Gerard O’Brien is a visual artist working in drawing and video. His work is predominantly concerned with landscapes - built and unbuilt and natural history. There is a blurring of boundaries in his work between design and fine art.

He has degrees in Zoology, Landscape Architecture and Fine Art and his work reflects his varied studies.

He has been making artwork for decades but went back to study Fine Art in 2022, graduating with a MA in 2024.

For a number of years while living in Scotland he was part of Dundee Artists in Residence (D-AiR) and exhibited with them in a number of art ‘festivals’ in the city of Dundee. More recently as part of his studies he had the chance to exhibit with his cohorts in an interim show titled ‘Gaffer Tape’. The MA final show ‘Way Station’ took place in the Complex, Dublin.

After graduating he was visual artist for a theatre project concerning endangered birds in Ireland (those on the Red List). This brought together many of his different themes and was a collaborative processes - collaboration having become an important aspect of his work.

He is part of collective Landscapes in Motion, whose members span across a number of European countries.