My
artistic practice primarily involves the investigation
of place. I am interested in the alternative use
of spaces and materials in a manner, which does
not obey traditional parameters, but rather allows
for experimentation, innovation, errors, deliberate
chaos, and the rejection of uniformity. In my work,
the end product of a perfect image is not the priority,
but rather the outcome of multiple processes of
overlap, integration and mutation, which allow for
a continual possibility of discovery.
There is an attraction in the imperfections of locations:
in the multitude of uneven surfaces and textures,
in the cumulative effects of neglect, and in the
implications of memory and nostalgia in the traces
left behind. I am intrigued by the potential of
strategies of re-use and reinvention through assemblage
and spatial illusion.
The layers in the work protrude through the boundaries
of the conventional frame, giving a voice to raw,
vulnerable and rough edges and avoiding linear convention,
and an emphasis is placed on the relationship between
material, surface and subject matter.
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JUPCOMING
EXHIBITIONS
2010 Nacht und Nebel, Berlin
Ahne Festival, Helsinki, Finland
SELECTED
EXHIBITIONS
2010 Open Studio, WerkStadt Satellite, Nogatstr.
39, Neukölln, Berlin
Pain, Kereva Art Museum, Finland
48 Hours Neukölln festival, Werkstadt e.V,
Emserstr 124, Neukölln, Berlin
Vereslihalla, Galleria Kandela, Helsinki, Finland
2009 Estranged Relations, Ptarmigan Gallery, Nilsiänkatu
10, Helsinki, Finland
Shaft proposal design, Laituri Gallery, Helsinki
City Planning Department, Finland
Impossible Exchange: Frieze Projects, Frieze Art
Fair, Regent’s Park, London
48 Hours Neukölln festival, Werkstadt e.V,
Emserstr 124, Neukolln
Made in Berlin, State Gallery of Kaliningrad, Russia
Made in Berlin, German-Russian House, Kaliningrad,
Russia
Light as a feather stiff as a board, SIM studios,
Seljavegur 32, Reykjavik, Iceland
2008 Two Faced, KMK (Kunst Mensch Kollectiv), Scherer8
Galerie Wedding, Berlin
Nacht und Nebel festival, Werkstadt e.V, Neukolln,
Berlin
One inch Badge Art Show, Mantua Arts Project, Co.
Roscommon, Ireland
Kiss, Cuddle, Torture, Scherer8 Galerie, Wedding,
Berlin
Rot, RGB, Brunnenstr 65, Mitte, Berlin
2007 Evidence of Existence, The One Gallery, Clare
st. 3, Dublin
Plastic Relations, 7Hours, Haus 19, Mitte, Berlin
2006 Plastic Relations, Degree Show Exhibition,
NCAD, Dublin
2005 New Irish Painting, Context Galleries, Derry,
Northern Ireland
Sofa so good, Filmbase, Dublin
RDS Art Fair, Dublin
Villa Electrique, Enshcede, The Netherlands
EDUCATION
2010-2011 M.A. Art in Context, UDK, Berlin, Germany
2009-2011 M.A. Environmental Art, TAIK, Helsinki,
Finland
2002-2006 B.A. Degree in Fine Art, NCAD, Dublin
2005 Erasmus exchange, AKI, Enshcede, The Netherlands
AWARDS/RESIDENCY
2010 Professional Artist Development Bursary, Meath
County Council, Ireland
Culture Ireland Grant
2009 SIM Artist Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland
COLLECTIONS
National Irish Visual Artists Library
