Acquiesce 

Adam O'Lomasney

Vaults

3 July - 26 July 2025

Adam O’Lomasney graduated from Fine Art in MTU Crawford College of Art & Design in 2024. Their work explores the distortion of reality using unnerving and dreamlike imagery. Working with different Lovecraftian stagings and environments, they utilize forces such as water, earth, fire and starlight to amplify feeling. Through the 2024 film Acquiesce the artist threads ideas of mental fragility using symbols and imagery to show how quickly one can spiral out of reality through isolation and dissociation. The artist explores these themes using unorthodox soundscapes to surround the viewer in unknown states. As the themes chosen  are typically considered to be bleak, there is an attempt to portray human connections and relationships as the light at the end of the tunnel.

Image: Adam O’Lomasney, Video still, Acquiesce, 2024, single channel video, 20 mins

2024 recipient of the Cork Arts Society Vaults Award: This new award gives one or more graduates of MTU Crawford College of Art & Design the opportunity to exhibit in the unique vault spaces at Lavit Gallery. Graduates are selected based on the suitability of their work for the space.