CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Emer O’ Brien was born in Dublin and raised in Toronto. Since 1998 she has lived and worked in London. An installation artist with a background in photography, she is best known for works that mediate on the redundancy of human artifacts when deserted by man. Recent large-scale installations chart the intersection of technology and science with the natural and supernatural while on going photographic work documents the passing of time through absence, memory and loss. She is currently represented in the UK by Christian Ferreira at the Wapping Project.

 

EDUCATION

 

2006 - 07 The London Consortium, Birkbeck University, Master of Research

2004 - 05 City & Guilds 7407, Hackney Community College, Teacher Training

2002 - 03 Goldsmiths College, University of London, Master of Art

1999 - 01 School of Arts, Oxford Brookes University, BA (Hons) Photography

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2012 Return to Normal: Part II, Annabelle von Girsewald @ Infernoesque, Berlin

2012 Return to Normal: Part I, Christian Ferreira @ the Wapping Project, London

2010 Run Run Run, Christian Ferreira @ the Wapping Project, London

2009 Immiscibilty, School of the Arts Commission, City University London

2008 Journeys into a Bright World, Ferreira Projects, London

2007 The Listed Screen, Pitfield Street installation, Photomonth

 

AWARDS, GRANTS & COMMISSIONS

 

2013 Dulwich Festival Commision

2011 Project Dandelion, City of Wolverhampton

2010 Laura Ashely Residency, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Short List

2009 School of the Arts Commission, City University London

2007 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Short List

2006 Jerwood Drawing Prize, Short List

2003 Cultural Affairs Grant, Canadian High Commission, London

2003 The Art of the Stitch, Embroiders Guild, Student Award

2001 Fujifilm Professional, Student Gold Award

2000 TS2K Photography Award

 

BEINNALES & ART FAIRS

 

2012 Art Platform LA, Co/Lab Presentations

2012 Berlin Biennale, ArtWikki Presentation

2005 International Biennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery Prague

2003 Biennial International Contemporary Embroidery, The Dutch Textile Museum

2003 Tangible Art Fair, 33 Portland Place, London 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2013 Four Season, ArtEco, London.

2012 T.R.I.A.L. Is This a Warning?, CosmicMegaBrain, Shoreditch Studios, London.

2012 Scale and Place, ASLIN, Tower Hamlets Spring Open, Mile End Art Pavilion, London.

2012 The Soup Salon, De Walvich Culture Ship, London.

2012 Sculpture Show, Construction Gallery, London.

2012 Secret Screening, Construction Gallery, London.

2011 The Soup Salon, De Walvich Culture Ship, London.

2011 Peeping Tom, Kunsthal KaDe, Amersfoot, Netherlands.

2010 24 Haper Rd, Foodface & Raw Canvas, Tate Modern, London.

2010 Wall of Light, Standpoint Gallery, London.

2010 Peeping Tom, Keith Coventry @ Vegas Gallery, London.

2008 Turning the Season, Jules Wright @ the Wapping Project, London.

2008 Photomonth, SE1 Gallery, London.

2008 Summer Exhibition, Humphrey Ocean's selection @ the Royal Academy of Arts, London.

2008 Sample 2, The Print Space, London.

2008 Pure_photography, Ferriera Projects, London.

2006 Stop Moving, Photodebut collective and light boxes on the back of a 40-ton truck, Hoxton Square, Elephant and Castle & Brick Lane, London.

2006 Breeding Ground, ATP Gallery, London.

2006 Sun in Uranus, Offspace Projects, London.

2006 Petit Morts, Cynthia Corbett Project Space, London.

2005 On the Verge, 4 Corners, London.

2005 Prague Biennalle 2, Director's Selection, National Gallery, Prague.

2004 East End Academy, Whitechapel Gallery, London.

2004 It Went Dark and I Saw, The Well Galley, London College of Communication, London.

2004 Out and About, Sis Boom Bah, Toronto, Canada.

2004 Art of the Stitch, Hall Place, London.

2003 Out and About, Century Gallery, ACAVA Studios, London.

2003 Response/Ability, The Barge House, The Oxo Tower, London.

2003 Art of the Stitch, Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, UK.

2003 Goldsmith's Interim Show, 291 Gallery, London.

2002 Network AD, Candid Gallery, London.

2002 Biscuits, Bricks & Beer, Candid Gallery, London.

2001 VTO Gallery, London.

2001 FutureMap, Chelsea College of Art, London.

2001 Lomography Society, Box Fresh: We are You, Public Life, London.

2000 TS2K Photography, Metro Cinema, London.