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.

Thomas St Campus

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6–14 June

Fri 6 6pm–9pm
Sat 7 10am–5pm
Sun 8 10am–5pm
Mon 9 10am–8pm
Tue 10 10am–8pm
Wed 11 10am–8pm
Thu 12 10am–8pm
Fri 13 10am–8pm
Sat 14 10am–6pm

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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Mon 9 June 10am–6pm
Tues 10 June 10am–6pm
Wed 11 June 10am–6pm
Thur 12 June 10am–6pm
Fri 13 June 10am–6pm
Sat 14 June 10am–6pm

Courses on show:

MFA in Fine Art

BA Illustration

Simon Rischar

he/him

Through the Seams

Growing up with an Italian mother and a German father, I have had extensive exposure to diverse cultural experiences which serve as a key inspiration for my illustration. An interest in storytelling developed from the stories shared by my parents when I was a small child. My particular influence derives from video games, movies and graphic novels across many genres, specifically science fiction.

When examining science fiction, I came to the realisation that stories, or folklore, are retold and passed down, evolving through generations. Through this, I looked back at the fairy tales my parents shared with me and picked one to share with you, as a science fiction story. The comic book format provides the perfect medium in which to work, with a mix of digital and traditional media, such as black ink. The results is a body of work focusing on mystery and discovery.

'Through the Seams', trailer

Through the Seams, graphic novel, pile, 19 x 28cm — Through the Seams, graphic novel, pile, 19 x 28cm

Through the Seams, graphic novel, internal view, 19 x 28cm — Through the Seams, graphic novel, internal view, 19 x 28cm

Through the Seams, graphic novel, internal view, 19 x 28cm — Through the Seams, graphic novel, internal view, 19 x 28cm

Through the Seams, graphic novel, back cover, 19 x 28cm — Through the Seams, graphic novel, back cover, 19 x 28cm

Through the Seams, graphic novel, pile, 19 x 28cm — Through the Seams, graphic novel, pile, 19 x 28cm

Through the Seams, graphic novel, internal view, 19 x 28cm — Through the Seams, graphic novel, internal view, 19 x 28cm

Under the Hood, diagram, 84 x 59cm — Under the Hood, diagram, 84 x 59cm

Research

<p><em>Through the Seams,</em> graphic novel creation, inked pages</p> — Through the Seams, graphic novel creation, inked pages

<p><em>Through the Seams</em>, production</p> — Through the Seams, production

<p><em>Through the Seams</em>, folding the cover</p> — Through the Seams, folding the cover

<p><em>Under the Hood,</em> inking</p> — Under the Hood, inking

<p><em>Under the Hood</em>, inking</p> — Under the Hood, inking