BIO
Katie Moore is a visual artist based in Co. Mayo. She graduated from GMIT Galway with an MA in Creative Practice in 2018. She also graduated with a BA first class honours in Design in Textiles in 2015 and was shortlisted for the RDS Student of the Year Award 2015.
Moore was awarded the Emerging Irish Artist Residency Award 2018 with The Burren College of Art. Moore was also awarded the Arts & Disability Connect New Work Award 2017, which resulted in a solo show entitled Entropy, at the Linenhall Arts Centre Castlebar.
Moore created work for On Sight 2016 sculpture trail with an outdoor sculpture at the National Museum of Ireland and for the 186th Annual Exhibition, RHA Dublin. In 2015 Moore was chosen as the artist in residence at the Jackie Clarke Collection to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising with Mayo County Council, which resulted in a piece of installation art entitled Paper Bloom and a limited edition publication. Other residencies include; Andrea Zittel’s A – Z West, Joshua Tree California, 2×2 Part 2 residency 126 Artist Run Gallery Galway, D.I.V.A residency at Electric Picnic, and artist in residence at A4 Sounds Dublin.
EDUCATION
2018 MA in Creative Practice, Centre for Creative Arts and Media (GMIT) Galway
2015 Bachelor of Arts (First Class Hons) in Design in Textiles, Centre for Creative Arts and Media (GMIT) Galway
2014 Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art and Design, Centre of Creative Arts and Media (GMIT) Galway
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
From here to there and everywhere, online exhibition due to Covid 19, with Mayo County Council Arts Service in partnership with the Arts Council
2018
Entropy, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
2016
My Clinical Life, Mayo Univerity Hospital, Castlebar
Nothing was left to chance, Everything was clinical, Custom House Studios and Gallery, Westport
Paper Bloom, 1916 Commission, Ballina Civic Offices
2008
Solo Exhibition, Blue Door Arts, Ballina, Mayo
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
It Comes in Waves, The Courthouse Gallery and Studios ,Ennistymon, Clare
Pulse, Limerick City Gallery
Mayo Day Exhibition, Castlebar, Mayo
Brain Drain, Incubation Space, Dublin
2021
Mayo Artists Show, The Linenhall Arts Centre Castlebar
2020
An Exhibition of Cystic Fibrosis, CB1 Art Gallery, Limerick City
2018
MA:18 – MA in Creative Practice Graduate Exhibition, Connacht Tribune Print Works, Galway City
An Exhibition of Cystic Fibrosis, CB1 Art Gallery, Limerick City
Made of Mayo Artists Exhibition, Ballinrobe Race Course, Mayo
2017
20 Years Group Exhibition, Westport Arts Festival, Westport CFE
2016
Winter Exhibition 2016 Studio, at the Custom House Studios and Gallery, Westport
Hair 2X2 Part 2 Exhibition, at 126 Artist Run Gallery, Galway
D.I.V.A Residency Exhibition, Mind Field, Electric Picnic, Stradbally, Co. Laois
Summer Exhibition 2016, Dun Laoghaire Art Gallery, Dublin
Paper Bloom Community Groups Exhibition, The Jackie Clarke Collection Ballina
On Sight, National Museum of Ireland – Country Life, Castlebar
186th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2015
Graduate Showcase, Knitting and Stitching Show 2015, RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin
RDS Student Art Awards, RDS Concert Hall, Dublin
CCAM Degree Show, Centre for Creative Arts and Media (GMIT), Galway
Perspectives 9, Ballina Arts Centre, Mayo
2014
Art, Design, Process, Product, (Galway Design Week) Centre for Creative Arts and Media (GMIT), Galway
GMIT Open Day Exhibition, Centre for Creative Arts and Media (GMIT), Galway
13 Threads, Textiles Degree Show, Galway City Museum, Galway
2013
Proximity, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway
2012
Proximity, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway
2008
Graduate Show, Westport Library, Mayo
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2018
Emerging Irish Artist Residency Award 2018, The Burren College of Art, Co Clare
European Academy of Participation with Create Ireland, University of Marseille, France
2017
Arts & Disability Connect New Work Award, Art & Disability Ireland
Artist in Residence, A4 Sounds, Dorset St, Dublin
2016
A-Z Wagon Station Encampment, Joshua Tree, CA, USA
Upstart 2016 Project Award, Mayo County Council Arts Office
D.I.V.A Artist in Residence at Electric Picnic 2016, Stradbally, Co. Laois
2X2 Part 2 Residency / Exhibition, 126 Artist Run Gallery, Galway
Ten Outstanding Young Person of Mayo 2016 Award
2015
Jackie Clarke 1916 Residency Commission with Mayo County Council Arts Office
Shortlisted for the RDS Student Art Award
INVITED ARTIST TALKS
2020
Workshop – Bealtaine Festival (virtual during Covid-19 lockdown)
2017
Artist Talk – St. Marys Secondary School, Ballina, Mayo
Guest Speaker – UpstART Website Launch, Ballina Arts Centre, Mayo
2016
Artist Talk – St. Patrick’s College, Lacken Cross, Mayo
Guest Lecturer – Design School, Athlone Institute of Technology
Artist Talk – Bealtaine Festival, Jackie Clarke Collection, Ballina, Mayo
Artist Talk – St. Marys Secondary School, Ballina, Mayo
REVIEWS / PUBLICATIONS
2018
Exhibition puts spotlight on graduates’ talent, Connacht Tribune, 21st September 2018 – Read here.
MA18 – GMIT graduates exhibition in the Connacht Printworks, Galway Advertiser, 20th September 2018 – Read here.
Katie Moore on art, empathy and her stunning new work, RTE Culture, 14th May 2018 – Read here.
Entropy exhibition by Katie Moore, Mayo.ie, May 2018 – Read here.
Entropy by Katie Moore, Galway Now, 24th April 2018 – Read here.
Entropy – Katie Moore, The Journal.ie, 21st April 2018 – Read here.
Entropy to Open in Castlebar, Mayo Advertiser, 20th April 2018 – Read here
2017
Centenary, A state published book documenting the 2016 Centenary Programme, October 2017
2016
Foxford in the Spotlight, Western People, 27th December 2016
The Fabric of False PrivacyClosing, The Mayo News, 15th November 2016 – Read here
Event of 1916 Artist in Residence, The Mayo News, 21st June 2016 – Read here
Visual art: Patrick Pearse’s prison cell cast in a new light, Aidan Dunne, Irish Times, 7th June 2016 – Read here
Katie Moore 1916 Exhibition, Mayo Now Magazine, 3rd June 2016
Summertime Paper Bloom in the Jackie Clarke Collection, The Connaught Telegraph, 27th May 2016 – Read here
Katie’s Artwork Blossoms from Community Roots, Orla Hearns, The Western People, 23rd May 2016 – See here
Nothing was left to chance, Everything was clinical, Galway Now Magazine, May issue
RHA 186th Annual Exhibition, Catalogue
2015
Katie, Jackie and 1916, The Mayo News, 26th November 2015 – Read here
1916 Jackie Clarke Collection Artist in Residence announced, Press Release
2015 RDS Student Art Awards, Catalogue
Fabric of Design, Galway Now Magazine
CCAM Graduate Degree Show, Catalogue