Nessa Finnegan

Statement

Nessa Finnegan is an Irish artist based in Dublin. Specialising in drawing from commercial imagery and text to supplant socio-political material within her work Nessa uses a diverse range of means including illustration, print making and sculpture.

GlogauAIR Project

During her two month residency at GlogauAIR Nessa plans to explore/ confront contemporary patriarchal expectations existing externally to herself as well as internally. She will produce a series of sculptures and wall hangings using text, traditional ‘women’s work’ craft making techniques and a healthy dose of humour.

CV Summary

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2017 F/Feminist Festival Temple Bar Galleries and Studios, Dublin, Ireland
• 2016 Fear: Peachy Dublin, Temple Bar Galleries and Studios, Dublin, Ireland
• 2016 Not Necessarily Naughty, Young Curators Project, Rua Red Galleries, Dublin, Ireland
• 2016 Motley, MART Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
• 2013 Strongly Weak, LAB4 Gallery, Sicily, Italy
• 2013 Petrol, Five Years Gallery, London, UK
• 2010 Wars on women: Peace Works, University of Belfast College of Art, Belfast, Northern Ireland
• 2009 Brighton MA Fine Art & Interim Show 2009, University of Brighton, UK

Solo Exhibition

• 2007 Come Out To Play, Black Mariah Gallery, Cork, Ireland

Public Art Installations

• 2017 Dublin Canvas, Dublin, Ireland
• 2016 Textile installation, Electric Picnic Music and Arts Festival, Ireland
• 2016 Dublin Canvas, Dublin, Ireland
• 2013 Whittington Park textile installation, London, UK

Publications

• 2017 Mine Anthology, Ireland
• 2016 Spooky Woomb, vol. 2, UK
• 2016 FEMS-Females for Equality Making Stuff, Issue 5, Australia
• 2016 Phollio, Issue 3, Australia

Lectures/ Panels

• 2017 Panelist – DECAF: Dublin Eight Comic Arts Festival 2017
• 2016 Panelist – Artists discussion/ Not Necessarily Naughty opening, Rua Red, Dublin
• 2016 Lecturer – Feminism/Activism/ Art, Women’s Studies Programme, School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, UCD

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