Leah O’Callaghan is a Germany based artist. Her work varies from Jewelery in a more conventional sense, to more sculptural objects to photographic works.
With her work she cretas a context in which the human body, the materiality of the objects and the environment fuse. A play between closeness and distance, both physical and conceptual. The human body is an integral part of this context, which makes the objects and their meaning, more accessible, more personal. We feel part of it.
The source of her inspiration lives in the interspaces between people - in the emotional, social connections we form. In her practice she explores these intangible areas and transforms them into something physical. The object becomes the translator pointing toward something bigger.
“I want to stay aware of where I stand, of the space I act in. I want to create connection between people, within communities, across disciplines. I truly believe that design and art are always social and therefore political. The activities around them are labeled “culture,” and culture reflects how a society thinks and behaves.
I want to use my creativity, my skills, and my sensitivity to work toward awareness, honest exchange, gentleness and opportunity.”
10.25
objective subjective,Dutch Design Week
05.25
objective subjective, Milano Design Week
02.25
amortize,Munich Jewelry Week
01.25
Brötzinger Art Pforzheim
07.24
Pforzheim Galerie
05.24
sempre in giro,Milano Design Week
04.23
currents of desire,LAF Pforzheim
07.23
Edelsteine - Schütt Witwe,Pforzheim
12.23 - 06.23
Pforzheim
02.24 - ...
Pforzheim
10.23 - ...
Semseter representative
Faculty of Design Pforzheim
2015 - 2020
German Lifesaving Society Ketsch
2015 - 2017
School representative
04.25 - ...
Project Coordinator
Designers in Residence & Exhibition Management,
EMMA Kreativzentrum Pforzheim
09.24 - ...
Tutor for the analog photography labrotory/ darkroom, Faculty of Design Pforzheim
10.24 - ...
Assistance for exhibition assembly and dismantling, Pforzheim Cultural Department