Education
MA, Fine Art Media, National College of Art and Design, Dublin (distinctions)
PG Dip, Comparative Aesthetics and the Arts, Philosophy Dept, University College Cork (distinctions)
BFA (Hons) Fine Art Print, National College of Art & Design, Dublin (distinctions)
Residencies and Awards:
2024 The Arts Council of Ireland, Visual Arts Bursary, IE
2024 The Arts Council of Ireland, Agility Award, IE
2024 South East Venue Network (SEVN) Bursary, IE
2023 Cité Internationale Des Arts Residency (nominated by Temple Bar Gallery + Studios and Institut Francais) Paris, FR
2022 The Arts Council of Ireland, Markievicz Award, IE
2022 Welcome to The Neighbourhood Artist Residency, Askeaton Contemporary Arts, Limerick, IE
2022 Landscape, Ecology and Environment Research (LEER) Residency, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, IE
2022 Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Membership Studio Award, Dublin IE
2021 The Arts Council of Ireland, Visual Arts Bursary, IE
2021 The Arts Council of Ireland, Agility Award, IE
2021 VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Commission, Carlow IE
2021 ArtLinks, Visual Arts Bursary, IE
2021 The Darkroom, Motion Film Artist in Residence, Dublin, IE
2021 The Arts Council of Ireland, Professional Development Award, IE
2020 The Arts Council of Ireland, Visual Arts Project Award, IE
2020 Arts Council of Ireland, Visual Arts Bursary Award, IE
2019 Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Publication Commission for Dublin Art Book Fair, IE
2019 Audiotalaia Sound Lab, Artist in Residence, Pamplona, ESP
2019 The Guesthouse, Artist in Residence, Cork, IE
2019 ArtLinks, Visual Arts Bursary, IE
2019 Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Project Studio Award, Dublin IE
2019 Royal Astronomical Society’s Bicentennial Celebrations (RAS 200) / NUI Galway Centre for Astronomy
and Galway Arts Centre, Artist in Residence, Galway, IE
2018 The Guesthouse, Artist in Residence, Cork, IE
2018 LUX Scotland at Hospitalfield, Artist in Residence, Abroath, Scotland, UK
2018 National College of Art and Design Research Committee, Research Grant Award, Dublin IE
2017 Dublin Institute of Technology, Summer Studio Residency Award, Dublin IE
2017 Carlow Arts Office, Visual Arts Bursary, Carlow IE
2017 Digital Art Studio, Artist in Residence, Belfast UK
2016 Department of Glass, National College of art and Design, Artist in Residence, Dublin IE
2016 National College of Art and Design Research Committee, Research Grant Award, Dublin IE
2016 The Guesthouse, Artist in Residence, Cork, IE
2015 VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Architectural Dramaturgy Workshop Bursary, Carlow IE
2013 Werk.Stadt.Laden, Artist in Residence, Dresden DE
2013 Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Trust, Visual Arts Bursary, IE
2013 Culture Ireland (as part of EU Presidency International Culture Programme)
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions:
2021 Different Dusts, The Douglas Hyde Gallery (Online Screening Series), Dublin, IE
2016 Trickster, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, UK
2016 The Hole in the Donut, screening at The Guesthouse, Cork, IE
2014 Not Life/Necessarily, NCAD Gallery, Dublin, IE
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024 What If We All Knew, Academy of Fine Arts, Prague (CZ)
2024 Flights From Reason, Cork International Film Festival, 69th Edition (IE)
2024 Loose Definitions (borders, proximity and domestic objects), programmed by ReaRflex Film Collective, Whammy! Analog Media, Los Angeles, US
2023 Magnetic Observatory, MART Gallery, Dublin, IE
2023 Where Our Worlds Meet, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR
2022 Landscape Ecology Environment Research Exhibition (LEER), Leitrim Sculpture Centre, IE
2022 I am Sitting in a Room, Solstice Art Centre, Meath, IE
2021 Dublin Art Book Fair, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, IE
2021 Fade to Black, The Library Project, Dublin, IE
2021 ArtsLibris Book Fair with Replika Publishers, Espai Fossat, Barcelona, ES
2021 Woman in the Machine, VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow, IE
2021 the limits of my language, Kilkenny Arts Office, Kilkenny, IE
2020 The Sky is Blue, VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow IE
2020 LA Art Book Fair with Replika Publishers, Adapted to Virtual Exhibition (#laabf2020online)
2019 PeripheriesOPEN, Periphery Space, Wexford, IE
2019 Dublin Art Book Fair, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, IE
2019 Printing Plant Art Book Fair with REPLIKA Publishers, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam, NL
2019 Making Space, Galway Arts Centre as part of Galway International Arts Festival, IE
2019 I Never Read Art Book Fair with REPLIKA Publishers, Basel, CH
2019 Tokyo Art Book Fair with REPLIKA Publishers, Tokyo, JP
2019 Stockholm Art Book Fair with REPLIKA Publishers, Stockholm, SE
2019 Tenderete Festival of Graphic and Sound Editions, with REPLIKA Publishers, Valencia, ES
2018 the medium in the message, The Library Project, Dublin, IE
2018 Independent Art Book Fair, with REPLIKA Publishers, New York, US
2018 Tijuana Printed Art Fair, with REPLIKA Publishers, Casa do Povo, São Paulo, BR
2018 Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo, IE
2018 Thinking About Blue Almonds, Ormond Studios, Dublin, IE
2017 Soul Noir, No 13 North Great Georges Street, Dublin, IE
2017 Law of Identity, 44AD, Bath, UK
2017 Performing a Translation, Ormond Studios, Dublin, IE
2017 Ajavahe «Time Difference», Estonian Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Tallinn, EE
2017 Ellipse, Omelette Studios, Berlin, DE
2017 Attitude Precedes Form, The Library Project, Dublin, IE
2016 Wayward Fruit Tree, Ormond Studios, Dublin, IE
2015 Multipolar, University College Dublin, IE
2014 See The Future, NCAD Postgraduate Exhibition, Emmet House, Dublin, IE
2014 Intermingle, Platform Arts, Belfast, UK
2014 Motley, Hendron’s Collider, Dublin, IE
2013 Tell It / Slant, Pallas Projects, Dublin, IE
2013 Zwischen, Werk.Stadt.Laden, Dresden, DE
2013 Excess Baggage, Estonian Academy of the Arts, Tallinn, EE
2012 Nothing Out of the Ordinary, Basement Project Space, Cork, IE
2011 Contextomy, Sol Gallery, Dublin, IE
Public talks/Media:
2022 The Quietus, 'Echo's Answer: New Sound Art From Ireland', review by Zara Hedderman of exhibition 'I am Sitting in a Room' at Solstice Art Centre, Navan. Available here
2021 Writing Response by Michaela Nash, in response to Different Dusts in the limits of my language exhibition at the Kilkenny Arts Office Gallery 2021, curated by Rachel Botha
2019 Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Open Studio Artist Talk as part of Dublin Art Book Fair, Dublin IE
2019 Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Invited Speaker at The Artists Way Seminar, Dublin IE
2019 Galway Arts Centre/School of Physics, NUIG, Invited speaker at Making Space panel discussion, IE
2019 The Irish Times, Galway International Arts Festival, review by Aidan Dunne
2019 Galway Adviser, ‘There is Something Poetic and Sublime About Space’, review by Charlie McBride
2018 Brown Review, ‘maʊd’, by James Merrigan
2018 Visual Artists News Sheet (VAN), Sep/Oct Edition ‘Artist-Led Spaces’, contributing writer. Available here
2018 National College of Art and Design, ‘Our Lives, Our City, Our Journey; Socially Engaged Arts Education’, Invited Speaker, Dublin IE
2017 Technical University Dublin, Faculty of Fine Art, Artist Talks, Invited speaker, Dublin IE
2017 Black Church Print Studio, ‘Attitude Precedes Form: A&E Session’, Invited speaker, Dublin IE
2016 Riverbank Arts Centre, The Creative Well Visual Arts and Health Programme, Invited speaker, Kildare, IE
2014 Le Cool, ‘Not life/Necessarily’, review by Jack Broughan
2014 The Irish Times, ‘Not life/Necessarily’, review by John P O’ Sullivon
Collections:
The Arts Council of Ireland, IE
MoMA Library Artist Publication Collection, New York City, US
Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo, JP
New Zealand Audio Foundation, Zine and Art Book Collection, Auckland, NZ
Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen, Museum for Artist Publications, Bremen, DE
100Archive 2019, online publication archive, IE
Samoa House Library, Auckland, NZ
National Library of Ireland, IE
National Irish Visual Arts Library, IE
Teaching:
Ongoing: National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Dept. Sculpture and Expanded Practice
2017: Technical University Dublin, Dept of Fine Art, Visiting Lecturer
2015 -2018: Rialto Youth Project, Dublin, Artist-Educator in the community
2015: National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Continuing Professional Development Classes (CPD) Tutor
Ongoing: Freelance Arts Educator at Rua Red South Dublin Arts Centre, Dublin; Temple Bar Gallery &
Studios, Dublin; Black Church Print Studio, Dublin, NCAD Access Programme, Dublin