MICHAEL RAINSFORD
Michael Rainsford is a visual artist based in the west of Ireland. His practice is rooted in place: slow looking, walking, and working directly with local materials. Recent works are made with earth pigments and wax on paper, often developed outdoors before being resolved in the studio.
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2025 · Landscape Painting Today (group), Messums West, Tisbury, Wiltshire: 11 Jan – 24 Feb
2024 · Emerging Landscape Painting Today (Online) (group), Messums London: 9 Oct – 16 Nov
2023–2024 · The Ballinglen Arts Foundation & Museum of Art: First Biennial — International Open Call Exhibition in the West of Ireland (group), Ballycastle, Co. Mayo: 7 Oct – 10 Jan
2004 · On Bogs & Moorland (solo), The Cat & The Moon Gallery, Sligo: Feb – Mar -
Affiliations
INTERFACE, Inagh, Connemara: Member
Messums London and Messums West: Exhibiting artist in Emerging Landscape Painting Today (Online, 2024) and Landscape Painting Today (2025)
Ballinglen Museum of Art: Exhibiting artist in the First Biennial International Open Call (2023–2024)
Design collaboration
Christopher Farr: Rugs including Earth Matters and Two Earths
