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Qualifications
2002 MA The History and Development of Multimedia in Ireland.
1995 – 2000 Introducing multimedia, video and installation work to Fine Art Students National College of Art and Design. Dublin.
2000 – 2014 Lecturer in Department of Sculpture, National College of Art and Design.
Visiting Guest Lecturer
2006 – 2007 DIT Dublin Lecturer in Photography
2004 Alberta College of Art at Calgary
2008, 2004, 2002 Belfast College of Art
1996 Limerick College of Art
1996 Sligo College of Art
1995 Belfast College of Art and Design
1993 Liverpool John Moore University
1987 Pace College of Art, New York NY
1987 Hunter College, New York NY
Selected Exhibitions and Performances
2023
The Language of Men /El Lenguaje de los Hombres for the Walking in the Way National Tour with Frances Mezzetti, Wexford Arts Centre, Co.Wexford
A World of Appearances / Walking in the Way Cummins & Mezzetti, The Lab Gallery, Foley Street Dublin
The Narrow Gate of the Here-and-Now, Protest and Conflict, Sounding The Depths with Louise Walsh, IMMA, Dublin
2022
The Narrow Gate of the Here-and-Now, Protest and Conflict, Sounding The Depths with Louise Walsh, IMMA, Dublin
Soul Noir, What is Life? (with cellist Ailbhe McDonagh), Irish Georgian Societies City Assembly House, Dublin , Ireland
Kilkenny Arts Festival, Bare Bones..…., Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland
Walking in the Way – A Retrospective -Pauline Cummins & Frances Mezzetti, South Tipperary Arts Centre, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
2021
39th EVA International Biennial, Women Artists Action Group (Archive of Pauline Cummins), The Old Sailors Home, Limerick, Ireland
2020
Pluck @ RHA Presents: Women, Artists and The Institution, Becoming Beloved and performance archive, RHA online, Dublin, Ireland
Elliptical Affinities: Irish Women Artists and the Politics of the Body 1980s to the present, Inis t´Oirr/ Aran Dance, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland
2019
Elliptical Affinities: Irish Women Artists and the Politics of the Body 1980s to the present, Inis t´Oirr/ Aran Dance, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland
Gaze: the third exhibition from the IMMA Collection, Inis t´Oirr/ Aran Dance, IMMA, Dublin, Ireland
2018
Performance and response to the work of Frank Bowling, Bealtaine, IMMA, Dublin, Ireland
2017
Inaugural Soul Noir, When fragility can emerge victorious, India ink drawings. Georgian house at 13 North Great Georges St, Dublin, Ireland.
2016
Future Histories, No Bones About It… 4 hour performance. Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland
2015
EXCUSE ME I’M NOT FINISHED with The Performance Collective, The NCAD Gallery, The National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
Belfast International Performance Festival, Remembrance with Sinéad Keogh, Belfast School of Art, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2014
These Immovable walls – Performing Power, The Spy at the Gate, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
2013
It has no name, Remembrance with Sinéad Keogh (Curated by Liz Burns) Broadcast Gallery, DIT, Dublin, Ireland
2012
MST Festival, Between One and Another (exhibition of video works by Pauline Cummins and Sandra Vida) Calgary College of Art, Alberta, Canada.
Between One and Another an exhibition of video works by Pauline Cummins and Sandra Vida. Performance :Sweeping Changes, Irish Cultural Centre, Paris, France
MST Festival, Leopard Frog, performance. Calgary College of Art, Alberta, Canada
The Galway Arts Festival, Subject to Ongoing Change 2 weeks of improvised works with The Performance Collective, Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland
Labour- an exhibition of performance work by Irish Women Artists, Walking in the Way, with Frances Mezzetti, (Curated by Amanda Coogan, Chrissie Cadman and Helena Walsh) Venues- performance s p a c e – London – February, Void Gallery – Derry/Londonderry – February, The Lab – Dublin – March
2010
Right Here Right Now, Weeping Willow/Stinging Birch, Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland
UNBUILDING, The Still Centre, 3 screen installation. Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
CHAOS, Sound the Alarm 4, Openspace Gallery,Victoria.BC, Canada
Sound the Alarm 3, Mon Ton Gallery, Queen St. Toronto, Canada
Walking in the Way,with Frances Mezzetti, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
2009
Open Studios – Temple Bar Gallery, with The Performance Collective, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Walking in the Way, performance with Frances Mezzetti, Dublin, Ireland
The Performance Collective, Catalyst Art Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The Performance Collective, Walking in the Way, performance with Frances Mezzetti, Belfast City Centre, Northern Ireland.
2008
Out of Site – Promenade. Curated by Michelle Browne. Head Above Water, Hadden Road, Dublin, Ireland
2007
Terms & Conditions. Curated with Aideen Barry. The Mermaid Art Centre Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Terms & Conditions, Sound the Alarm, The Mermaid Art Centre Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
The Selskab Exhibition, Unearthed, Atmosphere Controlled, Jutland, Denmark
The Haag Sculpture Show The Bureau of Everyday Adventures, The Energetic Humorists ( Jokes Around the World ) The Haag, Netherlands
Portraits of Pain Exhibition, Portraits of Pain, video and digital prints. Film Base, Dublin, Ireland
2005
At The End of the Pipeline – Celebrating Our Roots, Autonomous Eye collaborative video with Sandra Vida, EMMEDIA, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Comharsana Beal Dorais – Exhibition of Irish Art, Inis t´Oirr/ Aran Dance, The Rooms – The Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and IMMA, Ireland
2004
Locus Suspectus :where the hidden comes to light an exhibition of Canadian and Irish video art curated with Sandra Vida, Ormeau Baths Gallery – Belfast
Locus Suspectus :where the hidden comes to light curated with Sandra Vida, Autonomous Eye, Truck Contemporary Art Gallery,Calgary and Paved+ Saskatoon, Canada
Tulca, Entrenched, City Hall, Galway, Ireland
2003
The Cyber Theater of Mneme and Melete, Floating with James Gerard Byrne ( curated by Moira Roth) The Winding Stairs Bookshop, Ormond Quay, Dublin, Ireland
2002
The Unblinking Eye, Inis tíOirr/Aran Dance, IMMA,Dublin, Ireland
2001
The Appearances Project (Temperate, Fathom, Broad Daylight, and Holy Ground) with Sandra Johnston and Frances Mezzetti, Arthouse, Dublin, Ireland
2000
Power Points (Solo exhibition) Video installations, Tinahely Courthouse Centre, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Shifting Ground – Selected works of Irish Art 1950-2000, Inis tíOirr/Aran Dance, IMMA, Dublin, Ireland
The Appearences Project – Temperate with Frances Mezzetti & Sandra Johnston, Botanical Gardens, Dublin, Ireland
The Appearences Project -Fathom by Frances Mezzetti with Cummins & Johnston. The Harbour Masters Office, Cork, Ireland
The Appearences Project -Broad Daylight by Sandra Johnston with Cummins & Mezzetti, Newtownards Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland
The Appearences Project -Holy Ground by Cummins with Mezzetti, Johnston, Breeda Mooney & Fergus Byrne. The 11th Century ruins of St. Saviours, Glendalough, Wicklow, Ireland
1999
The Challenge of Power – celebrating 25 years of Adapt, Entrenched, Limerick City Gallery, Limerick, Ireland
4 Fold – 4 Contemporary Irish Artists, Entrenched, Tallaght Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Going Dutch. Entrenched, video and photographic exhibition with Krijnie Beyen and Breeda Mooney, Dun Laoghaire Town Hall Concourse, Co. Dublin, Ireland and Einhausen, the Netherlands
Intermedia 99, None of it Matters, new commissioned performance and video work, Triskal Cinema, Cork.
Violent Incident – Critical Forum Conference, None of it Matters performance, The TATE Liverpool, UK
1997
Re/Dressing Cathleen: Contemporary Works from Irish Women Artists McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College., ‘Sounding the Depths’ –A collaborative installation with Louise Walsh
Academy Without Walls: Good Confession, 2 monitor installation, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin.
Inner Art: Public Art Installations, Good Confession, Installation in confessionals in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Sean McDermot St Dublin. Organised by The Firestation Artists Studios.
Irish Geographies: 6 Contemporary Artists Djanogly Art Gallery, The University of Nottingham, England (curator: Catherine Nash) Installation, Inis Oirr/ Aran Dance.
1996
Becoming Beloved, Video installation, Hermitage of Maria Magdaleina, Lanzarote.
1995
Becoming Beloved video commissioned by The National Maternity Hospital, Dublin
Sounding the Depths (Two) a collaborative installation by Pauline Cummins and Louise Walsh, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin:
1994
Irish Days Two The Baltic Art Gallery, Ustka, Poland. Street Installation, Potato plants in Flower.
1993
Life Cycles, Collaborative exhibition and performance. Design Council Gallery, Dublin. 4 monitor Sculpture/ Video Installation.
In Control ; Woman-Interface-Machine. Sounding the Depths, a collaborative installation by Pauline Cummins and Louise Walsh, Kunstler-haus, Graz, Austria.
Elective Affinities: 2 Room Installation, Sounding the Depths, The Liverpool Tate, England.
Sounding the Depths with Louise Walsh, Street Level Photographic Gallery, Glasgow
1992
2-person show. Sounding the Depths (One) a collaborative installation by Pauline Cummins and Louise Walsh, Irish Museum of Modern Art, (IMMA), Dublin.
1991
In A State, Cocoon, site specific sculpture, Kilmainham Gaol, Organised by The Project Art Centre, Dublin.
Inheritance and Transformation Inaugural exhibition for the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Installation, Unearthed Performance and video installation work, 1988/91 IMMA, Dublin.
Available Resources, Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland. Inch x Inch, Performance to camera. Subject: reconciliation in Northern Ireland.
The Fifth Province touring exhibition, performance Unearthed and photographic installation, Alberta, Quebec, Montreal, Canada.
1990
Sexuality and Gender, one of a series of five shows entitled A New Tradition-Irish Art in the Eighties Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin.
One person show 2 Installations: Inis Oirr/Aran Dance and Unearthed, Ladengalerie, Munich, Germany.
Residences,Commissions and Awards
2017 Research Residency at Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris- towards a performance for the roman forum, on Rue Monge in Paris.
2010 Culture Ireland award for performance in Victoria, B.C. Canada
2007 Special Project Award for ‘Terms & Conditions’ exhibition.
Commissioned by The Bureau of Everyday Adventures, The Haag, Netherlands
2006 The School Show revisited: Multimedia project with art teachers and pupils Co. Mayo. Arts Council Award.
2005 Research Grant The Arts Council of Ireland.
2002 Research grant The Arts Council of Ireland.
2000 Major Projects award The Arts Council of Ireland
1999 Artist’s Residency, Djerassi Art Centre, California.USA
1998 An Artists in Schools Commission, Wicklow County Council.
1997 Their Spirit Lives On, Photographic Image, Public Art Commission for Newgrange, Interperative Centre, Co. Meath (Office of Public Works, Ireland)
1996 Public Art Commission, Collaborative installation with the communit, New St. Park, Dublin.
1995 Becoming Beloved Video installation and commission, The National Maternity Hospital, Dublin.
1994 Major Bursary Award, Arts Council Of Ireland
1992 Residency, Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada
1992 The Sir Mark Turner Memorial Scholarship. Award, Durassi, USA
1991 Major Bursary Award Arts Council Of Ireland
1990 Arts Council Film and Video Award
1986 The George Campbell Painting Award.
Film/Broadcast
2020 Mad Bad & Dangerous : A celebration of “ difficult” women, 2020, directed by Emma O´Grady.
1987 I Live Here – Pauline Cummins, RTE production 1987 directed by Anne Mc Cabe.
Bibliography
2022 Walking in the Way: Performing Masculinity, Pauline Cummins and Frances Mezzetti. WAAG Publication
2016 MODERN IRELAND IN 100 ARTWORKS 1916 – 2016, (1984) Celebration the beginning of Labour, Irish Times Publication 2016
2015 PERFORMANCE ART IN IRELAND-A History. Edited by Aine Phillips. Published by Live Art Development Agency and Intellect Books (2015).
2014 ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN IRELAND, Yale University Press and Royal Irish Academy. 5 Vols. Vol. 5: Twentieth Century Art and Artists, edited by Peter Murray, Crawford Gallery Cork and Catherine Marshall, Irish Museum of Modern Art.
2013 ART IN IRELAND SINCE 1910, Fionna Barber, Published by Reaktion Books, 180 illustrations, 100 in colour. February 2013.
2009 The Performance Collective, Circa Art Magazine, Spring 2009.
2006 And the One Doesn’t Stir without the Other, edited by Ursula Burke and Ruth Jones, with Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2005 Dialogues: Women Artists from Ireland edited by Katy Deepwell, I.B. Taurus, New York and London.
2005 Kay Burns, Locus Suspectus: where the hidden comes to light., Artichoke, vol.17 no.1 (Spring) p.32-35. Canada.
2003 Moira Roth, ‘Of Writing, Performance, and Photography: The Cyber Theater of Mneme and Muse‘ Camerawork vol.30, no.1( Spring/Summer) p.28-31.USA.
2003 Catherine Marshall “I’ll spin you a yarn, I’ll weave you a tale” Subverting Patriarchy through art and women’s work, Irish Journal of Feminist Studies. Spring 2003.
2000 Unearthed, performance script, n.paradoxa, vol. 5, p.71-73
1998 Tallaght Arts Centre, Art Bulletin (Ireland) no. 83 Vol 15 (Oct-Nov) p.18-19.
1998 Aoife Desmond The Live Medium Art Bulletin (Ireland) No. 81 Vol.15 (June-July) p.3-7.
1997 Gemma Tipton, ‘Opium of the Masses’ (Inner Art) Circa No. 82 (Winter) p.30-34.
1997 Medb Ruane Broad & Narrow, (Inner Art) Sunday Times (14 Sept).
1997 Temple Bar, Success or Circus, Art Bulletin (Ireland) no. 76 Vol.14 (Aug-Sept) p.14-18.
1995 Medb Ruane Installations at National Maternity Hospital Sunday Times (8 January)
1995 Judith Higgins, Report From Ireland-Art from the Edge (Part 1) Art in America (NewYork) Dec.1995. p.37-40
1995 Hilary Robinson, Irish / Women / Artwork, Feminist Review, no. 5
1994 Women and Technology feature Ruimte Art Magazine, (Amsterdam)
1994 May Irish Days, A. Maclennan, A. Tallentire, Sandra Johnston, B. Connolly, Circa No. 70 (Winter) p.53-57.
1994 Jackie Ryan Containment or Integration? Art in Context, Circa No. 70 (Winter) p.50-52. 1993-94
1994 Caroline Juler,’Elective Affinities’,Untitled (London) (Winter)
1993 A. Greenan In the Grip of Adult Limbs (Elective Affinities) Womens Art Magazine (London) (Nov/Dec) p.19-20.
1992 S. Thompson, Shells and Mouths at IMMA The Sunday Press (Dublin) 26 April
1992 Moroney, Sounding the Depths, Irish Times 10 April. Aidan Dunne, Nudes with Feminist Kick, The Sunday Tribune 5 April,1992
1992 Meany, Reclaiming the Female Body, Irish Times 3 March., 1992
1992 Jaki Irvine, Sounding the Depths, Circa, no. 62, 1992
1992 Neil McCafferty, Womb with a View, Hot Press, 7 April
1990 Joan Fowler, Sexuality and Gender in ‘A New Tradition, Irish Art of the Eighties Dublin:’ Douglas Hyde Gallery.
1990 Malve Gradinger, Art review. Munchner Merkur (Germany) 12 March
1990 Inis Oirr. New Observations, no. 80,edited by Dorothy Cross, 10-11 New York
1989-90 Dorothy Walker ‘Bronze by Gold, the work of Irish Women Sculptors’, Irish Arts Review Yearbook (Dublin) vol 6 pp.207-13.
Conferences
2019 Sculpture In Process, Conference, Sculpture as a Factor in the Transformation of Place and Space. Poznan, Poland.
2013 Guest speaker, Re-Imagining Birth, School of Art History and Cultural Policy, UCD, Dublin.
2012 Keynote speaker, Sweeping Changes, forum on feminist arists action in Canada, Ireland and France. Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France.
2010 Landscape as the locus for artistic transfers between Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain from 1968 to the present day. Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France.
2001 The Appearances Project: Installations and Seminar, Re- Appearances, Arthouse, Dublin, Ireland. Collaboration with Sandra Johnston and Frances Mezzetti on site-specific performances Temperate, Fathom, Broad Daylight, and Holy Ground.
2001 Get the Balance, forum,, with Marina Abramovic, National Sculpture Factory, Cork
1999 Violent Incident – Critical Forum Conference, with Marina Abramovic, None of it Matters performance, The TATE Liverpool, UK.