Statement of Artistic Practice

I am a collaborative artist and facilitator whose practice is rooted in healthcare, community, and participatory settings. Working primarily with video, sound, writing, and socially engaged methods, my work explores themes of care, identity, memory, and lived experience. I am committed to using creativity as a tool for connection and wellbeing, and to supporting inclusive, ethical approaches to arts practice. With a strong focus on arts and health, I aim to contribute to a culture of care within the creative sector—one that recognises the importance of mental health, dignity, and equity for both artists and participants.

Education

2025 – 2026 Wellbeing Coordination in the Arts and Creative Sectors – Continuing Professional Development Certificate, Adult Continuing Education (ACE), University College Cork (UCC)  Supported by Safe to Create Bursary Award

2025  - Train the Trainer Certificate – DCM Learning 

2024 – 2025 PG Cert in Creative Arts Management, University of Galway

2024 Artist Care Exchange, Age & Opportunity - training initiative for professional artists in the arts and older people in a care context

2022 – 2023 Screen Production Department Skills, Technological University of the Shannon (TUS), Level 7 Certificate

2020 – 2021 MA Social Practice and the Creative Environment, Limerick School of Art & Design (TUS) – First Class Honours

2016 – 2020 BA Contemporary Art Practices, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (ATU) – Distinction

Longlisted for RDS Award for Postcards                                                                    

2022 IMMA Summer School: Art and Politics – Self-Determination

2022 Node Center for Curatorial Studies, Berlin

•	Exhibition Design

•	Curatorial Theory & Practice

•	A Practical Guide to Curating

•	Writing Art Theory: Creative Approaches

2021 Experience: Introduction to Arts, Health & the Older Person – Age & Opportunity, Waterford Healing Arts Trust & Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre

2021 IMMA Summer School: Art and Politics – Containment

Facilitation

2025 Artist/Workshop Facilitator for Mending HeArts - a Creative Ireland Health & Wellbeing project led by Galway City Council in partnership with Saolta Arts CLG, Galway County Council, Croí Heart and Stroke charity, working with HSE West North West

2025 Exploding Practice: Deconstructing and Reimagining Your Creative Process – Workshop delivered for Réalta at Arts + Health: Check Up Check In, Esker Arts, Tullamore

2023 – present  Saolta Arts Participatory Artist Panel – Artist on participatory arts programme at Galway University Hospitals 

2022 Images of Empowerment – International Women’s Day Workshop, GMIT

2021 Season Reason Lifetime – Workshops exploring music and memory, featured on Galway Bay FM

Research & Development

2025 Inclusive Arts Practice in Healthcare Settings – Galway County Council

R&D project exploring inclusive visual arts engagement in care settings, with a focus on dementia, stroke, and aphasia. Conducted at St Brendan’s CNU, the project developed adaptable creative methods and contributed to the foundation for a future training programme for artists and healthcare professionals. This R&D stage supports a broader aim of integrating arts in care environments and fostering staff capacity through tailored education and mentoring.

Exhibitions/Presentations

2023 	Altered Terrain – Site-specific AR exhibition, Loughrea, Co. Galway

Timeless – Video incorporating 3D modelling and 360 video

2022 	Catch 22 / Art Tra – Outdoor gallery project, South Wexford, Ireland

At Last on the Ground – Acrylic painting on board

2022 	Emergence – Group exhibition, The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar

On Dying – Sound/video installation exploring the fear of death

2021 	Joy Jubilee – Media Justice, Oakland, CA – Short film with Commonplace Collective

2020 	Group exhibition, Customs House Gallery, Westport, Ireland

Postcards – Video/audio/written word project exploring personal narratives

Filmmaking

2023 – 2024 	Zebra – Short documentary

•	Special Mention Award – Waterford International Film Festival 2024

•	Honourable Mention Award – Be Epic London International Film Festival 2024

Production

2022 	Corrupting Care by David McGovern – Dublin Fringe Festival

•	Producer / Stage Manager – Nominated for Best Production Award 2022

Curation

2022 	Emergence – Group exhibition, The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar

Publications

2025	The Right Time: Life, Art, and the Road Not Taken - Age & Opportunity Creative Ageing Writing Commission - marking the 30th anniversary of the Bealtaine Festival

2022 	Crescendo – Poem published in The Purposeful Mayonnaise, Literary & Art

Journal (June/July)

2022 	Tide – Poem published in The Purposeful Mayonnaise, Literary & Art Journal (Feb/March)

Awards

2025 Creative Ageing Writing Bursary Award– Bealtaine Festival – Age & Opportunity

2024 Emerging Artist Bursary Award – arts&health.ie

2022 Arts Participation Bursary Award – Arts Council Ireland

•	For project exploring Thanotechnology, Death, Technology & Digital Legacies

Commissions

2014 – 2015 Bespoke sculptures and models of buildings & heritage sites

•	Commissioned individually & by Shannon Heritage (Bunratty, Cliffs of Moher, Adare, Shannon Airport)

Talks/Lectures

2025 Workshop Facilitator – Réalta - Arts + Health: Check Up Check In, Esker Arts, Tullamore

2021 Guest lecturer – BA Contemporary Art Practices, GMIT

Additional Skills

•	DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro and Adobe 

•	Windows & Mac OS, Microsoft Office Suite, Google Docs

•	Social Media, Email Management

•	Filmmaking, Photography, Printmaking, Creative Writing