This year, our professional jury for RTÉ This Is Art! includes top artists, educators, and curators. They will select winners and provide personalised feedback to 100 highly commended artists, offering valuable advice to help you improve as an artist.
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Barbara Knežević
Artist & Educator
Barbara Knežević is an artist and lecturer at Technological University Dublin, working across sculpture, installation and moving image. Her practice explores the historical, material, semiotic and political functions of objects and materials, with a particular focus on ethnicity and personal and national histories. Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues including the RHA Dublin, The MAC Belfast, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, STATION Gallery Melbourne and EKKM Tallinn. She has also created public art commissions, including a commemorative sculpture at the GPO Dublin and a project for children at Cabra Library. Her work is held in collections including the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Arts Council of Ireland.
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Charlotte McReynolds
Art Curator
Charlotte McReynolds is Curator of Art at the Ulster Museum in Belfast, (part of National Museums Northern Ireland). She is the curator of Ashes to Fashion: A Collection Reborn, and the author of an accompanying publication by the same name. Her primary responsibility is for the Ulster Museum's fashion and textiles collection, as well as its collections of jewellery, silver, toys and dolls. Previous exhibitions she has curated for the Ulster Museum include Fashion & Feminism (2018), Vice Versa (2019) and La Belle Époque (2020), Reimagine Remake Replay: Power to the Young People (2022), Anything Goes! Fashions of the 1920s (2022) and A Century of Style: Fashion Photography from the National Portrait Gallery (2023).
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Holly Pereira
Illustrator & Muralist
Holly Pereira is a Singaporean-Irish illustrator and muralist based in Dublin, known for her bold, colourful and distinctive style. Her practice spans murals, illustration, animation and lettering, with her work appearing on walls across Ireland and internationally. Her vibrant and playful approach brings energy, imagination and many layers of meaning to her work.
Headshot credit: Ruth Medjber (@ruthlessimagery)
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Will Sliney
Comic Book Artist & Illustrator
Cork-born artist Will Sliney is an internationally recognised comic book artist and illustrator, best known for his work with Marvel and Star Wars. Sliney also created and hosted RTÉ's Will Sliney's Storytellers. Alongside his professional career, he has inspired thousands of children through his drawing workshops and educational work, making art feel fun, exciting and accessible.