Vera Ryklova
Vera is a visual artist who works in lens-based media and has been developing her practice over the past six years.
In 2020 Vera was one of five Irish Talents that represented PhotoIreand at FUTURES, a Europe-based platform for photography. In 2017 she won the Hotron Art Works Prize for work by a recent graduate and in 2016 she was shortlisted for the Hennessy Portrait Prize, which exhibited at the National Gallery of Ireland.
Her work has featured in photography journals and publications and is included in the arts collections of Trinity College Dublin and The Arts Council.
Originally from the Czech Republic, Vera moved to Ireland in 2007. Based in Dublin, Vera has also been resident in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny.
She recently completed her MA in Art and Research Collaboration (2021) at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire. In 2015 she graduated from the same Institute with a BA (Hons) in Photography. She also has a background in education.