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
BANANA ACCELERATIONISM, Two Person Show w. Sean Lynch, The Complex, Dublin, IRL
Solo Show, curated by Seamus Mc Cormack, Commonage Projects, London, UK
Drawings, Laura Ní Fhlaibhín @park, BRITTA RETTBERG, Munich, DE
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
Irish Art Now, Embassy of Ireland, London, UK
Three person show, Ormston House, Ireland/EVA internartional, curated by Pádraic E Morre, IRL
Gilbert Baye Award, Royal Society Sculptors, London, UK
Group Exhibition, Mermaid Arts Centre, IRL
Footfalls, BRITTA RETTBERG, Munich, DE
HOÓWEN, Living Land Collective, Hypha Projects, curated by Tyler Eash, London, UK
Opus MAGNUM, BRITTA RETTBERG, Munich, DE
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
Awards, grants
Gilbert Bayes Award, Royal Society of Sculptors, London, UK
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, Ireland
Firestation Studios Sculpture Award Bursary, IRL
Artlinks Scholarship for visual artists, IRL
National College Art Design, Dublin, staff bursary for Fine Art Paint Department student
Projects
Picnic, public reading event initiated by Agata Madejska and Elisabeth Molin, Flat Time House,
London, UK
Painkiller, talk with Bethnal Green Nature Reserve and Seamus Mc Cormack, The Complex, Dublin, IRL
Residencies
Firestation Artists’ Studios, Dublin, IRL
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
Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Wicklow, IRL
The Living Art Project, Wexford Arts Centre, IRL
Collections
Gargle, publication, funded by Arts Council of England, GB
Collections
Arts Council of Ireland