Artist CV

Ciara O'Hara

Education:

2008  MA Cultural Policy and Arts Management, UCD.
2006  BA (hons) History of Art and Fine Art, NCAD, specialising in 
      printmaking.
2002  Fevtac level 2 Art and Design, Coláiste Dhúlaigh, Coolock.

Exhibitions:

Solo Exhibitions:
Oct 2012 
Nowhere Here, Somewhere There, Talbot Gallery & Studios, Dublin.

Selected Exhibitions:
November 2013           
Open Art Exhibition 2013, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, 
selected by Noel Kelly.
September 2012          
Impresssions 2012, Galway Arts Centre, Galway.
May 2007                       
177th RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin.
December 2006          
Impressions 2006, Galway Arts Centre, Galway.
September 2006         
Being and Becoming : Recent Graduate Exhibition, Stone Gallery, 
Dublin.
August 2006                 
RDS Student Awards travelling exhibition, RDS, Dublin, Island Arts 
Centre, Lisburn, Co. Antrim,  Main Guard, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
May 2006                        
176th RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin.

Group Exhibitions:
March - June 2014
A Natural Selection,(travelling exhibition) 
The Lavit Gallery, Cork, 
Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden, 
The Hamilton Gallery, Sligo,
RDS library, Dublin.
December 2013     
Selection BOX, Talbot Gallery & Studios, Dublin.
Winter Exhibition, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin.
A Natural Selection, National Botanical Gardens,Dublin & Greenacres 
Gallery Wexford. 
August 2013           
Mondo Bizarro, Unit H, Market Studios, Dublin, curated by Deirdre 
Morrissey.
July 2013                  
Strumpet City, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin.
Dec 2012                  
Winter Exhibition 2012, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin.
Sketchbooks, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin.
Nov 2012                  
Too Many Options, SIM Gallery, Reykjavik 101, Iceland.
May 2012                  
Link Culturefest, Block T, Dublin.
April – Oct 2012      
Sketchbook Project 2012, various locations USA, Canada and UK.
December 2011       
Wrapping Up for Christmas, Talbot Gallery & Studios, Dublin.
Winter Exhibition 2011, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin.
July – Aug 2011        
Summer Show, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin.
Feb – July 2011         
Sketchbook Project 2011, Art House Co-op touring exhibition, USA.
December 2010        
Little Christmas, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin.
November 2010        
Home, Draíocht, Blanchardstown, Dublin.
August 2010               
Inspired by Skagaströnd, Nes listamiðstöð, Skagaströnd, Iceland.
July 2010                     
Summer Show, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin .
October 2009            
ICEolation, Seljavagur 32, Reykjavik 101, Iceland.
OPIÐ HÚS, Nes listamiðstöð, Skagaströnd, Iceland.
May 2009                   
Small Works Big Picture, Charity Art Sale in aid of the Botshabelo 
School and Orphanage in South Africa, Mockingbird Arts, 17 North 
Great George’s Street. Curated by Cleo Fagan.
December 2008       
The Sycamore Salon, Sycamore Gallery, Dublin.
About Time, Stone Gallery, Dublin.
March 2008                 
Lens, Stone Gallery, Dublin.
September 2007     
Culture Night 2007, Access to Arts, The Design Tower, Trinity 
Centre, Dublin.
July 2007                     
Boyle Arts Festival, King House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon.
December 2006          
Treat, Talbot Gallery and Studios, 51 Talbot St., Dublin 1.
September 2006         
Contemporary Irish Art Exhibition, Central Bank, Dublin, curated by 
Patricia Clyne Kelly.
June 2006                    
NCAD Graduate Exhibition, NCAD, Dublin.
May 2005                     
The Fantastic Mr Tom plus Thirteen Others…, Cross Gallery, Dublin.
2004                              
Joyce 100, travelling exhibition, NCAD, Dublin 8, Ballyfermot 
Library, Civic Theatre, Tallaght, & National Print Museum, Dublin.

 Awards:                                       
Kildare County Council Artist Mentoring Programme 2012. 
Travel & Training Award, Arts Council Ireland, 2012.           

 Residencies:
November 2012               
SÍM, The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Reykjavik, Iceland.
October 2009                  
NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland.
September 2009             
SÍM, The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Reykjavik, Iceland.
April – June 2008            
Renter at Open Studio, Print Studio, Toronto, Canada.

 Collections:
Office of Public Works, Newman House UCD, Town of Skagaströnd Iceland, and several private collections.

 Memberships:
Since 2011 Ormond Studios
Since 2010 Graphic Studio Dublin
Since 2006 Visual Artists Ireland

 Curatorial Projects:
September 2013             
White Wolf Projects with Ormond Studios, Ormond Studio,Dublin.
November 2012              
Happed, presented by White Wolf Projects, SÍM Gallery, Reykjavik, 
Iceland.
September 2011             
One Rainy Twilight, Nicole Tilley, presented by White Wolf Projects, 
Gutter Bookshop, Dublin.
February – April 2011    
Funambulism, Laura Green and Elizabeth Tubergen, presented by White 
Wolf Projects, Dublin, Cork & Belfast.
June 2009                   
Averted Gaze, Martina Cleary, Enagh Farrell, Aileen Murphy, Julia 
Pallone,Stone Gallery, Dublin.
February 2009                 
Unfinished Business by D’print collective, Eilbhe Brennan, Kieran 
Gallagher, Sylvia Hemmingway, Daniel Lipstein, Anne Marie McArdle, 
Tom Moore, Ciara O'Hara, Aoife Ryan, Sycamore Gallery, Dublin.

 Related Work Experience:
Feb 2014
Dublin City Chinese New Year Festival - Carnival, family workshop, (in association with Dublin City Libraries).
Oct – Nov  2013              
Painting and Drawing course facilitator, Different Strokes,Huntstown 
Community Centre, Dublin 15 (in association with Fingal Co Co).
May 2013                          
Invited artist Fingal Co. Co. Drawing Day, Malahide Castle, Co. 
Dublin.
October 2012                  
Barretstown Camp Family Challenge Workshop facilitator, Barretstown 
Castle, Co. Kildare.
2010 – present                
Founding partner and curator (with Anne Hendrick), White Wolf 
Projects.
2008 – 2014                     
Artist Educator, Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane, Dublin. 
2011 - 2012                         
Artist Panel Member, Sticky Fingers Early Years Art, Newry, Co.Down.
October 2010                  
Invited artist as part of Arts Week, Monoprint Workshop, St Mark’s 
Junior School Tallaght, 2nd class pupils.

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