Emer Gillespie

Bio

Education

  • 2009 – MA Photography, London College of Communications
  • 2007 – PG Cert Photography, Central Saint Martins
  • 2005 – BA (Hons) Textiles, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology

Future Exhibitions

  • 2012 – Shifting Perspectives, OXO Tower Gallery, Southbank London

Solo Exhibitions & Projects

  • 2011 – Home Narratives, RúaRed Gallery, Dublin
  • 2009 – Trains, The Space, Hove
  • 2008 – Domestication, 3 and 10 Theatre, Brighton Photo Fringe
  • 2008 – Domestication, Riverbank Arts Centre, Kildare
  • 2008 – Domestication,Market House, Mullingar
  • 2007 – Domestication, The Basement Gallery, Dundalk
  • 2006 – Exhaust me, Galway Arts Centre

Selected Group Exhibitions & Projects

  • 2013 – The Space Between: The Lyrical and the Ordinary, V&A Museum of Childhood
  • 2012 - Photoville 2012 : FotoVisura’s Women in Photography , Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York
  • 2012 - Arles Photography Open Salon, Arles, France
  • 2012 - Open Now, Gallery of photography, Dublin
  • 2012 - Open Now, Belfast Photo Factory, Gallery Nine, Belfast
  • 2011 - Altered States, Foley Gallery, New York
  • 2011 – Shifting Perspectives, OXO Gallery, Southbank, London
  • 2010 – IPA, Best of Show, New York
  • 2010 – Home Truths, Brighton Photo Fringe
  • 2010 – Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed, Photographers Gallery, London
  • 2010 – Slide Nite, Photo Month, Krakow, Poland
  • 2009 – Shifting Perspectives, OXO Gallery, Southbank, London
  • 2008 – Trick or Treat, Imagine Arts Festival, Waterford, Ireland
  • 2008 – XHIBIT, Davies Street, University of the Arts London
  • 2008 – Artists Film at the Collection, Usher Gallery, Lincolnshire
  • 2007 – Strikethrough at The Trafalgar, Trafalgar Square, London
  • 2007 – CROP, Cenral Saint Martins post-graduate Show, London
  • 2006 – Max5 Festival, Southwark
  • 2006 – Document, Millennium Arts building, NUIG, Galway
  • 2005 – Co-Lab, Tulca Arts Festival, Galway
  • 2005 – The Fourth Floor, eNSO, Hynes Yard Car Park, Galway
  • 2005 – Galway Film Fleadh, Short film section, Galway
  • 2005 – Praxis, Cork City of Culture, Tig Fili Gallery, Cork
  • 2005 – The Book of Ideas, Art Scene Warehouse, Shanghai, China

Publications and features

  • 2012 – Photoworks Showcase
  • 2011 – SuperMassiveBlackHole, Issue 8
  • 2010 – Esquire Russia (November)
  • 2010 – Photovisura (October)
  • 2010 – IPA Annual Book

Fellowships, Residencies & Awards

  • 2011 - Short-listed for the Bar-Tur Award
  • 2010 – IPA Award 1st in People: Family
  • 2008 – Shots Young Photographer
  • 2008 – PX3 Honorable Mention
  • 2005/2006 – Artist-in-residence, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
  • 2005 – Bank of Ireland Student of the Year, Cluain Mhuire, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology