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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 2019 Artist in Residence, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, UK 2019 Artist in Residence, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, EU Science Hub, Italy 2018 Datami 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 & Events: (Recent/ Current) 2019 Datami, European Commission’s Science Hub Joint Research Centre, Italy, 14th October – 8th November 2019 Tactical Magic, TULCA Festival of Visual Art curated by Kerry Guinan, 126 Artist-run Gallery, Galway, 1st – 17th November 2019 Dublin Art Book Fair 2019 Art & Architecture: Learning from the Bauhaus, invited artist, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios 21st November - 1st December 2019 Quotidian, Illuminations Gallery, Maynooth University, 28th November – 29th January 2020 2019 The Art of Citizen-Science: Monitoring a Climate Crisis, symposium, Maynooth University, 28th November, 4pm 2019 Every Single Day, publication launch, Studio 6, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, 12th December 2019 Datami, BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, 10th December – 19th January 2020 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, Dublin 2016 The Headless City, TULCA, 2016, Galway Arts Centre, curated by Daniel Jewesbury 2016 ART WORKS, VISUAL Carlow, selected by Annie Fletcher & Claire Feeley 2015 Continuum, solo exhibition, Draiocht, Ground Floor Gallery, Dublin 2015 CASTING TERRITORY: A Contemporary River Keepers’ Index of Lesser Known Patterns, in collaboration with The Dodder Anglers Club, Dublin, RUA RED, Royal Dublin Society Library and Archive and The Waterways Centre, Dublin 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 Wasteland, touring solo exhibition, The Belfast Waterfront, Belfast, The Alley Arts Centre, Strabane and The Arthouse, Stradbally 2013 Walls & Borders, 3C CREATIVE MALL, 798, Beijing 2012 The Knitted Flood Wall, in collaboration with The Ballsbridge Dodder Residence Association, Dublin 2012 Intimate Revolutions: Discourse on Disappointment, Siemens Space, Beijing 2009 & 2008 United in Art, Agora Gallery, New York 2008 Ocean Colours, solo exhibition, The Office of Public Works, 51-52 St. Stephens Green, Dublin Screenings and Events: 2020 Talking about talking / Speaking through speech: Lunchtime conversation with Martina O’Brien, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, 24th January www.templebargallery.com/whats-on/events/talking-about-talking-speaking-through-speech-lunchtime-conversation-with-martina-obrien 2019 The Art of Citizen-Science: Monitoring a Climate Crisis Symposium, Maynooth University, 28th November 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 |