Artist Biography

Seoidín is a contemporary artist with a socially engaged practice who lecturers in First Year Studies and Visual Culture at The National College of Art and Design. Her art projects are collaborative and focus on bringing people together in action to protect or develop an aspect of their Ecological Commons.

Seoidín works in the area of 'Critical Ecologies' connecting multidsicplinarty teams and partnerships using creative participatory art methadologies to reveal, find solutions and work towards creating just multi-species futures and collecive imaginaries at a time of climate crisis. Seoidín is recipient of the Arts Council Bursary Award 2021, Arts Council Next Generation Award 2018 and the inaugral Hyde Park, Chicago art residency award with IMMA and CREATE in 2017.

Seoidin grew up in Kitwe, Zambia and later lived in Durban, South Africa where she completed a degree in Fine Art (2000). She haa a Masters in Fine Art from National College of Art and Design, Dublin (2005- 2007) and  Post Graduate Diploma's  in Third Level Teaching and Learning (2010) and in International Development Studies (2004). She currently live in Dublin, Ireland.

contact: seoidin(at)gmail.com

 

Art Practice

Current  

2022: CREX CREX Research Project with Corn Crake Life and Ormston House

2022: Artist Laboratory research project with Solstice Arts Centre.

2021: Radicle: Creative Ecologies Lab, Digital Hub artist Residency Award

2021: URBAN GRIT, with UCD Geography.

2020: Mapping Green Dublin, UCD Geography and Common Ground.

2020 PLOTS, Mapping Green Dublin with UCD Geography, EPA funded

2018 Next Generation Artist Bursary Award, Irish ArtsCouncil

2018 The Mothership Project, Arts Council Project Award

2017-2018 Hard/Graft: towards community orchards, Citizen Artist Award, Studio 468

2017 The Smart Museum, Chicago with Sweet Water Foundation recreation of Seating System

2017 The Tree Line Project, Making great Art Work Award, curated by Oonagh Young and Mary Cremin

2015  TULCA: Sea Change, County Education Commission: Orchard System

2015  Artist in resident with The Life Line Project funded by Dublin City Arts Office

2015  CONNECT Trinity college  commission for evolution of 'Seating System' : Affinity Space

2015   Artist Armada, The South Docks Festival, Dublin

2014   The Quiet Rebel, performance for Site Work closing event curated by Jonathon Carroll     

2014   Floating Dialogues, Forecast Commission for Graignemanagh town funded by Leader Partnership

2014   Sharing Architecture Project the redesign of a Bus Shelter working with CIT student Bus Users.                

2014   Seeking The Village Art project with asylum seekers living in Direct Provision, Broadcast Gallery DIT 

2014   Dialogues of the Possible group show, Mermaid Arts Centre

2013   Action All Areas group show at Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kilmainham

2013   ((O)) Clonlea Studio’s curated by Teresa Gillespie and Lee Welch

2013   The Producers collaboration with Graceland’s, Gradcam’s the food thing and SCR Community Garden     

2013   Seating System IETM Festival, Project Arts Centre Gallery

2012   Seating System Dublin Art Book Fair, Temple Bar Gallery and Studio

2012   Field Work Exhibition, workshops and publication The Red Stables Gallery.

2012   Loose Structures The Drawing Project, IADT, Dun Laoghaire

2012   TRESPASS, Dublin Biennial, The Docklands

2011   ART 21, Inside the Artists Studio, TinT Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece

2011 The Beuysian Swimming Club, Essomenia, The Peoples Park, Dun Laoghaire

2010   Collective Dreaming a project I curated with artists responding to Community Garden, Exchange Gallery

2010   Mapping Flight Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Ireland

2010   TRESPASS (5 film works) TULCA Arts Festival ‘Living on the Edge’ Galway, Ireland

2009 TRESPASS exhibition at The LAB (5 March- 18 April 2009), Dublin, Ireland

2009   TACTIC at The LAB, March, Dublin, Ireland

2008 TRESPASS Minimal Gallery, Chaing Mai, Thailand

2008   TRESPASSThe White Space Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand

2007 SCR Community Garden Project: while artist in residence at Studio 468

2007 Not there, Here: NCAD MA show, The Digital Hub Dublin

 

Publications

2020 Hard/ Graft: Conversations on Planting a Commons with Ciaran Smyth published by Common Ground

2020 Earth Writings, Maynooth Geography

2019  The Mothership Project, Satellite Residency Findings

2019 Citizen Artist publication by Common Ground 2013   ‘Slow Visibility’ Artist Pages published by Fugitive Papers

2012   The Red Stables Summer School ‘Field Work’ published by Dublin City Council Arts Office

2011   ‘Collective Dreaming’ The Exchange Gallery published by The Exchange Gallery

2010   TRESPASS (Dublin Works) published by TRESPASS

2009   TRESPASS (works made while resident at The Land Foundation)

2006   Drawings for Artist Pages Book Project: Pallas Heights Studios, Dublin

 

Awards

2018 Next Generation Artist Bursary Award, Irish Arts Council

2017 Citizen Artist Residency Award with Studio 468, Common Ground

2017 Chicago Hyde Park Residency Award with IMMA and CREATE

2017 Irish Arts Council Project Award, The Mothership Project, toward Parent Friendly Residencies with Cow House Studios

2017 Artist Participation Bursary Award, Irish Arts Council

2017 Hyde Park Arts Centre, Chicago, International Artist Residency, supported by IMMA and Create

2016 Artist Bursary Award, Irish Arts Council

2015  Artist in The Neighbourhood Project funding, Dublin City Arts Office

2014   Cork Sharing Architecture: Bus Shelter Project

2013   Dun Laoghaire Arts Council Project Award

2012   Dun Laoghaire Arts Council Artist Bursary Award

2010   Arts Council Visual Artist Bursary Award

2010   CREATE Artist in Community Scheme Project Award ‘The Nomadic Mapping Project’

2009   Arts Council Project New Work Award, ‘TACTIC’

2008   Arts Council Participatory Bursary Award

2007   Arts Council New Work Project Award for ‘TRESPASS’

2007   Artist in the Community Research Award, CREATE/ Irish Arts Council

2000   Cum Laude in Fine Art, Natal Institute of Technology, Durban

 

Residencies

2017 Hyde Park International Residency Award, Chicago with IMMA, CREATE and Sweet Water Foundation

2017 Citizen Artist Award, Studio 468, Common Ground

2016 Residency at  Irish Museum of Modern Art and Grizedale Arts http://www.grizedale.org/

2013   Studio 468, artist Residency Award

2010   Artist Studio Residency TBGS

2009   Artist Research Residency ‘Airfield Trust’

2009    Artist Incubation Space Award for‘TACTIC’ (art and activism), The LAB

2008   Artist Residency Award at Rikrit Tiravanija’s ‘The Land’, Thailand in July and August

2006   Studio 468, Artist Residency Award, Common Ground, Rialto