Established in Dublin 1988, Kerlin Gallery has built an international reputation by providing sustained and meaningful representation for leading contemporary Irish and international artists.

For over three decades, the gallery’s programme has reflected significant trends in international contemporary art with significant solo shows of Dorothy Cross, Liam Gillick, Willie Doherty, Siobhán Hapaska, Callum Innes, Merlin James, Albert Oehlen, Sean Scully and Hiroshi Sugimoto, Lawrence Weiner and Nathalie Du Pasquier among others.

In recent years, the gallery has introduced a new generation of artists working across diverse media including Gerard Byrne, Andy Fitz, Sam Keogh, Aleana Egan, Marcel Vidal and Liliane Tomasko. In 2023 artists Ailbhe Ní Bhriain and Nathalie du Pasquier joined the gallery.

The gallery continues to publish artists’ catalogues and monographs independently and in association with public institutions, including in career spanning monographs for Dorothy Cross, Merlin James, Mark Francis, William McKeown and Isabel Nolan and currently Siobhan Hapaska in association with Kunst Museum St. Gallen & Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin.

Many of Kerlin Gallery’s artists have participated in Documenta, the Venice Biennale, and the Turner Prize, including Dorothy Cross, Gerard Byrne, Willie Doherty, Liam Gillick, Siobha´n Hapaska, Callum Innes, Merlin James, Isabel Nolan, Kathy Prendergast and Sean Scully, amongst others.

Kerlin Gallery participates in several major art fairs annually, including Art Basel, Art Basel Hong Kong and Art Basel Miami Beach.