Aoife Ward
1996 Born in Dublin, Ireland
Education
2015-2019 National College of Art and Design, International Bachelor of Fine Arts
2017-2018 ArtEZ Academie voor Art & Design Enschede
Current/ Forthcoming
Solo show 2021 in Strule Arts Centre, supported by the Fermanagh and Omagh Arts and Council
Documentary being filmed about creation the collaborative duo, Ali and Aoife
Participation in a group project directed by Jack Massing, Sean Miller and Chip Lord.
Exhibitions
2021 Solo Show at Strule Arts Centre, Fermanagh, date TBC
2020 1 FT SQ, online exhibition with Fermanagh and Omagh Arts and Council
Business as Usual, Making Space group exhibition, Lisburn, Belfast
Speak It Now Eat It, Performance for ReVision Festival Belfast
Ali & Aoife Make Smoothies, CIACLA Online Programme
Befriending my Table and Chairs, CIACLA Online Programme
Lentipedes and Centils, La Cathedral Studios, Dublin
Show Anything Show, Online exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Art Against the Odds, Scene and Heard Festival, Smock Alley, Dublin
2019 Site Steps , Group exhibition of web design, Ateliers ‘89, Aruba, October
Useless is Necessary, Ateliers 89, Aruba, October
Superlicito, Ateliers 89, Aruba, September
One Shift at Alfies, Alfies Bar, Aruba
Cloud Nine, Temple Bar Arts Festival 2019, Clockwork Door, Dublin
Creative Journeys Trolley Project with Dublin Airport, NCAD Dublin
NCAD Live Show, NCAD Dublin
NCAD Graduate Exhibition, NCAD Dublin
Art Against The Odds, MART Studio and Gallery, Dublin
teerts noitanoroC. Mp3, Yellow Box, NCAD, Dublin
2018 Product 725, Yellow Box, NCAD, Dublin.
Work in Progress- Finissage, Tankstation, Enschede, NL.
Glitch - LAB Week, Enschede, NL.
Eat, Sleep, Fine Art, Repeat- LAB Week , AKI, Enschede, NL.
I Hope You’re Just as Confused as I Am, Gallery AKI, Enschede, NL
2017 My Namesake, performance, AKI, Enschede, NL.
Attempt Two, Eblana House, Dublin.
Some Things Should Stay Taboo, Eblana House, Dublin.
Residencies
2020 Making Space online Instagram Residency (March)
Shortlisted for the Shankill Castle Spring 2020 Residency
2019 Atelier ‘89 Fall Residency, Oranjestad, Aruba (September/October 2019)
Shortlisted for the Neo:Residency 2019
Press
Interviewed by Alan Keane for the Artist’s Well Series
Public Artwork
2019 Creative Journeys Project with Dublin Airport, Dublin.
2018 Tarot Card Series, Electric Picnic, Laois
2017 Tree of Hope, Electric Picnic, Laois.
2015 Oh the Places You’ll Go, Mural, Educate Together, Skerries, Dublin
Participation in the Arts
2020 Video Production for COVID Health and Safety, Activision Ireland
Studio Production Assistant, Sibyl Montague, TBG+S
Volunteer at the Complex, Dublin
Student of Temple Bar Gallery and Studios 2020 Winter School
Invigilating at the Kennedy Browne exhibition at the Hugh Lane Gallery
Participator in the Belfast Improv Collective’s Experiments Series
2019 Assisting the Dublin Plein Air Painting Festival, Fingal
Participation in the performance of Jelle Van Assem’s ‘Match of the Day’
2018 Creation of the actively collaborating duo, Ali and Aoife.
1996 Born in Dublin, Ireland
Education
2015-2019 National College of Art and Design, International Bachelor of Fine Arts
2017-2018 ArtEZ Academie voor Art & Design Enschede
Current/ Forthcoming
Solo show 2021 in Strule Arts Centre, supported by the Fermanagh and Omagh Arts and Council
Documentary being filmed about creation the collaborative duo, Ali and Aoife
Participation in a group project directed by Jack Massing, Sean Miller and Chip Lord.
Exhibitions
2021 Solo Show at Strule Arts Centre, Fermanagh, date TBC
2020 1 FT SQ, online exhibition with Fermanagh and Omagh Arts and Council
Business as Usual, Making Space group exhibition, Lisburn, Belfast
Speak It Now Eat It, Performance for ReVision Festival Belfast
Ali & Aoife Make Smoothies, CIACLA Online Programme
Befriending my Table and Chairs, CIACLA Online Programme
Lentipedes and Centils, La Cathedral Studios, Dublin
Show Anything Show, Online exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Art Against the Odds, Scene and Heard Festival, Smock Alley, Dublin
2019 Site Steps , Group exhibition of web design, Ateliers ‘89, Aruba, October
Useless is Necessary, Ateliers 89, Aruba, October
Superlicito, Ateliers 89, Aruba, September
One Shift at Alfies, Alfies Bar, Aruba
Cloud Nine, Temple Bar Arts Festival 2019, Clockwork Door, Dublin
Creative Journeys Trolley Project with Dublin Airport, NCAD Dublin
NCAD Live Show, NCAD Dublin
NCAD Graduate Exhibition, NCAD Dublin
Art Against The Odds, MART Studio and Gallery, Dublin
teerts noitanoroC. Mp3, Yellow Box, NCAD, Dublin
2018 Product 725, Yellow Box, NCAD, Dublin.
Work in Progress- Finissage, Tankstation, Enschede, NL.
Glitch - LAB Week, Enschede, NL.
Eat, Sleep, Fine Art, Repeat- LAB Week , AKI, Enschede, NL.
I Hope You’re Just as Confused as I Am, Gallery AKI, Enschede, NL
2017 My Namesake, performance, AKI, Enschede, NL.
Attempt Two, Eblana House, Dublin.
Some Things Should Stay Taboo, Eblana House, Dublin.
Residencies
2020 Making Space online Instagram Residency (March)
Shortlisted for the Shankill Castle Spring 2020 Residency
2019 Atelier ‘89 Fall Residency, Oranjestad, Aruba (September/October 2019)
Shortlisted for the Neo:Residency 2019
Press
Interviewed by Alan Keane for the Artist’s Well Series
Public Artwork
2019 Creative Journeys Project with Dublin Airport, Dublin.
2018 Tarot Card Series, Electric Picnic, Laois
2017 Tree of Hope, Electric Picnic, Laois.
2015 Oh the Places You’ll Go, Mural, Educate Together, Skerries, Dublin
Participation in the Arts
2020 Video Production for COVID Health and Safety, Activision Ireland
Studio Production Assistant, Sibyl Montague, TBG+S
Volunteer at the Complex, Dublin
Student of Temple Bar Gallery and Studios 2020 Winter School
Invigilating at the Kennedy Browne exhibition at the Hugh Lane Gallery
Participator in the Belfast Improv Collective’s Experiments Series
2019 Assisting the Dublin Plein Air Painting Festival, Fingal
Participation in the performance of Jelle Van Assem’s ‘Match of the Day’
2018 Creation of the actively collaborating duo, Ali and Aoife.