Amanda Dunsmore is currently researching for a Democracy and Politics commission. Invited by the Fingal County Council Arts Office as part of the Irelands Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, Media’s Decade of Centenaries Legacy programme. Dunsmore is exploring the history and legacy of local government in Fingal and will develop an art project rooted in the social and political history of the county, exploring governmental structures from the local through to the global. Current research includes conversations with local archivists, historians and councillors.

Other significant projects include: the KEEPER archive (1997-ongoing), initiated whilst Artist-in-Residence, at The Maze/Long Kesh prison, in Northern Ireland and the LGBTQI+ project BECOMING CHRISTINE.

Dr Lydia Foy's filmed portrait will show in the National Gallery of Ireland's AIB portrait group exhibition, November - March 2025. The solo exhibition and Irish Edition of AGREEMENT will show at the Bourne Vincent Gallery, University of Limerick, Ireland, in 2025.

Since 1992, Dunsmore has exhibited internationally including Signs of Life' the inaugural Melbourne International Biennial, Australia (1999); Aabenraa Biennial (2012), Denmark; Galerie Coac, Berlin Germany (2005) ; IDAO/Kara Hughes Gallery, Chicago (1992, 1995, 1996, 2005); The Mitchell Gallery, Edmonton (2024) and Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada (1997); ArtHouse, Sydney, Australia (2000); KunstRaum Goethestrasse, Austria, (2008, 2009, 2019); International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Genève, Switzerland (2006); Motorenhalle, Dresden, (2005) and ACC Gallerie, Weimar, Germany (1997, 1999, 2019). In Ireland; at The Model (2022), Sligo; Crawford Art Gallery, (2007, 2014, 2023, 2024), the Triskel Art Centre, (2005) Cork; the Hugh Lane Gallery (2018), the Royal Hibernian Academy/RHA (2018), Rathfarnham Castle (2006) NCAD Gallery (2009), Dublin; Regional Arts Centre, Donegal (2019); Bourne Vincent Gallery, University of Limerick, (2019, 2024); Void Gallery, Derry/Londonderry (2005); Belfast Exposed Gallery of Photography, (2020); Ulster University, Belfast, (2023); Omagh Baths Gallery, Belfast, (1997, 2005) Northern Ireland.

Amanda Dunsmore’s work has been supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund (UK), The Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast City Council, The British Council, Arts Council of Ireland, Dublin City; Galway County; Clare County and Fingal County Arts Offices. Culture Ireland and the Consulate General of Ireland | Vancouver.

Her artworks are held in national and international public collections and she is represented by ACC Galerie, Germany, for the major public artwork PLAN and collaborates through public art commissions, with social practice organisation/gallery KunstRaum xtd, Linz, Austria.

Dunsmore studied at the Newport College of Further Education, South Wales, 1986-87, the Ulster University, Belfast, 1987-1991 and the University of Limerick, 1999-2000. She lives in County Clare and is a Lecturer in Fine Art, at Limerick School of Art and Design, TUS, Ireland.

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