Aoife Claffey
Irish Installation Artist
About
Aoife Claffey is an Irish visual installation artist based in Cork, Ireland. She graduated from Crawford College of Art and Design with a BA in 2019 and an MA in 2021 with First Class Honours. A recent solo exhibition includes Mystical Confessions in the Crypt at St Lukes Cork.
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Claffey is a member of Sample Studios and Cork Printmakers. She is also a member from the newly formed Collective Inter_site. She is currently on residency working towards an Exhibition at PADA Studios and Gallery in Lisbon for July and August 2022. She will be in Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre studio residency in October 2022
Education
2020-2021
MA (1:1) Art and Process, Crawford College of Art and Design
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2015-2019
BA (1:1) Fine Art, Crawford College of Art and Design
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2014
Crawford College of Art and Design, Portfolio Course ( 600 Points )
Awards
2022 Arts Council Agility Award
2022 Cork County Council Touring Bursary
2022 Screaming Popes Prize Finalist
2021 Arts Council Agility Award
2021 Arts Council Project Award with 2021 Collective
2021 RDS Long-list Award
2021 Cork County Council Funding for Solo Show
2021 Shortlisted - Artists Development Programme, Luxembourg
2019 The Bloomers Award, Emerging Female Artist
2019 Eli Lilly Purchase Prize
2019 Cork Film Centre, Exhibition Award
Exhibitions
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2022
Open Studio Exhibition, Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre
Pada Gallery Exhibition, Lisbon Portual
Drawbridge Exhibition, CCAD / Crawford Art Gallery Collaboration
ArtNom Gallery Exhibiton, Lisbon, Portugal
Sample Studios Summer Exhibition, Lord Mayors Pavillion, Cork
K-Kest, Arts Festival Kerry
Queens Old Castle, Grande Parade Cork City
Pulsating Place, Faoin Speir, Lavit Gallery Courtyard
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2021
Solo Show, The Crypt St Lukes Cork, Mystical Confessions,
Spike Island, Oileán, Inter_Site Collective, Curated by Sinead Barrett
K-Kest, Kilorglin Art Festival
The Lavit Gallery, Cork Printmakers 30 Anniversary Exhibition
The Lord Mayors Pavilion Oileán, Inter_Site Collective, Cork Harbour Festival
GOMA Waterford, Soft Rupture, M.A Group Exhibition
Marina Market Cork, Inter_Site Collective Exhibition
Solo Show, Cork Airport, 8 Exhibition
Uillinn West Cork, Members Exhibition
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2020
Cahoots: The Space Between, A4 Sounds/Sample Studios/Engage Studios,
Digital Exhibition Uillinn Art Gallery, Winter Online Showcase
Gallery Grand Parade N46, COM,MA, Masters in Art and Process
James Barry Gallery MTU, COM,MA, Masters in Art and Process
Sample Studios Christmas Members Show, The lord Mayors Pavilion
Cork IndieCork, Artist Film, MV ALTA, Online Exhibition
Grande Parade Cork, A window into / A window onto, Culture Night Incognito
Jack and Jills Public Art Initiative
The Lord Mayors Pavilion, Host, Cork Printmakers
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2019
The Lord Mayors Pavilion Cork, Sample Studios Christmas Show
The Gate Cinema, IndieCork Film Shortlisted EI 724
Crawford College of Art and Design, Dismantle, Fine Art Degree Show
Espai Cultural Eina, Barcelona Spain, PRINT.ED #5
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2018
Dali Cork, Dismantle Fundraiser Exhibition
Kino Cafe Cork Exhibition, Tautophony: Why do we rattle? Why do we sweat?
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2017
Wandesford Quay Gallery Cork, Trouvaille
Internships
Cork Craft and Design, Summer Internship 2019
Cork Arts Collective, Summer Internship with Filmmaker Linda Curtin 2019
Curation
Creating at Distance, CCAD Online Exhibition Curator
Illustrator, Ciara Chapman Art Trail Exhibition, Cork City 2021
Assistant Curator of Past Present Fota House Exhibition 2019
Work Experience
Munster Technological University, Part time Lecturer 2021/2022
Macroom Art School, Tutor 2021/2022
Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, Art Workshops Tutor 2021
Cork Creative Careers Programme, Sample Studios, Tutor. 2021
Cork Young Curators Programme, Sample Studios, Tutor 2021
Culture Night, Drawing Workshops, Lord Mayors Pavilion 2020