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Aisling (she/they) is an artist and curator based in London, UK. Her practice uses archival materials, video, sound and score-led gestures to explore intersections between choreo-politics,* labour, and control mechanisms. 

Dedicated to art that demonstrates care and social engagement, Aisling advocates for the importance of experimenting outside of institutional frameworks through alternative, accessible and non-hierarchical methods of production. She currently works at UAL’s Student Union, Arts SU, as Exhibitions Coordinator. 

 
b. Nottingham, UK.















EDUCATION


2023-24 - LUX Critical Forum, London

2021-22 - New Midlands Group Associate, Nottingham

2015 - 2020 - Edinburgh College of Art, MA (Hons) Fine Art & Art History

2018 - LUCA School of Arts, Brussels, Belgium



AWARDS & RESIDENCIES


PADA Residency: Barreiro, Portugal 2024

RSA Friends Award 2022

RSA New Contemporaries 2020

University of Edinburgh Degree Show Purchase Prize 2020

Aesthetica Art Prize (short list) 2020

Unviversity of Edinburgh Travel & Equipment Bursary 2020



EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES


2024
PADA 46, Barreiro, Portugal
LUX Critical Forum Sharing, London

2022
RSA New Contemporaries, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
‘Not Happy’, One Thoresby Street, Nottingham
From Silk to Silicon, Sebastian Koseda, Backlit Gallery, Nottingham (performance)


2021
Share Bears, Backlit Gallery, Nottingham
Final, not Over, Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London
Nottingham Asylum Project, Backlit Gallery, Nottingham
Ways of Protest, Elysium Gallery, Swansea
Made It, Short Supply, Manchester
ALT-D, Zembla Gallery, Hawick
Field Test, Silvermine Mountains, N. Ireland
























Photograph by Jazz Swali, 2022













CURATED EXHIBITIONS


2024
RENTERS!, Arts SU, Safehouse 1, Peckham, London

2023
Gestures of Resistance, QUAD Extra Gallery Spaces, Derby, UK & 501 Artspace, Chongqing, China
Celebrating Community, Migration Museum, Lewisham Shopping Centre, London

2022
ASTRAL VILLAGE sloooowwww, Roo Dhissou & Sahjan Kooner, Riverlights, Derby

2021
PLAYGROUND, DARP, Artcore Gallery, Derby
GET THE DARK OUT, Lisa Selby & Dudley, Artcore Gallery, Derby
Error & Power, Naho Matsuda & Neale Willis, Artcore Gallery, Derby
Present Tense Future Perfect? Kelly O’Brien & Thomas Wynn,
Artcore Gallery, Derby
Circling the Square - Visions of an Unmade City, Ryan Heath & Katy Hawkins, Artcore Gallery, Derby 52 Cameras in 52 Weeks, Tony Kemplan, Artcore Gallery, Derby