Dáire Stafford is a Dublin based Visual Artist, primarily creating work through the process of Print. Graduating with a BA in Fine Art Print from the National College of Art and Design in 2024. Their work explores current social issues and conversations, as well as lived experiences as a young woman growing up in Ireland.

D.Stafford has worked on a number of projects including:

Up Scout T-shirt on Website and Etsy

  • Provided linocut prints featured on apparel sold by the company. [https://upscout.ie/]

Showcase Annex

  • Displayed ongoing artwork at NCAD's Annex.

Anthropo-Sea Yellow Box Group Exhibition 

  • Exhibited a copper plate etching for a group exhibition focusing on sea life and seascapes.

Degree Show

  • Currently developing a project for NCAD's degree show, exploring mono prints and researching the theme of bodily discomfort post-trauma.

We Can Do Better Project 

  • Collaborated with artist Joe Caslin and a collective we created under the alias “The Kindred Collective” to curate a site takeover exhibition addressing conflict in the North of Ireland and femicide.

  • Support and funding by the Imperial War Museum and the Nerve Center Derry


Dear Balbriggan Magazine Entries

  • Contributed poems and prints published in the second volume of DEAR Balbriggan.

In addition to their Degree Show work, They are also currently collaborating with artist Joe Caslin as part of a collective created under the alias “The Kindred Collective” to curate a site takeover exhibition at Downhill House in Co.Derry, Ireland, This project addresses conflict in the North of Ireland and femicide issues. This is supported the Nerve Center Derry and funded by the Imperial War Museum.