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Contact: Studio 18, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, 5 - 9 Temple Bar, Dublin 2 E: martinalobrien@gmail.com Education: M.A. in Visual Art Practice, IADT, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin National Certificate in Photography, IADT Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin National College of Art and Design, Dublin Awards: 2019 Arts Council of Ireland Visual Arts Bursary Award 2019 Arts Council of Ireland Travel & Training Award 2019 Temple Bar Gallery + Studio's Project Studio Award 2019 Kildare County Council Arts Act Award 2018 EUCIDA Digital Artist in Residence, Espace Multimédia Gantner, France 2018 Creative Ireland Bursary Award 2017 Arts Council of Ireland Project Award 2017 Arts Council of Ireland Travel & Training Award 2017 Kildare County Council Arts Act Award 2016 Kildare County Council Arts Act Award 2014 Arts Council of Ireland Artist in the Community Scheme Project Realization Award 2014 Arts Council of Ireland Artist in the Community Scheme Research and Development Award Residencies: 2019 Monitoring Changes in Submarine Canyon Coral Habitats Marine Expedition, North East Atlantic, in association with Parity Studios, UCD & The Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences, Dublin, invited artist Artist in Residence, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), UK Artist in Residence, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, EU Science Hub, Italy 2018 SciArt Resonances Summer School, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, EU Science Hub, Italy 2017 Rising from the Hill: Local Systems in Global Contexts Residency, Cow House Studios, Wexford, curated by Francis Halsall & Kelley O’Brien 2017 This Must be the Place, Arts and Health Residency, Kildare 2016 Artist in Residence, Irish Centre for High End Computing (ICHEC), Dublin Selected Exhibitions: 2019 Quotidian, solo exhibition, Illuminations Gallery, Maynooth University, 28th November – 29th January 2020 Datami, curated by Freddy Paul Grunert, BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, 10th Dec – 19th Jan 2020 Tactical Magic, TULCA Festival of Visual Arts curated by Kerry Guinan, 126 Artist-run Gallery, Galway, 1st-17th Nov. Datami, curated by Freddy Paul Grunert, European Commission’s Science Hub Joint Research Centre, Italy, 14th Oct – 8th Nov 2018 At Some Distance in the Direction Indicated, solo exhibition, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny 2017 Rising from the Hill: Local Systems in Global Contexts, curated by Francis Halsall & Kelley O’Brien, NCAD Gallery 2016 The Headless City, TULCA Festival of Visual Arts curated by Daniel Jewesbury, Galway Arts Centre, Galway ART WORKS, VISUAL Carlow, selected by Annie Fletcher & Claire Feeley 2015 CASTING TERRITORY: A Contemporary River Keepers’ Index of Lesser Known Patterns, RUA RED, Royal Dublin Society Library and Archive and The Waterways Centre, Dublin Continuum, solo exhibition, Draiocht, Ground Floor Gallery, Dublin 2050, Boston High Water Collective, Boston MA 2014 Royal Ulster Academy’s 133rd Annual Exhibition Shadows, CPPCC Museum, Beijing 2013 Poster Politik, Martina O’Brien & Mick O’Kelly, The LAB, Dublin Walls & Borders, 3C CREATIVE MALL, 798, Beijing 2012 The Knitted Flood Wall, in collaboration with The Ballsbridge Dodder Residence Association, Dublin Intimate Revolutions: Discourse on Disappointment, Siemens Space, Beijing Screenings and Events: 2020 Talking about talking / Speaking through speech: Lunchtime conversation with Martina O’Brien, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios 2019 Every Single Morning, Artist Book launch, Studio 6, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios Dublin Art Book Fair Art & Architecture: Learning from the Bauhaus, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, invited artist The Art of Citizen-Science: Monitoring a Climate Crisis Symposium, Maynooth University 2018 Quotidian: Art, Climate Change and Citizen-Scientists, Maynooth University 2017 In the Open, Sheffield, UK 2016 Being in Place: The Highs and Lows of Situated Practice, University of Dundee, Scotland Collections: The Butler Gallery Permanent Collection An Bord Altranais Earlsfort Group Purchased by The Office of Public Works Private collections |