Karen Rodrigues Enokibara is a Limerick-based visual artist with a Masters in Fine Art from LSAD, received in 2023. Her work delves into cultural identity and inherited narratives through painting, drawing, and sculpture, with an interest in portraiture. She has exhibited across Ireland, including shows in the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin; The Complex Gallery, Dublin, Ormston House, Limerick and GOMA, Waterford. Her work is held in both corporate and private collections.

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Education

2022 - 2023 Masters in Fine Art, Limerick School of Art & Design

2022 Drawing and Technology RUN EU SAP, Polytechnic of Cávado and Ave, Barcelos, Portugal

2018 - 2022 Animation & Motion Design, Limerick School of Art & Design

2018 Certificate in Art Therapy, DDF Social E-Learning

Selected Exhibitions

2025 Solo Exhibition’, People’s Museum of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland (upcoming).

2025The Limerick Show’, Ormston house, Limerick, Ireland.

2024 ‘Worlding’, Publication Launch & Screening, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, TCD, Dublin, Ireland.

2024 ‘Radiant Work-ings’, Spacecraft Studios, Limerick, Ireland.

2024 ‘Daisy Daisy’, The Complex Gallery x Douglas Hyde Student Forum, Dublin, Ireland.

20237th Annual Members Exhibition’, Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford City, Ireland.

2023 Polyphonic Textures’, Limerick School of Art & Design

2023 ‘YON’, Spacecraft, Limerick

2023 ‘Intervals of Scrutiny’, Limerick School of Art & Design

2023 ‘Anemoia’, Limerick School of Art & Design

2022 ‘Cause Célèbre’, Oobleck Collective, Limerick

Selected press & Publications:

[2024]: “Worlding”, Douglas Hyde Student Forum VI Publication, edited by Niamh Darling, Provost’s Fellow in Curating.

[2024]: “Archiving Plurality”: A Collaborative Process, Focus Group Contributor, published by NIVAL: National Irish Visual Arts Library, edited by Alessia Cargnelli and designed by Alex Synge.

[2023]: Irish Arts Review, “Karen Rodrigues Enokibara” in Online resource (2023) at [https://www.irishartsreview.com/new-generation/karen-rodrigues-enokibara/] consulted on 04 of October, 2023.

[2023]: The Douglas Hyde, “Student Forum Group 2024” in Online resources (2024) at [https://thedouglashyde.ie/student-forum-group-2024/] consulted on 22 of December, 2023

Professional contributions:

2024 Member of The Douglas Hyde Student Forum VI, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

2023 Engagement Team Member, EVA International, Limerick, Ireland.

2023 Origami Teacher, Limerick School of Art & Design, Limerick, Ireland.

2023 Oil Painting Demonstrator, Heritage Week, People’s Museum of Limerick, Ireland.

2023 Origami Teacher, Heritage Week, People’s Museum of Limerick, Ireland.

2022 Invigilator, LSAD Pop Up Gallery, Limerick, Ireland.

2021 Invigilator, LSAD Pop Up Gallery, Limerick, Ireland.

2014  Origami Teacher, St Conaire’s National School, Shannon, Ireland