Katarzyna Perlak, ‘Better a bare foot than none’

Opening reception: 6 Mar, 6pm

Katarzyna Perlak’s practice is deeply embedded in folk traditions, queer narratives and diasporic identity. Using video, performance, textiles, sculpture, and installation, Perlak’s work is often defined by an aesthetic of abundance—assemblages of kitsch ephemera and everyday objects sourced at local flea markets and second-hand shops that speak to memory, longing, and reimagined heritage. Through craft, storytelling and the materiality of memory, Perlak envisions new ways of connecting to the past while forging space for alternative futures.

'Better a bare foot than none' is Katarzyna Perlak’s first public solo exhibition. It is part of a series of exhibitions curated by Marysia Więckiewicz-Carroll responding to shifting political landscapes in Ireland and Poland.

Katarzyna Perlak’s exhibitions include Liverpool Biennial (2025); V&A Museum, London (2024); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2023); B3 Biennial of Moving Image, Frankfurt (2023); Brent Biennial, London (2022).

Marysia Więckiewicz-Carroll has organised and curated numerous exhibitions and projects in Ireland and abroad, independently and in partnership with various institutions and local authorities, including Hugh Lane Gallery and Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.