Award Recipients

The Golden Fleece Award supports artists and creative practitioners working across all visual art, craft and applied arts disciplines. Since its inception in 2002, over one hundred applicants have been shortlisted for or received a Golden Fleece Award.

2020 Golden Fleece Award

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain uses film, photography and installation to picture an uncertain, destabilised future.

2020 Special Award

Kathy Tynan

Kathy Tynan’s exuberant paintings and drawings focus on overlooked aspects of everyday places and things.

2020 Special Award

Annemarie Reinhold

Annemarie Reinhold produces exquisite metal objects and wearable works inspired by the flux of nature.

2020 Shortlist

Laura Fitzgerald

Laura Fitzgerald’s expanded multidisciplinary practice mediates her experience of the modern world with a wry sense of humour.

2020 Shortlist

Pierce Healy

Pierce Healy makes tactile jewellery that is dark and industrial, often layered with intricate images and engravings.