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:
2020  Science Gallery Dublin Rapid Residency 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  Temple Bar Gallery + Studio's Project Studio Award
2019  Project Commission, The European Commission, IT
2019  Kildare County Council Arts Act Award
2018  EUCIDA Digital Artist in Residence, Espace Multimédia Gantner, FR
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:

2020  Systematic Monitoring Survey of the Moira Mound Chain, Marine Expedition, North East Atlantic Ocean    
2019  Monitoring Changes in Submarine Canyon Coral Habitats Marine Expedition, North East Atlantic Ocean, 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:
2020  New Era curated by Brenda McParland, Solstice Arts Centre, Sept - Nov
           Invisible Cities - Digital Contaminations, Festival Urbano Multimediale, Trieste, Italy
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:
Butler Gallery Permanent Collection
An Bord Altranais
Earlsfort Group
Purchased by The Office of Public Works
​Private collections