mortality and memory, now and tomorrow
Hilary Williams is a Dublin based multi media artist whose work spans Performance, video, Instillation, photography and drawing. The fragility of mortality, the mistrust of memory, the belief in the Now, and the insecurity of the future motivate her work.
She exhibited in Bulk, Iadt student show Concourse Dun Laoghaire 2005
She received Hons BA fine Art from DL IADT 2005 and MA VIS IADT 2007.
She was an award winner in Sculpture In Context Botanic Gardens and Farmleigh Dublin 2004 with Waiting Dialogue, A sculpture/Print/instillation.
She participated in The Passing, The Beyond Performance Tour, Northern Ireland 2005. Writing an An Article Experiencing the NOW. VAI Sept. 2005
She has participated in workshops with; Nigel Rolfe, 2005, Alaistair Mc Lennon and Brian Connolly Fire Station 2007. With Elvera Santa Maria (Mexico), in Belfast March 2008 and Grace Weir in a Video/film/script writing workshop in Firestation, Dublin, in June 2008
Hilary has been involved with Excursions Performance Festival, Limerick Jan 2008 and was the artist involved in Drawing The Line at DIT Art College, Dublin, a live interactive performance 10th March, 2008.
She Participated in Live Performance in This Is Not A Shop Gallery with LIVE BREATH April 2008 and her video/performance work ‘Last Breath’ has been screened in Arts- Claims-Impulse Gallery Berlin www.art-claims-impulse.com, In The Black Box via The Catalyst Art Centre Belfast, and with Mart Art, In the Thatch and Silkes in Galway town during the Galway Arts Festival July 2008. See sample of work at www.mart.ie
In The Back Loft, La Catedral Studios, Dublin, February 2009. A Live Performance Why Waste Your Breath? (20 Minutes)
Exhibitions
Performance in an Exploratory Theatre Salon @ The Back Loft, La Catedral Studios, Dublin, February 2009
Live Performance, Body/Landscape, Red Lady, Oinisheer Island, At St Kevin`s Church, September 2008
The Last Three Days, Studio 6 Temple Bar, Mavis alumni (response to leaving the studio). August 2008, a graphite trace of floor boards/text
Screening of video Last Breath at Galway Arts Festival, July 2008
Screening of Video Last Breath, by The Catalyst Art Gallery at The Black Box Theatre, Belfast 2008
Screening of Last Breath at Art- Claims-Impulse Gallery, Berlin 2008
Live Performance, Drawing The Line at DIT Art College Mountjoy Square Dublin, March 2008
Live Performance, Live Breath, at This Is Not A Shop Gallery, Dublin, April 2008
Work In Progress. A three-day, solo, video/performance/instillation exhibition. (Part of the summer exhibition season for MA VIS students),August 17th—19th 2007
Art Works
Curator Brigid Harney. 33A North Main Street Naas Co. Kildare, ovember-March 2006-2007
Sculpture In Context (invited artist) Exhibition at Airfield, Dundrum Co Dublin, June -September 2005
Student Degree Exhibition. IADT. Triptych, A three screen Performance Video, Dublin 2005
Bulk Exhibition. Concourse, Domestic tic tic, Installation Video/Performance, Dublin 2004
Sculpture In Context (Award Winner) Waiting Dialogue. Botanical Gardens Glasnevin and Farmleigh, June –Sept 2004
Solo Exhibition
2D. Letting Go. The Grainstore, Cabinteely Park Co Dublin, July 2003
Publications
Article. (Experiencing The Now) Visual Artists Ireland. September Issue 2005
Workshops
Body/Landscape. Frank Van De Ven. At Oinisheer Island, 13th - 20th September 2008
Grace Weir (artist) workshop at The Fire station art Studios, Dublin, Video/script writing/editing, 23-25th May 2008
Elvira Santamaria (Mexico) and Brian Patterson, Northern Ireland, Performance workshop Crescent Art Centre Belfast, March 11th-15th 2008
Alistair Mac Lenin and Brian Connolly (Northern Ireland) Performance Art (two day) workshop. Fire Station Studios, Dublin, September 2007
Limerick Excursions Performance Festival, Jan.2008 Assistant to Curators and artists. (Three Days)
Video Editing. John Travers, Firestation Studios, Dublin. Avid Express Pro, January 2006
Drawing workshop. IMMA. With artist Christine Mackey, October 2006
Drawing Day. IMMA with Brian Fay, October 2006
Photography workshop at IMMA with artist Kate Byrne, June/July 2006
Airfield, Dundrum Co Dublin, with Louise Meade, 2006
Performance Art
Nigel Rolfe. Performance Art (Master Class.) Firestation Studios, Dublin, October 2005
Tour and Workshop Northern Ireland. B.Beyond and Catalyst Art Centre Belfast and Antrim Coast, June 2005
Theatrical Space, Per- formative Space. Jean Guay. The Lab Studios Dublin, September 2006
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