CV
Selected Exhibitions and Screenings
2025 Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, England
2025 Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Hawick, Scotland
2025 Braziers International Film Festival, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire, England
2025 CRYIN’ AT THE GYM, Naughton Gallery, Belfast
2024 (solo) Crossing the Park, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
2024 (solo) Crossing the Park, CCA Derry~Londonderry
2024 Ballon rond, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
2024 milk & nectar - UPHOLD, Belfast Photo Festival
2024 mother tongue, The MAC, Belfast
2023 ASSEMBLY, PS2, Belfast
2023 /’fu:bar/, Glitch Art Festival, Zagreb (online)
2023 Reflex Blue: Extended Programme, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
2022 About Learning and Other Journeys, PS2, Belfast
2022 Artists in Neighbourhoods, Household, Flax Art Project Space, Belfast
2022 How Did We Get To: Know So Little?, Docs Ireland
2022 Opening the Gates, Photo Festival Ireland, Dublin Castle
2022 New Collections, UPHOLD, Belfast
2022 Saturation, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
2022 TULCA Festival of Visual Arts, Galway
2021 Bending Glass, Flax Art Studios, Belfast
2021 Maps of Disquiet, Chennai Photo Biennale, India
2021 Mediating Signals, Havelock House, Belfast
2021 Northern Ireland Mental Health Festival, online
2021 Portrait of Northern Ireland: Neither an Elergy nor a Manifesto, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
2021 Quicksilver, Freelands Foundation, London
2021 Urgencies, CCA Derry~Londonderry
2020 A Living Colour Index, The MAC, Belfast, online
2020 ALL IN!, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, online
2020 Dissolving Histories: An Unreliable Presence, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
2020 In a Rainbow of Coalitions, The MAC, Belfast
2019 (solo) Looking Backward, PS2, Belfast
2019 Glasshouse V, Shankill Library, Belfast
2019 Radical Arcadia, Zaratan Arte Contemporanea, Lisbon, Portugal
2018 0.1km, online
2018 Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival, Walker Art Centre, USA
2018 Program your Retroactive Wish, Catalyst Ats, Belfast
2018 Radhairc agus Glórtha na hÉireann Faoi Láthair, Solas Nua, Washington DC, USA
2018 Sights and Sounds of Ireland Today, Solas Nua, Washington DC, USA
2018 Single Channel, Anthology Film Archives, New York, USA
2018 Windows, Timisoara European Capital of Culture 2023, Romania
2017 (solo) Predictable Contact, Naughton Gallery, Belfast
2017 (solo) Short Films about Learning, Lismore Castle Arts, Waterford, Ireland
2017 CYFEST 10, Cine Tonala, Mexico City
2017 CYFEST 10, Taiga Arts Centre, St. Petersburg, Russia
2017 Domino Open Film, Savorr, Norwich
2017 In Real Time, 126 Gallery, Galway
2017 Windows, Corners of Europe, Gdansk, Poland
2016 Afterimage, Belfast Film Festival, Queens Film Theatre
2016 CYFEST 10, Conferias in Partnership with SOFA, Bogata, Columbia
2016 CYFEST 10, Made in NY Media Centre, New York, USA
2016 Notes on Belfast, ltd los angeles, USA
2016 PXVI, Platform Arts, Belfast
2016 Suki Tea Prize, Oonagh Young Gallery, Dublin
2016 Windows, Corners of Europe, Blyth, England
2016 Windows, Corners of Europe, DSS2016 European Capital of Culture, Donostia/San Sebastian, Spain
2015 (solo) Short Films about Learning, Belfast Exposed, Belfast
2015 (solo) The Numbers Station, University Gallery, Belfast
2015 GLUMBA SKKZX, Ex Elettrofonica, Rome, Italy
2015 Impractical Spaces, Platform Arts, Belfast
2015 Les Rencontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2015 Shuffle, Templemore Baths, Belfast
2015 Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2015 Vanishing Futures: Collective Histories XII, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
2015 Windows, Corners of Europe, Belfast International Arts Festival
2015 Windows, Corners of Europe, Haninge, Sweden
2014 Les Rencontres Internationales, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris
2014 Little Kingdoms, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
2014 Multiplicity, NURTUREart, New York, USA
2014 Object Permanence, Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Beanbag Cinema, Belfast
2014 Windows, Corners of Europe, Taranto, Italy
2013 (solo) Behaviour Setting, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown
2013 Distillation Hollywood, Off-site project: Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown
2013 Oscillator, Science Gallery, Dublin
2013 Precursor, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
2012 (solo) Calculated Error, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
2012 Instances of Agreement, Kao Yuan Arts Centre, Kao Yuan University, Taiwan
2012 Interplanetary Revolution, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
2012 Line of Scrimmage, University of Ulster, Belfast
2012 The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, PS2, Belfast
2011 Contemporary Art and the Moving Image, Belfast Film Festival, Queen’s Film Theatre
2011 Contemporary Art and the Moving Image, Galway Arts Centre
2011 Darklight festival, The Factory, Dublin
2011 Digital Arts in the Gallery, DAS @ Catalyst Arts, Belfast
2011 EVERY ONE THING: Artist Short Film Screening: Black Box, Belfast
2011 EVERY ONE THING, Platform Arts, Belfast
2011 Home Grown, F.E. McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge
2011 Other Perspectives, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown
2010 Arrivals, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
2010 As Seen On The Radio, Mill Street Studios, Dublin
2010 Futures, Elephant, Los Angeles, USA
2010 Inter alia, PS2, Belfast
2010 Salon, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
2010 Showreel, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
2010 Station Project Three, Queen Street Police Station, Belfast
2009 Bloodfeathers, Morningside, Edinburgh
2009 Journeys through the mouth, Teviot, Edinburgh
2009 Showreel, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
2008 Artists’ Books, Owl and Lion, Edinburgh
2008 Carnival of Souls, Wasps Studio, Glasgow
2008 Colloquiart, GRV, Edinburgh
2008 CO-OP, Owl and Lion, Edinburgh
2008 Royal Ulster Academy, Titanic Drawing offices, Belfast
2008 Standby Solutions, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
2007 (solo) Steal all of Stephen King’s Adjectives, ARTTANK, Belfast
2007 Momentum, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown
2007 Royal Ulster Academy, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
2006 Common Ground, ARTTANK, Belfast
Commissions
2023 Arts Council of Northern Ireland Commissioning Programme, F.E. McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge
2022 TULCA Festival of Visual Arts, Galway
2021 Artists in Neighbourhoods project, Household Belfast
2021 Northern Ireland Mental Health Festival
2020 Online commission, The MAC, Belfast
2019 NEO NEO, Black Box, Belfast
2018 PhD project, Dan Webster, Queen’s University Belfast
2017 Naughton Gallery and NI Science Festival and British Council
2016 Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown
2015 Archive commission, Belfast Exposed Gallery
2014 Public artwork for touring, European Capital of Culture DSS2016 Donostia/ San Sebastian, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Corners of Europe, Teatro Pubblico Pugliese, Intercult
2008 Fresco project, Hotel Bloom, European League of Institutes of the Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Grants Awards Residencies
2025 Artist Residency, Cill Rialaig Arts Centre, Co. Kerry
2024 Artist Parent Residency, Cow House Studios, Co. Wexford
2023 Visual Arts Bursary Award, Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
2023 Artist in Residence, F.E. McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge
2022 Artist Bursary, a-n The Artist’s Information Company, Newcastle upon Tyne
2021 Artist in Residence, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
2020 Project Grant, The Elephant Trust, London
2020 Artists Emergency Programme, Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2018 Freelands Artist Programme, Freelands Foundation, London
2018 Artist in Residence, Gluck50, Milan
2017 Artist in Residence, NI Science Festival
2016 AMINI, Artists in Residence, The MAC, Belfast
2015 AMINI, Artist International Development Fund, Arts Council of Northern Ireland & British Council
2015 Support for Individual Artist Programme, Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2014 Support for Individual Artist Programme, Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2013 Individual Artist Award, City of Culture, Derry~Londonderry
2013 Artist in Residence, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown
2012 ACES Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2011 Alice Berger Hammerschlag Award, University of Ulster, Belfast
2011 Catalyst Arts Archive Committee, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
2011 Artist in Residence, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
2011 Support for Individual Artist Programme, Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2010 Residency Programme, Digital Arts Studios, Belfast
2010 9 to 5, PS2, Belfast
2009 Andrew Grant Bequest, Edinburgh College of Art
2008 Original Vision Award, Royal Ulster Academy
2007 The Alumni Fund Academic Excellence Award, Faculty of Art and Design, University of Ulster
Public Collections
National Collection of Ireland
Arts Council of Northern Ireland Collection
Visual Artists Ireland Collection
Education
2012 MFA, University of Ulster, Belfast
2009 BA Sculpture, Edinburgh College of Art
2006 Diploma, Foundation studies Art and Design, Belfast Metropolitan College
Boards / Memberships
Founder Artists’ Moving Image Northern Ireland (AMINI)
Founder, LUX Belfast Critical Forum, The MAC, Belfast
Artist Membership, a-n The Artist’s Information Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2021 -
Studio Holder Flax Art Studios, Belfast, 2019 - 2021
Arts Committee, Millennium Court Art Centre, Portadown, 2014 - 2019
Member and Studio Holder Platform Arts, Belfast, 2014 - 2018
Visual Artists Ireland (VAI) member, 2012 - 2014, 2019 -
Member Catalyst Arts, Belfast, 2010 - 2015, 2020-2022
Member, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, 2007 - 2009
Curating / Programming
2024 Design Team, Bank of Ideas, Belfast 2024 Cultural Program
2023 Jury Member, Docs Ireland Festival
2020 Forum Chair, LUX Belfast Critical Forum, The MAC, Belfast
2019 Programmer, “New Work from Northern Ireland”, The MAC, Befast
2019 Forum Chair, LUX Belfast Critical Forum, The MAC, Belfast
2018 Programmer, “Consoling Ghosts”, CCA Derry~Londonderry
2018 Selector, AMINI Graduate Award, Belfast School of Art
2018 Programmer, “House Taken Over”, Sonorities Festival, Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), Queen‘s University Belfast
2018 Forum Chair, LUX Belfast Critical Forum, The MAC, Belfast
2017 Curator, AMINI 17 Festival of Artists’ Moving Image, The MAC, Belfast
2017 Programmer, “Defensible Space”, AMINI 17 Festival of Artists’ Moving Image, The MAC, Belfast
2017 Selector, AMINI Graduate Award, Belfast School of Art
2017 Programmer, Matthew Noel-Tod screening + In Conversation, Beanbag Cinema, Belfast Film Festival
2017 Programmer, Ryan Trecartin Screening, Catalyst Arts, Belfast,
2017 Programmer, AMINI In Conversation: 3 emerging artists present their films, R-Space Gallery, Lisburn
2017 Forum Chair, LUX Belfast Critical Forum, The MAC, Belfast
2016 Programmer, “Positioning the Past”, Belfast Exposed Gallery
2016 Selector, AMINI Graduate Award, Belfast School of Art
2016 Programmer, “Object Loss”, The MAC, Belfast
2016 Programmer, “Grace Schwindt: Only A Free Individual Can Create A Free Society”, QFT, Belfast Film Festival
2016 Programmer, “Olaf Breuning: Home Trilogy”, R-Space Gallery, Lisburn
2016 Forum Chair, LUX Belfast Critical Forum, The MAC, Belfast
2015 Programmer AMINI Screening, Platform Arts, Belfast
Mentoring / Workshops / Teaching
2025 Panel member, “The Role of Archives”, IMMA, Dublin
2023 Guest Lecturer, MFA programme, NCAD, Dublin
2019 Guest Lecturer, MFA programme, Belfast School of Art
2018 Artist Film Workshops, Creating Connections group, Black Box, Belfast
2017 AMINI mentorship programme: Marta Dyczkowska
2017 AMINI mentorship programme: Joey O’Gorman
2016 AMINI mentorship programme: Dara Fanagan
2013 Digital photography workshop, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown
2012 Mapping the local area workshop series, Denmark Street Community Centre, Belfast
2012 Movie making workshops, Let Youth Lead, Cliftonville and CARR community groups, Belfast
2011 Video workshop series for young people, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
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