Showcase artist

Lee Welch

Atmospheric paintings exploring memory, perception, and the emotional resonance of everyday life.

Medium

acrylic on polyester

Location

Dublin, Ireland

Member since

June 2026

Statement

"There are fragments here; a distillation of gestures, people, objects. This is apt. It’s how the world is formed: infinite possibilities that create the whole. (We remember in glimpses.) Soft images emerge from intimation; a background of fading, chalky blue, like the whisper of sea or distant hills or a dusty wall, bleached pale in the heat." - Jennifer Higgie

Bio

Welch received his BFA from the National College of Art and Design in 2009 and his MFA from Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam in 2011. Currently based at the dlr Baths Artist Studios, he has previously held residencies at NCAD, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, and the Banff Centre for Arts, the latter supported by the Arts Council. He has since been widely exhibited internationally and received numerous awards. Recent exhibitions have taken place at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University; Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC), León, Spain; Glucksman Gallery, Cork; Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp and Kerlin Gallery, Dublin. His paintings are in private and public collections such as the MB Art Foundation, the Arts Council, Hugh Lane Gallery, and the OPW - State Art Collection.
Lee Welch — portrait
Lee WelchKunstwerk Kolderveen, Nijeveen, The Netherlands

Selected work

epochal defining while one creates beautiful problems, 2025

acrylic on polyester · 180 x 140 cm / 70.9 x 55.1 in

Divine Hosts, 2025

acrylic on polyester · 254 x 204 cm

a whole string of failures, 2025

acrylic on polyester · 140 x 110 cm / 55.1 x 43.3 in

all at once, 2025

acrylic on polyester · 140 x 110 cm / 55.1 x 43.3 in

Installation view of Oedipus at The Complex, 2025

acrylic on polyester

I'm just going to leave it, 2025

acrylic on polyester · 100 x 80 cm / 39.4 x 31.5 in

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