'REILLY
The concept behind Stream is to provide a platform for recent graduates ...
RAMP
25.2.2016 - 28.2.2016
ROGER O'NEIL
O'Neill's semi representational paintings form “almost landscapes” where geometric forms and shapes ...
STILL
6.10.2016 - 9.10.2016
ANNEMARIE KILSHAW, ANGELA MCDONAGH, AUSTIN HEARNE, CELINA MULDOON
“Still” brings together four artists that are actively engaged with contemporary live art and instal ...
EMBER
21.12.2017
EL PUTNAM, & DAVID STALLING
Ember is a multimedia performance encompassing live action and electroacoustic improvisation. Fibre ...
STREAM PRESENTS SANDMAN
27.7.2017 - 2.8.2017
LÉANN HERLIHY, STEPHEN LAU, MARK O'GORMAN, RONAN O'REILLY, & PAUL MCGRANE
For Stream’s second exhibition, we are asking the artists involved to produce work which considers t ...
DUBLIN LIVE ART FESTIVAL
17.8.2017 - 20.8.2017
REVEREND BILLY, MARTIN O' REILLY, ROBERT HESP, RIHAMMON ARMSTRONG, UMAMA HAMIDO, LIVESTOCK, GARETH CUTTER, & JOHANNA ZWAIG
Dublin Live Art Festival (DLAF) was founded in 2012 by live performance artist and curator Niamh Mur ...
THE CHILD SHE DIDN'T WANT,BUT THE STATE DID
24.5.2017
LEANN HERLIHY
Taking place on the eve of the Irish Referendum to legalise abortion 'the child She didn't want, but ...
STREAM AT CULTURE NIGHT
20.9.2017 - 23.9.2017
EILEEN HUTTON, KEVIN SMITH, PAUL ROSSER
Stream is a trio of artists that organises, curates and presents exhibitions. Stream will occupy the ...
HOW TO GROW GUM X STREAM
18.1.2018 - 21.1.2018
AARON SMYTH, ALEX DE ROECK, CIARAN GALLEN, MARK O'GORMAN,PAUL MCGRANE, SOFYA MIKHAYLOVA
Six artists investigate the overlap of instant and eternal gratification that defines the contempora ...
STREAM 2
10.5.2018 - 17.5.2018
ALEX DE ROECK, CIARAN GALLEN, MARK O'GORMAN, PADDY JOE RICKARD PAUL MCGRANE, PEADAR JOLLIFFE-BYRNE LEONARD TRAYNOR, RONAN O'REILLY
STREAM is a practitioner founded group of Dublin based artists. ...
COMPOSITION 2: NOTES ON BREATHING + SPACE
2.8.2018 - 14.8.2018
SIOBHAN KAVANAGH, ADAM GIBNEY
Combines live experimental vocal composition with generative technological assemblages which will re ...
STREAM PRESENTS BUNKER
24.5.2019 - 27.5.2019
LOUISA CASAS, ALEX DE ROECK, JANE FOGARTY, RIIN KALJURAND, PAUL MCGRANE, MARK O'GORMAN, & RONAN O'REILLY
STREAM have stumbled upon a forgotten art storage space in Mary's Abbey, Dublin 7. ...
DISPLAY, LINK & CURE
13.9.2019 - 26.9.2019
GLENN FITZGERALD, LILIANE PUTHOLD, RICHARD PROFFITT, & SIBYL MONTAGUE
Inspired by the Ground Floor Gallery’s new location adjacent to the Victorian Fruit Market in Dublin ...
FAR FROM HERE
9.11.2019 - 21.11.2019
ROBERT DUNNE, BARBARA KNEZEVIC, & PADRAIG SPILLANE
An out-of-place artifact (OOPArt) is an artifact of historical, archaeological, or paleontological i ...
THE GAP BETWEEN NOISE
6.12.2019 - 14.12.2019
ELAINE GRAINGER
The gap between noise is a site - specific installation by visual artist Elaine Grainger. This is th ...
CROSSINGS
13.2.2020 - 27.2.2020
FRANCES DISLEY, DAVID JACQUES, BRENDAN LYONS, & PAUL ROONEY
The Complex presents Crossings a group show reflecting a sample of Liverpool’s contemporary art scen ...
ALL ONE
6.3.2020 - 18.3.2020
TINE GÜNTHER
The Complex was delighted to welcome the work of Leipzig based artist Tine Günther to the Ground Flo ...
WE OFTEN FORGET
24.7.2020 - 4.8.2020
JOHN BUSHER
Working over a period of 18 months, artist John Busher has often traded back and forth between paint ...
CEREMONY
19.9.2020 - 30.9.2020
ANN ENSOR & AUSTIN HEARNE
For Culture Night The Complex presented a duo exhibition, showcasing the works of two artists schedu ...
EVERYBODY KNOWS
5.12.2020 - 18.12.2020
PAUL HALLAHAN & MARCEL VIDAL
The Complex Ground Floor Gallery presents Everybody Knows, an exhibition that brings together the wo ...
PORTICO
7.5.2021 - 21.5.2021
TANAD AARON & MARK SWORDS
The Complex presents new work by Tanad Aaron and Mark Swords in The Ground Floor Gallery. ...
ALLOTMENT
10.7.2021 - 15.7.2021
EVE O' CALLAGHAN
Allotment is a series of paintings made over a six-month period from November 2020 to April 2021. ...
LOST GREEN
7.8.2021 - 20.8.2021
ALEX DE ROECK, & ANN ENSOR
“In many ways the ground beneath our feet is as alien as a distant planet. The processes occurring i ...
VAE VICTIS
3.9.2021 - 9.9.2021
RÓNÁN Ó RAGHALLAIGH
In 390 BC, a group o Celts invaded and took over Rome. After lootin it, de chieftain Brennus agreed ...
FEELING OF KNOWING
16.10.2021 - 28.10.2021
ALEANA EGAN, ÁINE MCBRIDE, DENNIS MCNULTY, & CONOR O'SULLIVAN
An exhibition of newly commissioned work. These artists were selected based on their use of familiar ...
SLABS
13.11.2021 - 25.11.2021
AUSTIN HEARNE
‘Slabs’ is an ongoing, growing and open-ended photographic archival project. In its essence it consi ...
SPIDERS & CHEERLEADERS
4.12.2021 - 16.12.2021
EMMA ROCHE
Emma Roche creates a site specific exhibition reflecting enquiries into labour, employment and mothe ...
THE GIRL WITH THE BLUE UMBRELLA
18.1.2022 - 20.1.2022
ANDREA MARTIN
The Complex has a proactive approach to engaging people from the community to take part in its progr ...
TAP
26.3.2022 - 8.4.2022
JOE HANLY
TAP is the title of an energetic exhibition of new works by artist Joe Hanly featuring a cacophony o ...
THE RED THREAD
4.5.2022 - 10.5.2022
KERRY GUINAN
The Red Thread is a monumental new production and limited ephemeral performance created by Kerry Gui ...
CUT THE CAKE WITH CLAWS
21.5.2022 - 3.6.2022
ELLA BERTILSSON
Ella Bertilsson stages a site specific exhibition at the Complex Gallery that plays with external re ...
HINDER / FURTHER
16.7.2022 - 29.7.2022
BLAINE O’DONNELL, & ANDREAS KINDLER VON KNOBLOCH
The Complex building displays the abundant material traces of its diverse historical uses, from poss ...
ENOUGH
30.9.2023
Mae lives with her son, Steo, but he is hell bent on revenge on a drug dealer who he believes is res ...
ON THE BATTER
1.12.2011 - 17.12.2011
XXX
A deeply dark comedy about the fragility of love and loyalty in a world where success is measured by ...
COMPLEXITY
11.3.2009 - 21.3.2009
Explores the complexities of change, the challenges to a community and the prospect of a new way of ...
IRON
17.5.2011 - 28.5.2011
Voted by Entertainment.ie as no 9 of the top 10 shows nationally in 2011, Irish Theatre Magazine cal ...
REASSEMBLED, SLIGHTLY ASKEW
12.9.2016 - 24.9.2016
‘Reassembled, Slightly Askew’ is an autobiographical live art piece. In 2008, Yee became critically ...
LEAVES OF HEAVEN
13.10.2016 - 22.10.2016
Patrick McCabe was twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, for 'The Butcher Boy 'and 'Breakfast on P ...
BROWBEATING ASSEMBLY
22.5.2017 - 23.5.2017
An Assembly on Women's, Intimidation and Debt in the North Inner City. The Complex, Dublin City Coun ...
F.A.T. D.A.D.
13.2.2018 - 15.2.2018
F.A.T. D.A.D.’, an acronym for the six counties under British rule, portrays the life of teacher, Fi ...
DUBLIN WILL SHOW YOU HOW
10.4.2019 - 13.4.2019
Dublin Will Show You How is a provocative play that offers a gut-wrenching glimpse into the intimida ...
FRONTS/BACKS
6.5.2023 - 26.5.2023
FERGUS FEEHILY, GLENN FITZGERALD, SARAH O’BRIEN, & TANAD AARON
During my first meeting with Fergus, Glenn, and Sarah, I started with: “I’m drawn to all three of yo ...
STOLEN
18.4.2023 - 22.4.2023
GEORGE HOOKER
I began taking photos because I was afraid of losing my memory. I found that a photograph could conj ...