Donna Wright
I have been an exhibiting visual artist for thirty-five years.
My qualifications include PhD-Arts & Social Sciences; Master of Visual Art (Research); Bachelor of Art – Fine Art; and Diploma in Design.
My art practice draws out cultural memory, its residues and movements across generations, and its aesthetic influences on the ways we perceive, shape and engage in the world around us.
This engagement extends, no, is intrinsically rooted, in the deep and ancient relationships we form with the natural world, for I believe that it is in the deep layers of the land, sea, water and sky that memories are saved, and stories passed on. And it is in the creative process that we connect and make sense of it all.
Seeds of Sadhbh (NAT Art Residence - 05/2025)
The work I created during my time at Nat Art Residence drew inspiration from the generosity of ancestors, human and more than human; past, present and ancestors yet to be.
In the prehistoric caves of Cantabria, in limestone, ochre and ash, all our relations speak to us, and I am brought back to my roots.
I honour the generosity of the deer to give life and sustenance to these early humans.
I honour the generosity of the caves to hold the stories safe for generations to come.
I honour the generosity of the rivers that carved the rock to make the caves that hold the stories and cycles of life.
Now, my own ancestral earth and waterways of Ireland are given power and purpose as they share their stories to ancestors yet to be.
And the cycle remains unbroken.
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