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Parity Studios UCD School of Physics Belfield Dublin 4 www.ucdartistsinresidence.com/martina-obrien 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 Awards: 2021 Creative Ireland Bursary Award 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 2019/20 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: 2020/21 UCD Artist in Residence with The Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences (iCRAG). Details: www.ucdartistsinresidence.com/martina-obrien 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, 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 Solo Exhibitions / Projects: 2022 Title TBC, Science Gallery Dublin, February 2019 Quotidian, Illuminations Gallery, Maynooth University, Nov – Jan 2020 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, Royal Dublin Society Library & Archive & The Waterways Centre, Dublin 2015 Continuum, Draiocht, Ground Floor Gallery, Dublin 2012 Knitted Flood Wall, Ballsbridge Dodder Residence Association, Dublin Selected Group Exhibitions: 2021 SHUL, Martina O’Brien & Cristine Mackey, Residency Exhibition, South Tipperary Arts Centre 2020 New Era, curated by Brenda McParland, Solstice Arts Centre, Sept – Nov 2019 Datami, curated by Freddy Paul Grunert, BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, 10th Dec – 19th Jan 2020 2019 Tactical Magic, TULCA Festival of Visual Arts curated by Kerry Guinan, 126 Artist-run Gallery, Galway, 1st-17th Nov. 2019 Datami, curated by Freddy Paul Grunert, European Commission’s Science Hub Joint Research Centre, 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 Events & Screenings: 2020 Dublin Art Book Fair: Design as an Attitude, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, invited artist 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 |