Wednesday 18th February 2026
Location: Tea Houses, Bateman Quay, Kilkenny
Meet our current artist-in-residence, Kathryn Ashill (b. Neath, Wales), here on a short residency developing a new body of work for a 2026 exhibition! Join us for an Open Studio on Wednesday 18 February, 5.30pm in the Tea Houses.

Live performance, video and installation present Ashill’s personal experiences of lived working class identity. The culture clash between Kathryn’s background and artistic practice sits in the disjointed narratives within their artwork. Ashill pursues the theatricality in the everyday whilst sharing fragments of autobiography, observations on people, history and site. The frequent use of drag in Ashill’s work opens up a dialogue about the history of the drag king in contemporary performance, as well as facilitates the exploration of gender identity. Animation, theatre flats, film and the DIY aesthetic of amateur dramatics articulate the materiality of these themes.
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