The Merrion Plinth Prize 2019 - The Merrion Hotel, Dublin

The Merrion Plinth was created to celebrate the hotel’s 21 years in business, and through an open submission process for professional artists a shortlist of five artists were selected including Alva Gallagher, Jane Rainey, Lee Welch, Marcel Vidal and Orla Whelan. The judges included Lochlann Quinn, Chairman of the hotel, Patrick Murphy, Director of the RHA and Oonagh Young, Director of The Oonagh Young Gallery.

Artist Orla Whelan is the inaugural winner of The Merrion Plinth Award, pictured here with her winning piece: ‘Chaos Bewitched,’ 2019, Oil, birch wood, glass.

To know more, please see: https://www.merrionhotel.com/blog/merrion-plinth/