Gallery Talk: Emily Waszak in conversation with Sara Greavu

Join exhibiting artist Emily Waszak in conversation with curator Sara Greavu. The talk includes a short introduction and conversation about Emily Waszak's work which is on view as part of the group exhibition 'Faigh Amach', 01 August – 21 September 2025.

Emily Waszak, along with Ella Bertilsson and Kathy Tynan, was selected through an open call to take part in this group exhibition. 'Faigh Amach' (Irish, roughly translated as ‘discover’) is a new initiative by Temple Bar Gallery + Studios in partnership with Culture Ireland and Southwark Park Galleries (SPG), London, to support an artist in presenting their first solo exhibition outside Ireland. One of the three exhibiting artists will be invited to present their first international solo exhibition at SPG Lake Gallery in Spring 2026.

Emily Waszak’s textile and assemblage works are informed by rituals of her Japanese cultural heritage, experiences of grief and the landscape of her home in Ireland. Using both ancient and contemporary weaving techniques, alongside the collection and display of found materials and other hand-made objects, Waszak combines processes that transcend time and place to find meaning in loss and understand how to access otherworldliness. Born in North Carolina, United States, Emily Waszak works between Dublin and Donegal. Recent solo exhibitions include Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny (2025); Pallas Projects, Dublin (2024); TU Dublin (2023).

Sara Greavu is a curator, independent researcher, writer and organiser, and is the Director of Fire Station Artists' Studios. Previously she was Curator of Visual Arts at Project Arts Centre and the curator, with Project, of the Irish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2024) with the artist Eimear Walshe. Independent projects include Open the book at a different page, a research exhibition produced with artist Ciara Phillips and former members of the Derry Film and Video Workshop, which dealt with intertwined political and cultural initiatives in Derry in the 1980s.