I currently work as a freelance curator, Executive Director of CIACLA Los Angeles and Co-Director of Visual Arts Organisation MART Gallery & Studios Dublin.
Since 2007, I have sought to create opportunities by conceiving creative platforms to support artists from all stages of their careers to test new ground. I have curated hundreds of artists through several international exhibitions across Ireland, UK, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Greece, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Japan, Jackson Mississippi, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles. In 2013 I launched The MART Gallery & Studios {Dublin, Ireland} alongside Ciara Scanlan; housing two large galleries in a renovated old fire station and have overseen the creation of a large studio network to host over 150 members in 100 studios in several studio buildings across Dublin. In 2019 I directed the opening of CIACLA – The Contemporary Irish Arts Centre Los Angeles pilot program which included 27 Events to over 4000 Visitors, featured in 28 Press Outlets to over 5 million people. I collaborated with 110 artists and participants living in the USA and 50 living in Ireland, partnering with 11 Supporting organisations and 16 local program partners.
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List of Projects I have Curated or Produced
| Exhibition Title | Gallery | Artists | |
| 2020 | |||
| Jan – Feb 20 | Home made Home | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Sharon Ramsey, Carrie Anne Chanon, Ella Bertilsson – Curated by Katherine Nolan |
| March – April 20 | Buttered Up | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Aine Phillips, Helena Walsh, Rachel Fallon and Ella Bertilsson |
| July 20 | From Me to You | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Barbara Lee, Billy Dante, Bob Campbell, Derval Tubridy, Guida Ribé, Julian King, Kata Kukla, Lauren White, Mags Harnett, Margaret O’Brien, Maser, Michael Bruce Weston, Milena Matejko, Nicola Anthony, Sarah Walsh, Shane Ha, Sharon Ramsey, Sheila Flaherty, Sheila Nolan, Terence Erraught, The Ljilja |
| August 20 | Until its time for you to go | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Andrew Carson – Curated by Ciara Scanlan |
| 2019 | |||
| December 2019 | Unison | The MART Gallery, Dublin | MART Studio Members: Nicola Anthony, Sonia Behan, Aoife Byrne, Elaine Chapman, Natasha Conway, Billy Dante, Cormac Dillon, Fran Fitzgerald, Katarzyna Gajewska, Spencer Glover, Niamh Hannaford, Kathy Herbert, Joanna Hopkins, Lisa Keegan, Sinead Kelly, David Lunney, Jason Minsky, Michael Mangan, Ciaran Meister, Colette O’Connell, Caroline O’Toole, Claire Prouvost, Guida Ribé Rovira, Craig Starkie, Ruby Staunton, Derval Tubridy, Sarah Walsh, Michael Bruce Weston, Sarah Wilson, Phaedra Vlaho |
| September – November | Richard Forrest | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Richard Forrest |
| July – September | Galvanise | The MART Gallery, Dublin | James L Hayes |
| July 19 | MASER | CIACLA, Los Angeles | MASER |
| June 19 | Amanda Coogan | CIACLA, Los Angeles | Amanda Coogan |
| May-June | MART Members Show | The MART Gallery Dublin | MART Studio Members – TBC |
| March – April | Jane Fogarty – Slow Motion | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Jane Fogarty |
| Jan – Feb 19 | Lectus | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Emma McKeagney (Fire Station Artists’ Studios Sculpture Award) and Eanna Heavey & Sarah Diviney (MART CIT Crawford Graduate Award). |
| 2018 | |||
| Oct 18 | Transmission | Santa Monica Art Studios, California, USA | Helen Mac Mahon, Sofie Loscher, Robin Price |
| Oct 18 | MART @ ART Market Budapest | Art Market Budapest, Hungary | Shane Berkery, Niamh Hannaford, Steven Maybury, James L Hayes |
| Sept- Nov 18 | Things Twice (multiple times) | The MART Gallery, Dublin | David Lunney |
| March – April 18 | Activating Pangea: Acts to Objects | LACE, Los Angeles, USA |
Aine Phillips, Amanda Coogan, Helen Mac Mahon, Margaret O’Brien, Katherine Nolan, Eleanor Lawler, Laura O’Connor, and Jane Fogarty. Mothertongues (Meital Yaniv and Kim Ye), Cindy Rehm, Thinh Nguyen. |
| 2017 | |||
| Nov – 17 | Can You Hear Me Now? | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork Graduate Award Show: Enid Conway, Elena Sawczenko, Thomas Spencer, Chloe Tetrault. |
| Sept – Oct 17 | Deflated Capital | The MART Gallery, Dublin | The Fire Station Artists Studios Residency Award Winner: Doireann Ní Ghrioghair |
| Oct 17 | MART, Art Market Budapest | Art Market Budapest, Hungary | James L. Hayes, Jane Fogarty and David Lunney |
| Sept 17 | RE:IN FORCE | MART LA – Pop Up Gallery, 6556 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA | Richard Forrest , James L Hayes , David Lunney, Katherine Nolan |
| August – Sept 17 | Freedom of Movement | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Moran El Sani & Nina Fischer |
| Aug – Sept 17 | Trouvées Métrage | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Yann Beauvais, Nicolas Montgermont, Antoine Schmitt and Pierre Jolivet. |
| July – 17 | Activating Pangea: Destroy These Walls | Arena 1, Los Angeles | James L Hayes, Katherine Nolan, Margaret O’Brien, Steven Maybury, Terence Erraught, Cindy Rehm, Thinh Nguyen, Meital Yaniv |
| June – 17 | Echo Chamber – EUCIDA |
Gantner Multimedia Space, France Lūznava Manor Rēzeknes, Latvia |
Jeanne Briand, Adam Gibney, Fabien Leaustic, Helen MacMahon, Rasa Smite. |
| June – July 17 | Dragons of Eden | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Aoibheann Greenan, Terence Erraught |
| May – 17 | Glitch 2017 | RUA RED, Dublin | David Beattie, Livestock, Cliona Harmey, Robin Prince, David Lunney, Richard Forrest, Cathy Coughlan and Cécile Babiole. |
| May – 17 | A Rhythm Exposed | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Steven Maybury |
| April – 17 | Transmission | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Sofie Loscher, Helen MacMahon |
| March – 17 | The Mistress of the Mantle | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Katherine Nolan |
| Jan – Feb 17 | SCHOOL DAYS | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Tomoko Sawada |
| 2016 | |||
| Nov-16 | Activating Pangea: The Voyage | CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, USA | Brian Duggan & Adam Gibney |
| Oct-16 | Phantoms | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Marc Behrens |
| May-16 | Glitch Festival 2016 | Rua Red, Dublin | Margaret O’Brien, Elaine Leader, Helen Mac Mahon, Janna Kemperman and Kevin Freeney of Algorithm in collaboration with CLU, Sinead McDonald & Aileen Drohan. |
| Apr-16 | MART, Supermarket Art Fair | Mart, Supermarket Art Fair, Sweden | James L Hayes, Adam Gibney, Ruby Wallis, Margaret O’Brien, Katherine Nolan. |
| Apr-16 | Activating Pangea | Downtown Artwalk Los Angeles, USA | Jonathan Mayhew, Gearoid O’Dea |
| Apr-16 | Activating Pangea | DAC Gallery, Los Angeles, USA | Sofie Loscher, Jonathan Mayhew, Margaret O’Brien, Gearoid O’Dea |
| Feb-16 | Primes | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Jason Dunne |
| 2015 | |||
| Sep-15 | Margaret O’Brien | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Margaret O’Brien |
| Aug-15 | Instinct | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Eleanor Lawler, Dominic Thorpe, Katherine Nolan,Terence Erraught, Liam O’Callaghan, Francis Fay |
| Jul-15 | Instinct – Los Angeles | Santa Monica Art Studios, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Hive Gallery Los Angeles, USA | Dominic Thorpe, Liam O’Callaghan, Margaret O’Brien, Katherine Nolan, Terence Erraught, Eleanor Lawler, Francis Fay, Aidan Smyth, Olga Criado Monleon, Kayleigh Forsythe, Marie Farrington, Róisín de Buitléar, Gearoid O’Dea, Grainne Tynan, Ida Mitrani,Patricia Douglas, Karen Vaughan, Christina O’Donovan. |
| Jun-15 | PQ – Prague Quadrennial 2015 | PQ, Prague, CZ. | Tom Lane, Brian Duggan, Stephanie Golden, Siobhan O’Gorman , Noelia Ruiz |
| Jun-15 | Glitch Festival 2015 | RUA RED + The MART | Adam Gibney, Anne Cleary & Denis Connolly, Bonnie Begusch, Brian Duggan, Cecily Brennan, David Stalling, Jonathan Mayhew, Katherine Nolan, Louise Brady, Marie Farrington, Mark Clare, Sam Jury, Stephanie Golden & Moya Clarken, Steven Maybury. |
| Apr-15 | Fool Me Twice | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Kathy Tynan, Joana Medeiros, Nina Panagopoulou, Christina O’Donovan, Eleanor Lawler, Fares Fares, Diarmait Grogan, Karl Martini, Jennifer Madden, Eimear Tynan, Shauna Blanchfield, Ciara Scanlan and Terrence Erraught, Niko Tarka, Margot Galvin, Louise Brady, Stephanie Golden,Liz Smith,Sarah Bowie,El Putman,Katherine Nolan, Carol Keogh, Olga Criado Monleon |
| 2014 | |||
| Nov-14 | Imitator 2 | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Trish McAdam, Andrew Carson,Róisín O |
| Aug-14 | Imitator | Kyoto Art Center, Japan | Trish McAdam, Andrew Carson,Róisín O |
| May-14 | Translucent Flag | The MART Gallery, Dublin | James L Hayes, James McCann, Alex Pentek, Amanda Rice |
| Apr-14 | I Pity The Fool | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Olly Blake, Louise Brady, Marzena Borek, Moya Clarken, Fares Fares, Stephanie Golden, Karl Martini, Sheila Melvin, Emily O’Callaghan, Noely Ryan, Ross Ryder, Karen Tierney, Niko Tarka, Gearoid O’Dea |
| Mar-14 | 190a Retelling | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Sinead Bligh, Gerard Erraught, Jessica Kelly, Ciara Scanlan, Emily O’Callaghan, Jim O’Callaghan, Trish McAdam. |
| 2013 | |||
| Sep-13 | Curb Your Carrie Bradshawism | The MART Gallery, Dublin | Alison Cronin, Amy Walsh, Andrew Carson, Andrew Healy, Anne O’Byrne, Aoife Giles, Camilla Fanning, Claire Nash, Cliona Harmey, Debbie Jenkinson, Eleanor Lawler, Emily Boylan, Gearoid O’Dea, Ida Mitrani, James L Hayes, Jessica Conway, Karen Tierney, Katherine Nolan, Michelle Hall, Moya Clarken, Niamh Hannaford, Olive Barrett, Orla Gilheany, Rebecca McGetrick, Seamus Bradley, Stephanie Golden, Terence Erraught |
| Apr-13 | Tristan Hutchinson | Unit 4, Dublin | Tristan Hutchinson |
| Mar-13 | The Non Zero Sum Art Games | TAF Metamatic, Athens, Greece | Stefanos Athanatos, Panos Profitis, Kyrgiakos Tsiftsopoulos, George Gyzis, Maria Tzanakou, Christos Papasotiriou, Matthew Nevin,Ciara Scanlan.Andrew Carson, Adam Gibney, Samantha McGahon, |
| Mar-13 | The Non Zero Sum Art Games | Platforma Revolver, Lisbon, Portugal | Vanessa Daws, Francis Fay, Eleanor Lawler, Katherine Nolan, Aine Phillips. Rui Mourao, Nuno Lacerda, Pedro Azevedo, Marias Teixeria, Sara Maia |
| Feb-13 | ITERATIVE | Unit 4, Dublin | Terence Erraught, Joan Healy, Catherine Barragy |
| 2011 | |||
| June – Aug 2011 | Invite or Reject – Los Angeles | C4 Gallery, Los Angeles, USA Flux Factory, New York, USA Pop Up Art Loop, Chicago, USA |
Ella Burke, James L Hayes, Sofie Loscher, Matthew Nevin, Nicky Teegan, Ciara Scanlan, Benjamin Gaulon, Joan Healy, Colleen Keough, Margaret O’Brien, Katherine Nolan, Stephen Woods, Adrian Duncan, Benjamin Gaulon, Adam Gibney, Tony Kenny |
| 2010 | |||
| June – Aug 2010 | An Instructional – Tour | Lewis Art Gallery, Jackson, USA Space, Bratislava, Slovakia Molesworth Gallery, Dublin Shunt, London, UK Stattbad, Berlin, Germany Entree, Bergen, Norway |
Áine Phillips, Cian McConn & Eve Vaughan, Joan Healy & Louise Ward, Katherine Nolan, Martinka Bobrikova & Oscar De Carmen, Barry Hughes, Darragh O’Callaghan, David Bickley, Emanuel Rhoss Malina Cailan, Mischa Twitchin, Nicky Larkin, Peta Adderley, Ruth Le Gear, Vukasin Nedeljkovic Adam Gibney , Chris Johnsen & Øyvind Næss, Ciara Scanlan, Clodagh Lavelle, Colleen Keough, Debbie Jenkinson, Eleanor Lawler Emma Wade,Ivan Twohig,James Hayes,Jim Ricks, Matthew Nevin, Noel Molloy Soprano,Sabina Mac Mahon, Sofie Loscher, Stephen Woods, |
| 2009 | |||
| Jun-09 | Open Door Policy | Shunt, London + Galway Arts Festival |
Adam Gibney, Natalie Zervou, Joan Healy , Matthew Nevin, Ciara Scanlan , Ivan Twohig, Katherine Nolan Lisa Marie Johnson |
| Apr-09 | MART@IMOCA | Imoca, Dublin | Clare Shanahan, Ciara Scanlan and Matthew Nevin |
| 2008 | |||
| Jul-08 | Challenging Behaviour | Silkes & The Cottage, Galway | Tricia Mccarthy & Vertigo Smyth, Ciara Scanlan, Emily Boyland, Hilary Williams, John Murphy, Kelly O’connor Mary Dempsey, Matthew Nevin, Nicky Larkin, Svetlana Sobceno, Tristan Hutchinson, Vera Klute, Martin Rochford, Neasa O Grady,Vera Klute |
| May-08 | MART.ie Launch | Silkes, Galway | Hector Castrillejo, Tristan Hutchinson,Mary Dempsey Neasa O’grady, Matthew Nevin, Ciara Scanlan, Fiona Walsh, Emily Boylan, John Conway, Laura Fitzgerald Chloe Freaks, Vera Klute, Tristan Hutchinson, Nicky Larkin, John Murphy,Clare Shanahan,Svetlana Sobenko |
| 2007 | |||
| Nov-07 | Tulca | Galway | Selection of MART artists |
| Jul-07 | Galway City Museum | Galway | John Conway, Chloe Freaks, Tristan Hutchinson, John Jennings, John Murphy, Matthew Nevin, Martin Rochfard, Ciara Scanlan, Svetlana Sobcenko. |
