Profile
I’m a visual artist from the north coast of Northern Ireland. I have a background in printmaking, working in installation and 3D works. Focusing on how we perceive our environment, looking into climate change and ecosystems. Studio holder at Flax Emerging artist programme in Belfast.
Experience/Residencies
2021 Flax Emerging artist programme
2020 Artist talk Catalyst, Belfast
2018 Artist talk Takt A.I.R artist residency. (Berlin, 3 Months)
2018 Member of Angles art collective, Berlin
2017 Royal Ulster Academy, Artist talk (Ulster Museum Belfast, Northern Ireland)
2017 Takt artist residency, Intern and Artist talk (Berlin)
2017 Takt A.I.R artist residency. (Berlin, 3 Months)
2014 Joya Arte Ecologia, Spain / Residency (week long)
2007-2010 (week long) Street Art Master class, Belfast
Awards
2022 RDS Longlist
2022 Golden Thread Graduate Award
2022 CCA Graduate Award
2020 Alice Berger Hammerschlag Award
2018 Travel Award, Causeway Coast and Glens council
2015 Seacourt Printworkshop ,Graduate membership grant
Exhibitions
2022 XII Graduate show, Ulster University, Belfast
2022 I hope this find’s you well, Flax, group show, Belfast
2022 Work/Play, Flax, group show, Belfast
2022 Surroundings, Flax, group show, Belfast
2022 Here’s me Here, Flax, group show, Belfast
2022 Limin-Alley N.E.W Outdoor alley way interventions, Belfast
2021 The presence of Absence, Queen Street Studios, MFA Group show
2021 Here/Not Here, Arts for all, Belfast
2021 Here/Not Here, Ulster University MFA degree show
2021 Salonathon, Group show, Platform Gallery, Belfast
2021 Limin-Alley, 12 person outdoor show in Belfast
2020 A5 Drawing Box, Galway Arts Centre, Group show. Being shown in Cyprus, Athens, Germany, New Delhi, Lithuania, New Mexico, Australia, Belgium, Netherlands and Scotland
2020 Queen Street studios, three person show (Chris Wilson, Charys Wilson, Johnathan Brennan)
2020 Flax Mill virtual show
2018 Art Science Exhibits, Humboldt Universtät, (One month) Collaborative show. Berlin
2017 Solo Show, ‘Still Life’, Tapir Kunstraum, (One Month, Berlin)
2017 Takt A.I.R End of residency group show. “Multitudes”. Berlin
2017 Royal Ulster Academy 136th Annual Exhibition. Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2016 Royal Ulster Academy 135th Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast
2016 BIG (Baldwin Ink Ground) Exhibition, Aberystwyth, Art school, Wales.
2016 Seacourt Print Workshop, Mini print Biennial. Also shown in ‘FE McWilliam Gallery’ and ‘Down Art Centre.’
2016 Seacourt Print Workshop, Symbiotic Exhibition, Culture Centre Vanha Paukku, Finland.
2015 Royal Ulster Academy 134th Annual Exhibition Ulster Museum, Belfast
2015 Summer show, Doorway Gallery, Dublin
2015 Aberystwyth Printmakers, Group Exhibition, Royal Cambrian Academy, Wales
2015 Aberystwyth Printmakers, Group Exhibition, Minerva, Wales
2015 Aberystwyth Printmakers, Group Exhibition, Narberth, Wales
2014 Royal Ulster Academy 133rd Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast
2014 Winter show, Doorway Gallery, Dublin