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Born in Dublin, Ireland, and resident in the UK, photographer, writer and editor Barry W Hughes' photographic works have been published and exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions in Ireland, Germany and China.
After establishing Ireland’s pioneering online photography magazine SMBHmag in 2009, Hughes has been a contributing writer to HOTSHOE since 2012, interviewing some of the most respected and exciting names in contemporary photography. He has also written for international publications such as British Journal of Photography, GRANTA and Photo-Eye.
Hughes has curated exhibitions, reviewed portfolios and delivered talks for the likes of Photo London; University of Middlesex; The Photographers' Gallery; Belfast Exposed; Sirius Arts Centre; Photology (Photo Hastings); PhotoIreland Festival; Belfast Photo Festival; Format Photo Festival and Look Photo Festival.
He has delivered lectures for University of Westminster; Coventry School of Art & Design; Kingston University; University for the Creative Arts Farnham and Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology; he has twice been a nominator for British Journal of Photography’s annual ‘Ones to Watch’ issue, and has twice adjudicated the international Photogrvphy Grant.
Ciáran Óg Arnold (b. 1977) is an Irish photographer who studied at the University of Ulster (MFA Photography, 2012).
His work was included in ‘An Irish View’ at Rencontres d’Arles in 2009, and featured in Source magazine. As winner of the 2015 First Book Award , his book was published by MACK, and the work exhibited at Media Space, London.
www.ciaranogarnold.com
Jamin Keogh (b. 1982) is a lens-based artist working out of his hometown of Limerick and residing in Dublin, Ireland. He holds a First Class Honours in Photography, which was awarded by the Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT), Dun-Loaghaire, Co. Dublin, and he is a graduate of the Masters in Art and Research Collaboration (ARC M.A) at the IADT.
Jamin has been involved with art practices as an exhibiting artist, curator and educator. His artistic practice merges media such as film and audio with his photographic expressions, placing particular emphasis on the role of the spectator within the art-work’s space. Conceptually, and in order to transform the spectator into an active participant, Jamin’s practice strives to lessen the cognitive space between his art-works and the real world that he draws inspiration from.
IADT has continuously recognised Jamin as an aspiring artist. His 2013 graduate project, All That Remains To Be Seen, was the sole project nominated by the institution on more than one occasion to represent the University on the European Art circuit, ELIA NEU/NOW and Le Bal, respectively. The acclaimed work was also a finalist for the Inspirational Arts Award.
In 2012, the IADT purchased Jamin’s work to bestow as gift to the then Minister of the Arts. Jamin has also featured on national television to promote the 3rd level institution.
Although Jamin has spent a considerable amount of time working with photography and on its role within society, culture and art itself, he does not consider himself to be a ‘photographer’ in the traditional sense. Photography to him is simply the medium that he utilizes to articulate and communicate his artistic expressions.
During the creative process, Jamin draws inspiration and meaning from subjective human reactions to life experiences. His art-works are infused and underwritten by philosophical discourses such as: Martin Heidegger’s theories and philosophy of ‘Human-being and Art’; and Emmanuel Levinas’ theories and philosophy of ‘the Face’ and ‘the Other’.
Irish artist, Miriam O’Connor lives and works in Cork. She holds a BA in photography from Dublin Institute of Technology, and completed a Research Masters at the Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dun Laoghaire in 2011. Drawing inspiration from the language, sights and sounds of the everyday, O’Connor’s practice frequently engages with matters which reflect her everyday surroundings, as well as her day-to-day experiences of being a photographer. Her projects have explored themes around looking and seeing; the relationship between camera and subject; the circulation and consumption of images and the complex nature of photographic representation.
Her work has been exhibited and distributed extensively, with features in magazines and publications including; Camera Austria, Source Photographic Review, The New York Times and The Guardian. Recent solo shows include Sternview Gallery, Cork, Galleri Image, Denmark, The Third Space Gallery, Belfast and during ‘THERE THERE’ festival, Cork curated by Stag & Deer. In 2012, she received the Alliance Française Photography Award, which included a residency at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris. She was the recipient of the Emerging Irish Artist Residency Award [EIARA] in 2015 which included a month-long residency at Burren College of Art, Co. Clare. Publications include, ‘Attention Seekers’ (2012) ‘The Legacy Project’ (2013) and ‘Tomorrow is Sunday’ (2017). She was one of the selected artists for Greetings from Ireland (2015) and New Irish Works I & II (2013, 2016). In conjunction with Galleri Image, Denmark, she recently produced new work for FRESH EYES - International artists rethink Aarhus, which was exhibited during Aarhus Capital of Culture, 2017.
Roisin White is a Dublin based visual artist. Her work is multidisciplinary, working primarilywith photography, drawing, sculpture, and collage. Roisin studied Photography at the Dublin Institute of Technology, graduating with honors in 2015. She has further part-time education in ceramics, sculpture and drawing at NCAD.
Roisin’s work often draws from archival materials. She has an interest in exploring the fictional narrative that can be discovered in discarded imagery, previous understandings agitated, and new meanings drawn out. Her most recent bodies of work have stemmed from both found objects and imagery. In addition to working with photography, Roisin works in sculpture and drawing. Her drawing works show a fascination with the human form and exploring the body, while being inspired by the surrealist drawing practices. Roisin’s sculptural work often takes the form of bringing her photographic work into the three-dimensional and building on means of
photographic reception.
Roisin White was a finalist in the Inspirational Arts Photographic Award in 2015. In 2018 she was selected to take part in the In-Between Shores residency in Italy, supported by Ardesia Projects, Witty Kiwi and JEST Gallery. Red. She has exhibited her work in Ireland, the UK and Germany. She currently has work on show in The Gallery of Photography in Dublin, and forthcoming exhibitions in Dublin, London and Italy.
She has worked curatorially for CEAD at NCAD, and as part of the Young Curators Project in Rua Red.
