Artist Bio

Stephen J. Hartigan (b. 1998, Limerick City) is an Irish visual artist working across painting, sculpture, and photography. A graduate of LSAD in Fine Art Painting (Awarded Oona O’Brien Kelly Memorial Award) and having recently completed the Masters of Art Education in Art & Design with Digital Media, he maintains a studio practice in Limerick while actively engaging with the city’s artistic community.

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In recent years, Hartigan has increasingly worked with film photography, drawn to its slowness, materiality, and resistance to immediacy. Across all media, his work explores isolation, presence, and the fragile nature of human connection within a hyperconnected digital age, often focusing on spaces, objects, and figures that feel overlooked or suspended in time. 

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Alongside his studio work, Hartigan has been active as a curator and producer. He was a previously a member of Spacecraft Studios and also served as curator at Lime Tree Theatre | BellTable, and produced 'It Started on the Streets', a collaborative project awarded Midwest Short Film at the Richard Harris International Film Festival in 2021.

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In 2026, Hartigan was awarded the Peggy Guggenheim International Fellowship, which will be undertaken from June to August.