FERN O’CAROLAN (b. 1991, Dublin) is an Irish artist living and working in London whose work explores themes of femininity, innocence, sexuality, and their impasse with religious institutions, drawing from her experiences growing up in the Irish Catholic Church.

O’Carolan has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Slugtown, Newcastle (2023) and No Gallery, New York (2022) and has been included in group presentations at SWAB Art Fair, Barcelona (2024); Karma International, Zürich (2024); Pop Gun x Shipton, New York (2024); M.LeBlanc x Good Weather, Chicago (2024); PLOP, London (2023); Apartment 13 Gallery, Rhode Island (2023); The Bomb Factory, London (2023); Grove, London (2022); WASTE Gallery, London (2022); No Picture on The Walls, Manchester (2022); Ormside Projects, London (2021); SCREW Gallery, Leeds (2021); Karen Tronel Gallery, London (2019); Gallery 46 Whitechapel, London (2019), amongst others. She graduated with an MFA from Chelsea College of Arts, London.