Domino Whisker has been announced as the winner of the 2021 RCSI Art Award. The prize was awarded to the artist for her work entitled 'The Birds and I'.

The RCSI Art Award in association with The Irish Times was established in 2016 to celebrate the common heritage of RCSI and the RHA and the long-standing association between art, medicine and wellbeing.

The installation was selected from more than 320 works that are on display at the 191st RHA Annual Exhibition, Ireland's largest and longest running exhibition of visual art. The exhibition included work by 391 artists working in paint, sculpture, drawing, print, photography and architecture.

Professor Cathal Kelly, Chief Executive, RCSI said: “The RCSI Art Award is a celebration of the common heritage of the RCSI and RHA and the long-standing association between art, medicine and wellbeing. We are delighted to present the sixth annual prize to Domino Whisker, an artist of exceptional talent. I would also like to thank members of the RCSI Art Award judging panel for their enthusiasm, passion and commitment to the award.”

Domino Whisker is a contemporary visual artist. Domino’s first solo show ‘Remnants’ at the Atelier Now Gallery explored what is left behind after experiencing great loss – moments, memories, tangled threads of what was before. These works are the result of her piecing together fragments to make something whole again, for the sake of self-preservation.

The successful artist was awarded €5,000 and the RCSI silver medal and will be invited to submit a proposal for a new work for Project CONNECT, a 10-storey facility focused on RCSI’s role in Ireland’s health agenda and global wellness initiatives.

All works of art, in any medium, selected for the 190th RHA Annual Exhibition were considered for the RCSI Art Award. The other shortlisted artists were James English RHA, Martin Gale RHA and Vera Klute ARHA.

Learn more about Domino Whisker here.