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- Engagement 0.89%
- Avg likes 52
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About GOMA Waterford
GOMA Waterford (@gomawaterford) is an Art Gallery creator on Instagram, also filed under Art & DIY. The account has 5,198 followers and 890 published posts. Recent posts average 52 likes and 1 comment, an engagement rate of 0.89%.
GOMA Waterford belongs to the nano tier, the band usually drawn between 1,000 and 10,000 followers. GOMA Waterford follows 1,197 accounts, so the audience is roughly 4.3 times the size of the list followed. GOMA Waterford is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files GOMA Waterford under Art Gallery, with Art & DIY as a secondary category.
The Instagram bio for GOMA Waterford runs to 19 words across 5 lines. The latest activity Flinque has on record for GOMA Waterford dates from June 2026.
890 Posts
Of the 10 most recent posts shown for GOMA Waterford, 7 are single images, 2 are videos and 1 is a carousel. That mix leans toward single images. GOMA Waterford has built a substantial archive of 890 posts. Against the audience, that is roughly 5.8 followers for each post published. All 10 carry captions, averaging 144 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include exhibition, work, join, curated and identity. The captions tag #gomawaterford, #waterfordarts, #irishart, #irishvisualart and #artexhibition.
She's bringing the FRILLS. The FLOURISHES. The finishing touches that transform a look into a LEGEND. 🌸💫
Join Orchid in the GOMA Gallery for an afternoon of texture, abundance, and costume magic. Whether you're dreaming of ruffles, pompoms, bows, trims, or something delightfully strange, bring your costume and let's make it BLOOM. 🌺🪡🧶
Bring:
✂️ Your hand-sewing kit
🌈 Fabric scraps, trims, ribbons, or treasures you'd like to use
👗 (Optional) A costume that needs embellishment, alterations, or a little extra sparkle
💭 Questions, ideas, and works-in-progress
This is a space to experiment, decorate, problem-solve, and get advice on bringing your costume vision to life. Come ready to create, collaborate, and make something unforgettable.
More texture. More colour. More excess. More YOU. ✨
👑✨ ORCHID'S BEST DRESSED HUNT ✨👑
Orchid will be on the lookout all night long for the most fabulous, inventive, extravagant look in the room. The chosen one will be summoned to the stage before the end of the night for a glorious twirl and a moment of Notions in the spolight 🌸💫
And because greatness deserves rewards, our Best Dressed winner will receive TWO TICKETS to the next Notions.
🌸 ORCHID 🌸
Orchid is Waterford's own colorful creation, a true blooming beauty blending glamour and fun campy expression. A master of costume creation who has dazzled many audiences with their performance and will be honouring us with their majestic presence.
You are very welcome to join us at GOMA Waterford for the opening reception on Saturday 13 June 2026, 6–8pm.
Hellbound is an art exhibition by Breda Lynch. This show at GOMA Waterford presents new art work that has not been presented in public before.
In this new exhibition, Breda Lynch presents work that cuts to the heart of how images shape and distort our understanding of identity, sexuality, and belonging. Irreverent and unsettling, Lynch’s practice refuses the comforting notion that society has moved on by holding a mirror up to the present.
Admission free.
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#gomawaterford #waterfordarts #irishvisualart #artexhibition #bredalynch
A very special congratulations to our award recipients:
GOMA Studio Bursary & Residency 2026
Eimear Power — SETU Waterford Visual Art Department
GOMA Graduate Exhibition Award 2027
Ciara Meagher, Sadhbh Daly (SETU Waterford Visual Art Department)
and Louise Clarke, Harrison Connally (MTU Crawford)
All exhibition award recipients will show work at GOMA in 2027, with artist fees, transport, accommodation for opening night, and paid community engagement opportunities included.
#GraduateArt #IrishArt #VisualArt #ArtGraduates2026 #DegreeShow
GOMA Gallery of Modern Art is delighted to present Hellbound, an art exhibition by Breda Lynch. This show at GOMA Waterford presents new artwork that has not been presented in public before.
Working with found imagery and collage, Lynch's practice excavates the visual culture of queer identity, social regulation, and political persuasion across time. The results are wry, disquieting, and refuse easy resolution.
“My art practice examines the aesthetics of visual images from the public domain, with a particular interest in the rhetoric of ‘queer’ identities, practices, and types of social regulation and protest. This interest is rooted in the emergence and evolution of popular culture and the historic assertions of socio-political movements across the circuits of social media, then as now. My practice is at once an archive of the oppositional and conservative, the radical and the phobic, and an opportunity to consider how any public claim achieves performative force through the manipulations of the visual.
While I use irony, humour, and a sense of the ridiculous as a means of subversion, I am also interested in collapsing past and present. Here, my appropriations of ‘found’ imagery and collage techniques suggest that many of the problems of the past – around identity, gender, sexuality etc – haunt our allegedly liberal present. My work aims to be a chilling reminder of how many of us can be persuaded by the pernicious, though ultimately hopes to explode such fictions.”
– Breda Lynch 2026
Curated by Jenna Whelan
A stage & screen acting workshop for those who missed out on the last one in May. Join acting coach Michael Power and learn how to build confidence, exploring acting as a skill, and have a bit of fun!
GOMA Gallery, Thursday July 2nd, 7-9pm, all welcome 🎭
Places are free but limited. Book your spot by emailing:
Eight framed pages from the ledger are presented in the exhibition, offering an unsettling glimpse of the mysterious games of the ceremony. The drawings and objects speak to each other across the gallery, inviting their visitor to move between them and assemble their own account of the ceremony being described. "
Words by Aideen Quirke, curator of Joseph Heffernan's solo exhibition ‘where oxlips and the nodding violet grows’
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'𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘅𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀’ 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗢𝗠𝗔 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝘆 – 𝟲 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
Curated by Aideen Quirke.
📸 Kate Bowe O'Brien
𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀: 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 - 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺–𝟱𝗽𝗺 | 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 | 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲.
#ceremony #ritual #contemporarypainting #irishart #gomawaterford
These narratives rely upon familiar allusions and references but the specifics of the narrative are not readily clear and are left to the viewer to figure out. In this way, the images have a plurality of interpretations, and the viewer is an active producer of these interpretations rather than a passive consumer.
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'𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘅𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀’ 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗢𝗠𝗔 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝘆 – 𝟲 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
Curated by Aideen Quirke.
📸 Kate Bowe O'Brien
𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀: 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 - 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺–𝟱𝗽𝗺 | 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 | 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲.
While the rules of this game are only alluded to, they seem to be an abstract synthesis of poetry, mathematics and esoteric knowledge that envisage the world as an abstruse place full of elaborate rituals involving obscure signs and symbols.
It functions as an intercessor of sorts between the mundanity of the world and the quasi-divine. In the process, the work asks questions about belief and the things that we chose to put our faith in.
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'𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘅𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀’ 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗢𝗠𝗔 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝘆 – 𝟲 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
Curated by Aideen Quirke.
📸 Kate Bowe O'Brien
𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀: 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 - 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺–𝟱𝗽𝗺 | 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 | 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲.
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'𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘅𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀’ 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗢𝗠𝗔 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝘆 – 𝟲 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
Curated by Aideen Quirke.
Image: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘵, oil on linen, 50 x 40cm, Joseph Heffernan 2025
📸 Kate Bowe O'Brien
𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀: 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 - 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺–𝟱𝗽𝗺 | 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 | 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲.
📖 Wayne Power joins Gemma to chat about Poetry Day Ireland — celebrating poetry, storytelling, and the voices that inspire creativity and connection across communities.
🎸 Ramon Muntjewerff, based in An Rinn, tells us about the exciting “50 Years of Irish Rock” exhibition, exploring the artists, albums, and moments that helped shape Ireland’s rich musical legacy 🇮🇪🎶
🌼 Mary and Michael Howlett join the programme to chat about the inaugural Bloomsday Festival in Waterford, bringing the spirit of Joyce, literature, and celebration to the city with a fantastic lineup of events 📚🕶️
📲 Tune in from 6.10pm
#PoetryDayIreland #IrishRock #BloomsdayWaterford #OnTheFringe #WaterfordArts
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GOMA Waterford's engagement
GOMA Waterford's engagement rate on Instagram is 0.89%, under 1%, fewer than 1 like or comment per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 112 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 52 to 1, with 52 likes and 1 comment on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.
Engagement rate
0.89%
- Avg likes
- 52
- Avg comments
- 1
- Interactions : followers
- 1 : 112
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Who is GOMA Waterford?
GOMA Waterford (@gomawaterford) is an Art Gallery creator on Instagram, also filed under Art & DIY. GOMA Waterford is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for GOMA Waterford runs to 19 words across 5 lines.
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GOMA Waterford has 5,198 followers on Instagram (5.2K). GOMA Waterford follows 1,197 accounts, so the audience is roughly 4.3 times the size of the list followed. GOMA Waterford has built a substantial archive of 890 posts.
What is GOMA Waterford's engagement rate?
GOMA Waterford's engagement rate on Instagram is 0.89%, under 1%, fewer than 1 like or comment per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 112 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 52 to 1, with 52 likes and 1 comment on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.
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Flinque files GOMA Waterford under Art Gallery, with Art & DIY as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for GOMA Waterford, 7 are single images, 2 are videos and 1 is a carousel. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for GOMA Waterford repeatedly use the words exhibition, work, join, curated and identity. GOMA Waterford's captions carry hashtags such as #gomawaterford, #waterfordarts and #irishart. GOMA Waterford writes those captions mainly in English.
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