April - June 2025

Cian Handschuh is a visual artist currently practicing in the Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht of the Dingle peninsula, Co. Kerry, Ireland. His work often uses sculptural installation to explore questions of dwelling, nationality, cohabitation, land dysphoria and heritage. The work looks to examine links between body and land using the dwelling as a mutual space and as such an analysis point for their interaction. This draws from the built environment and its function as an “extended body” and thus contrasting and combining formal modern building materials with those of the natural world. The work seeks to shorten the proximity between us and our dwelling and provide a sense of nearness with material and the land. Through the examination of dwelling, naturally his practice also looks to heritage and nationality as a means of obtaining a sense of belonging in an environment that can often feel disconnected and foreign. Furthermore, the objects attempt to embody a seeking and a longing for an open transference, (a softening of the boundary) between the self and the land as a means of moving forward. His work is heavily process-based and commonly uses self-harvested and foraged wild materials, such as peat, clay, sand and water reeds.