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.