Elena Gallagher (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Dublin, Ireland. Their practice explores the concept of space and the ways in which individuals perceive, navigate, and engage with their environment. Walking is central to their process, serving as both a method of research and a means of documenting the landscapes they encounter.

Materiality plays a pivotal role in this inquiry: Gallagher gathers found objects, photographs, audio, video, and drawing-based responses to build complex, multi-sensory archives of place. These materials are then translated into layered installations that resist idealized or static representations of landscape, offering instead porous, provisional mappings of experience. Through disrupting dominant spatial narratives, their work cultivates alternative modes of engagement, foregrounding presence, attention, and interaction. 

Gallagher's work seeks to challenge and expand spatial perception, prompting viewers to reconsider their relationship with the environments they inhabit. Through this nuanced investigation into space, materiality, and the hidden structures that shape human experience, their work offers new ways of understanding our connection to place and the profound impact of simply paying attention to where we are.

They hold a Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting from the National College of Art and Design (NCAD), Dublin. Their studies and artistic development have been shaped by international exchanges to the Oslo National Academy of the Arts; Aldea – Centre for Contemporary Art, Design and Technology in Bergen; and the Barcelona Academy of Art. Gallagher has exhibited across Ireland in cross-university and collaborative shows in Dublin, Limerick, and Cork, as well as internationally at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.