Mapping the In-Between,  Tufted Reflections on Culture, Memory and Home 
19th September - 5th November  2025 

This vibrant exhibition by Amanda Vencatasamy is titled Mapping the In-Between, Tufted Reflections on Culture, Memory and Home. Amanda describes her process as ‘painting with wool’. She creates bold, tactile wall hangings that explore the layered experience of living between cultures. Her work explores hybridity, fragmentation, and the emotional terrain of belonging. Each piece becomes a site for teasing out what happens when worlds overlap, when histories converge, and when the search for home becomes a conversation between place and self.  

Amanda’s work sits at the intersection of applied arts and contemporary craft. It is both playful and reflective, inviting viewers to connect with colour and texture while feeling something deeper underneath. In these works, she explores the tension and beauty that arises when cultures collide and identities evolve, always shifting, always in-between. Each work is an invitation to slow down, to feel, and to connect with something personal, yet universal. She creates with the hope that her art not only resonates in the present but lives on as part of future stories. 

Amanda Vencatasamy is a Dublin-based textile artist known for her bold, tufted wall art that explores themes of identity, belonging, and cultural hybridity. Born in London to Mauritian parents and now living in Ireland, her practice is informed by the experience of navigating life between cultures. She studied at Camberwell College of Arts and Fine Art Sculpture at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD), and her work sits at the intersection of contemporary art and applied craft. 

Using an electric tufting gun, Amanda creates vibrant, tactile wall hangings, modern-day tapestries that are playful in appearance but layered with emotional nuance. Her work has been exhibited at major shows such as the 144th Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition (Belfast), 195th Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition (Dublin), The Other Art Fair (London), Art Source (Dublin), and the Design Ireland Pop-Up at Arnotts. She has also been selected to exhibit at Bloom 2025 as part of the Irish Craft Village. 

Should you wish to invest in any of the artwork we welcome deposits, which may be paid off over a number of weeks. The Leitrim Design House gift vouchers are also a wonderful way to help a loved one build an art collection, particularly at this time of year.