"Stay Forever More" is a semi-fictional, reflective photographic series by Patryk Gizicki exploring themes of home, belonging, and coming of age. Drawing on personal experience, the work reconstructs and confronts memories of Gizicki's childhood and adolescence growing up in Castlebar, County Mayo.
Through an installation of images that evoke feelings of transition and in-between states, "Stay Forever More" reflects on the complexities of settling in, identity, and belonging.
Patryk Gizicki (b.1999) is a Dublin-based visual artist and photographer whose work explores identity, migration, and belonging, shaped by his Polish heritage and upbringing in the West of Ireland. A graduate of Technological University Dublin (2023) Gizicki's practice combines personal narrative with a distinctive analog approach and refined use of colour.
His ongoing project, "Stay Forever More" is supported by The Arts Council of Ireland and Photo Museum Ireland. Recent exhibitions include Talents 2024 at Photo Museum Ireland, Ireland's Eye at ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta, and the RHA 195th Annual Exhibition, where he received the 2025 Progressive Vision Curtin O'Donoghue Emerging Photographic Artist Award.
The preview / launch event will also coincide with Outset Gallery's 3rd Year Anniversary, marking the opening in July 2022.
To celebrate the launch of our GIAF production & our anniversary, we will be having a full day of celebrations on Saturday July 12th from 3pm - 9pm with Live Music from Blue Detroit & refreshments from our generous sponsors All About Kombucha, Kinnegar, and Sheridan's.
Doors open at 3pm and we invite all guests to book a FREE ticket in advance of the opening - click the link here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/patryk-gizicki-stay-forever-more-giaf-tickets-1416864412599
Poster design: Take A Siesta
This production is proudly supported by the GCC & GIAF with additional artist support from Picture Bloc, Inspirational Arts, Mayo CC, and IAC.
"Stay Forever More" runs from July 12 - Aug 24