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Aster Reem David, images from an ongoing series ’TheMicroLab’. Image courtesy of the artist. Aster Reem David, images from an ongoing series ’TheMicroLab’. Image courtesy of the artist. Aster Reem David, images from an ongoing series ’TheMicroLab’. Image courtesy of the artist. Aster Reem David, images from an ongoing series ’TheMicroLab’. Image courtesy of the artist.
In Spring 2026 Kunstverein hosted a short residency in continued exploration of multiple modes of engagement with emerging and evolving contemporary artistic practice. We welcomed Connemara based Aster Reem David to Aughrim for a week-long micro resdiency at The Lodge at Aughavannagh Barracks, our new residency partners.  

Aster founded a project titled The Bryo Lab, a repository of ongoing work in progress and new multimedia works, research, studies, experiments, observations & queer amalgamations with moss, lichen, fungi, algae and other non-human kin. 

Aster Reem David (they/he/she) is an interdisciplinary artist from the UK. Their practice is guided by the theoretical frameworks of queer ecology and ecological thought, exploring the complex relationships between the human and more-than-human worlds through queer lens and experience. Aster employs experimental and hybrid modes of installation, sculpture, video, printmaking, alternative photography and non-traditional art tools to create immersive environments that challenge conventional understandings of the natural world. Aster received a BA in Photographic Arts from the University of Westminster, London and holds a Masters in Art & Ecology from the Burren College of Art, Ireland. Their project ‘Salt and Light’ was published in ‘Disturbed Ecologies: Photography, Geopolitics, and the Northern Landscape in the Era of Environmental Crisis’. They also exhibited their graduate work in Cork and Galway in 2023. Aster is currently based in rural Ireland, where they continue to co-create and explore their queerness and push the boundaries of their practice through reflection, experiment and collaboration with the more-than-human world.

Kunstverein’s collaboration with Aster Reem David is supported by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon. This residency was hosted in collaboration with The Lodge at Aughavannagh Barracks.