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Shell of Secretion in Draíocht’s ‘you breathe differently down here’ curated by Amanda Coogan
Hang ups at GSD Expanded, curated by Andrew Folan

[Hu]Manned Mission at the Lumen Crypt Gallery London

Buzz me in as part of GSD/Simon exhibition The Art of Home

Buzz me in, etching chine college and collage, part of ‘The Art of Home’ opens Monday 4th- Saturday 9th October, 10am- 6:30pm at @CHQ Dublin, Custom House Quay, Dublin 1. 
‘The Art of Home’ is a charity exhibition of fine art prints from 41 members of Graphic Studio Dublin with Simon Communities of Ireland. Proceeds will be split 50/50 with the artists and Simon Communities helping to promote the solutions that will bring an end to homelessness in Ireland. 

Peripheral in Homeland Dog Days

 Peripheral will be showing as part of Homeland Dog Days in King John’s Tower, Damer House, Roscrea from the 23 October to 3 November
and at Loop film festival in Barcelona in the Alalimon Gallery from the 9 – 21 November.

Surreal Estate and Peripheral in CITY at the Highlanes Gallery

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My practice can be defined as expanded print, I incorporate sculptural elements, film and installation. I use a combination of low-tech and analogue systems of production along with traditional and experimental methods of etching, screen and transfer printing on a variety of materials including film, paper, textile, perspex and metal. These prints are often combined in 3D configurations either as a method of display, to encourage interaction or in order to film and animate.

I live and work in Dublin and am a member of the Graphic Studio Dublin (GSD) since 2010. I graduated from NCAD MFA in Fine Art in 2020. I am also a practicing paper conservator and have an MA in Conservation of Fine Art from the University of Northumbria, UK. I have worked in a number of museums and galleries in the USA, UK and Ireland and am currently a paper conservator in the National Gallery of Ireland. This background has influenced my approach to ideas of permanence, timelessness and the notion of perfection.

The embodiment of psychological experience and the nature of somatic response in an underlying theme in my work. I am addressing issues concerning how the body absorbs, holds and disguises trauma. This may be referred to as body armouring, a way of absorbing a threat to counter its influence.