Julie Corcoran Artist Statement

(this is a living document that grows and evolves as I do)

My practice explores the human condition through use of photography and printmaking. As a woman from a city, living in rural Ireland I explore themes that affect me; identity, ritual, and spiritual connection to place. I am particularly drawn to liminal spaces — both physical and emotional — where transformation, reflection, and quiet resistance take root.

My foundation is in digital photography and archival printmaking, but recent years have seen a deliberate shift in my approach. I have begun to question the environmental and ethical impact of image-making, and to move towards slower, more sustainable processes that invites collaboration with the natural world.

I consider my work an act of both making and unmaking — unlearning harmful habits and opening space for new, generous ways of creating.

Influenced by artists such as Rita Duffy, Alice Maher, Jesse Presley Jones, Amanda Coogan and Aideen Barry I seek to create work that holds space for uncertainty and dialogue. Whether through large-scale cyanotypes, silk prints, or pocket sized silver gelatin prints, I aim to honour the process as much as the outcome — to reflect rather than extract, and to explore what it means to make art in ethical conversation with our environment.