“My art practice is centred on making drawings and works on paper which combine observation, imagination, and invention. Through a process that blends working intuitively and from observation the work explores relationships between figuration, abstracted mark making and space.  I am interested in drawings magic potential as a tool for discovery and perception.”

Órla is a visual artist living and working in Co. Wexford, Ireland.

She went to Limerick School of Art and Design from 1996-2000 studying Fine art, specialising in Printmaking. Following this she graduated with a Higher Diploma in Art and Design Education from the National College of Art and Design, in 2003.

Selected group exhibitions where Órla’s work has been exhibited include Cairde Visual, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo Arts Festival (2022), Cotyledon, LA (2022), Winter Open 21, The Courthouse Gallery (2021), Peripheries MEET, Peripheries Space, Gorey School of Art, Wexford, From the Mountain, Wexford Arts Centre and The Arts Council collection (2019), Halftone, The Library Project, Dublin, Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo, RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

Órla received The Arts Council Professional Development award in 2021. In 2016 and 2012 she was awarded the Artlinks Bursary Award. Órla is also a recipient of the Tyrone Guthrie Residency Award from Wexford County Council.

Artists residencies include Lodestar School of Art, Glenstal Abbey, Limerick (2022, 2021), Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Newbliss, Co. Monaghan, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, Living Arts Project, Wexford County Council, Wexford Arts Centre,

Aswell as being an artist Órla also works as an art educator and facilitator.