Bio
Alana is an Irish visual artist based at Queen Street Studios in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Her paintings explore childhood and family relationships. Using a blend of figurative and abstract elements, she examines how complex emotions are captured in delicate gestures and expressions.
Drawing inspiration from memory and nostalgia, she explores movement and colour to convey dream-like atmospheres that emerge through a playful approach to painting.
Solo Exhibitions
2023| Dreamers, Hang Tough Contemporary
2021| Habitat, online exhibition
2019| Dreamed of Places, The Black Box
2016| False Paradise, Goose Lane Gallery
Awards
ACNI Artist Emergency program
ACNI Resilience fund
Northern Ireland Young Artist of the Year
ACNI SIAP General Arts Award, 2019, 2022
Collections
Office of Public Works Ireland
Arts Council Northern Ireland, 2019, 2021
Exhibitions
2024| RHA annual exhibition, Dublin 20th May
2023| RUA annual exhibition, Ulster Museum
Strange Brew, QSS, Belfast
Dunlavin Arts Festival, Ireland
QSS-P/S, 35DP, Belfast
2022| Irish Contemporaries, CIACLA, LA
RUA annual exhibition, Ulster Museum
Páipéar, Hang Tough Contemporary
2021| HOST, Dean Arts Studios
2020| RUA annual exhibition, Ulster Museum
Four Female Painters, QSS
2019| RUA annual exhibition, Ulster Museum
Cast, Millennium Court Arts Centre
Sparks, Golden Thread Gallery
Young Artist of the Year, The Braid
2018| RUA annual exhibition, Ulster Museum
2017| Advans-t, Crescent Arts Centre
2016| Fine Art Degree Show, Ulster University