Katherine Sankey

Hooked detail 2024

STAC Gallery Clonmel, Ireland

plumbing, tree root, shower roses, tweed thread

collaboration with Anna Macleod

Hooked detail

2024

STAC Gallery Clonmel, Ireland

plumbing, tree root, 2 shower roses, tweed thread

collaboration with Anna Macleod

Hooked, 2024, tree root, plumbing, shower roses, tweed thread, fabric tape, 302 × 250 × 125

collaboration with Anna Macleod, STAC Gallery Clonmel, Ireland

SEE Video

2023

wood, porcelain bathroom basin, copper/brass plumbing components

1230 x 1100 x 600

Photo Louis Haugh

Exhibited: The RHA Gallery, The Lab Gallery, Dublin & The DOCK, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland

Collection: Office of Public Works, Ireland

Hydrozomia detail

2024

salvaged tree, stool, plumbing, local weeds, plastic, mirror, crustacean parts, rubber, dis-interred rusted iron parts & bottles, plasterboard, Calamine lotion, electrical components

dimensions variable

Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Ireland

Protodendron (Coral-ations) 2024

collaboration with Anna Macleod

ceramic, glaze, tweed thread, fabric tape

dimensions variable

STAC Gallery Clonmel, Ieland

Coral-ations installation video link

2023

ceramic, basalt, paint, glaze

size variable

research project about parallel between architecture, coral and porcelain utility product structures.

Loxodrome - Coral-ations

SEE Video of 2023 installations

2023

ceramic, basalt, paint, glaze

size variable

Tesascope (Coral-ations), 2023

at Solstice Arts Centre Navan, Irealnd 2024

ceramic, glaze 20 × 22 × 18

SEE Video link

2023

tree roots, chair, plumbing, metal screw-in pins, emergency thermal blanket, black theatre paint, electrical components and tape, old stomatoscope (dental mirror)

4015 x 2530 x 2010

Exhibited: RHA Gallery, Dublin & The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland

photo Kate-Bowe O’Brien

SEE Video link

2023

tree roots, chair, plumbing, metal screw-in pins, emergency thermal blanket, black theatre paint, electrical components and tape, old stomatoscope (dental mirror)

4015 x 2530 x 2010

Exhibited: RHA Gallery, Dublin & The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland

photo Kate-Bowe O’Brien

SEE Video Link

2023

tree roots, chair, plumbing, metal screw-in pins, emergency thermal blanket, black theatre paint, electrical components and tape, old stomatoscope (dental mirror)

4000 x 2500 x 2000

Exhibited: RHA Gallery, Dublin, The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland

photo Paul McCarthy

SEE Video Link

2023

tree roots, chair, plumbing, metal screw-in pins, emergency thermal blanket, black theatre paint, electrical components and tape, old stomatoscope (dental mirror)

4015 x 2530 x 2010

Exhibited: The RHA Gallery, Dublin & The DOCK, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland

photo Kate-Bowe O’Brien

2023

variegated privet, earth, plumbing, water

1800 x 1100 x 780

Exhibited: The Lab Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 2023

courtesy of the artist

2023

variegated privet, earth, plumbing, water

1800 x 1100 x 780

Exhibited: The Lab Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

photograph Louis Haugh

2023

variegated privet, earth, plumbing, water1800 x 1100 x 780

Exhibited: The Lab Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

photograph Louis Haugh

SEE Link to video ‘Apparatus’

2023

8 modular sculptures 2-4m high: plumbing, found tree branches, electric components, glass, water, emulsion wall paint, earth gong sound

size variable

Exhibited: RHA Gallery, The Lab Gallery & ‘Maslow’s Hammer’, Periodic Review, PALLAS P/S, Dublin - until 27th Jan 2024

photo Louis Haugh

SEE Video Link: ‘Apparatus’

2023

8 modular sculptures 2-4m high: plumbing, found tree branches, electric components, glass, water, emulsion wall paint, earth gong soundsize variable

Exhibited: RHA Gallery, The Lab Gallery & ‘Maslow’s Hammer’, Periodic Review, PALLAS P/S, Dublin

photo Louis Haugh

SEE Video link to installation

2023

2 22’ TVs with looped 1 minute videos

Exhibited: The Lab Gallery, The RHA Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Breather detail

2023

hydroponic air control unit, vine, plumbing, scaffolding component

SEE Video Link of installation
4000 x 3000 x 600
The Lab Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, ‘an atom bomb in each morsel of life’

SEE Video Link: ‘Apparatus’

2023

hydroponic air control unit, vine, plumbing

4000 x 3000 x 600

Exhibited: The Lab Gallery, Dublin, Ireland: ‘an atom bomb in each morsel of life’

Photo Louis Haugh

SEE Link to interview

2023

SANKEY | WALKER collaboration,

vine, aluminium

4500 x 1100 x 1200

The Dock , Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland, 2023: see the interview

photo Paul McCarthy

SEE Link to Interview with Corban Walker

2023

SANKEY | WALKER collaboration at The Dock

aluminium, wood,

size variable

See Interview,

The DOCK, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland

Photo Paul McCarthy

2023

dried bush, electrical components, speaker, old mirror

650 x 650 x 1400

Exhibition, ‘an atom bomb in each morsel of life’ at The Lab Gallery, Dublin 2023

Photo: Louis Haugh

2023

dried bush, electrical components, speaker, old mirror

650 x 650 x 1400

Exhibition: ‘an atom bomb in each morsel of life’ at The Lab Gallery, Dublin 2023

Photo: Louis Haugh

SEE Link to Interview

dimensions variable electrical and plumbing components, wood, paint, sound loop

‘Worlds of Their Own’, Draíocht, Blanchardstown, 4 pers exhibition curated by Sharon Murphy.

photo: Ian Murphy

SEE Link to Interview

dimensions variable electrical and plumbing components, wood, paint, sound loop

‘Worlds of Their Own’, Draíocht, Blanchardstown, 4 pers exhibition curated by Sharon Murphy.

photo: Ian Murphy

Containment - Chthonic part 2

2020

dimensions variable
wood, bathroom furniture, electrical components, plumbing pipes and connectors, filler, phone video, plant parts, crustacean.

Exhibited: Rua Red Gallery, Ireland

photo: David Reilly

SEE Video of Interview

dimensions variable electrical and plumbing components, wood, paint, sound loop

‘Worlds of Their Own’, Draíocht, Blanchardstown, 4 pers exhibition curated by Sharon Murphy.

photo: Ian Murphy

SEE Link to Interactive Webpage

‘Hydrozomes // water bodies’

Pallas P/S, Dublin, Ireland

photo Lee Welsh

SEE Link to PALLAS interactive web page

Solo Exhibition

‘Hydrozomes // water bodies’

Pallas P/S, Dublin, Ireland

photo Lee Welsh

SEE Phylogenetic tree of Life Video of installation

2021

Video and slide installation

Containment detail

2020

dimensions variable
wood, bathroom furniture, used and new plumbing components, electrical components, phone video, plant parts, crustacean.

Exhibited: Rua Red Gallery, Ireland

photo: David Reilly

SEE ‘3sinks 3MOUTHS' video here

2020 dimensions variable

bathroom furniture, plumbing pipes and connectorsphone/video, wood.

Exhibited: Rua Red Gallery and in ‘Palimpsest’, CHQ, Dublin, 2021.

courtesy of the artist

wood, plumbing, glass, salt water, ash, electrical components, paint 300 x 160 x 235Arts Council of Ireland Collection

Exhibited at: ‘Woman in the Machine’, Braun/VISUAL, Carlow, TULCA, Galway 2019, Winter Show, RUA RED, Dublin, Ireland & Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark.

wood, plumbing, glass, salt water, ash, electrical components, paint 300 x 160 x 235

Arts Council of Ireland Collection

Exhibited at: ‘Woman in the Machine’, Braun/VISUAL, Carlow, TULCA, Galway 2019, Winter Show, RUA RED, Dublin, Ireland & Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Link to Sue Rainsford - Overflowing, Visual Carlow

wood, plumbing, glass, salt water, ash, electrical components, paint 300 x 160 x 235

Arts Council Collection.

Exhibited: ‘Woman in the Machine’, Braun/VISUAL, Carlow, TULCA, Galway 2019, Winter Show, RUA RED, Dublin, Ireland and Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark

Link to Sue Rainsford - Overflowing, Visual Carlow

photo Jonathon Salmon

wood, plumbing, glass, salt water, ash, electrical components, paint 300 x 160 x 235

Arts Council Collection.

Exhibited: ‘Woman in the Machine’, Braun/VISUAL, Carlow, TULCA, Galway 2019, Winter Show, RUA RED, Dublin, Ireland and Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark

Link to Sue Rainsford - Overflowing, Visual Carlow

photo Jonathon Salmon

wood- burnt, copper plumbing, plinth, electrical components

285 x 65 x 78

Exhibited: Woman in the Machine, VISUAL, Carlow, 2021, RHA Invited artwork: was made for Royal Hibernian Academy 190th Annual 2020.

Link to Sue Rainsford - Overflowing, Visual Carlow

wood- burnt, copper plumbing, plinth, electrical components
285 x 65 x 78

Exhibited: Woman in the Machine, VISUAL, Carlow, 2021
RHA Invited artwork for Royal Hibernian Academy 190th Annual 2020.

Link to Sue Rainsford - Overflowing, Visual Carlow

wood- burnt, copper plumbing, plinth, electrical components

285 x 65 x 78

Exhibited: Woman in the Machine, VISUAL, Carlow, 2021, RHA Invited artwork: was made for Royal Hibernian Academy 190th Annual 2020.

Link to Sue Rainsford - Overflowing, Visual Carlow

2010-19

tree section, copper, electrical component

202 x 190 x 125

Exhibited at 189th RHA Annual Exhibition (2019)

photo John Owens

tree section, copper, electrical component

202 x 190 x 125

Exhibited at 189th RHA Annual Exhibition (2019)

photo John Owens

2019

tree section, copper, electrical component

202 x 190 x 125

Exhibited at 189th RHA Annual Exhibition (2019)

wood, copper, brass concrete slab, synthetic grass

270 x 65 x 124

Private Collection

Exhibited in ‘Hydrozomes // water bodies’, solo exhibition, Pallas P/S, Dublin, 2021 (link >) and ‘CAST’, Luan Gallery, Athlone, 2018

wood, copper, brass

270 x 65 x 124

Exhibited: ‘Hydrozomes // water bodies’, solo exhibition, Pallas P/S, Dublin, and ‘CAST’, Luan Gallery, Athlone, Ireland

Private Collection

Link to interactive Webpage >

photo John Owens

‘Hydrozomes // water bodies’ , Pallas P/S, Dublin,

> link to PALLAS interactive web page

courtesy of the artist

wood, crustacean, patinated copper plumbing pipeage

180 x 70 x 95

Exhibited in ‘Hydrozomes // water bodies’, solo exhibition, Pallas P/S, Dublin, Nov 11-27 2021 Link to interactive Webpage >

photo Lee Welch

wood, crustacean, patinated copper plumbing pipeage

180 x 70 x 95

Exhibited in ‘Hydrozomes // water bodies’, solo exhibition, Pallas P/S, Dublin, Link to interactive Webpage >

Photo Lee Welch

tree, copper, rubber phlange, cast iron socket, paint, concrete paver

210 x 140 x 65

Exhibited in ‘Hydrozomes // water bodies’, solo exhibition, Pallas P/S, Dublin, 2021 Link to interactive Webpage >

photo Lee Welch

tree, copper, rubber phlange, cast iron socket, paint

210 x 140 x 65

Exhibited in ‘Hydrozomes // water bodies’, solo exhibition, Pallas P/S, Dublin, 2021 Link to interactive Webpage >

wood, lichen, crustacean, paint, used plumbing

65 x 68 x 45

Exhibited: The DOCK, Carrick-on-Shannon, Pallas P/S, Dublin, Ireland

wood, lichen, crustacean, paint, used plumbing

65 x 68 x 45

Exhibited: The DOCK, Carrick-on-Shannon, Pallas P/S, Dublin, Ireland

wood, lichen, crustacean, paint, used plumbing

65 x 68 x 45

Exhibited: The DOCK, Carrick-on-Shannon, Pallas P/S, Dublin, Ireland

photo Lee Welch

SEE Transposon video

SEE Installation Clip

wood, copper, brass, 21” tv screen (24 sec. video loop)

75cm x 42cm x 63cm

Exhibited in RHA Annual 2021, TULCA 2019, Galway and CAST 2018, Luan Gallery, Athlone, Ireland.

Photo: John Owens

Transposon video link >

wood, copper, brass, 21” tv screen (24 sec. video loop) Installation clip link >

75cm x 42cm x 63cm

Exhibited in RHA Annual 2021, TULCA 2019, Galway and CAST 2018, Luan Gallery, Athlone, Ireland.

Photo: John Owens

SEE Transposon Video

wood, copper, brass, 21” tv screen (24 sec. video loop) INSTALLATION CLIP link here

75cm x 42cm x 63cm

Exhibited: CAST, Luan Gallery, Athlone, TULCA 2019, Galway and RHA Annual 2021, Ireland.