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
February ‘22: Solo exhibition in Strule Arts Centre, supported by Fermanagh and Omagh Arts and Culture
September ‘21: Collaborative exhibition of works by Ali and Aoife in La Catedral Studios
Summer ‘21: Launch of documentary ny videographer Kapture Lab about Ali and Aoife
Exhibitions
2021 Ali and Aoife, Art and the Prehistoric World, Online talk
Ali and Aoife, Art and the Contemporary World, Online talk
Spread Joy and Hope exhibition, Dublin, with John Gunn Cameras
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 Attempt Two, Eblana House, Dublin.
Some Things Should Stay Taboo, Eblana House, Dublin.
Residencies
2021 Making Space Walking Residency Belfast (July)
2020 Solo exhibition award by Fermanagh and Omagh Arts and Culture
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/Publication
2021 Interview published in the Artist’s Well magazine (upcoming, September)
2020 Interviewed by Alan Keane for the Artist’s Well Series
Interviewed by Maria Marin for Spaces podcast on Spotify
2019 Interviewed by Dublin Airport Authority about the Creative Journeys project
with Ali Farrelly
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 NCAD Clancy Quay Professional Development Programme
Participation in group project run by artists Jack Massing, Sean Miller and Chip Lord
Studio Production Assistant, Sibyl Montague, TBG+S
Volunteer at the Complex, Dublin
Student of Temple Bar Gallery and Studios 2020 Winter School
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
February ‘22: Solo exhibition in Strule Arts Centre, supported by Fermanagh and Omagh Arts and Culture
September ‘21: Collaborative exhibition of works by Ali and Aoife in La Catedral Studios
Summer ‘21: Launch of documentary ny videographer Kapture Lab about Ali and Aoife
Exhibitions
2021 Ali and Aoife, Art and the Prehistoric World, Online talk
Ali and Aoife, Art and the Contemporary World, Online talk
Spread Joy and Hope exhibition, Dublin, with John Gunn Cameras
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 Attempt Two, Eblana House, Dublin.
Some Things Should Stay Taboo, Eblana House, Dublin.
Residencies
2021 Making Space Walking Residency Belfast (July)
2020 Solo exhibition award by Fermanagh and Omagh Arts and Culture
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/Publication
2021 Interview published in the Artist’s Well magazine (upcoming, September)
2020 Interviewed by Alan Keane for the Artist’s Well Series
Interviewed by Maria Marin for Spaces podcast on Spotify
2019 Interviewed by Dublin Airport Authority about the Creative Journeys project
with Ali Farrelly
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 NCAD Clancy Quay Professional Development Programme
Participation in group project run by artists Jack Massing, Sean Miller and Chip Lord
Studio Production Assistant, Sibyl Montague, TBG+S
Volunteer at the Complex, Dublin
Student of Temple Bar Gallery and Studios 2020 Winter School
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.