Join Una Sealy RHA to observe a live portrait painting in the main gallery upstairs, where her exhibition Una Sealy, Time Lines: Selected Works 2016-2026 continues until the 20th December.
This exhibition brings together more than 70 works by North Dublin-based artist Una Sealy, spanning the past decade and including a selection of new, previously unseen paintings.
Sealy’s work is deeply rooted in place, with a particular focus on North Dublin – from the northern Liffey docks to the coastal village of Howth. Her paintings move between the built and natural environment, capturing the distinctive character of familiar places and the traces of lives lived within them. Donegal also features prominently, reflecting the artist’s longstanding connection to the county, where she spent childhood holidays in a family cottage. Smaller works made during travels abroad extend this exploration of place beyond Ireland.
Portraits of friends and family, alongside interiors animated by people passing through, form a recurring thread throughout the exhibition. Across these works, Sealy is attentive to the particulars of time and place: to people coming and going, moments observed and remembered, and the quiet passage of lives lived and lost.
Image: Una Sealy RHA live portrait painting in the RHA on Culture Night 2026. Photo: Des FitzGerald.
