Léann Herlihy in Chicago

Léann Herlihy is Jackman Goldwasser artist-in-residence at Hyde Park Arts Center

Open studio:
Hyde Park Arts Center
5020 South Cornell Avenue
Chicago

Saturday 4 April 2026
1–4pm

Developed through an exchange partnership between Askeaton Contemporary Arts and Hyde Park Arts Center, Léann Herilhy travels to Chicago to continue work on their ongoing transdisciplinary project With Everything We’ve Got! Highlighting the urgency of queer and trans* self-defence clubs in preserving community existence, Léann will actively support the strong network of community defence within the Chicago region, and witness how these communities offer complex and nuanced narratives of place and identity. 

Léann Herlihy (they/them) is an artist, researcher and educator based in Dublin. With a practice is informed by trans, queer ecological, feminist and abolitionist theoretical frameworks, they have produced exhibitions, live performances and workshops that explore collective engagement and resistance. Léann Herlihy’s exhibitions include Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Innsbruck International Biennial, VISUAL Carlow and Toronto Biennial of Art; and EVA International, Limerick.

Herlihy will additionally feature as part of Tuneful Places, a group exhibition curated by Askeaton Contemporary Arts at Co-Prosperity, Chicago, opening 7 April 2026.

Image: Yǔjié Zhōu