Cork County Council’s LHQ Gallery presents the now annual LHQ Winter Show which will run from 20th November to 18th December this year. In this year’s show 88 works from 87 Cork-based artists are presented in Cork County Council’s LHQ Gallery in the County Library. You are warmly invited to join us to celebrate the opening of the exhibiton at 6pm on Friday 20th of November.
Cork County Council’s 2026 LHQ Winter Show presents works from artists at all stages of their careers from emerging or self-professed amateur artists to established professional artists. The exhibition is an opportunity for artists to exhibit their work in a professional gallery. It’s also an opportunity for people to buy art directly from the artist, with many of the works at attainable prices. This is the fourth year LHQ Gallery will host the winter show. To date, 290 artists have presented work at the LHQ Winter Show.
In this year’s LHQ Winter Show, traditional arts including paintings, etchings, ceramics, weaving are presented alongside film works, photo books, and digital art.
The 87 artists selected from an open call to present works include: Áine Farrell, Leslie Allen Spillane, Patsy Atkinson, Judit Bakos, Colleen Blackard, Fiona Boniwell, James Bourke, Rebecca Bradley, Sarah Buckley, Katie Burgess, Aisling Campbell, Narumi Campbell, Aoife Casey, Michelle Casey, Catherine Coakley, Ann Collins, Ellen Collins, Paul Connell, Denise Cronin, Shea Dalton, Gerard Daly, Stefanie Dinkelbach, Megan Fahy, Angela Fewer, Anita Geaney, Siobhán Gillies, Éadaoin Glynn, Olivia Golden, Hilda Goold, Eidin Griffin, Joseph Heffernan, Amal Hope, Michelle Jones, David Kavanagh, Emer Kelleher, Silvia Laguna-López, Frances Leach, Oksana Lebedieva, Claire Lee, Raphael Llewellyn, Aissa Lopez, Claire J. Loy, Sabina Lucas, Michelle Lynch, Danny McCarthy, Ina McCarthy, Hannah McGrenera, John McHarg, Rachel McIntyre, Emma McNulty, Ann Mechelinck, Rob Meehan, Etaoin Melville, Grace Mitchell, Bríd Moynahan, Kieran Murphy, Leah Murphy, Íde Ní Shúilleabháin, Pat Nolan, Robert Nugent, Tadhg O'Connell, Miriam O'Connor, Lynn O'Donovan, Orla O'Regan, Mairéad O'Reilly, Tadhg O'Tuama, Ellen O'Connor, Dorothy O'Riordan, Aisling O'Shea Gaffney, Ioana Petcu-Colan, Marjolein Poortvliet, Michael Ray, Liz Rinn, Sarah Ruttle, Thomas Scerri, Silvio Severino, Marie Sexton, Gareth Shiels, Diana Skalkos, Geoff Spiers, Patsy Tyrrell, Bryan Wall, Rachel Walsh, Ursula Walsh, Emma Woodhouse, and Julia Yakovleva.
The exhibition will open on Friday 20th November and run until the 18th of December. LHQ Gallery is open Monday to Friday 9am-5.30pm, except for public holidays. LHQ Gallery is managed by the Library and Arts Service at Cork County Council, supported by the Arts Council.
LHQ Gallery is located in the County Library, Carrigrohane Road, Cork, T12K335
