Sinéad Keogh to curate TULCA 2026: Veruca Salt

TULCA Festival of Visual Arts is pleased to announce Sinéad Keogh as the curator of the 24th edition of the festival, entitled Veruca Salt. The festival will run from November 6th to 22nd, discover more about it here..

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Sinéad Keogh is a multimedia performance installation artist and curator with an MFA from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin. Keogh is the founder, director and curator of Soul Noir: Festival of the Dark Arts, a Dublin based festival for the Gothic and alternative arts (2017–2024).

above: Sinéad Keogh

Keogh’s curatorial practice aims to engage audiences with countercultural, underground and alternative voices that are often absent from the mainstream arts scene. Work with artists is approached in a direct and considered manner, alongside expanded programming and community engagement that seeks to broaden access and participation. A strong feminist position is present within this practice, alongside advocacy for artists and audiences who are blind or visually impaired.

Keogh has worked with artists ranging from emerging artists such as Bassam Al-Sabah and Shota Kotake to cult experimental film artist Vivienne Dick to other esteemed, established visual artists such as Alice Maher.

“I am very honoured to be working with TULCA and to be developing a programme that platforms underrepresented communities, women’s groups, and artists working outside of conventional structures. The 2026 edition brings together these practices through a shared ethos of punk and DIY culture, with a focus on collaboration, collective action, and community engagement,” says Sinéad Keogh, TULCA 2026 Curator.

above: Rachel Garfield, Art Sex Work: Brixton Hill Punctum, video still, 2022

The 24th edition of TULCA Festival of Visual Arts, entitled Veruca Salt, considers what it means to know who you are and know what you want. The selected artists and community partners engage with practices that operate at the  periphery of the mainstream, dismantle gender roles, and challenge dominant  norms within an ambitious and inclusive programme. Veruca Salt is a punk and women-led proposition that seeks to disrupt through transgressive agency and a strong sense of conviction. TULCA is now accepting submissions for the Open Call. For information on how to apply, and to read a short curatorial statement from Sinéad Keogh, visit the Open Call here.