
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
Wet wishes, Britta Rettberg, Munich, DE
WET SUCTION SPINS FOREVER, two person show, Belmacz Gallery, London, UK
Solo Show, Commonage Projects, London, UK (Upcoming)
Solo show, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, IRL (Upcoming)
Two person show, The Complex, Dublin, IRL (Upcoming)
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
Lamellae, The LAB Gallery, Dublin, 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
2014-‘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
2013-N.C.A.D.Graduate show, Dublin, IRL
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
Awards, grants
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, Ireland
Firestation Artists’ Studios, Residency Award Recipient, Ireland
Goldsmiths Almacantar Graduate Studio Award Bursary, UK
Artlinks Emerging Artist Bursary Award, Ireland
Burren College of Art Emerging Artist Residency Award, Clare, Ireland
Artlinks Emerging Artist Bursary Award, Ireland
Firestation Studios Sculpture Award Bursary, IRL
Artlinks Emerging Artists Bursary Award 2013, Ireland
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, Ireland
Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Wicklow, Ireland
The Living Art Project, Wexford Arts Centre, Ireland
Catalyst Arts Centre, Belfast, GB
Collections
Arts Council of Ireland
Selected Works


Amulets for an ecstatic afterlife, 2021

Kin gathering, 2022

oars for sisters, 2022

Toe suckers and seekers, 2021

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

Wet Wishes
