ABOUT
Muireann weaves humour throughout her work, approaching topics which she feels are important and relevant through experimental mediums. Working through mediums such as olfaction, sculpture, augmented reality and performance, her work attempts to make the ideas she explores more accessible and understandable to a wider audience, by not only allowing them to view the work, but to experience it. To enter, and become a part of, the worlds she creates.
At the moment she is exploring the idea of plastics as a concept. How we interact with and understand plastic a material, but also as a way of living and approaching the world. She creates her own alternative plastics and performs with them, exploring the idea of ‘becoming plastic’. She shares different ways of understanding and defining plastics as a material and concept, allowing people to view this material in new ways. Participation and dissemination are important parts of her practice and so she often holds workshops as ways to share her research and working methods with the world, often teaching others how to make their own biomaterials.
CONTACT
︎ muireannnicanbheatha@hotmail.com
︎ deplasticene
︎ muireann-n
︎ muireannn
︎youandmebeingsadistrouble
EDUCATION
Royal Academy of Art, Den Haag, 2017-2021
Bachelor Degree in ArtScience
Rhode Island School of Design, 2020
Exchange Sculpture Department
London College of Communication, University of the Arts London
Foundation Photography
EXHIBITIONS // RESIDENCIES
2023 Lecture_performance Bioplastic workshop, LOFOFORA, BRNO
2022 Bioplastic workshop, DIS_SEMINAR, Utrecht
2022 ‘The Plasticene’, Performance, Theatre Kikker, Utrecht 2021 ‘(M)eet de Plastics’, Installation and performance, Graduation show at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2021 ‘It’s Plastic Bitch!’, Exhibition, The Greyspace in the Middle, The Hague2019 Rethinking Bauhaus Exhibition: ‘The Plasticene’ Installation and performance, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2019 ArtScience Year Opening, performance/intervention, Strandlab, Almere
2019 ‘The Plasticene’ Bio-plastic installation and workshop, CASS Concert, KABK,The Hague
2019 ‘The smells and sounds of Activism – Scent DJing’, olfactory art and DJ Skills workshop, Activism Today Festival, Groningen
2019 ‘The Plasticene’ Installation and bio-plastic workshop, EcoArt Festival, Mono, Rotterdam
2019 ‘Patterns of Ebb and Flow’ Performance, Strandlab, Almere
2018 ‘Manifest’ Artist Residency, Moose Space, The Hague
2018 ‘Interaction Design Tomorrow’, Summer Academy, Tallinn
2018 ‘Operation Earnest Voice’ Part of Artist Jonas Lund’s Performance, Worm, Rotterdam
2017 Two Time based performances, performed at The John Byrne Award Exhibition, The Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh
2017 ‘Malaria Hysteria’, Collaborative film, Winner of the Youth Hub Filmmaking Competition at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Cineworld Edinburgh
2016 ‘Beyond Borders, Crossing Limits’ Multi-Disciplinary Artist Residency responding to Dementia in Derry, Northern Ireland
2016 ’Toilet Talk', Audio installation, Paradigm Exhibition of Electronic Arts, Summerhall, Edinburgh
2016 'Remake / Respond / Repeat', Installation, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
2015 Pancakes and Booze Exhibition, Studio Spaces E1, London
2014 ‘You and Me Being Sad is Trouble’ Photography, London College of Communication Foundation Art Show, London