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VAARI CLAFFEY

Vaari Claffey, Gracelands at the Milkmarket, EVA International, 2012. ‘‘Crossed Readings, Having a Coke with You’ by Vaari Claffey and Dan Keogh. Photo: Oisin Byrne Vaari Claffey, Magnetism, Hazelwood, Sligo, 2015. Sculptural installation by Mikala Dwyer. Photo: Denis Mortell Vaari Claffey, Cinema Pavilion for ‘People’s Cinema Salzburg’, Erika Hock, 2016. Photo: Salzburger Kunstverein Vaari Claffey, Gracelands at the Milkmarket, EVA International, 2012. ‘30 Drafts’ set designed by Vaari Claffey and Oisin Byrne. Photo: Oisin Byrne
Kunstverein will accompany the artistic practice of Vaari Claffey in a curatorial capacity throughout 2026. Claffey is currently developing a major new project, The Clearing. This ambitious, multistage public art project will unfold across a series of unusual and established community and cultural locations around Aughrim and Tinahely, County Wicklow. Supported by an Arts Council Project Award, and working in collaboration with commissioned artists, the Courthouse Arts Centre Tinahely, and Aughrim’s Craic in the Granite Music & Arts Festival, The Clearing will take place (in the form of an exhibition, performace event, and screening programme) in Summer 2026.

Vaari Claffey is an independent curator, educator, and visual arts director based in Dublin, Ireland, known for her innovative and experiential projects. Her practice involves collaborating closely with artists to stage large-scale exhibitions and public art commissions across various media.

Previous projects include Dirty Solutions - Dry Run at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin (2025), Why Be An Artist? After Noel Sheridan, with Oisin Byrne (2022), Isolation TV with Salzburger Kunstverein (2020), I am the Beat at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2019), Gracelands, Magnetism (2015), This is Going to Take More than One Night with Alice Rekab, Bea McMahon and Sarah Pierce (2010).

Kunstverein’s collaboration with Vaari Claffey is supported by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.