Studio:
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                                                                                                                                                                          
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Awards:
2022  Arts Council of Ireland Visual Arts Project 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  Project 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:
2020/22 UCD Parity Studios iCRAG Artist in Residence www.ucdartistsinresidence.com/martina-obrien
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       SciArt 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

Selected Solo Exhibitions / Projects:
2019/20   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, RDS 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:
2021  Dublin Art Book Fair: Manual, TBG+S, invited artist
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  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