Curriculum Vitae
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2016
PhD candidate University of Amsterdam, School of Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM). Supervisors: Prof., Dr Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes and Dr Jeroen Boomgaard
2011-2012
MA (SPACE) Social Practice & The Creative Environment, Limerick School of Art Design & Technology: First Class Honours Degree. Limerick School of Art Design & Technology, TUS
1988-1992
Diploma in Fine Art - Mixed Media, NCEA: Honours Diploma. Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (DLIADT)
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2022
A Woman’s Culm, HDV, 17:30’, sound and sculpture installation, Limerick Museum; curated by Maurice Quillinan and Dr Matthew Potter (invited)
2021
A Woman’s Culm, HDV, 17:30’, sound; premiere at Coon Hall, Co. Kilkenny, commissioned as part of the Decade of Centenaries Programme 1921-2021.
When a Gap Becomes an Aperture, Stern Studio Gallery, Vienna, Austria, July - August 2021; invited by curator Holger Lang.
2018
You Cannot Climb a Hedge, The Community Field, Castlewarren, Co. Kilkenny, Kilkenny Arts Festival (AKA)
2016
Our Journey to Here, VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow, an exhibition developed in collaboration with County Carlow Women’s Network, by Pauline O’Connell (22/1/16 – 22/2/16).
2015
The Milk Well and The Tea Well, Leitrim Sculpture Centre Gallery (July 25th – Aug. 6th), touring (a two-person exhibition) to Roscommon Arts Centre (Aug 15 - Sept. 26) curated by Sean O’Reilly and Linda Shevlin.
2012
Drawing the Water, premiere at Milltown Community Hall, Co. Kerry.
Heave-Ho, an Invitation to Community; public participatory event in The Community Field, Castlewarren, Co. Kilkenny 9/12/12.
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2022
A Woman’s Culm, HDV, 17.30mins, Sound (2021)
Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival, The Netherlands: official selection
BEST SHORT FEST, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, Semi-Finalist
WRPN Women's International Film Festival, Nassau, Delaware, USA, Award Winner
WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, Houston, Texas, USA, Award Winner
Mannheim Arts and Film Festival, Germany, Honourable Mention
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2019
Earth Writings: Bogs, Forests, Fields, Gardens, Maynooth University 18-29 Nov. curated by Karen E. Till (invited)
Wording – Collaborative Writing in Public Space (12-14 June) part ofDisruptive Processesat the #3 Research Pavilion in Venice Biennale; invited by curator Dr Lena Séraphin, Finland
2017
Lacuna, Taylor Galleries, Dublin, invited by curators David Quinn and Sabina McMahon
2016
Farming and Country Life 1916-2016 Teagasc Commemorative Exhibition, Athenry, Co. Galway, invited by artist/curator Deirdre O 'Mahony
2012
PRAXIS, MA-SPACE, Limerick School of Art & Design Gallery, IRE.
2011
Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon; invited.
2008
Fis, 2008 Liverpool Capital of Culture; invited.
2005
Crawford 5, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, curated by Iwona Blazwick, Fran Hegarty, Mick Wilson
2004
Irish Art Angera, Italy to co-inside with the Irish Presidency; invited.
2003
Voice, Linenhall Arts Centre, Co. Mayo - 6 contemporary artists, touring to The Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow; invited by artist/curator Fiona Woods.
2001
Salon 2001, Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Paris, invited/curated by Sculptors Society of Ireland, September.
2000
Delicate Tissue, M.Y. Art Prospects, Chelsea, New York, invited by artist/curator Jennifer Kotter.
1999
Sculpture at Kells, Co. Kilkenny Arts Festival
1995
Sculpture in Context, Malahide Castle Gardens, Co. Dublin
EVA International, Limerick City Gallery of Art, curated by Maria de Coral
1994
The Fire Station Christmas Exhibition, (invited)
Audio Art Radio Transmission, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (invited)
1993
“16 x 12”, Pantheon Gallery, Dublin - Adjudicator Sarah Finlay
Post Sound Art, Triskel Art Gallery, Cork, invited
“The Random Access Show”, Irish Life Centre, 3 Dublin, juried exhibition
“Going With the Grain”, Fernhill Gardens, Co. Dublin, juried exhibition
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2021
A Neighbourhood Museum, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny - On the Street Where We Live and The Boot Factory Hooter
2015
Open Art Killenure, Killenure Castle, Dundrum Co. Tipperary
2006
Sculpture at Kells, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland twinned with Strata Florida Abbey, Pontrhydfendigaid, Wales, UK
1996-2011
Founder, curator and coordinator Fire Station Artists’ Studios Masterclass Programme for Professional Artists
1993-1994
Founder, curator and coordinator Siolru, (rep) Ireland’s first Arts and Health context-specific project, the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin to commemorate its Centenary.
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2023-2024
Palimpsest, Mayfair Library, Kilkenny, Ireland.
2011 - 2012
Drawing the Water, Milltown, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
2001 - 2002
The Plain of Silver Wood, Millennium Park, Freshford, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland.
1999 - 2000
Regeneration, Knoxspark, Co. Sligo, Ireland in collaboration with Martina Coyle & Hillary Gilligan.
1998 - 1999
The Orchard, ‘Convergence Waterford Public Art Program’, Ireland.
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1996
100 Years of Austrian Cinema, Kartnerstrasse, Vienna, Austria - commissioned by The Vienna Chamber of Commerce.
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2024
The Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award
2022
University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam Institute of Humanities Research) Finishing Fellowship 2023
2022
PLATFORM 31 Award, The Arts Council of Ireland (shortlisted).
2021
Kilkenny Decade of Centenaries Commission Grant, A Woman’s Culm.
ArtLinks Bursary, Professional Development Award, Kilkenny County Council.
PLATFORM 31 Award, The Arts Council of Ireland (shortlisted).
2019
ArtLinks Bursary, Professional Development Award, Kilkenny County Council.
University College Cork & Irish Geographers Society 49th Annual Conference of Irish Geographers, Art and Geography, (travel award).
2015
The Arts Council of Ireland AICAward (CREATE IRELAND), Phase 2.
ArtLinks Bursary, Professional Development Award, Kilkenny County Council.
2014
The Kieran Meagher Legacy, Limerick City of Culture Award (shortlisted).
2013
The Arts Council of Ireland (CREATE IRELAND), Artist in the Community Scheme R & D Award with mentoring from Dr Iain Biggs.
2002
Kilkenny County Council, Arts Act Grant.
2000
Department of Foreign Affairs, Cultural Relations Committee, Exhibitions Award for New York.
1997
Irish Artist Tax Exemption.
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2022
National College of Art and Design, Art in the Contemporary World, MA, guest lecturer - six seminars: The Rural as Site of Representational Struggle.
2021
Butler Gallery, Kilkenny: A Neighbourhood Museum; invited lead artist.
National College of Art and Design, Art in the Contemporary World, MA, guest lecturer - three seminars: The Rural - Past, Present, Future.
2016 - 2017
Limerick School of Art and Design, MA SPACE, guest lecturer
2013
St. Patrick's College, Dublin City University, Art Department, B. Ed. 1st yr., term 1
1996-2011
Founder, Curator and Coordinator of Masterclasses at Fire Station Artists’ Studios, Dublin
2002 – 2006
St. Patrick's College, Dublin City University, Art Department, M.Ed., Post Graduate and B.Ed. 1st, 2nd, 3rd yr. visual art lecturer
2009
Kilkenny School Project, ‘Arts for All’ invited artist.
2001 & ‘02
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design & Technology, Dublin, 2nd yr. Diploma Access & Foundation Courses - lecturer in sculpture
2000
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design & Technology, Dublin, 1st yr. Diploma Access students - lecturer in sculpture
1995 - 2002
Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin, Children’s Art Facilitator: curating, designing and hosting specific workshops to suit particular age groups concerning singular artworks and/or gallery exhibitions in an outreach capacity
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tHERE (2024, third iteration) limited edition artists’ book with Ellen Martin-Friel, The Salvage Press, Dublin, IRE.
A Woman’s Culm(2021), limited edition x 100, double-sided, A3 leaflets
(t)here (2021, second iteration), folded artist’s book (ed. 3) on Hahnemühle cotton rag paper
Hypomnemata: A Memory Trace, (2012)Cassagh Press, ISBN 978–0–9547955–2–8 2012.
Heave-Ho, an Invitation to Community(2012), limited edition of 5 x 1000 artistic beer mats.
Drawing the Water, (2012)compilation HDV and booklet, publicly accessible through Kerry County Library.
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2020
Culley, Derek ‘Heritage, Memory & Material Culture,’Art & Museum, Summer issue, 2020, pp 34-35 https://c22380f3-8a68-4ed4-a8e1-6f444d5f3ef9.filesusr.com/ugd/cf7a10_9ed9883564be47b1a3d8fe9315e6ec52.pdf
2014
Biggs, Iain, ‘“Incorrigibly plural”? Rural Lifeworlds Between Concept and Experience’, Canadian Journal for Irish Studies, Vol. 38, No. 1 + 2 2014.Special issue, “Text and Beyond Text: New Visual, Material, and Spatial Perspectives in Irish Studies” 2015 https://www.jstor.org/stable/i40135189
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2017
Irish Museum of Modern Art and Create Ireland nomination for Chicago/Ireland Residency Exchange between Hyde Part Arts Centre and Sweetwater Foundation (shortlisted).
2015
Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Art and Agriculture II, Manorhamilton. Six-week research residency and exhibition curated by Dr Sean O'Reilly and Linda Shevlin, funded by the Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon. http://www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie/programme/exhibitions/2015/exb_arts_agriculture.html
2013
Fire Station Artists’ Studios, Digital Support Residency, 1-month residency (September).
2013,’10, ‘09
Tallaght Children’s Festival, artist in residence, Tallaght, Co. Dublin
1999, ‘94, ‘01
The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Co. Monaghan (3-week residencies)
1997
Umha Aois Celebrating the Bronze Age – Dublin Symposium/ residency.
1995
The Cross Roads Symposium, Roscommon, Ireland, 1-month residency.
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2022
ArtLinks and Kilkenny County Council, Kilkenny Visual Arts Mentoring - artist’s mentor (invited).
2019
The Arts Council of Ireland Artist in the Community Scheme R & D managed by Create Ireland: mentor to Theresia Guschlbauer
2014
‘Contemporary Self Portraits’ Project 2012 – 2014 with National College of Art & Design (Dublin, Ireland); Bildmuseet (Umeå, Sweden); Tallinn Academy of Arts (Estonia); International Summer School of Photography (ISSP, Riga, Latvia). The project was coordinated by the Arts Academy of Turku University of Applied Sciences and is funded by the EU Culture Programme. Commissioned as Independent Evaluator.
2013
CSP Mid-Term Independent Evaluation; invited by NCAD to moderate, give feedback on mid-term Contemporary Self Portrait projects, make recommendations and highlight gaps in terms of pedagogical methodologies, workshop construction, and participant involvement to formulate a shared evaluation criterium.
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2022
A Woman’s Culm: Artist in Conversation with Dr Sinead McCoole, Limerick Museum (22 July).
The Rural as Site of Representational Struggle, Rural Imaginations Conference (Aug.), ASCA, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2020
Gaining Ground: ReflectionsSymposium (4/9), glor, invited by Clare County Council
2019
You Cannot Climb a Hedge, (20/11) Tirdhreach Feasach: Irish Environments in Transition Geography Seminar, invited by Maynooth University, Ireland
2017
Gaining Ground: Re-Imagining our Futures through lasting Public Art Encounters, presentation, invited by Visual Artists Ireland and Clare County Council as part of their Public Art Programme, July 2017.
Some Joined Up Thinking, Irish Museum of Modern (11 May) invited by Limerick School of Art & Design, MA-SPACE
The Politics of Narrative: speaking from the Inside, Cross, Multi, Inter, Trans, Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, U.K. and Ireland Biennial Conference in association with LAND 2, 2017, September 6 - 8 Sheffield Hallam University in conjunction with The University of Leeds, United Kingdom. https://asleukiland2017.com
The Politics of Narrative, speaking back as a disruptive practice,Art and Geography,49th Annual Conference of Irish Geographers 2017 May 4 – 6, University College Cork, Ireland; bursary recipient http://www.conferenceofirishgeographers.ie/cig2017-ucc
2016
Drawing the Water: Being in Place, The Highs and Lows of Sited Practices, November 24 – 25) University of Dundee, Scotland, the United Kingdom The Ecology of Community, OPEN FIELDS Exhibition and Conference, September 29 - October 1, RIXC Art Science Festival, Riga, Latvia.
The Void of the Jug, alterRurality3: Culture, Farming and Habitat – New Perspectives conference, June 2016. Letterfrack Co. Galway, University College Dublin and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
2015
Artist presentation: Visual Center for Contemporary Art & George Bernard Shaw Theatre, Carlow invited by Director Ann Mulrooney, 20 Aug.
2012
Waterwheel Symposium, Sousse University, Tunisia for International Water Day, International, online presentation