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
2020               Centrum for Fotografi, Sweden        CFF Salong Digital
2020               UKColab, UK                                           ‘Judgement’ Online Exhibition
2019                New Spaces, NI                                       Public Sculpture Commission
2018                New Spaces, Sion Mills, NI                   Joint Exhibition
2018                Catalyst Arts, Belfast                             Group Exhibition                    
2017                Artlink, Ireland                                        Group Exhibition
2017                Catalyst Arts, Belfast                             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, NI                                     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                 Intercult, Sweden.                               Digital Residency: Woven Network Nordic Project.
2020-2021      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, NI                                 Studio Residency
2003                Johnson Atelier, USA                           Sculpture Scholarship
2001                University of Ulster, Belfast                 Artist Residency
 
COLLECTIONS/COMMISSIONS
2018/2019       New Spaces, Public Sculpture Commission, Londonderry, NI.
2016                 The Women’s Art Library, Goldsmiths University, London
2004                Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
2003                Johnson Atelier, Institute of Sculpture, USA
2002                Newtownabbey Community School, Belfast

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/ RESEARCH
2021                Visual Research Project                      Grief Cartographies: Mapping the Invisible
2019-2021       Stockholm, Sweden                            Artist-Educator 
2018-2019       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
2019-2020       CFF (Centrum for Fotografi), Stockholm, Sweden. 
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