
Laura Ní Fhlaibhín
Born in Dublin, IRL, lives and works between London and Ireland
Laura Ní Fhlaibhín works with materials related to healing and nourishment. Sifting stories, materials and traces associated with site, memory, myth, narratives of care and the casting of spells, she creates complex but pithy material scenarios. These may incorporate condensed sculptural images, drawings, text, performance and formal gatherings of elements that serve as ritual artefacts and talismans.
Vita
MFA , First Class Honours with Distinction, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
BA Fine Art Painting/Visual Culture, First Class Honours with Special Commendation, National College of Art and Design (N.C.A.D.), Dublin, IRL
B.Ed. Education/English Literature, Dublin City University, Dublin, IRL
Exhibitions
Solo Show, curated by Seamus Mc Cormack, Commonage Projects, London, UK
Solo Show, Commonage Projects, London, UK
Wet Suction Spins Forever, two person show, Belmacz Gallery, London, UK
Wet wishes, Britta Rettberg, Munich, DE
wishes for a wet warm afterlife by the blue willow pleasure pool, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin, IRL
Slug Love, Luna Elaine Project Space, Southwark, London, UK
Trailblazer, Pallas Project Studios, Dublin, IRL
In the Marl Walled Court of the Fairyqueen, curated by Anne Mullee, Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, IRL
Róisín, silver, rockie, Palfrey Gallery, London, UK
In-between Seasons, two person show, Space Union, Seoul, ROK
Róisín, silver, rockie, Palfrey Gallery, London, UK
In-between Seasons, two person show, Space Union, Seoul, ROK
Two Person Show with Sean Lynch, The Complex, Dublin, IRL
3D Women: Works That Never Came To Life, Arthub, Deptford, London, UK
Group Show, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Meath, IRL
Materials for virtue/Incandescent flare, curated by Ángels Miralda, Britta Rettberg, Munich, DE
Beuys Open Source, Belmacz, London, UK
Society of Nature, Zurich, CH
MEET, Peripheries Space, Gorey, IRL
Gargle, Almacantar Award recipients exhibition, London, UK
Gallery 126, Galway, IRL
Caol Áit, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, IRL
Balm, Goldsmiths MFA Degree Show, London, UK
TULCA, Group Show, Galway, IRL
Deptford X, London, UK
Water jets were used on the 4 corners of the Building, Newington, London, UK
A speech that shows a chair in the middle, Enclave, London, UK
Speak Your Longing, Space Haebang, Seoul, ROK
Living Art Project, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, IRL
Foundation 14, Tullamore, Offaly, IRL
‘Precognition’, Talbot Gallery, Dublin, IRL
C30 C60 C90 GO!, NEUE Collective show, The Library Project, Dublin, IRL
Student and Recent Graduate Group Show, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, GB
Periodical Review 3, Pallas Project Studios, Dublin, IRL
Circulation, Monster Truck, Dublin, IRL
N.C.A.D.Graduate show, Dublin, IRL
Cursed, Catalyst Arts Centre, Belfast, GB
Cursed, Catalyst Arts Centre, Belfast, GB
Cursed, Catalyst Arts Centre, Belfast, GB
Publications
Slug Love, artist book, Luna Elaine Project Space, Southwark, London, GB
Gargle, publication, funded by Arts Council of England, GB
Selected Contributor, Living Arts Project Publication, Wexford Arts Office/Arts Council, IRL
Goldsmiths Almacantar Graduate Studio Award Stipendium, UK
Artlinks Stipendium für bildende Künstler*innen, IRL
Burren College of Art Emerging Artist Residency Award, Clare, IRL
Artlinks Stipendium für bildende Künstler*innen, IRL
Firestation Studios Sculpture Award Stipendium, IRL
Artlinks Stipendium für bildende Künstler*innen, IRL
National College Art Design, Stipendium für bildende Künstler*innen, Dublin
Artlinks Stipendium für bildende Künstler*innen, IRL
National College Art Design, Stipendium für bildende Künstler*innen, Dublin
Awards, grants
Mark Tanner Sculpture Award UK, Shortlist
Culture Ireland funding, ‘Wet Wishes‘, Britta Rettberg, Munich, DE
Visual Artist Bursary Award, Arts Council of Ireland
Culture Ireland funding, ‘Materials for virtue/Incandescent flare’, Britta Rettberg, Munich, DE
Visual Artist Bursary Award, Arts Council of Ireland
Developing Your Creative Practice Award, Arts Council of England
Culture Ireland funding, ‘Society of Nature’, Zurich, CH
Next Generation Bursary Award, Arts Council of Ireland
Material Matters, Collaborative Artlinks Award with Clare Breen, Mary Conroy, IRL
Firestation Artists’ Studios, Residency Award Recipient, IRL
Goldsmiths Almacantar Graduate Studio Award Bursary, UK
Artlinks Emerging Artist Bursary Award, IRL
Burren College of Art Emerging Artist Residency Award, Clare, IRL
Artlinks Emerging Artist Bursary Award, IRL
Firestation Studios Sculpture Award Bursary, IRL
Artlinks Emerging Artists Bursary Award 2013, IRL
National College Art Design, Dublin, staff bursary for Fine Art Paint Department student
Residencies
2022- Firestation Artists’ Studios, Dublin, IRL
Society of Nature, online, curated by Arianna Guidi
Superfluous Arts, London, UK
Burren College of Art Emerging Irish Artist Award, Clare, IRL
Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Wicklow, IRL
The Living Art Project, Wexford Arts Centre, IRL
Catalyst Arts Centre, Belfast, GB
Collections
Arts Council of Ireland
Selected Works


rub between your fingers and rub inside your clit and elevate your pelvis and let the warm willow oil lubricate and penetrate and drip and heat and seep and bring the best wetness pleasure and feeling, 2023

all the willows whisper their wishes for you, 2023

stirrer, 2022

a wet warm afterlife by the blue willow pleasure pool with leopard slugs and the egg guardian and vaginal pearl cascades and bends, 2023

drooping milk hills and giggling by the blue willow pleasure pool, 2022
Selected Exhibitions

Wet Wishes
