Aaron Sunderland Carey
Aaron is a mixed-media and socially engaged artist from Dublin. His work bridges art, community, and social change, with a particular focus on collaborating with communities in Dublin 8.
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Aaron’s multidisciplinary practice – spanning painting, printmaking, and multimedia – amplifies overlooked voices and explores themes such as public planning, marginalisation, addiction, masculinity, and class.
Aaron has worked with the Rialto Youth Project on numerous community-based initiatives and is currently collaborating with them on contributions to the What Does He Need? Boys in the making exhibition, a major event taking place in January 2025. This ongoing project critically examines how societal constructs shape young boys’ experiences and how they, in turn, shape the world around them, with a focus on masculinity and social conditioning. What Does He Need? is a long term project by Rialto Youth Project, Artist and Educator Fiona Whelan and Broken Talkers Theatre Company.
Aaron’s deep engagement with the community of Ballymun for this work underscores his commitment to creating art that fosters empathy, drives social change, and challenges structural inequalities. Aaron’s recent projects include Stones (2024), a powerful exploration of the reciprocal relationship between individuals and their environments. This work, exhibited in 2024, reflects on how people are shaped by their surroundings and how they, in turn, influence their communities. Aaron has exhibited at venues such as Outset Gallery in Galway, Axis Ballymun, and NCAD. Following his residency in Axis Ballymun(2024) and moving into his new residency at studio 468 he continues to promote social justice, inspire dialogue, and cultivate meaningful connections through art. Aaron is also pursuing an M.A. in Art and Social Action in NCAD.