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Catherine Hehir
Senior Lecturer
Fine Art & Applied Art
BIO
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: EXPANDED PRINT, INSTALLATION, PHOTOGRAPHY, COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE
Catherine Hehir is an artist-curator and researcher. She is the recipient of numerous awards from the Irish Arts Council and Culture Ireland to support her diverse art practice and exhibits work nationally and internationally often making her work through residencies that explore the perceptions of memory in landscape and collaborative practices within expanded fields of print. These include Purple Bamboo Fellowship at Hangzhou Art Academy in China, Landscape Art Research centre in Queenstown -LARQ- Tasmania, Artist in Residence at AGA LAB, Amsterdam’s-grafisch-atelier and the Centre for Fine art Print Research UWE Bristol. Hehir Studied Fine Art at the Crawford College and then at University of Ulster graduating with first class honours, Hehir’s engagement with research is intrinsic to the nature of her work. She is currently a practice led Phd researcher at DJCAD Dundee College of Art and Design Scotland.
Her research practice moves between installation, sound, print, sculpture, and collective curatorial practices specialising in the role of print in the field of multi/ trans disciplinary art practices. Her interest in working across different areas has led to several forms of collaborative endeavours this is the focus of her current art practice, in which she examines prints manipulation through artistic processes and its integration and enlargement into other fields of contemporary Art. Most recent projects include IRON-R project Kilnageary Sculpture Studio, UNBOUND: Visual Literature a multi-disciplinary International Collaborative Arts with the Dingle Literature Festival & Poet Sean Borodale, UK, An Mhóin Mhór, a site-specific deep Mapping project with retired farmers and a Rural Museum in Clare. Nov, Hehir & Noonan Brides a series of large scale durational and ephemeral collaborative projects and State of Print: All worlds are invented which Catherine is a co-initiator of this international collective project. Which was the keynote at IMPACT 12 conference The Printmakers voice at UWE Bristol. These collaborations have led to print projects performances and events that contribute to many international print conferences and symposia.
LINKS
www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/london-art-fair
Curatorial Leader of International Projects at CCAD print room @crawfordprintmedia.
Dingle Literary Festival, upcoming exhibition, November 2022. https://dinglelit.ie
#PRINTED 5 International Artist Book and Print Event, Eina Espai Barra, Barcelona, April online exhibition, 2020.
#PRINTED 5 International Artist Book and Print Event, Eina Espai Barra, Barcelona, March 2019
Volumes, Project Director of work by staff and studios groups and alumni of the Crawford College Santander 2018.
Project Director ‘POST-IT,’ Site Specific, Cork, Ireland and Impact conference Dundee,2018. https://www.corkprintmakers.ie
Ballot’ Curator Cork project leader, First Editions Print Symposium, Cork 2017
ALL INKED UP International Artist Book and Print Event, Kent Canterbury 2017
Curator and Project director Print in Space, Snap 3rd International Symposium 2015 and Blackrock Castle 2016.
Curator and Project director-TWEETBOX Project- Impact 8, Shanghai, China 2015.
Curated by Hehir and Noonan, CIT Wandsford Quay Gallery, Cork 2013.
Project Director ‘Art in the making’ CIT Crawford College of Art and Design, 2012 ongoing.
Selected Papers and Publications
Impact 12 Bristol, Exhibition, Keynote https://cfpr.uwe.ac.uk/impactconference12/
IMPACT 11 Hong Kong, illustrated talk , paper and Exhibition. Online programme catalogue, April 2021.
IMPACT 10 Encuentro Santander Northern Spain. www.impact10.es
Publication, open portfolio and Performance. 2018 0nline catalogue.
First Editions Cork Printmakers print Symposia, Cork City Publication Zine Guest Artist, artist talk, 2017
All INK UP Book Art Symposia, the University of Kent, Public talk & Conference exhibition, 2017
Southern Graphics International Conference San Francisco,Delegate and Exhibition and open portfolio 2007.
Impact 6 Multidisciplinary Printmaking Conference, celebrating the international diversity of the; 2007 Delegate printmaking discipline
SNAP Conference, Bentlage Germany Delegate, Guest Artist, Panellist & Publication 2006.
Peripheral Visions-’Recent developments in Digital Artwork’ Granary Theatre, Cork Delegate 2005.
Printmaking in the Post-Print Age. Conference Paper – Impact 9, Published by China Academy of Art Press 2015, ISBN: 978 7 5503 0957 9
Borders & Crossings: the artist as explorer Impact 8 Conference Exhibition and illustrated Talk. Panel discussion. Published by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, 2015 ISBN: 1-899837-70-1.
Article in Printmaking today Autumn issue 2018
Review Printmaking today Winter issue 2018
DURTY WORDS PUBLICATION, 2018, A space for dialogue, solidarity, resistance, and Creation. Review Lancashire Post Newspaper 5 Dec 2018
http://artlabcontemporaryprint.org.uk/2019/01/08/state-of-print/
https://minorliteratures.com/2018/07/20/state-of-print-christiana-spens/
https://twitter.com/hashtag/stateofprint
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/stateofprint/top/?hl=en
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ROLES & PROJECTS
Lecturer (Teaching and Research) in Fine Art Practice MTU. Appointed 2005.
PROGRAMME LEADER BFA FINAL YEAR:
Lecturer in Fine Art Crawford College of Art and Design. Developing programme outlines, weekly schedules and timetables, module planning, design and implementation, running and planning assessments, compiling student reports, carrying out reviews, seminars and co-ordination of workshops and technical facilities and development of the end of year Degree Show.
MA.AP: Inductions Lecturer and Supervisor within print media.
Year 4 : Research and Context, Independent Fine Art Practice, lecturer, co -Ordinator.
Year 4 : Professional Art Identity, Professional development, lecturer co-ordinator.
Year 3: Fine Art Print Practices Lecturer in skill based study.
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