Aislinn Connolly (Australia) is an artist working on Gadigal land and a graduate of the National Art School. She has lived in Sydney’s inner-west for over two decades and this diverse and eclectic area strongly influences her research interests.

She was born in the western suburbs of Sydney into the Irish diaspora; her family emigrated from West Belfast to Sydney in the 1970s. Her Anglicised surname is Connolly; as an artist she has reclaimed the decolonised original, Ní Chonghaile.

Education

  • 2024-2025 Master of Fine Art (Painting), National Art School (NSW)

  • 2021-2023 Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), National Art School (NSW)

  • Associate Diploma in Graphic Design, Design Centre Enmore (NSW)

Group Exhibitions

  • May 2025: MFA1 Painting, Group show, Stairwell Gallery, National Art School

  • December 2023: The Grad Show, National Art School

  • August 2023: NAS NEO, National Art School

  • February 2023: NAS Drawing Week Exhibition

Awards & Scholarships

  • Mark Henry Cain Travel Scholarship (2023)

  • Parkers Sydney Fine Art Drawing Award (2023)