Vanessa Jordan
Co-Director

Elizabeth Curran is a painter, performer, writer, and singer. Curran is a Galway native recently completing a Masters in Creative Practice in the Centre for Creative Arts and Media, ATU Galway. Curran graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Painting from NCAD in 2013. The artist is currently on the Board of Directors at 126 Artist - Run Gallery in Galway.
Curran’s work is laced with mythology of the self, with strong correspondence to universal mysticism and Irish tradition, folklore and myth. Curran utilizes reflections of the self and personal experience, embodied as the protagonist of the work, to which finds her identity rooted in her homeland of the west of Ireland.
Conor Burke is a multi-media Visual Artist based in Galway City. Burke has a Masters in Art & Design Education (TUS, Limerick) as well as a BA in Fine Art/ Art and Design with digital media from ATU (Galway). He is a founding member of Unit-22 artist collective and currently works out of Mart studios Galway.
Burke incorporates strong architectural and construction based elements into his work which are often laden with political and philosophical underpinnings which emanate from his role as community activist, Burke's work is concerned with processes of change, with a strong emphasizes on transitions between concept and materiality.
Lindsay Merlihan is a Michigan-born, Galway-based visual artist working through mixed media, painting, and creative production. Her art is inspired by concepts of depth psychology, alchemy and archetype informed by a certificate in Jungian Psychology with Art Therapy and an MA of Art, Psyche and the Creative Imagination through Limerick School of Art and Design. She is the creative director of the Irish language project ALLTAR which programs Irish arts through live events.
As a Co-Director of the 126 Board, she is passionate about platforming pioneers of Irish arts who are responsive and forward-thinking. Her involvement began in December of 2021.
The advisory board maintains the long-term memory of 126 gallery. As well as advising the Board of Directors on a range of issues, they actively advocate for the gallery to support its work.
In June 2014, 126 launched an internship programme in partnership with GMIT’s Centre for Creative Arts & Media. The internship is awarded to recent graduates who apply through an open call and runs for six months every year. Those selected have the opportunity to take on tasks and learn new skills, they then have the task of curating an exhibition in the 126 Gallery at the end of the internship.