Fiona Finnegan (b. 1979) is a Belfast-based painter whose
work explores memory, myth, and the uncanny. Her
compositions transform figures, places, and objects into
layered palimpsests, surfaces where presence and absence
coexist.
Built through cycles of layering, sanding, and erasure
on linen and panel, her paintings create dreamlike spaces in
which fragments of personal and cultural memory emerge.
Influenced by Romanticism, symbolism, surrealism, and
Victorian photography, Finnegan’s work draws on folklore,
myth, and imaginative narratives.
She has exhibited widely in
the UK, Ireland, and internationally. A recipient of multiple Arts
Council of Northern Ireland awards, her work is held in public
and private collections including the Arts Council of Northern
Ireland and the University of Ulster.
