In 2009, with Waterford City Council, Paul Hallahan set up Soma Contemporary, kept it going until 2012. Worked with many, near and far, artists and institutions alike. Exhibited here, there, and everywhere in the years that followed. In 2018, winning the Golden Fleece Award.

His work has been shown at Hang Tough Contemporary (2023), The Complex (2020), Royal Hibernian Academy (2018), The Lab—all Dublin. Also at Berlin Opticians Gallery, Roscommon Arts Centre (2020). In 2019, he was part of a two-person show that made the rounds—Lexicon Gallery Dublin, Garter Lane Gallery Waterford, Sternview Gallery Cork, Platform Arts Belfast. His work found its way into collections: The Arts Council, DLR County Council, IDA, Trinity College Dublin, The Office of Public Works, Waterford City Collection, and many a private home.