deirdre o’leary — visual artist

The perception of the human body is subject to constant change. Social discourse constantly encourages us to renegotiate personal and public perceptions of vulnerability and resilience. In view of climatic challenges and the resulting changes in living conditions, the question of the body is moving further into the center of anthropocentric discourses and into the focus of my own work.

My work is a dynamic field of research, in which I explore the interactions between the body and the environment. I work with installations as well as sculptural and performative strategies. The combination of different materials and techniques is important to me, because it opens up to playfullness.

Education / Nominations

Education

June 2017 Master of Contemporary Arts Practice, HKB, Bern
2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Academy of Art and Design, FHNW, Basel, Switzerland.
2011—2012 The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden, Germany
2009—2010 Vorkurs, Schule für Gestaltung, Basel

Nominations

Residency, at The Guesthouse Project, Cork, 2024
Residency at the Ethnological Museum Thrace, Alexandroupoli, Greece 2022
Residency at SMAA, 2022 in Sankt-Moritz, Switzerland
Dedazo Grant, Jeune Création, 2020
Atelier Mondial Grant, 2019
Residency at Citée des Arts, Paris from July 2019—January 2020
Participant at XXIV CSAV — Artists Research Laboratory, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, 2019
Artist in Residence, Snetha, Athens, Greece, 2017
Listed in SIKART, Lexicon on art in Switzerland

Exhibitions

2024

(Rel-) Encontuers, Salon Mondial by Atelier Mondial, Münchenstein ,
curated by Keabetswe Boccomino

A playful attempt to work with the wind - A research and fieldwork exploring generative sound production and ephemeralsculpting through arial currents with Samuel Tschudin
Residency at The Guesthouse Project, Cork, Ireland

1974-2024, 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel
Ping Pong, Basel, 2024, curated by Sue Irion

2023
Project 16, Space 25, with Doris Lasch, Basel

International Performance Art Giswil, with Anne Sylvie Henchoz, Giswil

Das elektrische Zitherspiel, with Samuel Tschudin, City SALTS, Birsfelden

2022
Interweaving Narratives, Ethnological Museum of Thrace, Alexandroupoli, Greece

Ärt, by I never read art book fair, Basel

The Joy of transforming capital into art, Kasko, Basel

Klangweben, Loom, Basel

Rainbag, Ausstellungraum Klingental, Basel

2021
AMORE, Amore, Basel

STITCHES: Scènes, corps, décors, Le Commun, Geneva, curated by Tadeo Kohan, Camille Regli, Gabrielle Boder

2020

Un certain regard, Regionale 21, Kunstraum Riehen, Riehen

Unsubstantial Territory, Galerie DuflonRacz, Bern

Tout porte a croire que, Deux Pieces, Büro Basel

Jeune Créationédition 69, Romainville, Paris

2019

A Dog barking at a Tree, 11th of June – 15th of June, Basel
With: Eva Funk, Anka Helfertova, Karin Salathé

2018
Draisinnenrennen Dreispitz, Münchenstein / Basel, in collaboration with Sandra Raimann and Museum Tinguely.

There is no Point in being dramatic, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, curated by Jana Stolzer and Alexander Rütten

Raumfahrt, Museum Langmatt, Baden, With contributions by Daniel Karrer and Micha Zweifel

2017

Pay Attention Motherfucker, Zabriskie Point, Geneva,

Fluid rings, Victoria Square Project, Athens

Ping-Pong, Basel, curated by Sue Irion

Mind the Cap, Centre PasquArt, Biel – Bienne

Deirdre O’Leary, Nora Longatti, Till Wittwer, Lokal-Int, Biel – Bienne

Stingray Editions, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel

Je trace le contour de mon ombre, juste pour déshabiller, Urgent paradise, Lausanne

2016
Vitrine 06, Die Diel e, Zürich

Cantonale, Kunsthaus Langenthal

Cantonale, Centre PasquAr t, Bienne

Beyond the Real, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel

OFF-Line, Zemo Nikozi, Georgia

Affaire, Centre PasquArt, Bienne, June,

Wasserfest, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel

Deirdre O‘Leary (Solo), Galerie 3000, Bern

Ritournelle, Deuxpieces, Carosserie, Basel

Juno invites to Patterns of reconciliation, March 2016, Kasko, Basel

2015
Videoförmig Kasko, Basel

Open Studio, RoundaboutLx, Lisbon, Portugal

2014

Connecting Spaces, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel

Artachment, with Silas Heizmann and Baschi Pfefferli, Basel

Lebensversicherung, E-Werk, Freiburg, Germany

Crashing at the Neighbours, at Haus für elektronische Künste, Basel, Switzerland

Atopie, Flatterschaft, Basel, Switzerland

deirdre o’leary

Born in Fribourg Switzerland, living and working in Basel Switzerland.

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