Breathe, 2017
C H L O E A U S T I N
CHLOE AUSTIN
b. 1995, ROI
Lives and works in Belfast, UK
EDUCATION:
2020
Master of Fine Arts, Ulster University, Belfast, UK
2017
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Crawford College, Cork, Ireland
SELECTED PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS:
2021
IN SITU / IN PLACE, in partnership with TSDAP and Susak Expo, hosted by SHIM Art Network
Cuckoo Clock, Perspective Wellbeing Centre, Mayo, February
2020
1FTSQ, Online Event, Fermanagh & Omagh District Council, December
'Swipe Right', Virtual Exhibition, Profile Gallery, December
NUA Collective Member Show, Virtual Exhibition, December
MFA Degree Show, Belfast School of Art, The MAC International, September
'Not Alone', Touring Exhibition, Golden Thread Gallery, August
Solo display, Kinsale Arts Weekend, July
'KEEP-DRY', Catalyst Arts, MFA, Ulster University, Belfast, January
2019
K-Fest, Visual and Performing Arts Festival, Kerry, June
'Normal Position, Show Position', Platform Arts, MFA Fine Art, Ulster University, Belfast, May
2018
'Lost + Found', Culture Night, Galway Arts Centre, September
'ABSENCE', Solo exhibition, Kinsale Arts Weekend, Kinsale, July
K-Fest, Visual and Performing Arts Festival, Kerry, June
'INABSOLUTE', Cork Film Centre Exhibition Award, Cork Film Centre, March -April
'EXTRA', 130 Gallery, Western Carolina University, March
'Nasty Women London', The Black & White Building, 74 Rivington St, London, March
'Peripheries OPEN', Gorey School of Art, Wexford December-January
2017
'TRUMPED', Nasty Women North East, Gateshead, November
'Nasty Women North East', Clarity House, Gateshead, November
'Sisters of The Moon', Waterford Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), July-August
Kinsale Arts Weekend, Kinsale, June
'Beyond Dialogue', Crawford College of Fine Art and Design, June
'Nasty Women', Byker Community Centre, Newcastle, April
Roots and Wings, The House of Blah Blah, Middlesbrough, March
WORKSHOPS/TALKS:
2020
In Conversation with Kitsch Doom, Matt Higgs and Ciara O'Neill, Online Event, Garter Lane, November
Poetry Workshop in response to ‘On Refusal’ Exhibition, The MAC, Belfast, January
2018
Visiting Artist Lecture, Crawford College of Fine Art and Design, March
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:
2021 - Present
Co-Director at Platform Arts
2020 - Present
Founder and Curator of IN MOTION, Video Artist Collective
2019 - Present
Founder and Creative Director of RE-VISION Performing Arts Festival, Belfast
Selection Panel for Cork Film Festival, June – November
2018
Internship, 126 Gallery, Galway, July – January
Co-curator of BDGRL Exhibition, 126 Gallery, Galway, January
AWARDS:
2021
Community Foundation NI for Re-Vision Performing Arts Festival
Arts Council of Northern Ireland: Individuals Emergency Resilience Programme
126 Gallery Micro-Grant Programme
2020
Freelands Foundation for Re-Vision Performing Arts Festival
2019
Alice Berger Hammerschlag Award, Belfast School of Art, Ulster University
2018
INABSOLUTE, Cork Film Centre Exhibition Award, Cork Film Centre
SELECTED REVIEWS:
2020
Critique: 'Not Alone' Travelling Exhibition, Golden Thread Gallery, The Visual Artists News Sheet Online, by Gwen Burlington
https://visualartistsireland.com/critique-not-alone-travelling-exhibition
Visual Artist Newsletter, VAN 100, Four Decades of Irish Sculpture, review of 'KEEP-DRY', by Chloe Austin
2017
'Sisters of The Moon', GOMA Waterford, by Eamonn Maxwell
https://curatoronabike.wordpress.com/2017/07/14/sisters-of-the-moon/
'Beyond Dialogue', CCAD Degree Show, CIRCA, by Lincoln
FEATURES:
2020
Show Me How You Care, University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art
https://showmehowyoucare.cargo.site/
The Social Distance Art Project (TSDAP)
https://www.thesocialdistanceartproject.co.uk/multidisciplinary/o3slaj1i1re85yxwfb399451ihunn1
The MASS Collective, Issue: INHUMAN
https://www.the-mass.com/october-2020
Pssquared Gallery, Belfast, HOME WORK, Art in Lockdown
https://www.pssquared.org/projects/home-work
2019
Brenda Magazine feature, issue ‘Twin’: https://www.brenda-mag.com/
2018
(Un)titled Publication: https://untitledpublication.com/chloe-austin-feature