Professor Sarah Glennie ∙ Director

NCAD WORKS 2025 provides a portal to the full breadth of work by our extraordinary graduates from across our four schools of Fine Art, Design, Education, and Visual Culture and encompasses students graduating from our broad range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and CEAD programmes.

We are extremely proud of this year’s graduating students who each in different ways demonstrate NCAD’s belief in the vital contribution that creative practice makes to our society as a force that creates space for care, reflection, innovation and new thinking—all of which are essential to a cohesive and dynamic society and economy.

NCAD’s graduates are the pipeline that drive Ireland’s creative and cultural sectors and their work will have an impact across society in years to come.

Their own lived experience of our complex world is central to our graduates’ work. As part of their journey, NCAD students have the opportunity to develop their creative practice beyond the walls of campus through long-term engagements with community partners and collaborators in a range of settings. These collaborations expand their experience and understanding of key societal issues such as housing, cultural identity and social cohesion and climate crises, and are reflected in their final projects.

The work of this generation of NCAD students not only provides critical insights into society today, but also reminds us that the possibility of transformation exists with fresh, solution-focused thinking. Their creativity reinforces the power of art and design to influence and inspire real change.

We hope you enjoy this digital experience of the work of our extraordinary graduates.

We are extremely proud of all that they have achieved, and we look forward to following their creative journeys in the future.

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Courses on show:

BA Fashion
BA Jewellery & Objects
BA Textile & Surface Design
Joint (Hons) Education Design or Fine Art
BA Graphic Design
BA Illustration
BA Moving Image Design
BA Interaction Design
BA Product Design
BA Applied Materials
Textile Art & Artefact
Hard Materials (Ceramics & Glass)
Media
Painting
Print
Sculpture & Expanded Practice
BA Visual Culture
MA Interaction Design
Prof. Dip. Service Design

Rua Red

Plás Parthalán, Tallaght
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Courses on show:

MFA in Fine Art

Higher Diploma in Art

Paula Weir

she/her

Made Visible: A Conversation on Hidden Disabilities

In this work, I explore what is often overlooked or dismissed in our world- hidden disabilities. I approached this from the vantage point of my own condition: Multiple Sclerosis, often referred to as the “Snowflake Disease.” My intention was to open up a conversation around the everyday lived experiences of these conditions.

The first part of the work was generated from first-hand knowledge of the physical experience. Using ink, drawing tools, and thread woven into fragile papers, I created drawings that were then damaged and reconstructed, reflecting the fragmented and fluctuating nature of the illness. A moving image component conveys a more visceral sense of this perspective. The snowflake sculpture- made from over 10,000 pieces of tissue- represents the uniqueness of each person’s experience with MS.

The second part of the project was developed in collaboration with MS Ireland. Through a workshop, participants were invited to try an MS simulation kit. Their feedback and experiences informed a second video piece, expanding the conversation beyond the personal to include a wider community of voices.

Series 1: What You Don't See — Series 1: What You Don't See

Series 1: The Snowflake Disease — Series 1: The Snowflake Disease

Series 1: What You Don't See 2 — Series 1: What You Don't See 2

Series 2: What You Don't See 4 — Series 2: What You Don't See 4

Excerpt 1: My Eye Inside and Out, O.N. — Excerpt 1: My Eye Inside and Out, O.N.

Series 2: What You Don't See 5 — Series 2: What You Don't See 5

Made Visible: Hidden Disabilities — Made Visible: Hidden Disabilities

10200... — 10200...

Excerpt 2: Sparks — Excerpt 2: Sparks

Excerpt 3: No Signal — Excerpt 3: No Signal

The Lived Experience Experiment: In Ireland, there are over 10,000 people with MS. Many aspects of the illness are not visible. As part of this work, I created a collaborative piece exploring how we make hidden disabilities visible.

Self-Portrait with Stick

Research

<p>The Lived Experience, experiment 1</p> — The Lived Experience, experiment 1

<p>The Lived Experience, experiment 2</p> — The Lived Experience, experiment 2

<p><em>Scaling Up</em></p> — Scaling Up

<p>Moving image planning & editing, wire frames</p> — Moving image planning & editing, wire frames

<p><em>Sensory Confusion, The Descent & A Self Portrait With Stick</em></p> — Sensory Confusion, The Descent & A Self Portrait With Stick