Visual Artist | Painter | Printmaker
Based in Galway, Ireland
Email: villacastinmiriam@gmail.com
Instagram: miriam.villacastin
phone: 0857500934

Education

BA (Hons) in Contemporary Art
Atlantic Technological University (ATU), Galway, Ireland
[Year Graduated: 2025]

BA (Hons) in Humanities
[Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain]
[Year Graduated: 2004]

MA Human International Cooperation and Immigration.
[Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain]
[Year Graduated: 2010]

Artistic Practice

Working across painting, printmaking, photography, and ceramics. I explore themes of identity, cultural hybridity, tradition, and human experience. My work merges figuration and abstraction, often incorporating influences from folklore, textiles, symbolism, and multicultural narratives.

Exhibitions

• "Tabacalera, Madrid, Spain. 2018. Fronteras, art exhibition. 
• Photography exhibition , Hotel Gran Via, Madrid, 2017, international cooperation project on sanitation and drinking water with the Iroko Association in Togo. 

• Clayton Hotel, Galway, Ireland, April 2024. African day.
• 126 Gallery, Galway, Ireland, June 2024 , ATU third-year student exhibition.
• Upcoming show: ATU, Graduated Exhibition, from June 5th to 17th , 2025, Galway, Ireland.

 

Skills

• Painting
• Printmaking
• Photography & Digital Editing
• Ceramics.
• Dancer: Traditional Afro-Guinea.