Professional Education
2007-2012 PhD by arts practice and thesis. Awarded by Dublin Institute of Technology. Awarded full ABBEST scholarship, and researcher with GRADCAM (Graduate School of Creative Arts and Media). Research focussed on photography, conflict and landscape shaped by political forces.
1994-96 Master of Fine Art Degree with Distinction (Professional Practice, Video and Photography) University of Ulster at Belfast, Northern Ireland
1981-85 Diploma in Fine Art Painting and Sculpture with credit Institute of Technology, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Gemini Wild Tulips Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland, 6 - 20 March
2019 Genesis Lost Artlink Fort Dunree, Inishowen, Co Donegal, 26 October - 16 November*
2018 After the Blacksmith Leitrim Sculpture Centre Residency Exhibition, Manorhamilton, Ireland, 16 November – 01 December 2018.
2010 Arc of Fire PhD research exhibition/seminar, Fort Dunree, Inishowen
2008 Fig YS exhibition Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast, September - October.
2002 Fathom exhibition Context Gallery, November Derry N Ireland*
1999 Blackout exhibition commissioned by the Crawford Arts Centre, Fife. Blackout toured to galleries in Glasgow (Street Level Photoworks), Kilmarnock, Kirkcaldy, Invergordon, Wick and Thurso*
1994 More Irish than the Irish Themselves installation Earagail Arts Festival, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
1993 Irresistible installation, Castlemilk Womanhouse, Glasgow
1987 Monumental Diagrams two-person exhibition with Marie Barrett, Foyle Arts Centre, curated by the Orchard Gallery, Derry*
1986 Works New paintings and Drawings, Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh*
Selected Group
2019 The Parted Veil: Photography and Commemoration, 12 April - 30 June, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork.
2018 Drone Vision: Warfare, Surveillance, Protest, Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenberg, Sweden, 19 May – 16 September 2018*
2017 Experiments in Cinema Film Festival PRONTO screening, Albuquerque, USA, 18-23 April 2017.*
Glebe Gallery Open, OPW Churchill, Co Donegal, 14-23 April.
London Art Fair, Islington, London, 18 – 22 January. Golden Thread Gallery presented the Radio Relay project as part of ‘Dialogues’ and launched an accompanying publication.*
2016 RUA 135th Annual Exhibition invited artist. (Royal Ulster Academy) Ulster Museum, Belfast, 19 October – 08 January 2017. *
TULCA 16 Festival of Visual Arts. Dun Uí Mhaoílíosa Barracks, Galway 5 – 25 November*
1418NOW Radio Relay Programme. Co-commission by 1418NOW with Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast. PRONTO, a site-specific performance and short film installed at Grey Point Fort, Bangor 18 June – 13 August.*
Why is it Always December? Millennium Court Art Centre, Portadown, 15 April – 22 May.
Sea Change LOCI Artists’ Group project. A site-specific event in QUB Marine Lab, Portaferry, a day event, seminar and exhibition, 23 April.
2015 Sunday School # 3 Letter From Derry. DAM PROJECTS Curatorial Collective, A-Space, Islington, London. A one-day curated installation 23 February 2015.
The Social Mix Tape, The Social Gallery and Studios, Derry. 16 April – 30 May 2015.
2014 Stonework, The Social Gallery and Studios, Derry. 18 December 2014 – 31 January 2015 (founder artist member)
2013 Tomorrow’s Nearly Over exhibition of contemporary artists at Void Gallery, Derry.
2006 Iontas exhibition at Sligo Art Gallery, ROI. *
ON Masters exhibition celebrating 25 years of the MA Course at the University of Ulster, Ormeau Baths Gallery. *
2005 Signal exhibition at Fort Dunree, Inishowen, Festival of the Peninsula, Ards Arts Centre, NI
2004 Latitude, Longitude, Season exhibition at Catalyst Arts, Belfast.
2000 No Small Feat a Streetlevel Photoworks touring exhibition, Glasgow.*
1999 Here Not in Kansas exhibition at Bulkhead Gallery, High Street, Glasgow
1998 Muster Not in Kansas project and exhibition in MOD Military Housing, Helensburgh, Scotland.*
1997 On the Buses Globe Gallery, North Shields, a mobile arts exhibition curated by Catalyst Arts in Belfast and Streetlevel Photoworks in Glasgow*
1995 Sub MFA Graduate exhibition, University of Ulster @ Belfast*
Showing Off Ormeau Baths Gallery Belfast & member of curating group*
Soon, Later post graduate exhibition University of Ulster Diploma, Belfast
1994 Preservation Intermedia Gallery Glasgow
1988-89 Site Work Public Art Project team member, part of the Orchard Gallery Public Programme, Derry, N. Ireland. Co-designed projects:
Target: Life sized sculptural figures erected along the banks of the river Foyle
Dance State: Video work based on the security presence and social life within the City
Suitcase: Sculptural ‘suitcases’ with the name of young emigrants were moored in the river
1988 North West Artists Association, exhibition Foyle Arts Centre Derry
GPA Awards for emerging artists’ exhibition, (shortlisted) Douglas Hyde Gallery*
1987 EVA 87, Municipal Gallery, Limerick Eire*
Living Art, Guinness Hop Store Gallery, Dublin
Omagh Arts Festival, Omagh, N. Ireland
Otter Gallery, in aid of Simon Community, Belfast
Artwork Institute of Technology, Donegal, Ireland*
1986 Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh Festival exhibition, Bath and London Art Fair
1985 New Graduates, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
EVA 85, Municipal Gallery Limerick
Living Art 85, Guinness Hop Store Gallery Dublin*
Artist Initiatives
2014 - LOCI Co-founder of women artists group, engaging the public space through visual arts, research and partnerships.
2014 – 16 The Social Gallery and Studios, a socially-engaged arts group which developed exhibitions and studio based activities, supported by Social Enterprise NI.
1997-2005 Not in Kansas co-founder of an arts organisation based in Scotland. NIK curated and commissioned artists to create artwork in non-gallery and site-specific spaces.
Research Awards, Commissions and Residencies
2018 - Exhibition Residency Award, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Ireland
2017 - Drone Vision Research Award, Hasselblad Foundation and Valand Academy, Gothenberg
Drone Vision Project Realisation Commission, Hasselblad Foundation and Valand Academy
Arts Council of Northern Ireland SIAP Individual Artist Award
2016 - 1418NOW & Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast co-commission Radio Relay Project
2005 - Arts Council of Northern Ireland International Artist Profiling Award
2002 - British Council (Northern Ireland) Travel award to Venice Biennale
2002 - Arts Council of Northern Ireland Individual Award
2001 - Arts Council of Northern Ireland Individual Award
2001 - Scottish Arts Council Artists’ Award
2002 - Scottish Arts Council National Lottery New Directions award for Muster
1997 - Scottish Arts Council Small Assistance award
1990 - Artist in residence, Holy Child School Derry N Ireland
1990 - Artist in residence, Blighs’ Lane Nursery School Derry N Ireland
1987 - Invited Artist/ Living Art Exhibition Dublin
1986 - British Council travel award for arts visit to Poland
1985 - Derek Hill student term award
* denotes publication