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arts · Tuesday 11 August 2026 · Various 
In the Pale Light of a Shadow - Oisin Tozer
At Ballina Arts Centre · Barrett Street, Ballina, Co. Mayo
At Ballina Arts Centre · Barrett Street, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Oisin Tozer’s exhibition at Ballina Arts Centre is a site-responsive installation, meaning it was made for these rooms rather than shipped in ready-made. The work looks at how we perceive and relate to the world around us, and to nature in particular. It is built from a set of interconnected, visually spare pieces that pull on local Ballina ecology as well as on philosophical sources.
Rather than a wall of framed pictures, the show works through imagery, subtle gestures and small interventions in the space itself. The questions it raises are about where the line between nature and culture actually falls, and it asks them through materials, time and the physical mark humans leave on an environment. It is a quiet show and it rewards a slow walk through rather than a quick look. It runs alongside Val McLoughlin’s painting exhibition Quarters in the same building over the same dates, so one visit covers both. Admission to both is free and the arts centre is open Tuesday to Saturday.
Ballina Arts Centre is on Barrett Street in the middle of Ballina, a couple of minutes from the town’s main shopping streets and the River Moy. By car, the N26 runs up from Swinford and Foxford, the N59 comes across from Sligo and Ballysadare, and the N57 connects Ballina with Castlebar via Foxford. Irish Rail runs a Ballina branch line, with services connecting at Manulla Junction for Dublin Heuston and Westport. Bus Eireann links Ballina with Castlebar, Sligo, Galway and Dublin. There is on-street parking around the town centre and public car parks close to the arts centre.
Heading to Ballina Arts Centre in Ballina? Mayo has plenty more to see. Read the Ballina area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.