More About – Graphic Studio Gallery

Board / Staff / Governance

Graphic Studio Dublin is managed as a non-profit organisation, supported by The Arts Council as follows:

GSD Board of Directors:

– Ian McShane (Chair)

– Ailbhe Barrett (Member)

– Elizabeth Bothwell

– Dean Haughey

– Niamh McGuinne (Member)

– Barry Meskell (Member)

– Ed Miliano (Member)

– Niamh O’Kennedy

– Sarah Walsh (Member)

Executive Director:
Laura Garbatavičiūtė

Studio Director:
Robert Russell

Gallery Director:
Peter Brennan

Programme Coordinator:
Niamh Flanagan

Studio & Education Administrator & Company Secretary:
Susan Early

Gallery Assistant:
Elke Thönnes

Finance Manager:
Anne O’Gorman

Governance

To provide a printmaking studio and gallery that espouses best practice, excellence and innovation.
To support and develop artists’ practices and livelihoods, and promote collaboration across disciplines, organisations and borders.
To raise the stature of contemporary printmaking and enhance the cultural experiences of all people in Ireland and worldwide, reflecting the full diversity of Irish society.

Legal Structure:

Graphic Studio Dublin and Graphic Studio Gallery are trading names of Alchemiser CLG, a company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital (“The Company”). The Company is registered is Dublin (Registration No: 84785), at Distillery House, Distillery Court, 537 North Circular Road, Dublin 1.

Charitable Status:

The Company is a not-for-profit arts organisation and has charitable status (Charity No: CHY 9124, RCN: 20022839)

Financial Reporting:

The Company’s financial statements comply with the requirements of the Companies Acts 2014 – 2017 and also with the requirements of the Statements of Recommended Practice (SORP) “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” effective 1st January 2015.

The Directors’ Report & Financial Statements for Alchemiser CLG, for year ended 31st December 2023 can be accessed Alchemiser CLG Financial Statements 2023 (link will open a new window).

Policies & Plans:

The Company is committed to good practice under the following policies:

GSD Audience Engagement Policy 2024

GSD Climate and Sustainability Policy and Plan 2024

GSD- EDI Policy and Plan August 2024

GSD Pay the Artist Policy August 2024

GSD- Child Protection and Welfare Statement

GSD 5 year Strategic Plan 2022-2027

Governance Code:

The Company is committed to comply with The Charities Regulator’s Charities Governance Code and with the principles of good fundraising.

ALCHEMISER COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE Constitution 281017

Company Members as of August 2024 include:

Yoko Akino, Maria Atanackovic, Jean Bardon, Ailbhe Barrett, Sinead Breslin, Cristina Campaglione, John Campion, Monika Crowley, Gráinne Cuffe, Ria Czerniak-LeBov, Pamela DeBrí, Renate DeBrun, Con Delaney, Grainne Dowling, Cliona Doyle, Burcu Dundar Venner, Lisa Dunne, Susan Early, Melissa Ellis, Camilla Fanning, Claire Farrell, Paul Fitters, Paula Fitzpatrick, John Fitzsimons, Niamh Flanagan, Conor Gallagher, Matthew Gammon, Jane Giffney, Mary Grey, Julie Ann Haines, Clare Henderson, Maree Hensey, Michele Hetherington, Siobhan Hyde, Oona Hyland, Ann Kavanagh, Alastair Keady, Maura Keating, Fran Keegan, Desmond Kenny, Claire Kerr, Michael Killen, Jennifer Lane, Richard Lawlor, Stephen Lawlor, Sharon Lee, Louise Leonard, Pamela Leonard, Daniel Lipstein, Nicola Lynch Morrin, Kate MacDonagh, Susan Mannion, Marie-Louise Martin, James McCreary, Brett McEntagart, Niamh McGuinne, Sinead McGuinness, Ned McLoughlin, Josie McMorrin, Margo McNulty, Rachel Merrigan, Barry Meskell, Ed Miliano, Éilís Murphy, Niall Naessens, Rachel Naughton, Paul Newport, Liam Ó Broin, Ruth O’Donnell, Peter O’Leary, Noelle O’Keeffe, Helen O’Sullivan, Sophia O’Sullivan, Ellie Perry, Alison Pilkington, Kate Power, Nancy Previs, Marc Reilly, Robert Russell, Dermot Ryan, Joe Ryan, Ricki Schoen, Ella Sexton, Aoife Scott, Emma Scully, Vincent Sheridan, Adrienne Symes, Elke Thonnes, Michael Timmins, Margaret Tuffy, Vaida Varnagiene, Sarah Walsh, Luke Wymer.

To provide a printmaking studio and gallery that espouses best practice, excellence and innovation.
To support and develop artists’ practices and livelihoods, and promote collaboration across disciplines, organisations and borders.
To raise the stature of contemporary printmaking and enhance the cultural experiences of all people in Ireland and worldwide, reflecting the full diversity of Irish society.

Legal Structure:

Charitable Status:

The Company is a not-for-profit arts organisation and has charitable status (Charity No: CHY 9124, RCN: 20022839)

Financial Reporting:

The Directors’ Report & Financial Statements for Alchemiser CLG, for year ended 31st December 2023 can be accessed Alchemiser CLG Financial Statements 2023 Alchemiser final hand signed 2022 (link will open a new window).

Policies & Plans:

The Company is committed to good practice under the following policies:

GSD Audience Engagement Policy 2024

GSD Climate and Sustainability Policy and Plan 2024

GSD- EDI Policy and Plan August 2024

GSD Pay the Artist Policy August 2024

Governance Code:

The Company is committed to comply with The Charities Regulator’s Charities Governance Code and with the principles of good fundraising.

ALCHEMISER COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE Constitution 281017

Company Members as of August 2024 include:

Graphic Studio Gallery is part of Graphic Studio Dublin.

Graphic Studio Dublin is a registered charity (Charity No. CHY 9124) supported by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaion.

Business supporting the arts is good business. Your contribution is vital to enhance the community’s experience of their environment. As a Sponsor the relationship is a two-way one, in which you will receive publicity, corporate entertainment opportunities and staff participation in the arts in return for your subscription. We are delighted that any donation made to Graphic Studio Dublin receives tax relief under section 848A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.

The Arts Council

Graphic Studio Dublin has been funded and supported by the Arts Council since 1960 when the first studio was founded in Mount Street. Graphic Studio Dublin is a Strategically Funded Organisation (SFO) funded annually by the Arts Council.

The Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism

Graphic Studio Dublin has been awarded a number of Grants from the Department of Arts Sport & Tourism enabling capital projects within the Studio.

Culture Ireland

Culture Ireland has funded the touring of a number of Graphic Studio Dublin Exhibitions and access to International Art Fairs.

Including:

Île d’Hiver | Winter Island
Culture Ireland funded touring to Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France and The Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, Leuven, Belgium

Artis’s Proof
Culture Ireland funded touring to Impact 6 International Print Conference in Bristol, England

’Na granicy’ | Where Borders Meet
Culture Ireland funded touring to and within Poland

Graphic Studio Dublin has a long history of collaborating with various institutions since it was founded in 1960. Below is a list of some of the institutions Graphic Studio Dublin has collaborated with in it’s recent history.

Irish Museum of Modern Art
Graphic Studio: 50 Years in Dublin, 2010. An exhibition featuring original prints by some 30 leading Irish and international artists, created over 50 years, at Graphic Studio. IMMA celebrates the 50^thanniversary of Ireland’s first printmaking studio with a particular focus on its distinctive Visiting Artists Programme. The show also highlights the studio’s establishment by five members who, through innovation and progressive thinking, made Ireland a centre of world class printmaking.

The National Gallery of Ireland
Art into Art in 1998 (which had the largest recorded footfall of any exhibition held in the National Gallery up to that point and was the first time living artists\’ works were displayed there) and Revelation in 2008.

Chester Beatty Library
Holy Show in 2002, Gardens of Earthly Delight in 2004 and Artist\’s Proof in 2009.

Behaviour & Attitudes
An annual award winning commission started in 1988, Graphic Studio Dublin and Behaviour & Attitudes have won a number of collaboration awards since this series of print commissions started.

Centre Culturel Irlandais
For the exhibition Île d\’Hiver | Winter Island, Director of the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris, France, Sheila Pratschke, selected thirteen Graphic Studio Dublin artists and asked them to make contemporary fine art prints in response to the Irish artefacts in the extensive collections in the National Museum of Ireland.

Edinburgh Printmakers

International Printmakers Residencies

The 2012 Residency at The Red Stables Studios was taken up by Swedish artist Lina Nordenström. Lina had an exhibition in Graphic Studio Gallery in November 2012 with fellow Swedish artist Lars Nyberg.

The 2009 Residency was in conjunction with Edinburgh Printmakers and Dublin City Council at Red Stables Studios. A Scottish based artist, Paul Furneaux, was Artist-in-Residence at Graphic Studio Dublin/Red Stables during 2009.

The Red Stables Artist\’s Studios

International Printmakers Residencies

The 2012 Residency at The Red Stables Studios was taken up by Swedish artist Lina Nordenström. The 2009 Residency was Paul Furneaux.

Dublin City Council • Fingal County Council

Printmakers Residencies

As part of an ongoing commitment to professional artists, Graphic Studio Dublin in association with Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council provides a fine art print residencies.

This residency offers the award winners the opportunity to make a fine art print with a printmaker at Graphic Studio Dublin. The week-long residency provides an ideal environment for the development of a creative project in printmaking and an opportunity to network with other artists.

Fingal County Council Residency Award Winners:
Michael Killeen, 2015
Una Sealy, 2016 & 2018

Dublin City Council Residency Award Winners:
Cian McLoughlin, 2017
Cieran Crowley, 2018

National Campaign for the Arts

We are a proud participant in, and supporter of, the National Campaign for the Arts, which is working to inform our politicians and the public that the arts are central to Ireland\’s economy, reputation and daily life. If you value artists and creativity as much as we do, log onto www.ncfa.ie and take action to support the campaign.

Copyright Policy

The content of this site is protected by Irish and European Union copyright laws, international conventions and other copyright laws. Copyright on all Artwork included in this site is held by the Artist and Graphic Studio Dublin. Information, logos, graphics, texts therein is copyright of Graphic Studio Dublin, unless otherwise stated. Graphic Studio Dublin prohibits the modification, publishing, transmitting, selling, displaying or in any way exploiting any of the materials on this site. Requests for the use of materials on this site should be directed to:

The Administrator,
Graphic Studio Dublin,
Distillery House,
Distillery Court,
537 North Circular Road,
Dublin 1
Telephone: +353 1 817 0942
Fax: +353 1 817 0942
Email: info@graphicstudiodublin.com

Rights and Reproductions

Images are always in huge demand in Graphic Studio Dublin. For images to be used externally, for press articles etc., outside of official GSD/GSG promotion, our artists must inform us of their permission for use, and ask their designer/publications representative to fill in the details below, and forward to the Gallery Director. Please note that Graphic Studio Dublin official work is prioritised over the promotion of our artists\’ work to outside parties. A fee will/may be charged to cover administration/disks etc.

Name of publication, and contact name and address:
Designer contact:
Format Required (JPEG/TIFF):
Minimum DPI required:
Minimum size (Megabites):
Copyright of artist, signature (or reference if through GSD):