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Aisling (she/they) is an artist and curator based in London, UK.
Their practice moves across archival materials, movement, video and sound to generate dialogues around labour, social and material histories, and collective resistance.
Working with often-overlooked historical materials, Aisling develops projects that transform fragments - like blueprints, factory diagrams, or shared memories - into choreographic scores, workshops, and site-specific performances.
Through collaboration and movement, their work investigates how embodied practices can challenge systems of control, offering spaces for resistance, repair, and collective organising.
Aisling is currently an Arts Programmer at UAL’s Students’ Union (Arts SU), where they work with students to develop exhibitions and events rooted in artist development, community organising and collective care. They are also a GMB Union Rep, working to build solidarity across the arts and education sectors.
b. Nottingham, UK.
EDUCATION
2015 - 2020 - Edinburgh College of Art, MA (Hons) Fine Art & Art History
2018 - LUCA School of Arts, Brussels, Belgium
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
UNIDEE Residency: Unfolding Ecosystems: Institutional practices from a networked perspective, Biella, Italy 2024
PADA Residency: Barreiro, Portugal 2024
2023-24 - LUX Critical Forum, London
2021-22 - New Midlands Group Associate, Nottingham
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
2025
Perennial, Haarlem Artspace, Derbyshire
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
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2025
Gathering, Arts SU, The Bomb Factory, London
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
Gathering, Arts SU, The Bomb Factory, London
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