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)

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.

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

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

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.                   

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.

1996               

• 100 Years of Austrian Cinema, Kartnerstrasse, Vienna, Austria - commissioned by The Vienna Chamber of Commerce.

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.

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

• 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. 

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

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.

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.

2025

• Drawing The Water, a contested public art project: Perspectives on Rural Economies and Ecologies: Past, Present and Future. Netherlands Institute at Athens, Greece, May 21-23, 2025

2022  

• A Woman’s Culm: Artist in Conversation with Dr Sinead McCoole, Limerick Museum, July 22, 2022.

• The Rural as Site of Representational Struggle, Rural Imaginations Conference (Aug.), ASCA, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2020 

• Gaining Ground: ReflectionsSymposium, glor, invited by Clare County Council, September4, 2020

2019 

• You Cannot Climb a Hedge, Tirdhreach Feasach: Irish Environments in Transition Geography Seminar, invited by Maynooth University, Ireland, November 20, 2019

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, invited by Limerick School of Art & Design, MA-SPACE, May 11, 2017

• 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, Sheffield Hallam University in conjunction with The University of Leeds, United Kingdom. https://asleukiland2017.com September 6 - 8, 2017

• The Politics of Narrative, speaking back as a disruptive practice,Art and Geography,49th Annual Conference of Irish Geographers, University College Cork, Ireland; bursary recipient http://www.conferenceofirishgeographers.ie/cig2017-ucc May 4 – 6, 2017

2016  

• Drawing the Water: Being in Place, The Highs and Lows of Sited Practices, University of Dundee, Scotland, the United Kingdom, November 24 – 25, 2016

• The Ecology of Community, OPEN FIELDS Exhibition and Conference, RIXC Art Science Festival, Riga, Latvia. September 29 - October 1, 2016

• The Void of the Jug, alterRurality3: Culture, Farming and Habitat – New Perspectives conference. Letterfrack Co. Galway, University College Dublin and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, June 2016

2015  

• Artist presentation: Visual Center for Contemporary Art & George Bernard Shaw Theatre, Carlow invited by Director Ann Mulrooney, 20 Aug, 2015.

2012

• Waterwheel Symposium, Sousse University, Tunisia for International Water Day, International, online presentation