MARTINA O’SHEA
Born in Kerry, Ireland (1982) lives and works in London
EDUCATION
2021 MA Fine Art, City and Guilds of London Art School, UK
2003 BA in Fine Art Painting, Limerick School of Art and Design, Ireland
2001 Academie Der Bildenden Kunste - Munchen, Germany
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS / TWO-PERSON SHOWS
2023 Hard Drives Soft Walks at Chemist Gallery, London https://chemistgallery.com/Hard-Drives-Soft-Walks-1
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Corpus, Hypha Studios, Farringdon, London https://hyphastudios.com/corpus-curated-by-yasmin-noorbakhsh-jennifer-nieuwland-and-ieva-ansaberga/
2021 MFA Degree Show, CGLAS London
2021 This Year's Model, Studio 1.1 Gallery, London http://www.studio1-1.co.uk/past-shows-2021/
2021 Poem Atlas, Rhodes art gallery, Greece
2020 Life on Venus, The Tub, Hackney, London
2020 Model Village, The Swiss Church, Curated by Hot Desque- Lizzy Drury and Neena Percy Covent Garden, London https://www.hotdesque.xyz/model-village
2019 Salon 19, Four Corners Gallery, London
2019 Rough Print, North London Darkroom, London
2013 Over the Hill Lee Miller’s House, Farley Farm House, Sussex https://www.farleyshouseandgallery.co.uk
2011 Mill-Co Project, Dalston, London
2009 Hop Skip, Hackney Wicked, London
2008 Space Invaders, Hackney Wicked, London
2003 BA degree show, LSAD, Ireland
2001 Interm show, Academie Der Bildenden Kunste - Munchen, Germany
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES/COMMISSIONS/TUTORING
2023 Mentor for Arts Emergency https://www.arts-emergency.org
2018 London Creative Network, Four Corners, London https://spacestudios.org.uk/london-creative-network/
2017 Residency at Ljosmyndaskolinn, School of Photography in Reykjavik, Iceland
2001 Erasmus Scholarship Fund,Akademie der Bildenden Künste München
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Hard Drives Soft Walks collaborative zine available at Chemist Gallery https://chemistgallery.com/
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
2021 Text-Isles anthology (Guildford Poem Atlas)
CURATORIAL PROJECTS/TALKS/LECTURES/PERFORMANCES
2023. Collaborative dream performance with Agnes Scheidewind at the Rich Mix London European Poetry Festival
2022 Artist Talk Foundation at City and Guilds of London Art School
2021 Collaborative performance with Vanessa Onwuemezi https://www.amant.org/residents/17-vanessa-onwuemezi and Maria Celina Val https://mariacelinaval.com at The European Poetry Festival, London
2017 Artist Talk at Ljosmyndaskolinn, Reykjavik, Iceland https://ljosmyndaskolinn.is
2013 Artist Talk at Photo Forum – www.photo-forum.org
2008 Curated Group show ‘Space Invaders’ for the first Hackney Wicked Festival