Opening a Special Season 17, Caren Sullivan visits artist Mia Shattock in her studio in 2024, find out what happens behind the scenes of an artist studio!

You can also watch full interview here.

Mia Shattock is a painter from Dublin, Ireland, interested in how film narratives permeate our understanding of reality and how media imagery moulds our sense of self in the digital age. Her large scale oil paintings capture the unseen elements of media portrayal. She uses a monochrome palette, building some up in full colour glazes to exude a dreamlike quality, or leaving the underpainting as its final form. The work dismantles ideas of hyperreality, prompting viewers to acknowledge the pervasive presence of media constructs, initiating a dialogue between film and philosophy and unravelling the intricacies of human emotion and perception as they intersect with cinema.

Education

2023 MFA in Fine Art, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland.

2022 CFA Introduction to the Creative Use of Archives, IADT, Dublin, Ireland

2022-23 London Fine Art Studios Representational Art Course series, Online, London Fine Art Studios

2018-22 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (Studio Plus), National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland, awarded first class honours

2017-18 QQI Level 5 in Art, Graphics and Print-making, Ballyfermot College of Further Education, Dublin, Ireland

Selected Exhibitions

2024 Artworks 2024: Behind the Curtain, group show, VISUAL Carlow, Old Dublin Road, Carlow.

2024 NCAD MFA Graduate Showcase, NCAD, Thomas Street, Dublin, Ireland

2024 Cracks in the mirror, workshop and display, Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square, Dublin, Ireland

2023 Art Riddler Exhibition, group show, 10 Wicklow Street, Dublin, Ireland

2023 Dublin Modular: SUSTAIN, group show, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, Ireland

2023 Bigger Than Us, group show, Rua Red Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland

2022 Art Riddler Exhibition, group show, 10 Wicklow Street, Dublin, Ireland

2022 NCAD Degree show, NCAD, Dublin, Ireland

2022 Painting as an Expression of Humanity, group show, National Treasury Management Agency, Dublin, Ireland

2022 Narrative Structures of Anticipation, NCAD Margaret Clarke Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2021 Dublin Art Book Fair 2021: Manual, Collective Zine, Temple bar gallery and studios, Dublin, Ireland

2021 Positives: Painting in the Pandemic 2021, Online group show, National Treasury Management Agency, Dublin, Ireland

2020 Ballyfermot College 30 year anniversary exhibition, Group show, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, Ireland (postponed)

Awards, Residencies and Publications

2022 Clancy Quay Superprojects Professional Development Programme

2022 Awarded Arts Council Visual Arts Agility Award

2022 Shortlisted for Ormond Art Studios Graduate Residency Award

2021 Dublin Art Book Fair 2021: Manual, Collective Zine, Temple bar gallery and studios, Dublin, Ireland

Collections

2024 Private collections

2023 Private collections

2022 National Treasury Management Agency, Dublin, Ireland

2022 Private Collections

2018 Ballyfermot College of Further Education Art Collection, Dublin, Ireland

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