Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION
​2007               Liverpool John Moores University      PGCE (Post Grad. in Education) Art and Design
2004               Northumbria University, UK                M.A. Fine Art (Commendation)
1998                University of Dundee, UK                     Bachelor of Design(Hons.) Jewellery and Metalwork
                                                      
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021                MAXXI, Rome, IT.                                   ‘Bueno Nuevo’ Exhibition.
2021                Studio 44, Stockholm, SE.                  Woven Network Nordic Exhibition.
2020               Centrum for Fotografi, SE                  CFF Salong Digital
2020               UKColab, UK                                           ‘Judgement’ Online Exhibition
2019                New Spaces, UK.                                   Public Sculpture Commission
2018                New Spaces, Sion Mills, UK.               Joint Exhibition
2018                Catalyst Arts, UK.                                  Group Exhibition                    
2017                Artlink, Ireland                                       Group Exhibition
2017                Catalyst Arts, UK.                                   Group Exhibition
2016                Sculpture in Context, Dublin             Group Exhibition
2016                Southbank University, London;         ProCreate Project
                        Manhattan College, New York;
                        Lace Gallery, Nottingham;
2016                Catalyst Arts, UK.                                   Group Exhibition
2015                Goldsmiths College, London              ProCreate Project
2015                National Trust                                         Sculpture Exhibition
2015                Hive Gallery, Ireland                              Emerging Group Exhibition       
2004               Gallery North, UK                                  M.A Exhibition
2003               Johnson Atelier, USA                            Studio Exhibition
 
RESIDENCIES/ AWARDS
2021                 Sveriges Konstföreningar, SE.          Exhibition Funding
2021                 Nordic Culture Point, FI.                    Mobility Funding Award
2021                 Intercult, SE.                                         Digital Residency: Woven Network Nordic Project.
2020-21           ARIM (Artist Mother Residency)      Research Project: Assault Protection Unit Series, Sweden.
2017                 Arts Council of Northern Ireland     SIAP Funding Award for Dendritic Systems, UK.
2015                 National Trust, UK.                               Studio Residency
2003                Johnson Atelier, USA.                          Sculpture Scholarship
2001                University of Ulster, UK.                       Artist Residency
 
COLLECTIONS/COMMISSIONS
2019                 New Spaces, Public Sculpture Commission, Londonderry, UK.
2016                 The Women’s Art Library, Goldsmiths University, UK.
2004                Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK.
2003                Johnson Atelier, Institute of Sculpture, USA.
2002                Newtownabbey Community School, UK.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/ RESEARCH
2021                Visual Research Project                    Grief Cartographies: Mapping the Invisible
2019-22          Stockholm, Sweden                            Artist-Educator
2021                University of Leeds, UK.                     Artist: Miscarriage and Well-Being: Performative Rituals for Visualising Loss project.
2018-19           Ardmore House, UK.                           Artist-Educator  
2017                Arts Council Northern Ireland         Dendritic Systems, (Lagan Minor)
2016                Visual Research Project                     Terra Incognita (Mapping in Light)
2015                Golden Thread Gallery                       Artist Programme (Esmee Fairbairn Award)
2015                Visual Research Project                     Rural Histories (The Rural Vernacular)
 
PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS
Burns, K., 2019. Productive Friction. Visual Arts Ireland. 9th January, p29-29.
Hirsk, Emma, Procreate Project Archive, Procreate Project, 2015, Hybrid Book Format.
Hirsk, Emma, 2015, Rural Histories, Photobook.
Evans, D., 2006. Modern Ulster Architecture, Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, p.022, p.028, p.029.
 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2019-22            CFF (Centrum for Fotografi), Stockholm, Sweden. 
​2021-22            CPR, (Centre for Performance Research), UK.
2021–22           The Network for Feminist Urban Planning, Tryggare Sverige, Sweden.
2021–22           Sveriges Kvinnolobby, Sweden.
2020–22          FATTA! Stockholm, Sweden.
2020–22          Oslo Kvinnesaksforening (Women’s Rights Organisation), Norway.
2019–22           Axisweb, UK