Kian Benson Bailes

Kian Benson Bailes is an Irish artist residing in the northwest of Ireland. His multifaceted practice explores rural Ireland, visual language and identity. Recent exhibitions include ‘Culchie boy, I love you’, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, ‘Matters of Table’, Gorey School of Art, Wexford, and ‘Hashtag WIP’ Roscommon Arts Centre.

Kian Benson Bailes
Weather Statue (edit), 2025
Glazed stoneware ceramic
42cm x 15cm

Photo: Ros Kavanagh

Survey

  • Spider (edit), 2025

    Fabric, ceramic, thread, wire, steel, bells, synthetic hair, wool, beads, rushes
    270 cm x 200 cm

    Image credit Ros Kavanagh

  • Cailleach boy i, Cailleach boy ii, 2023

    Photography by Jed Niezgoda.

  • 'Cailleach', 2023

    sculpture

  • Untitled, 2023

    sculpture

Biography

Kian Benson Bailes is an Irish artist from the northwest of Ireland and currently based in Dublin. His multifaceted practice explores rural Ireland, visual language and identity. Recent exhibitions include ‘Culchie boy, I love you / Grá mo chroí thú, mo chábóigín féin (21 Angels and Then Some...)’at Mermaid Arts Centre (2025)  and ‘Staying with The Trouble’ at IMMA (2025) Other activities include recipient of Fire Station Artists Residency Award (2024) and ‘Kīpuka Ireland’, a visiting and exchange initiative with three artists from Ireland organized as part of Hawai‘i Triennial 2025: ALOHA NŌ in collaboration with IMMA.