An art exhibition has opened in Galway city to celebrate the work of the LGBT+ community.
'Body, Bodies, Embodied' features paintings, photographs, performance poetry, mixed media and art installations.
Mary McGraw, a member of the board of directors of the 126 Artist-run Gallery, said: "We wanted to celebrate the body as a vessel, particularly bodies that have been stigmatised, sexualised and not afforded the chance to shine.
"We wanted to showcase these bodies with dignity and pride in our gallery and show how we're all in contrast and conversation with one another."
The show features portraits including chalk on sandpaper, video pieces and live performances.
Themes of darkness and light are running through the variety of work on exhibition.
Day Magee, one of the multi-media artists taking part, said: "I'm a performance artist by trade which involves the body as a creative medium.
"But my work spills over into music and the written word and whatever my muse calls for at the time.
"I'm displaying some of my sand paper paintings as well as mixed digital imagery that includes photography and AI portraiture.
"I also do video and live performance. Overall my work draws on my experience as a queer person and the 'self talk' that arises from those experiences.
"It's about the stories that we tell ourselves and the stories we tell other people."
The exhibition also features the work of artist Dónal Talbot, who captures everyday life for queer individuals through photographic mediums and poetry.
"We face the 'body', in private and in performance, and turn a lens on the kaleidoscopic nature of our identities – femme, fierce, empowered, in pain, sexual, stigmatised - to reveal the corporeal ubiquity of self as a sacred relic," Mr Talbot said.
"We invite the audience to join us in celebrating bodies that hold wells of poetry, song, dogma, dignity and pride."
The exhibition is curated by Mary McGraw and Méabh Noonan. The 126 Artist-run Gallery is located in St Bridget's Place in Galway city and is a not-for-profit voluntary space.
It runs until Sunday 26 February.
