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