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Susan MacWilliam Curriculum Vitae |
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| Born 1969 Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| Lives and works in Belfast |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2009 | Venice Biennale 2009, Susan MacWilliam will represent Northern Ireland with a solo exhibition with new work at the 53rd Venice Biennale 7th Jun - 2nd Nov 2009 |
| 2008 | Eileen, Gimpel Fils, London. May 23rd - June 28th (Private View Thursday 22nd May) |
| 2008 | Double Vision, Jack The Pelican Presents, New York. |
| 2006 | Dermo Optics, Likovni Salon, Celje, Slovenia. |
| 2004 | Headbox, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin. |
| 2003 | On The Eye, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast. |
| 2002 | On The Eye, The Butler Gallery, Kilkenny. |
| 2001 | Susan MacWilliam, Gallery 1, Cornerhouse, Manchester. |
| 2000 | The Persistence of Vision, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick. |
| 1999 | Experiment M, Context Gallery, Derry. |
| 1999 | Faint, Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast. |
| 1997 | Curtains, Project Arts Centre, Dublin. |
| 1995 | Liptych II, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast. |
| 1994 | Liptych, Harmony Hill Arts Centre, Lisburn. |
| 1994 | List, Street Level Gallery, Irish News Building, Belfast. |
| Residencies | |
| 2008 | Residency, Winnipeg (1 month), In Conjunction with aceartinc and the University of Manitoba, Funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. July/August. |
| 2007 | Parapsychology Foundation, Greenport, Long Island, New York (July). More |
| 2006 | Apartment 10, Queens, New York. Research trip to meet Parapsychology Foundation + American Society for Psychical Research (1 month) Funded by Arts Council of Northern Ireland. |
| 2006 | Likovni Salon, Celje, Slovenia. (1 month). |
| 2001 | Caribbean Contemporary Arts, Trinidad, (Jul-Aug). |
| 1999/00 | PS1 International Studio Programme, New York, (1 Year). |
| 1998 | Artists’ Work Programme, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (Aug-Dec). |
| 1998 | The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, (Two Weeks) Belfast City Council Bursary. |
| Collections | |
| 2008 | British Library, London - Sound Archive. From Summer 2008 all video works from 1998-2007 will be housed in the Drama and Literature Section of the Sound Archive. |
| 2005 | Arts Council of Northern Ireland |
| Private Collections | |
| Forthcoming | |
| 2008 | Video Screening, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, as part of Based On Our Current Science... The Gallery Of Photography, Dublin. Curated by Sally Timmons |
| 2009 | Venice Biennale 2009, Susan MacWilliam will represent Northern Ireland with a solo exhibition with new work at the 53rd Venice Biennale 7th Jun - 2nd Nov 2009 |
| 2009 | The Pressure of a Sign – Visible/Invisible, international travelling exhibition - venues in Poland, Portugal, England, Ireland. Curated by Siun Hanrahan, Jolanta Mederowicz, Ines Amado. |
| Group Exhibitions | |
| 2008 | Salon, Studio 6, Temple Bar Galleries, Dublin. Curated by Jennie Guy. |
| Video Screening - Trickery and Illusion in Cinema, Tatton Park Biennial, Manchester. May 24th. | |
| Drawing a Line – A Contemporary Survey of Art from Northern Ireland, Museum of the Heilongjiang Daily, China. | |
| Seeing is Believing, Photographers' Gallery, London. | |
| 2007 | Seeing is Believing, Photographers' Gallery, London. |
| Rigor Mort, Castle Ellen, Dundalk. Curated by Sally Timmons. | |
| Rigor Mort, Basement Gallery, Dundalk. Curated by Sally Timmons. | |
| The Double Image, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast. September. Curated by Dougal McKenzie. | |
| The Fall Season, Jack the Pelican Presents, Williamsburg, New York. | |
| Terms and Conditions, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co.Wicklow. | |
| Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co.Mayo. Curated by Ingrid Swenson. | |
| Synesthesia Sat, Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival, Birr, Co.Offally. Curated by Paul Murnaghan. | |
| New Art from Northern Ireland, The Katzen Arts Centre at American University, Washington, DC, USA. | |
| Things We May Have Missed, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast. | |
| London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London. Golden Thread Gallery - Stand P8. | |
| 2006 | Flash on The Screen, Basekamp Gallery, Philadelphia, USA. |
| Revolving Ambiguity, The Grove Gallery, the St. Patrick's Centre, Downpatrick. | |
| A Dark Noise, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast. | |
| Vstop Prost, Celje, Slovenia. | |
| EV+A 2006, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick. Curator Katerina Gregos. | |
| Smoke and Mirrors, Mac, Birmingham. | |
| Platform 1, Knockbride House, Bailieborough, Co.Cavan. | |
| 2005 | To Be Continued…/Jatkuu…, Helsinki Photography Festival, Helsinki, Finland. |
| Offside II, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Video Screening. | |
| Red White Blue, Spencer Gladstone Gallery, New York. Curated by Erin Krause, Sadie Laska, Mark Orange. | |
| From The Liberties to Parramatta, Female Orphanage School Gallery, Sydney, Australia. | |
| ‘Feelers’, Artists Pages, Printed Project Issue 5, Sculptors Society of Ireland Publication, Launched at Venice Biennale. | |
| Artistas Visuales de Belfast, La Sala Naranja, Valencia, Spain. | |
| EV+A 2005, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick. Curator Dan Cameron. | |
| The Belfast Way: Young Art from Northern Ireland, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel, Curator Sergio Edelsztein. | |
| 2004 | Thinking of Ideas, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast. |
| Inter, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston. | |
| Eye Test, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Old Royal Naval College, Maritime Greenwich, London. | |
| 2003 | Think Over, Rialto Santambrogio, Rome. |
| Perspective 03, (Prize Winner) Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast. Curator Enrique Juncosa (Director – IMMA, Dublin). | |
| House of Science, Kino Central, Berlin. | |
| Afterlife, Chapter Arts, Cardiff + Guildhall, Newcastle Upon Tyne. | |
| Exhumed, Video Screening, Museum of Garden History, London, Curator William Rallison. | |
| Hindsight, Video Screening, Arnolfini, Bristol, Curated by Picture This Moving Image. | |
| LUX Open 2003, Royal College of Art, London. | |
| EV+A 2003, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick. Curator Virginia Perez-Ratton. | |
| The National Gallery, The Return, The Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes Dublin. | |
| 2002 | Crawford Open 3, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork. |
| Home + Away: Contemporary Irish Art, Irish Arts Centre, New York. | |
| Videoteque 2, Newlyn Gallery, Penzance. | |
| From Dusk to Dawn, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Old Royal Naval College, Maritime Greenwich, London. | |
| Videoteque, Ten Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall. | |
| Cluster, Bowes Bar, Dublin, Curator Katie Holten. | |
| Home + Away: Contemporary Irish Art, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | |
| Appropriation, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast. | |
| EV+A 2002, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick. Curator Dr. Apinan Poshyananda. | |
| 2001 | It’s All Over, Again, Proposition Gallery, Belfast. |
| Crawford Open 2, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork. | |
| Laois Arts Festival, Laois. | |
| Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co.Mayo. Curator Lewis Biggs. | |
| Install, Island Arts Centre, Lisburn. | |
| EV+A 2001, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick (award winner). Curator Salah M Hassan. | |
| Multiples, ICA Bookstore, London. | |
| 2000 | Multiples, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast. |
| The Notice Day in This Factory is Thursday, Consortium, Amsterdam. | |
| D-Net Festival, LUX, London. | |
| Portobello Film and Video Festival, London. | |
| Clockwork 2000, (PS1 International + National Studio Program Show), The Clocktower, Broadway, NY. | |
| The Notice Day in This Factory is Thursday, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast. | |
| Fantasy and Identity, Star67, Brooklyn, New York. | |
| 1999 | Glen Dimplex Artists Award 1999, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. |
| EV+A ‘99, Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick (award winner). Curator Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn) | |
| Multiples II, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin. | |
| The Grotesqueness of Desire, insideART, Chicago, USA. | |
| Daughters of the Middle Border, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. | |
| Haunted, S1 Artspace, Sheffield. | |
| 1998 | Zone Festival ‘98, Maidstone, Kent. |
| Victor Treacy Award Exhibition, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny. | |
| First Cut, (Video Screening), Irish Film Centre, Dublin. | |
| EV+A ‘98, Limerick. (Curator Paul O’Reilly). | |
| Exhibition of Northern Irish Art, The Loft Gallery, Kingston, New York, USA. | |
| Video Soup, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh. | |
| Fix ‘98, Time Based Arts Festival, Catalyst Arts, Belfast. | |
| 1997 | Intermedia ‘97, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork. |
| 1996 | Splatter, Crawfordsburn House, Crawfordsburn, Co.Down. |
| House Style, The Bedroom, Greenore Street, Belfast. | |
| 1995 | Arcadia, North Street Arcade, Belfast. |
| Subterraneans, Catalyst Arts, Belfast. | |
| 1994 | BBC Show, BBC Ormeau Avenue, Belfast. |
| Iontas Small Works Exhibition, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo + RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin. | |
| Hit + Run, Wilmont House, Belfast. | |
| Belfast Young Contemporaries, One Oxford Street, Belfast. | |
| 1993 | EV+A ‘93, Limerick. |
| 1992 | Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co.Mayo. |
| Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition, Belfast. | |
| 1991 | Fresh Art, The Business Design Centre, Islington, London. |
| 1990 | Hanover Gallery, Liverpool. |
| Righton Gallery, Manchester. | |
| Publications/Catalogues/Reviews | |
| 2008 | Art That Makes Seance, Irish News, 19th July, (Pg 3), Emma Blee |
| Susan MacWilliam, Jack the Pelican Presents, ArtForum, Summer 2008 (Pg 443), Michael Wilson | |
| Shaky Ground, Garageland, Issue 6, (Pg 46-51), Cathy Lomax, ISSN 1749-9267 | |
| 2007 | Photography and the Unreal, Time Out, London, 10th December, Helen Sumpter. |
| The Spirit of Enquiry, The Independent (London), 14th November, Charlotte Cripps. | |
| Belfast: Four Video Artists Exploring Consciousness, Terminal: A Review of 21st Century Art, Tel Aviv, April-May, (Pg 39-40), Slavka Sverakova | |
| On Susan MacWilliam's Dermo Optics +Explaining Magic to Mercer, CIRCA online article by Slavka Sverakova | |
| 2006 | An Outsider in her Native Town, CIRCA Issue 118 (Pg 48-54, Noel Kelly). |
| Front Cover, CIRCA Issue 118. | |
| A Dark Noise, Artists Newsletter, December (Pg 9, Slavka Sverakova). | |
| EV+A 2006 Review, CIRCA Issue 116 (Pg 90-92, Paul O’Brien). | |
| EV+A 2006 Review, Irish Times, March 16th (Pg 16, Aiden Dunne). | |
| 2005 | Dialogues: Women Artists from Ireland, Pg 115-126, ed. Katy Deepwell, I.B. Tauris ISBN 1 85043 621 5 |
| Four Now, Arts Council + Arts Council of NI Collections Exhibition, Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Catalogue Essay, (Pg 13-14, by Susan MacWilliam) ISBN 1 904291 15 5 |
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| 2004 | Review of Headbox, Art Monthly, No 280, October, (Pg 34, Niamh Ann Kelly). |
| Review of Headbox, Irish Times, Sep 15th, Aidan Dunne. | |
| Inter, Catalogue, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, London. Essay Shirley MacWilliam. ISBN 1 871575 25 7 | |
| Afterlife, Chapter Arts. CIRCA 107, Spring 2004, p 90, Jennie Savage. | |
| Eye Test, Catalogue, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, London. | |
| 2003 | Women and cities: selected artworks from Belfast, Suzanna Chan, Pg 227-232, The Cities of Belfast, ed. Nicholas Allen + Aaron Kelly ISBN 1-85182-785-4. |
| Perspective 2003, Irish Times, October 10th, Aidan Dunne. | |
| Spiritus, Irish Times, July 11th, Aidan Dunne. | |
| Susan MacWilliam, Sculptors’ Society of Ireland Newsletter, Jun/Jul/Aug (Pg 25, Cherie Driver). | |
| Susan Will Catch Your Eye, Irish News, April 19th (Pg 40, Jenny Lee). | |
| 2002 | EV+A, Art Monthly, May, (Pgs 41-44, Daniel Jewesbury). |
| Controlled Explosion (Appropriation Review), Sunday Times, Culture, May 5th, (Pgs 16-17, Medb Ruane). | |
| Appropriation, Catalogue, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast. Essay Richard West. | |
| Under An Impossibly Blue Ulster Sky (‘On The Eye’ Review), The Times, April 24th, (Pg 12, Aidan Dunne). | |
| On The Eye, The Guardian, G2, Pick of The Week, April 8th. | |
| 2001 | Unleashing Art in Portlaoise, The Irish Times, November 1st, (Aidan Dunne). |
| Tripp/Kearney/MacWilliam, The Guardian Unlimited, October 15th, (Robert Clark). | |
| EV+A 2001 Expanded, Art Monthly, May, (Pgs 41-44, Niamh Anne Kelly). | |
| Beyond Angela’s Ashes, EV+A 2001 Expanded Catalogue (Pg 17, Curatorial Essay Salah Hassan) ISBN094684612X. | |
| Cutting Edge of Multi-Culturalism, The Irish Times, March 23rd, (Aidan Dunne). | |
| 2000 | Ghostly Video Work Irish Connections, New York Autumn (Elizabeth Martin). |
| Clockwork 2000, PS1, New York, International Studio Programme Catalogue, Curatorial statement Roxana Marcoci. | |
| The Persistence of Vision, NYarts Magazine, July-Aug (Steph Pasquini). | |
| A Condensed International Melange, The New York Times, May 26th 2000, (Holland Cotter). | |
| Five-artist show at the Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast News Letter, (9th Mar, Ian Hill). | |
| BBC Radio Ulster, (13 March, Ian Hill). | |
| Home Grown Talent at Golden Thread, North Belfast News, (10th March 2000, Kevin McDonald). | |
| The Notice Day in This Factory is Thursday, Sculpture Society of Ireland Newsletter, Apr/May, Suzanna Chan. | |
| The Notice Day in This Factory is Thursday, CIRCA, Summer 2000 (Phil Collins). | |
| 1999 | Transgressive Events, CIRCA, Autumn 1999, No 89, (Pages 34-38, Eoghan McTigue). |
| Out of Belfast, Catalogue with Essay and Interviews, Denison University Art Gallery, Ohio, USA, (Joy Sperling). | |
| Review of EV+A ’99, CIRCA, Autumn 1999, No 89, (Pages 44-45, Dougal McKenzie). | |
| Dystopian Chic, Review of Glen Dimplex Artists Awards, Source, No.20. Autumn, (Gavin Murphy). | |
| Dominant Style/Variant Practices; Photography + Contemporary Art in Ireland, Source, No.20. (J.Carville). | |
| Review of Experiment M, Derry Journal, (10th Sep, Mary Kelly). | |
| Review of Experiment M, Belfast News Letter, (7th Sep, Ian Hill). | |
| Review of Glen Dimplex Artists Awards, Art Monthly, (July-August, Cherry Smyth). | |
| Review of Glen Dimplex Artists Awards, Foinse, (Tadbg MacDhonnagain). | |
| Review of Glen Dimplex Artists Awards, Irish Times, (14th July, Aidan Dunne). | |
| Review of Glen Dimplex Artists Awards, Sunday Times, (4th July, Dorothy Walker). | |
| Glen Dimplex Artists Award 1999, Catalogue, Irish Museum of Modern Art, ISBN 1 873654 73 1. | |
| The Outsider, Review of EV+A ‘99, Sunday Tribune, (27th June, Marianne Hartigan). | |
| Lens Appeal, Review of Glen Dimplex Artists Awards, Sunday Tribune, (20th June, Marianne Hartigan). | |
| Between Darkness and Light, Contemporary Visual Arts, (Issue 23, June, Pages 36-41, Clare Doherty). | |
| EV+A 99 Reduced, Catalogue, Essay by Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn (Curator), ISBN 0946846 26X. | |
| EV+A Has a Little Lamb, CIRCA, Summer 1999, No 88, (Pages 27-28, Interview - Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn). | |
| Review of EV+A ‘99, Irish Times, (27th May, Aidan Dunne). | |
| Multiples II, Catalogue, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin. | |
| The Grotesqueness of Desire, Catalogue, insideART, Chicago, USA. | |
| Review of Faint, CIRCA, Summer 1999, No 88 (Page 47, Maeve Connolly). | |
| Review of Faint, Sunday Times, (14th Mar, Gavin Weston). | |
| Review of Faint, Belfast News Letter, (10th Mar, Ian Hill). | |
| 1998 | Review of EV+A ‘98, Variant, (Spring ‘99, Pages 20-21, Orla Ryan). |
| Review of EV+A ‘98, CIRCA, Winter 1998, No 86, (Pages 39-42, Annie Fletcher). | |
| EV+A ‘98, Catalogue, Limerick, ISBN 0946846 189. | |
| 1997 | Review of Curtains, CIRCA, Autumn 1997, No 81, (Pages 52-53, Mick Wilson). |
| Review of Curtains, Art Monthly, No 208, (July/Aug, Pages 31-32, Mark Orange). | |
| Review of Curtains, Irish Times, (26th May, Luke Clancy). | |
| Review of Curtains, Sunday Times, (25th May, Medb Ruane). | |
| Review of Curtains, Sunday Tribune, (18th May, Aidan Dunne). | |
| 1996 | Front Cover Image, (Plasticine Relief), Belfast Festival at Queens Programme ’96, (also as billboards). |
| 1995 | Review of Subterraneans, CIRCA, Autumn 1995, No 73, (Pages 47-48, Damien Coyle). |
| Review of Subterraneans, Fortnight, June ‘95, No 340, (Elena Sala). | |
| Review of Liptych II, Fortnight, March ‘95, N0 337, (Elena Sala). | |
| Review of Liptych II, Andersonstown News, (25th Feb, Alison Hurson). | |
| Review of Liptych II, Irish Times, (1st Mar, Ian Hill). | |
| Liptych II Interview, ‘All Arts and Parts’, Radio Ulster, (Ian Hill). | |
| 1994 | Front Cover Image, CIRCA, Winter 1994, No 70. |
| Review of Liptych, CIRCA, Winter 1994, No 70, (Pages 59-60, Gavin Weston). | |
| Review of Hit + Run, CIRCA, Autumn 1994, No 69, (Page 64, Brian Kennedy). | |
| 1993 | Review of EV+A ‘93, CIRCA, Summer 1993, No 64 (Pages 46-49, Various). |
| EV+A ‘93, Catalogue, Limerick. |
| Awards | |
| 2008 | Visual Arts Award: Arts Council of Northern Ireland. |
| 2007 | Award: Claremorris Open, Claremorris, Co.Mayo. Curator Ingrid Swenson. |
| Self Arranged International Residency Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Residency at the Parapscyhology Foundation, NY, 2007). | |
| 2006 | Visual Arts Award: Arts Council of Northern Ireland. |
| New York Residency Award: Arts Council of Northern Ireland. | |
| Travel Award: Arts Council of Northern Ireland. | |
| 2005 | Award: EV+A 2005 (Curator – Dan Cameron). |
| Visual Arts Award: Arts Council of Northern Ireland. | |
| 2004 | Commissions Award: An Chomhairle Ealaion/The Arts Council. For Headbox exhibition, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin. |
| 2003 | Perspective 03 - Prize Winner, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast. Curator Enrique Juncosa (Director – IMMA, Dublin). |
| Visual Arts Award: Arts Council of Northern Ireland. | |
| 2002 | Visual Arts Award: An Chomhairle Ealaion/The Arts Council. |
| 2001 | Major Individual Award: Arts Council of Northern Ireland. |
| Visual Arts Award: Arts Council of Northern Ireland. | |
| Award: EV+A 2001 - Residency Award, CCA, Trinidad, (EV+A Curator - Salah Hassan). | |
| 2000 | Visual Arts Award: An Chomhairle Ealaion/The Arts Council. |
| Nominated: Belfast Arts Awards. | |
| illy Café Commission, Image Design (For Espresso Cups - PS1/MOMA 2001 Collection). | |
| 1999 | PS1 International Studio Programme, New York (1 Year Scholarship). |
| Award: EV+A ’99 (Curator: Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn). | |
| Visual Arts Bursary: An Chomhairle Ealaion/The Arts Council. | |
| Short Listed: Irish Museum of Modern Art/Glen Dimplex Artists Award. | |
| 1998 | Visual Art Award: An Chomhairle Ealaion/The Arts Council. |
| Visual Art Award: Arts Council of Northern Ireland. | |
| 1997 | Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency, Annaghmakkerig - Belfast City Council Bursary. |
| Visual Art Award: Arts Council of Northern Ireland. | |
| 1996 | Belfast Festival at Queens: Commission for Programme Cover Image. |
| Visual Art Award: Arts Council of Northern Ireland. | |
| 1995 | Belfast 1991 Award: Arts Council of Northern Ireland. |
| 1994 | Visual Art Award: An Chomhairle Ealaion/The Arts Council. |
| Visual Art Award: Arts Council of Northern Ireland. | |
| 1992 | Visual Art Award: Arts Council of Northern Ireland. |
| Teaching | |
| 2008 - | Full Time Lecturer: Fine Art, NCAD/National College of Art + Design, Dublin. |
| 2007 | Acting MFA Co-ordinator, National College of Art + Design, Dublin. |
| 2000/08 | Part-Time Lecturer: NCAD/National College of Art + Design, Dublin. |
| 2003/05 | Part-Time Lecturer: University of Ulster at Belfast. |
| 2003 | Visiting Lecturer: Galway + Mayo Institute of Technology. |
| 2002 | Visiting Lecturer: Limerick Institute of Technology, Limerick, |
| 2001/02 | Visiting Lecturer: Crawford College of Art + Design, Cork. |
| 1997/00 | Visiting Lecturer: Limerick Institute of Technology, Limerick. |
| 2000 | Visiting Lecturer: Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design + Technology. |
| 2000 | Invited Speaker: Denison University, Ohio. |
| 1995/00 | Visiting Lecturer: University of Ulster at Belfast. |
| 1998 | Visiting Lecturer: National College of Art + Design, Dublin. |
| 1998 | Visiting Lecturer: Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin. |
| Other | |
| Member of the Board of Directors – Visual Artists Ireland. | |
| Member of the Board of Directors – Source Photographic Magazine. |