Mná na hÉireann: Irish Female MEPs – Past and Present
Photo Museum Ireland,Photographs by Kaupo Kikkas,1 - 11 March 2023
As 2023 marks 50 years of Ireland’s membership of the European Union, we are proud to present this portrait exhibition of Irish women MEPs. The portraits were commissioned from the renowned Estonian photographer, Kaupo Kikkas. Kikkas captures the individuality and distinctive personality of his subjects, who range from Síle de Valera, one of Ireland’s first female MEPs, right up to the five incumbents. The work is a testimony to the evolution of attitudes regarding gender equality and to the gradual increase of Irish female representation in the European Parliament.
Exhibition Tour - International Women’s Day
1.15pm Wednesday 8 March
The images in the exhibition are featured in a special accompanying publication which includes pen portraits of the MEPs by the distinguished Irish historian Dr. Sinéad McCoole. The book is available free of charge to school groups and to other visitors on request.
Exhibition organised by the European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland.
About Artist
Kaupo Kikkas (b. 1983) is an Estonian visual artist and photographer of classical musicians. Inspired by his homeland of Estonia and his own career in the musical arts, much of his work explores themes involving nature and music. He conducted his formal training in photography at Finland’s Visual Arts Institute, and he continues to blend his own musical training into his photographic work of portraits which portray the sensitivity and nuances of classical music.
His recent exhibition “Inner Cosmos” premiered in 2022 at the “Fotografiska” Institute in Tallinn, attracting over 25 000 visitors. His other recent and internationally recognized exhibitions have included Treescape (2016), Ansel (2018), and the multidisciplinary sculpture “Sphere-20” (2021). A number of his photographic collections have been published as books, including Ansel (2018), and The Story of One Hundred (2018), and Inner Cosmos (2022)
Exhibition organised by the European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland.
