Exhibitions
Coming up
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Solo exhibition, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
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Solo exhibition, Ballina Arts Centre, Ballina, Mayo
Past
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Solo exhibition, 'an idle plasticity (also a floating unreality)' Custom House Gallery, Mayo
'RE/FORM', 126 Gallery, Galway
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Solo exhibition, 'and Yes, daydreamer S u R r e n d e r', Roscommon Arts Centre
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'Periodical Review #9' Pallas Projects, Dublin
'Utopia/Dystopia', Lexicon Municipal Gallery, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin
'Dearly beloved...', VISUAL, Carlow, Ireland
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‘Tulca – Syntonic State’, Galway
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Process Residency Exhibition, Artbox, Dublin (solo exhibition)
‘A bounce borrowed’, The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland
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‘Tulca - The Headless City’, Galway
‘Veins’, Molesworth Gallery, Dublin
‘Amongst other things’, Lexicon Municipal Gallery, Dublin (2-person exhibition)
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'Claremorris Open’, Mayo, Ireland
‘Eigse’, VISUAL, Carlow, Ireland (Commendation, Sculpture)
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‘Nailing Jelly to the Wall’, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
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‘Claremorris Open’, Mayo, Ireland (award recipient)
‘What’, 24 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1
‘New Connections’, Rua Red, Tallaght, Dublin
‘The Spring Exhibition’, Kunsthal Charlottenberg, Copenhagen (nominated-Jury’s Award)
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‘Spooky Action at a Distance’, Monster Truck, Dublin
‘The Material Consequence’, Bluewall Gallery, Cavan, Ireland
'Ouagadougou Rendez-Vous', Burkino Faso, Africa
Residencies
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NCAD MFA Studio Award 2022
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Sculpture Bursary Award, Firestation Artists' Studios, Dublin
Summer Project Award, TUD, Grangegorman, Dublin
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Process Residency Award, Artbox, 2 James Joyce Street, Dublin
Writing
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'The Darlingest Place', Dublin Art Book Fair, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
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'Flash!', Dublin Art Book Fair, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
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'Altered Objects', Visual Artists Ireland Newssheet
Awards
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Professional Artist Development Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland
Recipient of PLATFORM 31 Artist Development Scheme https://platform31.localartsireland.ie/2022-artists/helen-hughes
National College of Art & Design, School of Fine Art Residency Award 2022
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Professional Artist Development Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland
Creative Ireland Artist Professional Development & Mentorship Bursary
Visual Arts Agility Award, Arts Council of Ireland
Covid-19 Crisis Response Bursary Award, Arts Council of Ireland
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Professional Development Artist Grant, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Ireland
Work Commendations
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Sculpture work Commendation, Eigse, VISUAL, Carlow Ireland
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Award Recipient, Claremorris Open 2011, Ireland
Jury Award Nomination, Summer Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenberg, Copenhagen
Lectures/Talks
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Guest Lecturer, NCAD
Peer Panelaist, Arts Council of Ireland
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RHA, Plinth Politics Series, lecturer
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GMIT, MA Course – guest lecturer & visiting tutor
RUA RED – Winter Open selection panel
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The Dock Gallery – Artist Panel, public exhibition event
Lexicon Municipal Gallery, Artist Panel, public exhibition event
Education
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MA Visual Arts Practices, Institute of Art, Design & Technology (IADT), Dublin
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BA (Hons) Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
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Foundation in Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
Collections
Arts Council of Ireland
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Collection
Private collections in Ireland and internationally