CURRICULUM VITAE

Dorothy Smith ARHA

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I am a visual artist, based in Dublin, Ireland, whose work is primarily concerned with the built environment of public space. My practice is rooted in studio based work with a keen interest in interacting with the world beyond the studio and gallery space. I work as an artist in a wide range of contexts including public art projects, curation, talks, publications, community based work and exhibitions. I am interested in the complex social space which art and the artist inhabit in greater society.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 Land Marks, RHA Ashford Gallery, Dublin

2016 Made and Considered, DARC Space Nth Gt Georges St, Dublin

2014 On the Tightrope, (with Sahoko Blake) Gormley Fine Art, Dublin (catalogue available)

2013 Open to the Public, (with Kathy Herbert), Satellite Studio Project Space, Dublin. Exhibition, open studio and artists talk. Text: The Allegory of Place, Sylvia Loeffler.

2009 Hidden Histories, The Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Co Wicklow (catalogue available)

2008 Viewing Recommended, Hallward Gallery, Dublin (catalogue available)

2003 Clear, Hallward Gallery, Dublin

2001 Presence, Hallward Gallery, Dublin

1999 Empty and Full, Origin Gallery, Dublin

1997 Blue and Other Colours, Origin Gallery, Dublin

PUBLICATIONS

2022 Creating Place – Borrowed Ground Residency. Research and publication recognising the importance of work spaces for artists. Commissioned by Droichead Arts Centre

2021 This is Our Place. A Survey of Dalymount Park – The Home of Irish Football, Map: limited edition 200 copies. Publication: all drawings from map and commissioned essays by Margarita Cappock, Prof. Gerry Kearns and Stephen Bourke.

2019 Drawing Dalymount – The Colouring Book, from Dalymount – Mapping a Unique Architectural Environment

2018 Land Marks, catalogue foreword by Emmett Scanlon, Architect

2016 Made and Considered, catalogue foreword by Denis Byrne, Denis Byrne Architects, essay by Tom McGuirk, Senior Lecturer Art Theory/Critical Theory, University of Chester, UK

2014 On the Tightrope, catalogue foreword by Mick O’Dea, President RHA, Aosdana

2012 C Watch – 22 Drawing, Artists book – signed edition of 100

2009 Hidden Histories, catalogue with foreword by Pauline Flynn, Artist

2007 Viewing Recommended, catalogue with foreword by Prof. Ciaran Benson, International Association of Art Critics, former chair The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon

CURATION

2022 – 2024

Curator in Residence, Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Co. Louth

2022

Walking Peripheral Lines, curation and mentoring of First Solo Award winner Rodney Thornton. Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Co Louth.

2021

in a landscape, curation of solo show by multimedia artist John Moloney. Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Co. Louth

2019

Print Works, curation of 16 person print exhibition exploring traditional approaches in addition to the installation and 3 dimensional possibilities of print. Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Co Louth.

2018

Orientation, curation of 10 person exhibition for Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda exploring range and variety of contemporary work being made in the North East region; included curator talk/s and workshops

2016

Source, Exhibition of contemporary drawing practices co curated with Rowan Sexton. Phizzfest, Phibsborough, May 2016

PROJECTS

2021

This is Our Place: A Survey of Dalymount Park The Home of Irish Football

Original hand drawn Map in limited edition of 200. 48 page publication containing drawings from map and commissioned essays by Dr. Margarita Cappock, Prof. Gerry Kearns and Stephen Bourke. In association with Bohemian Football Club.

2019

Dalymount Park – Mapping a Unique Architectural Space

Exploration of architectural heritage, social-cultural history and attachment to place collaboration with researcher Jackie Burke. Funded by The Arts Council and resulting in publication, audio and photographic archive and video.

2017

Spatial Stories

Exploration and mapping of teenage experience of the urban public realm – workshops, exhibition, off site intervention with Urban Researcher Jackie Bourke. Funded by The Arts Council.

2014

Walking/Drawing

Draoicht, Dublin 15 July 2014. Collaborative investigation into built spaces of Blanchardstown Town Centre with artist Kathy Herbert. Text: On the Persistence of the Analogue Ethnographer, Ailbhe Murphy/Vagabond Reviews

Put Yourself in the Picture

Participative research project into built urban environment, exhibition, publication, public forum

Drawing the Everyday

Facilitating drawing in public spaces in association with Phizzfest. (Ongoing)

2013

weareallinthistogether 2, 3, &4

Composite portrait drawings and animations in association with Phizzfest.

TRACE – mapping a Walk Along the Dry Canal

Public art project involving mapping and animating urban space

2012

weareallinthistogether 1

Composite performative drawing and animation involving 30 sitters in association with Phizzfest.

C Watch – 22 Drawings

Drawings of 22 members of C Watch Dublin Fire Brigade, exhibition, publication of artists book, artist in residence.

Drawing the Everyday Phibsborough Shopping Centre, exploration of public space through drawing

2010/2011

Do You Need Your Head Examined and Community Portrait – community based drawing projects using creative practice as a means of promoting social engagement

TALKS/PUBLIC FORA

Conversations on Joyce, drawing, photography and the city with Plattenbau studio, Dorothy Smith, Brian Fay, Luke Gibbons and Hugh Campbell in UCD School of Architecture, 19 Oct. On the occasion of the publication of James Joyce Remembered edition 2022, CP Curran, UCD Press
Moderator, Irish Architectural Foundation/Open House and Grangegorman Development Agency, marking 10 years of GGDA Master Plan
Invited speaker, Seeing Other Dublins, Seminar, Humanities Research Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dec 2019
‘In Conversation’, RHA with architect Emmett Scanlon
‘On Drawing’, Artists Talk, RHA, Feb 2017
The Housing Incident Room, IMMA/IAF, A Fair Land, IMMA, Aug 2016
Made and Considered presentation with Architect Ralph Bingham, MOLA Architecture, darc space, June 2016
Walking/Drawing, Artists Talk and Discussion moderated my Ailbhe Murphy, Director of Create, Draoicht Arts Centre, June 2014
Revealing Artists, Artists Talk, RHA talks series, Sept 2014
Open to the Public, Artists Talk and Discussion moderated by Sylvia Loeffler, Hendron Building, Dublin 7, Oct 2013

EDUCATION

MA in Creative Art Practices (MAvis), IADT Dún Laoghaire 2011

Post Graduate Diploma in Arts Administration UCD 1987

Diploma in Fine Art Painting NCAD 1984