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Permanent Collections

  • Ireland House - Embassy of Ireland

    Tokyo, Japan

  • Chapel of St. Ignatius, Gayle and Tom Benson Jesuit Center, Loyola University

    Loyola University, New Orleans, USA

  • Musée des Arts Décoratifs

    Paris, France

  • Metropolitan Museum Of Art

    New York, USA

  • Centre Pompidou

    Paris, France

  • Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

    New York, USA

  • National Gallery of Ireland

    Dublin, Ireland

  • National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts & History Collection

    Dublin, Ireland

  • Mint Museum of Craft & Design

    North Carolina, USA

  • Museum of Arts and Design

    New York, USA

  • The Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House

    Derbyshire, United Kingdom

  • DaLisca Family Church

    Verona, Italy

  • Embassy of Japan

    Dublin, Ireland

  • Tsubaki Grand Shrine

    Suzuka, Japan

  • Sacred Heart Church

    Minane Bridge, Ireland

Awards & Recognition

  • 2025

    • Award of the making of Magnus RINN for the Ireland Pavilion

      On the occasion of Expo Osaka 2025, Japan

  • 2020

    • Jack Lenor Larsen Award

      Winter Benefit, LongHouse Reserve, Hearst Tower, New York

  • 2017

    • Cultural Award

      American Irish Historical Society, New York, USA

    • Award of the Commissioning of 'Magnus Modus'

      On the occasion of the reopening of the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

  • 2015

    • Honorary Degree of Doctor of Arts

      University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2024

    • Joseph Walsh & Sara Flynn: Contexte et Collaboration

      Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France

  • 2023

    • Joseph Walsh, Paris, XXIII

      Paris, France

  • 2022

    • Joseph Walsh, Gestures, London 2022

      Sotheby's, London, UK

  • 2018

    • RINN

      A Lighthouse Called Kanata Gallery, Sogetsu Arts Centre, Japan

  • 2017

    • Joseph Walsh Exhibition

      A Lighthouse Called Kanata Gallery, Tsubaki Shrine, Japan

    • Reveal

      American Irish Historical Society, New York, USA

  • 2014

    • Solo Exhibition

      The Roche Court Educational Trust, New Art Centre, UK

    • Lilium

      Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

  • 2011

    • ENIGNUM & Other Stories

      Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

  • 2008

    • Realisations

      American Irish Historical Society, New York, USA

Select Group Exhibitions

  • 2025

    • Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses

      ArtScience Museum, Singapore

    • Kunstkammer

      Lismore Castle Arts, Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland

    • RINN / 輪: Ireland & Japan: A dialogue on place and time

      Ireland House, Embassy of Ireland, Tokyo, Japan

    • Quadrumvirate: Joseph Walsh x Sueharu Fukami x Sean Scully x Kan Yasuda

      A Lightouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan

    • RINN / 輪: Ireland & Japan: A dialogue on place and time

      The Glucksman, County Cork, Ireland

  • 2023

    • Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chatsworth

      Chatsworth House, Chatsworth, UK

  • 2022

    • Living With Art We Love

      Chatsworth House, Chatsworth, UK

    • Mimèsis. Un design vivant

      Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France

  • 2020

    • Centre Pompidou x West Bund

      Shanghai, China

  • 2018

    • Earth, Wind and Fire: Made in Cork Contemporary

      Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland

  • 2017

    • Making|Breaking: New Arrivals

      Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, USA

    • Narratives in Making

      PORTFOLIO: Critical Selection, National Design & Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland

  • 2016

    • Master Works

      LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York, USA

    • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

      London, UK

    • In Residence II

      Oliver Sears Gallery, London, UK

  • 2015

    • Crafted: Objects In Flux

      Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

    • Make Yourself Comfortable at Chatsworth

      Chatsworth House, Chatsworth, UK

    • Side by Side

      PORTFOLIO: Critical Selection, National Design & Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland ; Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France ; ID2015 Design Hub at the Coach House, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland

    • In Residence I

      Oliver Sears Gallery, London, UK

  • 2014

    • Design Show: Joseph Walsh, Daniel Naude and Johannes Nagel

      Artist House, The Roche Court Educational Trust, New Art Centre, UK

    • Collective 2

      Skylight at Moynihan Station, NY, USA

    • Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art and Craft

      Bellevue Arts Museum, Washington, USA

  • 2013

    • Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art and Craft

      Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

    • Modern Makers

      Chatsworth House, Chatsworth, UK

    • Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art and Craft

      Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA

  • 2012

    • Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art and Craft

      Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, North, Carolina, USA

    • Wallpaper Handmade

      Palazzo Brioni, Milan, Italy

    • Dubh / Dialogues In Black

      Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

  • 2011

    • SuperDesign

      Nilufar Gallery, The Dairy, London, UK

    • Black & White

      Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

    • Dubh / Dialogues In Black

      American Irish Historical Society, New York, USA

  • 2010

    • MATERIALpoetry

      American Irish Historical Society, New York, USA

    • Irish Craft Portfolio 2010

      National Design & Craft Gallery, Killkenny, Ireland

  • 2009

    • Grassimesse

      GRASSImuseum, Leipzig, Germany

  • 2008

    • Ecology, Mythology, Technology

      Farmleigh House, Dublin, Ireland

Select Fairs

  • 2025

    • Art SG (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      Singapore

    • TEFAF Maastricht (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      Maastricht, Netherlands

    • EXPO CHICAGO (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      Illinois, USA

    • The Treasure House Fair (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      London, UK

    • The Armory Show (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      New York, USA

    • Frieze Seoul (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      Seoul, South Korea

    • Tokyo Gendai (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      Tokyo, Japan

  • 2024

    • Art SG (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      Singapore

    • TEFAF Maastricht (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      Maastricht, Netherlands

    • The Armory Show (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      New York, USA

    • FAB Paris (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      Paris, France

    • West Bund Art & Design (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      Shanghai, China

    • Curio

      Design Miami/ , Miami, Florida, USA

  • 2023

    • Art SG (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      Singapore

    • TEFAF Maastricht (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      Maastricht, Netherlands

    • Design At Large

      Design Miami/ Podium x Shanghai, Shanghai, China

    • West Bund Art & Design (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      Shanghai, China

  • 2022

    • TEFAF Maastricht (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      Maastricht, the Netherlands

    • Design At Large

      Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    • West Bund Art & Design (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      Shanghai, China

  • 2021

    • Design Miami/ Podium x Shanghai

      Shanghai, China

    • Design at Large

      Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    • ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      Shanghai, China

  • 2020

    • Curio

      Design Miami/ , Miami, Florida, USA

    • West Bund Art & Design (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      Shanghai, China

  • 2019

    • Curio

      Design Miami/ , Miami, Florida, USA

    • West Bund Art & Design (A Lighthouse called Kanata)

      Shanghai, China

    • Design At Large

      Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland

  • 2016

    • Design Miami/ (Sarah Myerscough Gallery)

      Basel, Switzerland ; Miami, USA

    • Pavillion of Art & Design (Sarah Myerscough Gallery)

      London, UK

    • Salon Art + Design (Sarah Myerscough Gallery)

      New York, USA

  • 2014

    • FOG: Design & Art

      Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, San Francisco, USA

  • 2013

    • Cheongju International Craft Biennale

      Cheongju, South Korea

  • 2011

    • Design Miami/ Basel (Nilufar Gallery)

      Basel, Switzerland

    • Pavillon des Art et du Design (Nilufar Gallery)

      Paris, France

    • Salone del Mobile (Nilufar Gallery)

      Palazzo Durini, Milan, Italy

    • COLLECT

      Claire Beck at Adrian Sassoon, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

  • 2010

    • Design Miami/ (Todd Merrill Studio)

      Miami, Florida, USA

  • 2009

    • Pavilion of Art & Design (Todd Merrill Studio)

      London, UK

  • 2008

    • SOFA

      The National Craft Gallery, Chicago, USA

Lectures & Talks

  • 2024

    • Joseph Walsh

      Art House, Singapore

    • Celebrating 25 Years of Joseph Walsh Studio

      National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

    • Artist Talk with Joseph Walsh & Teddy Abrams

      Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

    • An Evening with Joseph Walsh

      The Design Museum, London, UK

  • 2023

    • Becoming A Designer

      Design Miami/ Podium x Shanghai, Shanghai, China

    • Joseph Walsh

      Materials and Furniture: The Legends, Daniella Ohad x Christie’s Education, Online

    • Maker & Material

      Shape to Fabrication, London, UK

  • 2022

    • The Science of Making

      Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

  • 2020

    • Design in Dialogue #39: Joseph Walsh

      Digital

  • 2018

    • Earth, Wind and Fire: Made in Cork Contemporary

      Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland

  • 2017

    • The Making & Mastery of ‘Magnus Modus’

      National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

    • Crafting the Contemporary

      New York School of Interior Design, New York, USA

  • 2015

    • Art Out Loud: Literary Festival

      Chatsworth House, Chatsworth, UK

    • A dialogue in Making: Joseph Walsh and Keisuke Kawai Master Maker

      The Embassy of Ireland, Tokyo, Japan

  • 2012

    • Joseph Walsh: In Conversation

      Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, North, Carolina, USA

  • 2009

    • Realisations: A Reflection on 10 Years of Making

      The National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

  • 2008

    • Materiality and Construction

      Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Boston, USA