Joanne Duggan is a visual artist based in Naas, County Kildare. She studied Textile Design at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD), specialising in embroidered textiles. After over a decade working in visual display — including five years at Brown ThomasDublin — she took time out to raise her children. During this period, her connection to painting deepened, leading to her eventual transition into full- time painting. In 2024, she built a dedicated home studio to support the continued growth of her practice.

Her work is shaped by a sensitivity to rhythm, colour, and atmosphere. As a neurodivergent artist, her process reflects a considered balance of depth, attentiveness, and emotional nuance. Working predominantly with oil, ink, and pastel, she creates immersive compositions that explore memory, interior space, natural rhythms, and the shifting nature of identity. Each piece is an invitation to slow down, look inward, and connect with something both intimate and universal. Her work carries a presence that complements both contemporary and more eclectic interiors, adding a thoughtful point of connection within a space.

“My work explores quiet emotional spaces — memory, atmosphere, pattern, and the subtle rhythms of daily experience. I build paintings gradually, allowing colour and gesture to unfold in layers, revealing something that can’t be planned in advance. Painting is a way for me to slow down, pay close attention, and create a sense of stillness within complexity. I’m drawn to moments that feel both intimate and expansive, where something internal meets something universal. Each piece becomes its own place: part landscape, part interior, part emotional imprint.”

Her exhibition history includes Straight Out of Ireland (Philadelphia), multiple shows with Hang Tough Contemporary, and the RHA Annual Exhibition 2025. Her 2025 solo exhibition Path by Magic at Frama Gallery marked her most introspective and expressive body of work to date.