Katharine Paisley & Sinéad O’Donnell
On 27 October 2023 by Deej_Fabyc1Katharine Paisley & Sinéad O’Donnell will be here in early November for a micro-residency
SINÉAD O’DONNELL
Sinéad O’Donnell (*1975,Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland). Her performance practice is contexual and she has made works across the globe, integrating her learning of new cultures with personal experience. Sinead uses her body to create works that reference the challenging experiences that women face across the world: she gives a voice to those that have been silenced. Previous works have addressed: violence; grief; being neuro-diverse in a neuro-typical world; inclusion; and exclusion. Her work explores identity, borders and barriers through encounters with territory and the territorial. She sets up actions or situations that demonstrate complexities, contradictions or commonality between medium and discipline, timing and spontaneity, intuition and methodology, artist and audience.
Pronouns: She/Her
She often uses her body to investigate both her own and cultural boundaries, particularly in relation to the restrictions placed on women. Despite deliberately avoiding the sensationalisation of the body, her works often promote strong reactions and emotions.
Sinéad’s practice is nomadic and travel has broadened her cultural perceptions and influenced her artistic sensibilities regarding time and space. She is active on the Belfast performance art scene working with local organisations to foster performance art activity and supporting emerging artists in her community. Curating artists, exchanges, projects and exhibitions between Northern Ireland and Canada, Chile, Croatia, Germany, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Japan, Iraq, Montreal, Peru, Transylvania region Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Thailand, Poland, Peru, Montreal and U.S.A.
Katharine Paisley
Katharine Paisley (b. 1996) is an interdisciplinary Artist from Co. Tyrone, who lives and works in Belfast. She is based at Flax Art Studios, Belfast. Katharine graduated from the University of Central Lancashire in 2018 with a BA Hons in Fine Art. She works as a Gallery Assistant at The Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast and as an Outreach Artist. Most recently, she completed a British Council Venice Research Fellowship 2022 and was a Flax Emerging Artist Project Space committee member. Her work has been shown in multiple group and solo shows locally and nationally; and included in multiple publications. She has been awarded funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Her practice primarily consists of painting, performance and film. The subject of my work varies, however, my practice continues to explore resilience and forms of coping. My current work is exploring grief, rural communities and sense of place.
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