Vita
Born 1980, Kilkenny, Ireland
Education
- 2006-2008
- Yale University, MFA in photography
- 2004-2005
- Goldsmiths, Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art
- 2002-2003
- London Consortium, MRes in Cultural Studies
- 1998-2001
- Kings College London, BA in English Literature, first class honours
Awards, fellowships and residencies
- 2017
- winner of the Prix Pictet, Global Award in Photography and Sustainability, for Heat Maps series
- 2016
- co-commission by National Gallery of Victoria and the Barbican Art Gallery to create 'Incoming'
- 2015
- Culture Ireland grant to bring The Enclave to the Democratic Republic of Congo
- 2014
- winner of the Deutsche Boerse Photography Prize
- 2014
- Yale Poynter Fellowship in Journalism
- 2013
- B3 Award, Frankfurt Biennale
- 2012
- European Cities of Advanced Sound Commission, ECAS Network
- 2012
- International Artist Residency, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
- 2012
- Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland
- 2011
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, with supplemental stipend from Leon Levy Foundation
- 2010
- shortlisted for the AIB Art Prize
- 2009
- Landscapes of Quarantine workshop at Storefront for Art & Architecture, New York, moderated by Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley
- 2006-08
- Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing and Visual Arts, selected by Robert Storr and Tod Papageorge
- 2005
- winner of the Perspective Award, selected by Ariella Azoulay and Terry Atkinson, Ormeau Baths Gallery
- 2005
- International Artist Residency, Ramallah, Palestine
- 2004
- AHRB Bursary, Goldsmiths College, University of London