Kathleen O’Leary’s Artist Statement 

I’m an Artist and collaborator with my healing studio based in Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland.

I completed a Masters Degree in Art in the Contemporary World from NCAD, Dublin, 2013 and a B.F.A (Hons) Degree, I.T., Sligo, 2005.

Since then I have trained in several holistic healing approaches and this has created a roof for all of my creative and healing practices to merge together.

I am now a multidisciplinary healing practitioner, artist, and educator with a background in Contemporary Arts, Reiki, Crystal healing, Aromatherapy, Herbalism, and Sound Therapy.

My holistic arts practice involves creating and developing a particular goal towards inclusion and participation within an artistic and holistic research context.

My interests in communicating interpretations of the body and the landscape have become a cohesive language. Language linguistics have become a part of my research. I often include my own body within these lexicons.

In recent years collaborations with artists, architects, engineers, designers, fabricators, health and social care practitioners, musicians, performers and technicians have lead to new and creative interactive audio and visual artworks.

As an artist my work is multidisciplinary including processes such as Aromatherapy, Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Reiki, Drawing, Dance, Performance, Printmaking, Video, Sculpture/Installation, Photography, Interactive Media, Sound and Oracle Reading. These layers conceptualise and create reflections on the ever-changing world by utilizing the abstract space in-between to create a unique perspective and pliable structure.

These contexts have become my methods for navigating the blurry terrain of memory and imagination, reflecting my viewpoint of the world. I trace and retrace, navigating my path, mapping serves as a metaphor for searching, an implication of the unknown in wide, open spaces, paralleled with my personal confines, exploring ‘time and space’ in my research methodologies.

My approach bridges the worlds of creativity, holistic wellbeing, and personal transformation, offering a safe and supportive space where clients can reconnect with themselves, restore balance, and cultivate resilience.

Drawing upon years of artistic practice and holistic training, each session is designed to support the whole person—mind, body, emotions, and spirit.

Exploring creativity as a pathway for reflection, self-expression, and personal growth.