Profiles Issue 3 Launch

Profiles is an annual literary and vis-arts journal dedicated to portraiture in prose and visual art. Join us at the James Joyce Centre to celebrate the launch of Issue 3 of Profiles with readings and discussions from contributors on Saturday, November 30th at 6.30pm. Writers Tom Roseingrave (Gracias a la vida) and Jordan Lillis (The Oyster Pearl) and artists Éadaoin Glynn (Self Portrait with Estrogen Patch 1 (Bathroom Mirror Selfie) and Philip Rainey (The Lightness of Being Seen But Not Shown #1) will be in conversation with editors Clare Healy and Sarah Sturzel.

The launch will also include an exhibition featuring works by Aisling Dunne, Éadaoin Glynn, Thom Kofoed, Marie Le Men, Salvatore of Lucan, Juliette Morrison, Glenn Quigley and Philip Rainey.

Tickets are free but booking is essential.

Preorder the issue here: https://www.profilesjournal.com/shop/p/issue-3-pre-order

Profiles is sponsored by Dublin City Council and Dublin: UNESCO City of Literature. The launch event is kindly sponsored by Hope Beer.

Speakers

Based in Cork, Éadaoin Glynn is a painter who studied literature. She explores ideas of intimacy, memory and hidden female narratives in her work. Her work has been exhibited in the UK, USA and extensively in Ireland. In 2023, she founded The Warrior Artist Podcast as a resource for visual artists. Instagram: @eadaoin_glynn Web: eadaoinglynn.com

Jordan Lillis was runner-up in the Wild Atlantic Words short story competition and longlisted for the Fish Poetry Prize (both 2021). She is currently undergoing a PhD in Creative Writing in UCC, as part of which she hopes to publish a collection of short stories. She lives in Galway.

Philip Rainey is a visual artist based in Northern Ireland. Their practice incorporates lens-based art alongside text and installation. They are interested in how art can be encountered as a spatial and sensory experience. Their work has been exhibited in Flax Art Studios; Arcade Studios and Pollen Studios. Instagram philip_rainey

Tom Roseingrave (he/they) is a Dubliner. His writing has appeared in The Stinging Fly (2022 & 2024), Banshee, Profiles, The Honest Ulsterman, and elsewhere. In 2024, Tom was awarded a place on the Irish Writers’ Centre National Mentoring Programme. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of Frustrated Writers’ Group.

Exhibitors

Aisling Dunne is a multi-disciplinary artist from North County Dublin and has a BA (Hons) Fine Art Sculpture from NCAD. She was shortlisted for the Zurich Portrait Prize 2023. She has exhibited widely and is supported by the Arts Council and Fingal Arts Office.

Thom Kofoed studied Fine Art at the University of Brighton, graduating in 2009. He is predominantly a portrait artist with an obsessive preoccupation with camp pop culture. His hope is that with time the work can stop being a desperate yearning for what's gone and start being a celebration of it instead.

Marie Le Men is a visual artist based in Dublin. She loves watercolour for its lightness and translucent quality. Originally from France, she is a self-taught artist inspired by photography, books and cinema. Her work is mainly figurative and revolves around empathy and emancipation from norms. She was shortlisted for the Zurich Portrait Prize 2023.

Salvatore of Lucan's paintings attempt to create expansive domestic scenes where realism meets the uncanny and the familiar broaches the magical. His recent solo exhibitions include Fancy Situations, Kevin Kavanagh (2024), Dead Present, Kevin Kavanagh (2022) and Melodrama, Hang Tough Contemporary (2021). He was the winner of the National Gallery of Ireland's Portrait Prize in 2021.

Juliette Morrison is a multidisciplinary artist based in London. At the heart of her creative exploration lies the practice of autoethnography – this involves using self-reflection and photography to explore anecdotal and personal experience. This introspective journey connects the individual experience to broader cultural and social contexts.

Glenn Quigley is an author and artist originally from Tallaght in Dublin, and now living in Lisburn with his husband. His work in both print and paint celebrates the gay bear subculture.

The James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

Cover art: 'The Lightness of Being Seen But Not Shown #1', oil pastel, by Philip Rainey.