Curriculum Vitae

RECENT WORK: 2010 2009 2008 Judging a Book Exhibition at the Winding Staircase Gallery, Dublin Sculpture Factory Rotating Exhibition 2007 'The Temporary Collection' at Castletown House, Celbridge. (A collection curated by Sally Timmons) www.kildare.ie/artservice. 8th-23rd Dec 2007 'In(ter)dependent' at Riverbank Arts Centre Newbridge. (Kildare County Councils Cultural Campus) A solo installation of movement and shadow. Sept 2007 ALAF Arts week -at Film Base, Curve Street, Dublin 'Hands Up Show Yourselves' - Fifi was commissioned to create an installation at Dublin Film Base, Curve Street, Temple Bar for this alternative Arts Festival. May 24th -27th - 'An introduction to Mars Hall ' 47 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin. A four person Exhibition. April ‘Bibliomania' an exhibition of altered books at The Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University, England. Jan. 2006 'Temporary State' A symposium in White Castle, Athy, Co Kildare. Fifi was selected by Kildare Arts office to participate in this with 3 international and 6 Kildare artists. Nov. ‘Fitting in’a new solo show at ‘The Gallery’ Celbridge, Co. Kildare. Nov "Fetish in a box " open selection exhibition at the Triskel Art Gallery, Tobin St., Cork. It is part of the annual Cork Art Trail. The piece was entitled ‘on off’ 2005 Year Long National Sculpture Factory Rotating Exhibition. Mar-Oct:- ‘The Time Capsule’ a Residency with O’Connell Court sheltered accommodation as part of the Cork 2005 European City of Culture celebrations. Sept-Oct :- ‘The Time Capsule’ exhibition at Brookfield, University College Cork. Sept-Nov:- ‘The Conservation tree’ a companion piece to the Knitting Map, St Lukes, Summerhill North, Cork City.( part of Cork City of Culture 2006) Past exhibitions: 2004 July:- Solo lightbox exhibition in Tom Barrys pub (selected and curated by Cork Artists Collective). August :- Group show in the Vanguard Gallery, Paul Street, Cork. Year long :- Sculpture Factory Rotating Exhibition 2004 (3 pieces). 2003 Shortlisted for M7 Kildare Bypass per cent for Art Scheme. March:- Design & exhibition of ‘‘Butterfly Boat’ Float for Dublin St. Patricks Festival (funded by St Patricks Day Festival & Café Dublin) June:- ALAF group exhibition, Arthouse, Temple Bar, Dublin. 2002 ‘Love to you’ Group exhibition at the Catalyst Arts Centre, Belfast. Earlier work 2002 Group exhibition for the Selectart Gallery, Templebar, Dublin 2 2000 2 person show ‘The Celtic Tiger and All That’ -Sticks and Stones Gallery ,Temple Bar, Dublin. 1999 ‘Coda 999’, exhibition of contemporary sculpture at Dublin Castle. 1998 Solo Show ‘Rights of Passage’ -The Library Gallery, Athy. Celbridge Arts Festival, ‘Impure Thoughts’ 5 person Exhibition. Sculpture in Context, -Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin. 1997 Sculpture in Context, -Conrad International Hotel, Dublin Celbridge Arts Festival,- ‘Tangents’ Exhibition Dunlavin Arts Festival, Co. Wicklow Kildare County Library Exhibition, Athy Library 1996 Oireachtas Exhibition, Guiness Hops Store Taispeántas Samhna Exhibition. Downings House, Co. Kildare. Camac Sculpture Exhibition, Carbury Water Gardens, Clondalkin aKa Group Exhibition, Pickering Forest Celbridge. Co. Kildare. Dunlavin Arts Festival, Co. Wicklow Collections: Various private collections. Rob Roberts Ltd. Mental Health Association of Ireland. Publications: ‘Solo Visions’ Published by Designpod 2000. ‘Aerial Perspectives’ Published by The Arts Office Cavan County Council. Reviews: Circa, Winter 1995 4D 1996 (Review of the Sculpture Association of Ireland). Sunday Independent 17/8/97 review by Cira Ferguson. Interviews:- Radio Mitteldeutcher Rundfunk Interview with Bernd Scheauski on the Time Capsule. Sept 2005. Journal de coulture ARTE TV Feb. Jan 29th 2005 8.00 pm Radio interview Annalivia Radio Arts programme 20th September 1998. Past oddments: 1995 Sculptures and props for the movie ‘ Braveheart’. 1992 Brick Symposium Kingscourt Co. Cavan. Education: 1978-82 Architecture and technology, Bolton Street College of Technology , Dublin. (Certified Architect) 1996-97 Sculpture & Ceramics Brunell University Middlesex, England. 1998 Ceramics, The Battle Pottery, Reading, Berkshire, England. 1989-95 Bronze casting, N.C.A.D. Dublin. Other: A member of Visual Artists Ireland and a member of the Sculpture Factory Cork . On the artists panel for Carlow County Council 2000-2003 Origin: Born in Cavan town in 1952. Contact: Mob: 087 -9089538 Studio: 13 The Elms, Castletown, Celbridge, Co. Kildare. Biography

Artist Statement

At the core of her work is the area of liminality in human experiences. Liminality between feeling and reason, between individuality and conformity, etc. These liminal states defy stasis and although this is inherently unsettling, it is full of possibilities. Here there are no certainties, no consensus, no assent, and so, no absolutes. It is in the uncomfortable problematic area that her practice is centered. Focusing on these subtle thresholds of human behavior allows her to interweave multiple levels of contemplation within the figuration and aesthetics of the work. Her objective is to forge a lively dialogue between the constructed nature of the object and the intellectual work of conceiving it. In this way, she uses the physical and the aesthetic to evoke the true geography of the everyday, instinctive and rational functions of the human being. This statement is intended to be an indicator of her area of exploration only; it is not a definition of her work. Biography