@marianbalfe
(she/her)
b. 1987, Ireland
marianbalfe@gmail.com
Education
2019 - 2022, Turps Correspondence Course
2017 - 2018, BTEC Higher National Diploma in Graphic Design, DDI, Dublin
2015 - 2016, Diploma in Desktop Publishing, Griffith College, Dublin
2010 - 2015, BA in Visual Culture + Fine Art (Painting), NCAD, Dublin
2009 - 2010, Art + Design Portfolio Preparation, ICFE, Dublin
2006 - 2009, BSc Architectural Science, UCD, Dublin
Solo exhibitions + projects
Upcoming, Sham Solitaire, location TBC
2020, Online dissemination, Winter Commission Series, The Dock, Leitrim
2016, Appropriate colours, Pallas Projects, Dublin
Group Exhibitions + Projects
2022, WEAREFETISHISTS, Garter Lane, Waterford
2022, Muine Bheag Arts, Muine Bheag, Carlow
2022, An Animate Land, Roscommon Arts Centre
2022, PeripheriesMEET II, Periphery Space, Gorey, Wexford
2022, Royal Watercolour Society Open, Bankside Gallery, London
2020, Luan Gallery 2020 Art Fair, Athlone, Westmeath
2020, RA Summer Exhibition (actually in Winter), Royal Academy of Arts, London
2019, PeripheriesOpen, Periphery Space, Gorey, Wexford
2019, Sideways Movement + Other Attempts at Boundaries, Goethe Institute, Dublin
2019, Halftone, The Library Project, Dublin
2019, Carmodity, Carboot Art Mart, Russborough House, Kildare
2019, Dearly beloved...ARTWORKS 2019, VISUAL, Carlow
2016, Very Good Waves Now, Catalyst Arts Recent Graduate + Student Exhibition, Belfast
2016, At the Car Wash, Hendrons Collider, Dublin
2015, Flynn’s, NCAD Degree Show, Dublin
2014, An exhibition of beginnings, w/ Siobhan O’Callaghan, Project Space, NCAD, Dublin 2014, Praxis, a collaborative project w/ Katie Watchorn, Providers Old Hardware Store, Longford
2013, tell it Slant, Pallas Projects, Dublin
2013, No signal, D-Light Studios, Dublin
2013, Four Floors Above, North Great George’s Street, Dublin
2013, Artists on Architecture, Birr Theatre + Arts Centre, Offaly
Awards / Residencies
2022, Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland
2022, Interdisciplinary Residency, Hospitalfield, Arbroath, Scotland
2021, Project Intensive, Project Arts, Dublin
2021, Visual Arts Agility Award, Arts Council of Ireland
2020, Professional Development Award, Arts Council of Ireland
2020, Visual Arts Covid-19 Response Award, Arts Council of Ireland
2020, Travel + Training Award, Arts Council of Ireland
2020, Cill Rialaig Project Residency, Ballinskelligs, Kerry
2019, Tyrone Guthrie Residency, Monaghan
2019, Individual Artist Bursary, Roscommon County Council
2019, Longlisted for Fuse Photobook Competition, Dublin
2019, Harrington Studios Residency, King House, Roscommon
2018, BTEC Graphic Design Student of the Year, DDI, Dublin
2015, Emerging Artist Bursary, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, Dublin
2015, Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Travel Prize, Dublin
2014, Student Arts Bursary, Longford County Council
Publication/Design Projects
2019, Drain Brain Volume 1, zine for lovers of the arts + culture, produced by Brass Neck Press 2019, Aspirational zine, zine about Longford, painting + roundabouts
2018, I am a philatelist, Temple Bar Gallery Book Fair, Dublin
2018, BalehomeBalehome, a collaborative publication w/ Katie Watchorn, VISUAL, Carlow 2018, Herd No. A1240636, a collaborative publication w/ Katie Watchorn, Wexford Arts Centre
Teaching + Workshop Facilitation
2023 - Present, Irish Architectural Archive, Schools Workshop Series
2022 - Present, National Gallery Artist Panel
2019 - Present, Roscommon Artist Panel
2019 - Present, Roscommon Art Centre, Schools Workshop Series
2016 - 2021, Dublin Design Institute, Part-Time Lecturer