A project which on the surface used metaphor to bridge the gulf between imagination and reality. The location was revealed on a website of a trail of red thread markers through a forest to this elusive and forgotten lake. A limited pile of CD’s with the sound piece, New Alarm Clocks, als...

A large site-specific installation on the facade of the new Lir Academy building on Pearse St, Dublin 2 comprising of a series of bright green spheres and hemispheres which appear to be bubbling out from the building.

 “This sculpture speaks to the curious relationship between a...

A permanent public artwork of 20 bronze plaques and an illustrated publication. The texts reproduced in the plaques are based on audio recordings of conversations the artist carried out from 2004 to 2008 with long-term residents and people associated with the area, capturing their memories of lif...

Oil Rig structure with fountains constructed of chromed steel, rubber and water pumps. The sculpture is 510 long x 570 wide x 700 high cm. 

Garrett Phelan has installed an arcing mantra in industrial steel on the roof of Temple Bar Gallery and Studios. The new work is highly visible from Temple Bar Square and the surrounding streets.

As part of its 30th anniversary celebrations, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios commissioned Phelan to...

Based on an origami-fold pattern, Unfurl (2014) was fabricated using a series of perforated 3mm bronze sheets, which were cut and folded into a parabolic curved surface following the plan of a Fibonacci spiral. The folded surface has 80,000 perforations and is reinforced at the edges with 70mm ph...

Inspired by the original origami-hedgehog created by John Richardson, this large scale work was completed and installed in May 2010. After the creation of a 3D CAD model, the work was plasma-cut from a series of 6mm Corten steel sheets, and fabricated using MIG welds over a galvanized piping...

In celebration of two non-events… - James L Hayes
Hayes’ two part installation utilises a range of found materials from the Fort Camden site. Most significantly is the use (or re use) of collected cast iron. The work in each room responds and reflects upon the previous func...

I initiated The South Circular Road Community Garden Project while artist-in-residence in

Rung by Rung (2009) was created for the interior courtyard space of the new Pearse Street Heath Care Centre. The piece is a 30-foot tall, bright white ladder, created using aluminium and neon tube lighting, which is suspended in such a way that it seems to levitate at a 45º angle against the wal...