Aislinn Connolly/Aislinn Ní Chonghaile (Australia) is an artist working on Gadigal land and a graduate of the National Art School. Born in the western suburbs of Sydney into the Irish diaspora, she has lived in both rural Ireland and Sydney.

Based in the inner-west, this diverse and eclectic area strongly influences her research interests. She blends scholarly enquiry with field research to investigate how magic is being redefined in contemporary art and moving away from historical marginalisation.

Her paintings do not seek to achieve a representational outcome nor are they linked to forms of cultural specificity, instead painting and magic converge as practices that operate at the edge of perception. She achieves this through painted surfaces that employ a minimalist methodology with a symbolist aesthetic. The formal qualities of her paintings are linked to the Australian artists Rosaleen Norton (1917-1979), Robert Hunter (1943-2025) as well as the Symbolist painters of the 19th century.

Connolly is engaged with contemporary arts interest in magic on an international level. She traveled to Berlin in 2026 to undertake a masterclass on the topic with the Australian artist Emily Hunt.

She is the recipient of the Mark Henry Cain Memorial Travel Scholarship (2023) and the Parkers Sydney Fine Art Drawing Award (2023).