I’m a multidisciplinary artist and art director working across installation, digital, fashion, and community. My practice is about creating spaces, objects, and experiences that question how we see ourselves and each other ~ always curious, always evolving.
Through 858, I’ve built projects that move between art and culture: from exhibitions at Tate, IMMA, Outernet, and Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, to collaborations with brands like Google, Guinness, Peloton, and JD Sports. I also run 858 Art Club, a weekly creative community that brings people together to learn, make, and show art.
My work balances play and purpose. Whether it’s a public artwork, an immersive installation, a brand campaign, or a piece of clothing, the goal is the same: make moreArt, make moreNoise.
Creative ambassador of Limerick.
Through 858, I’ve built projects that move between art and culture: from exhibitions at Tate, IMMA, Outernet, and Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, to collaborations with brands like Google, Guinness, Peloton, and JD Sports. I also run 858 Art Club, a weekly creative community that brings people together to learn, make, and show art.
My work balances play and purpose. Whether it’s a public artwork, an immersive installation, a brand campaign, or a piece of clothing, the goal is the same: make moreArt, make moreNoise.
Creative ambassador of Limerick.
Freelance Services:
- Creative Direction
- Art Commission
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3D + Motion Design
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Web Design
- Creative Consultation
I have worked on projects for clients, including:
Google, Guinness, Samsung, Peloton, JD Sports, Instax, Meta, British Council, IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art), Tate, Outernet London, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Saint Street Dublin, Stink Studios, M&C Saatchi, Limerick Council, Ormston House, DesignOpp, Dirty South, Grace Enemaku, 100 Archive, LSAD (Limerick School of Art & Design), HM Government UK, Department for Education UK, Department for International Trade UK.
Features & Publications:
~ ‘ADHD is a different sort of mind - but the world we live in hasn’t been built to celebrate or encourage it’ - Irish Indipendent
~ ‘Shaped By Limerick’ - Public Exhibition
~ ‘Multidisciplinary artist Farouk Alao on NFTs, freelance life and finding balance’ - Creative Lives In Progress, Siham Ali
~ ‘Outer Spaces Series’ - Brown Thomas
~ ‘Discover Our Stories - Farouk Alao’ - Limerick Brand Launch
~ ‘MODELS REFLECT ISOLATION’ - Fword Magazine
~ ‘Self-Confidence, not Self-Comparison - Farouk Alao’ - Fac Magazine