Shirani Bolle

I am a self-taught, multi-heritage, neurodivergent artist based in Limerick. My practice spans textiles, performance and sculpture. It explores themes of identity politics, particularly looking at race and trauma through personal and cultural histories. My first solo show will take place at Sirius Arts Centre in 2026 and I will have a fellowship at Ormston House in 2025-26. My work has been
exhibited in Ireland and internationally, most recently at Ormston House and Outset Gallery.
I am born to a Sri Lankan mother and Dutch-German father, a Holocaust survivor, and this inheritance shapes my personality and art. Domestic spaces especially the family home are key sites in my work. In my textiles, I use embroidery, crochet, and punch needle, reclaiming this gendered craft from its subordinated position within art. My textiles are both wearable, activated through performance, and standalone sculptures. Their recurring motif is the mask, referencing Sri
Lankan ritualism and social masking.

About the performance

I will be performing “Comfort Fruit”.  In “Comfort Fruit” I explore the paradox of protest in the digital age, where empathy often remains confined within the boundaries of comfort and where solidarity is performed at a safe distance.  The work interrogates the soft borders of our homes, the containment of our bodies within domestic rituals and the invisible lines that separate action from apathy.