Sonia Shiel CV
Born 1975, in Dublin.
Upcoming Shows The Galway Arts Centre (solo), Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (group), The Model, Sligo, (group), Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin (group) and Galerie Perpetuel, Frankfurt (solo).
Selected Solo Shows
Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin, IR. 'The Human Race,' 2012
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, FRA. 'Gone to Heaven,' 2011
KULTURBUNKER, Frankfurt, GER. 'The End of The World in Pictures,' 2011
Black Mariah @ Triskel / ESB Sub-Station, Cork. IR. ‘Compared to the Prettiest Thing You've Ever Seen’ 2010.
Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin. IR. ‘Bran New Brains’ 2010.
Royal Hibernian Academy, Gallery I and II, Dublin. IR. ‘More Rules than Road’ 2009.
Butler Gallery, Kilkenny. IR. ‘The Brief Tremendous.’ 2008.
Ard Bia, Berlin. GER. ‘The Great Escaped’ 2008.
FOUR. IR. ‘Babel’s Biting the Moon’ 2007.
HIAP Cable Factory FIN. ‘Small as in Epic’ 2007.
Selected Group Shows
Atelier Frankfurt, GER, 'AIR' 2011
Ormston House Gallery, Limerick, IR. 'Monkey Wrench' 2011
The Galway Arts Centre, IR. 'We Are Playing at Exploring' 2011
Silver Cloud Gallery, London, UK. 'Cartoon' 2011
The Hub, Kinsale, IR. 'Point to Point' 2011
Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin, IR. ‘Bizarre Bazarre’ 2010.
Green on Red Gallery, Dublin, IR. 'Dawn of an Aspect’ 2009.
PREVIEW, Berlin. GER. 2008.
Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin. IR. ‘Timbuktu’ 2008.
Temple Bar Gallery and Studios. Dublin. IR. ‘I can/can I?’ 2008.
Kerlin Gallery. Dublin. IR. ‘Phoenix Park.’ 2008.
Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin. IR ’32,000 years later’ 2007.
Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin. IR. ‘The Big Store’ 2007.
The Work House, Birr. IR. ‘Synthesia Sat’, 2007.
House Projects, New York. US. ‘Sheltering Daydreams.’ 2007.
House Projects Dublin. IR. ‘Boast of Quietness.’ 2007.
Broadstone XL Dublin. IR. ‘Rabbit Run’ 2006.
Selected Awards
The Arts Council, Travel and Training Award, (Paris), 2011
The Arts Council, Travel and Training Award, (Frankfurt), 2011
City of Frankfurt Artist in Residence an award-exchange program with TBG+S, 2011
The Arts Council, Artists Bursary Award, 2010
Short listed for the AIB Award, nominated by TBG&S, 2009
Ard Bia Residency, Berlin 2008
Temple Bar Gallery and Studios Membership Residency 2007
The Arts Council - Travel and Mobility Award 2007
HIAP/TBGS Residency Award Finland 2007
Culture Ireland Award 2007
The Tony O’Malley Award. Butler Gallery 2007
The Arts Council - Projects Award (for House Projects) 2007
Banff Leighton Studio Residency, Calgary, Canada. 2006
Hennessy Craig Award, RHA Gallery 2005
Recent Bibliography
'Creative Ireland: The Visual Arts [Contemporary Visual Art in Ireland 2000 – 2011]' by Noel Kelly & Seán Kissane 2011.
‘Sonia Shiel’, published by RHA, Dublin, 2009
‘Nobody’s Perfect’ text by Mark Hutchinson 2009
‘A Resolute Vulnerability’ text by Chris Fite Wassilik 2009
‘Sonia Shiel at the RHA’ by Paul McAree, Curator. Circa 2009.
‘The Brief Tremendous’ Chris Clarke, Circa Spring Issue 2009.
‘I Can| Can I? On painting and Potentiality. Aidan Dunne, Irish Times. August 2008.
‘Sheltering Daydreams’ by Catherine Bernard. 2008
‘Handmade’ by Patrick Murphy, RHA, Director. 2007
‘Babel’s Biting the Moon’ by Charlotte Bonham-Carter. Independent curator. 2007
‘A Carpenters Omelette’ by Dave Dyment. Mercer Union, Toronto. 2007
Education
MA Visual Art Practice, IADT. 2007
BA Fine Art NCAD. 1999
Other/ Seminars & Talks
National College of Art and Design, Dublin 2012 Artist talk
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris 2011, Open Studio
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt 2011 Artists Talk
Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin 2010 Mark Hutchinson and Chris Fite Wassilak
RTÉ Radio 1: Arena. Bran New Brains. Aired 13 August 2010.
The Glucksman Gallery, UCC, Cork 2010 Artists talks series
National College of Art and Design, Dublin. 2009 Visiting Artist Series and visiting lecturer.
TBG&S, Dublin ‘On painting and Potentiality’ 2008 Mick Wilson and Frances McKee
Helsinki International Artist Program, Talks, 2007 with Hubert Czerepok
TBG&S, Dublin 2008 Studio Residency Seminar Series
Residencies
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France. 2011
City of Frankfurt Artist in Residence, Frankfurt, Germany. 2011
Ard Bia, Berlin, Germany. 2008
Helsinki International Artists-in -Residency Program, Finland. 2007
Banff Leighton Studios, Calgary, Canada. 2005
Collections
Private and public collections including the Office of Public Works.