Fifi Smith curriculum vitae Sept. 2024

Selected Exhibitions

2024 

Russborough Art Boot Sale September 2024 with the Grid Collective

    ‘Unravelling an Icon’' ‘Sult’ exhibition Kildare Town Ireland January/Feb

2023    'Geometric Progression'        Retrospective with Grid Collective at Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin. April.

'The second last lesser

spotted tree dragon' Art in the Park II Swan Park, Buncrana, County Donegal 1^st - 31st Feb.

     ‘A Geometric Progression’ Grid Collective retrospective at Tallaght University Hospital to January-April

 2022  'Geometry was not

           my Mother Tongue'             Grid Collective exhibition, RuaRed Cafe Tallaght

           ‘Hope and Rebirth’,              Grid Collective exhibition McAuley Place, Naas, Co Kildare, March 2022

2020   'Ambiguous Apogee'  Short Grass Film Festival Riverbank Arts Centre 7th Marc

2019   'Ambiguous Apogee'              Screenings: Loop Festival Barcelona,

                                                                      Cervantes Institute Dublin,

                                                                       Homeland Exhibition Damer House Gallery Roscra.

2018  'Decade of Centenaries'         Group exhibition Luan Gallery Athlone.

          'Exoskeleton'                       Screening at Dupont Underground Gallery Washington DC

          'The Decider'                       Vanishing Art Exhibition, The Kildare Gallery, Carton House.

          'Spirit of Gorden Bennett'      Public artwork, Timolin, Co. Kildare.

2017  'Little Prints, Little Stories'     Leinster Print Studio year-long touring exhibition Ireland.

2015   'Breaking Bread'                   Screening at the Twisted Pepper Dublin 15/07/2015

          'Wine and Clay'                     Screening at Lighthouse Cinema Dublin 19/07/2015

2014  'The Ballitore Trunk'               Public artwork, Ballitore, Village, Co. Kildare.

'The Drips of Aherlow' Short-listed for Aesthetica Film Festival York.

2013  ‘Home Guard of Sector 1’ Short-listed for Aesthetica Film Festival, York

         ‘Artists Notebook Project’ Droichead Arts Centre Drogheda.

Discourse on Disappointment Semens Arts Space Beijing, China.

2011   'Habitation'                          Moving image machine, pop-up gallery Newbridge, Co Kildare.

2010  ‘The Long Tearless Night’      Solo installation at Rua Red Gallery, Dublin.

2008   ‘The Lantern Project’             Dublin Fringe Festival.

           Seed Dating project             Trinity College Dublin, Science Gallery with : Pablo Pineda-Vadillo physicist

2007  ‘In(ter)dependence’-              Solo kinetic installation at Riverbank Art Centre, Co. Kildare.

           ‘Bibliomania’                        John Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University.

2006   ‘Fitting In’                             Solo The Gallery Art Centre, Celbridge, Co. Kildare.

           ‘Fetish in a Box’                    Group exhibition Triskal Arts Centre, Cork.

           ‘The Conservation Tree’        St Lukes’ church, Cork European Capital of Culture 2006.

2005   ‘ The'Time Capsule’             Solo installation at University College Cork, Health/Science Complex.

2004  ‘Alien View’                         Solo light box exhibition Tom Barry’s Cork, curated by Cork Artists Collective.

2002   ‘Love to You’                       Catalyst Arts Centre, Belfast.

1999   ‘Coda 999’,                          Sculpture in Context at Dublin Castle.

1998   Rites of Passage                  Solo exhibition Athy

1996   Oireachtas Exhibition, Artists group exhibition Guinness Hops Store, Dublin

Principal career related experience:   

2019   Awarded Guesthouse Project Residency Cork.

2018   Awarded Residency at Tyrone Guthery Centre Bursary

2017   Awarded Incubation Space McKenna Gallery Riverbank Arts Centre

2016   Awarded Residency at Tyrone Guthery Centre Bursary

2015   Kino-D week-long film workshop at the Back Loft, La Cathedral Dublin

2012   International Residency in Bucharest ‘Engage 2012’

2008   Seed dating at the Science Gallery Trinity University Dublin.

2006   International Visual Artists Symposium, White Castle, Athy.

2005   Residency at O’Connell Court Sheltered Housing, part of the Cork City of Culture 2005 Celebrations.

2003   Shortlisted for M7 Kildare Bypass % for Art Scheme.

1995   Sculptures & props for ‘Braveheart’ (Directed by Mel Gibson)

1992   Brick Symposium at Kingscourt Brick Factory, Co. Cavan.

Fifi is the founder of the Irish Artists’ Film Index, co-founder of the Plastik Film Festival Dublin, a member of Visual Artists Ireland, and AKA*. She has been on selection panels for percent-for-arts projects in Counties Kildare, Offaly, Louth, Meath, Galway, and Dublin. And was secretary of Sculpture in Context annual exhibitions for 5 years and is a long-time member of LUX Critical Forum Dublin.

Publications & Interviews:     

Article               The VAN, magazine of VAI May 31, 2017

Featured            'The Works' RTE1 TV 28/11/2014 (Vanishing Art)

Article               The VAN, magazine of VAI Sept/ 2007 

Profile               ‘Temporary State’ Published by Kildare Arts service 2007

TV interview       Journal de Culture, ARTE TV, Jan 29th 2005

Profile               ‘Solo Visions’ Published by Designpod 2000

Profile               ‘Aerial Perspectives’ Cavan Arts Office 

Review              4D (Sculpture Association of Ireland now AAI). 1996

Review              Circa, Winter 1995

Radio interview   Annalivia Radio Arts Program 20/091998

Education:

2013-14               Chiaroscuro life drawing at The Drawing Studio Dublin.

1989-95               Bronze casting, N.C.A.D. Dublin.

1998-99               Ceramics, The Battle Pottery, Reading, Berkshire, England.

1996-97               Sculpture & Ceramics, Brunell University Middlesex, England.

1980-85               Architecture, DIT Bolten St. (Certified Architect 1997)

1973-77               Management DIT Cathal Bruagh St.

1972-74 General Science UCD

Contacts:

email:                          fifismith@gmail.com

Website:                                www. fifismith.net

Grid Collective website            www.gridcollective.ie

* AKA was established in 1995 and included sculptors such as Bríd Ní Rinn, Eileen McDonagh, Fifi Smith, the late James McKenna and painters such as James Flack, June Brilly, Leslie Fennel, Patrick Cahill and Elizabeth Cope among its members. Central to this policy is the maintenance of high professional standards while ensuring greater accessibility of members work. Kildare Artists a accreditation was by fulfilling the criteria of standards of the former Association of Artist in Ireland (AAI), now V.A.I. The association held annual exhibition in a venue in County Kildare, AKA published a catalogue of members work in 2000.