Martina O'Brien
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Contact:
E: martinalobrien@gmail.com​​

Education:
M.A. in Visual Art Practice, IADT Dún Laoghaire, Dublin
National Certificate in Photography, IADT Dún Laoghaire, Dublin 
​National College of Art and Design, Dublin                                                                                                                                                                          
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Awards + Commissions:
2022        Arts Council of Ireland Visual Arts Project Award
2022        Creative Ireland Bursary Award

2022        Kildare County Council Arts Act Award
2021        Arts Council of Ireland Visual Arts Bursary Award
2021        Creative Ireland Bursary Award
2021        Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award
2020        Kildare County Council Arts Act Award
2019        Arts Council of Ireland Visual Arts Bursary Award
2019        Arts Council of Ireland Travel & Training Award
2019/20  Temple Bar Gallery + Studio's Project Studio Award
2019        Commission, The European Commission, IT
2019        Kildare County Council Arts Act Award
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 (selected):
2022      The Artist Laboratory, Devenish Lands at Dowth, curated by Belinda Quirke, Director Solstice Arts Centre
2022      Marine Expedition, N E Atlantic, aboard RV Celtic Explorer in association with UCD Parity Studios + iCRAG, supported by Kildare County Council Arts Service 
2020/22 UCD Parity Studios iCRAG Artist in Residence www.ucdartistsinresidence.com/martina-obrien
2022       Landscape, Ecology & Environment Research Residency, Leitrim Sculpture Centre                                       
2021       SHUL Residency, South Tipperary Arts Centre
2020       Science Gallery Dublin Rapid Residency
2020       Temple Bar Gallery + Studio’s Creative Generations Artist in Residence, O’Connell’s Boys School, Dublin 1
2019       Monitoring Changes in Submarine Canyon Coral Habitats Marine Expedition, NE Atlantic Ocean, RV​ Celtic Explorer
2019       Artist in Residence, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), UK
​2019       Artist in Residence, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, EU Science Hub, IT 
2018       EUCIDA Digital Artist in Residence, Espace Multimédia Gantner, FR
2018       Resonances Summer School, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, IT 
2017       Rising from the Hill: Local Systems in Global Contexts Residency, Cow House Studios
2017       This Must be the Place, Arts and Health Residency 
2016       Artist in Residence, Irish Centre for High End Computing (ICHEC), Dublin

Solo Exhibitions / Projects (selected):
2024        Title TBC, Galway Arts Centre
2024        Title TBC, Wexford Arts Centre
2023        Title TBC, Highlanes Gallery
2022        SEA STATE, Science Gallery Dublin (cancelled due to gallery closure)
2019/20  Quotidian, Illuminations Gallery, Maynooth University
2018        At Some Distance in the Direction Indicated, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
2015        CASTING TERRITORY: A Contemporary River Keepers’ Index of Lesser Known Patterns, RUA RED
2015        CASTING TERRITORY: A Contemporary River Keepers’ Index of Lesser Known Patterns, RDS Library Archive
​2015        CASTING TERRITORY: A Contemporary River Keepers’ Index of Lesser Known Patterns, Waterways Centre, Dublin
2015        Continuum, Draiocht, Ground Floor Gallery, Dublin
2012        Knitted Flood Wall, Ballsbridge Dodder Residence Association, Dublin

Group and Two Person Exhibitions (selected) :
2022       Landscape, Ecology & Environment Exhibition, Leitrim Sculpture Centre                                       
2021       SHUL, Martina O’Brien & Christine Mackey, South Tipperary Arts Centre
2020       New Era, curated by Brenda McParland, Solstice Arts Centre                         
2019/20 Datami, curated by Freddy Paul Grunert, BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
2019       Tactical Magic, TULCA Festival of Visual Arts curated by Kerry Guinan, 126 Artist-run Gallery, Galway
2019       Datami, curated by Freddy Paul Grunert, European Commission’s Science Hub Joint Research, Italy 
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
2016      ART WORKS, VISUAL Carlow, selected by Annie Fletcher & Claire Feeley 
2015      2050, Boston High Water Collective, Boston MA
2014      Royal Ulster Academy’s 133rd Annual Exhibition
2014      Shadows, CPPCC Museum, Beijing
2013      Poster Politik, Martina O’Brien & Mick O’Kelly, The LAB, Dublin
2013      Walls & Borders, 3C CREATIVE MALL, 798, Beijing
2012      Intimate Revolutions: Discourse on Disappointment, Siemens Space, Beijing



Artist Talks, Events & Screenings:
2021        Dublin Art Book Fair: Manual, TBG+S, invited artist
2021        SHUL Artist Talk, Martina O’Brien, Christine Mackey and Aideen Barry
2020        Dublin Art Book Fair: Design as an Attitude, TBG+S, invited artist
2020        Talking about talking / Speaking through speech: Lunchtime conversation with Martina O’Brien, TBG+S            
2019        ​Every Single Morning, Artist Book launch, Studio 6, TBG+S 
2019        Dublin Art Book Fair: Art & Architecture: Learning from the Bauhaus, TBG+S, invited artist
2019        The Art of Citizen-Science: Monitoring a Climate Crisis Symposium, Maynooth University
2018         Quotidian: Art, Climate Change and Citizen-Scientists, Maynooth University
2017        Screening, In the Open, Sheffield, UK
2016        Screening, Being in Place: The Highs and Lows of Situated Practice, University of Dundee, Scotland

Collections:
Butler Gallery Permanent Collection

An Bord Altranais
Earlsfort Group
Purchased by The Office of Public Works
​Private collections


  • Martina O'Brien
  • Projects
  • Texts, Reviews, Publications
  • CV
  • these hollow-earth fantasies
  • Legacy Plots
  • of ephemeral measure