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Dr Marianne Keating

Marianne Keating is an Irish artist and researcher, based in London.

Marianne has a practice-based PhD in Visual & Material Culture and Contemporary Art Practice entitled, 'They don't do much in the cane-hole way', Hidden Histories of the Irish Diaspora in Jamaica, funded by KSA at Kingston University, London and a TECHNE Associate. She has an MA from the Royal College of Art, London and a BA from Limerick School of Art and Design, Ireland.

Marianne was shortlisted to represent Ireland in the 2022 Venice Biennial and has exhibited extensively throughout Ireland and internationally.

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Solo exhibitions

  • Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland (Upcoming 2025)
  • RHA (Royal Hibernian Academy) Dublin, Ireland (Upcoming 2025)
  • An Talamh / The Plain, Irish Pavilion, World Expo, Osaka, Japan, 2025
  • Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland (Upcoming), 2025
  • RHA (Royal Hibernian Academy) Dublin, Ireland (Upcoming), 2025
  • An Ciúnas / The Silence, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland, 2025
  • No Irish Need Apply, The Model, Sligo, Ireland, 2025
  • An Ciúnas / The Silence, Rua Red, Dublin, Ireland, 2024
  • Áilleacht Uafásach / A Terrible Beauty, The Model, Sligo, Ireland, 2024
  • An Ciúnas / The Silence, The Showroom, London, 2023
  • Meet Fire With Fire, Sirius Arts Centre, Cork in partnership with Cork International Film Festival, 2022
  • The Moon Is Right Over My Head, Black Tower Projects, London, 2020
  • A Beautiful Dream, Cork City and County Archives, Cork, Ireland, 2020
  • Better Must Come, Rampa, Porto, Portugal, 2019
  • The Ocean Between, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland, 2019
  • A Reconfigured Ruin, Wandesford Quay, Cork, Ireland, 2019
  • Landlessness, StudioRCA, London, 2017
  • Ghost in the Machine - In Search of Trevor Owen, Galway Arts Centre, Ireland, 2014
  • Tell Me, Embassy Tea Gallery, London, UK, 2013
  • Show RCA 2013, Dyson Gallery. Royal College of Art, London, 2013
  • Nuit Blanche, The Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France, 2012
  • Macropsia, Backwater Artists Group, Cork, Ireland, 2010
  • 'we see them as we are', Limerick Printmakers Gallery, Limerick, 2010
  • Paper, ArtTrail, Site Specific, Cork, Ireland, 2009
  • Blackrock Castle Observatory & ArtTrail, Public Art Commission, Cork, Ireland, 2008
  • Art Trail Emerging Artist, Form Gallery, Cork, Ireland, 2005
  • sogo, The Launderette Gallery, Cork, 2005
  • Pinstripe, South Tipperary Art Centre, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 2005
  • Plastic Candy, Signals Art Centre, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, 2004
  • Plastic Candy, Limerick Printmakers, Limerick, Ireland, 2004
  • Mimo, Patrick’s Quay, Cork, Ireland, 2003
  • Liquid Identity, UCC, Cork, Ireland (with Conor Harrington), 2002

Selected group exhibitions

  • Composting Colonialism: Towards the Radical Garden, Mermaid Arts Centre, County Wicklow, Ireland, Upcoming, July, 2025
  • Land, The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art, Dublin, Ireland, 2024
  • Our Time, Even in Dreams, Jaou,Tunis, Tunisia, 2022
  • London Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2022
  • Unstable Monuments, The Old Magistrates Court, Bristol, UK, 2022
  • Jaou Photo, Tunis, Tunisia. (Postponed due to Covid-19), 2021
  • Aesthetica Art Prize, York Art Gallery, York, UK, 2020
  • t h e H O L D, We Are Publication, Stanley Picker Gallery, London, 2019
  • The Chaotic Depot, Works from the Lima Collection, Centro de Artes de Águeda, Portugal, 2019
  • WE.ARE.CUT.UP., Radiophrenia, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland, 2019
  • Another Land: Experimental Visualisations of Place, Stanley Picker Gallery, London, 2019
  • WE ARE PUBLICATION: WE.ARE.CUT.UP. Dekalb Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, USA, 2019
  • New Contemporaries, South London Gallery, London, UK, 2018
  • Arrivants, Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Barbados, 2018
  • New Contemporaries, John Moores University, as part of the Liverpool Biennial, 2018
  • Between us and, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland. Curated by Catalyst Arts Belfast, 2018
  • 50, Tipperary County Museum, Ireland, 2018
  • Modes of Display, Platform Gallery, KSA, London, UK, 2018
  • Ballot, Nunnsyard Gallery, Norwich, UK, 2017
  • Ballot, CIT Gallery, Cork, Ireland, 2017
  • Work in Progress, Platform Gallery, Kingston, UK, 2017
  • 25, Skylight Gallery, Bandon, Ireland, 2016
  • Present, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Connecticut, USA, 2016
  • 25, Cork City Hall, Cork Ireland, 2016
  • Unstable Monuments, Old Bakery Warehouse, Truro, Cornwall, UK, 2016
  • The Nine Billion Names Of God, Gallery on the Corner, London, 2014
  • Wallpaper - Artist's Interiors, London Print Studio Gallery, London, 2014
  • Bainbridge, Embassy Tea Gallery, London, 2014
  • Deception & Sacrifice, CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork, Ireland, 2014
  • Featured Artist, London Print Studio, London, UK, 2014
  • Tussock Gallery, Victoria, Australia, 2014
  • Deception & Sacrifice, 42nd Southern Graphics International, San Francisco, USA, 2014
  • Dicarta/Papermade, Biennale Internazionale, Palazzo Fogazzaro, Vicenza, Italy, 2013
  • 中外艺术家作品联展开幕, Hangzhou, China, 2013
  • POST-IT, Site Specific, Cork, Ireland, 2013
  • POST-IT, IMPACT8, Site Specific, Dundee, Scotland, 2013
  • The Beach House Residency Open Day, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 2013
  • The Mythical and Mundane, Siamse Tire, Co. Kerry, Ireland, 2013
  • Prelude Speaker, Castletown House, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 2013
  • Bainbridge Open, Embassy Tea Gallery, London, UK, 2013
  • Parallax, Southwark Park Galleries, London, 2013
  • Notes to Self- Thinking Aloud and Making Moves, Dyson Gallery, London, UK, 2012
  • Twentyone, Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork, Ireland, 2012
  • Noli Me Tangere, Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork, Ireland, 2012
  • Impressions, Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland, 2012
  • Alphabet Series, Cork County Council Headquarters, Cork, Ireland, 2012
  • Sub-plots, Sirus Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland, 2012
  • I love this city, The Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France Work In Progress, Dyson Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, 2012
  • I took the lift to the sixth floor, Southwark Park Galleries, London, 2012
  • Alphabet, National Print Museum, Dublin, Ireland, 2012
  • We Are A Strange Loop, Hockney Gallery, London, 2012
  • Place/Space, Wandesford Quay Gallery Cork, Ireland, 2011
  • Twentyfour, Artrail, Cork, Ireland, 2011
  • Art Work Embassy, The Elysian, Cork, Ireland, 2011
  • Sub-plots, allerArt, Bludenz, Austria, 2011
  • New Prints, Selected by Trenton Doyle Hancock, International Print Center New York, New York, 2011
  • Alphabet Series, Irish Arts Centre, New York, USA, 2011
  • Art of Fashion, Brown Thomas Cork, Ireland, 2011
  • 24 Hours, Limerick Printmakers Gallery, Limerick, Ireland, 2011
  • Excavate, Cork Public Museum, Cork, Ireland, 2010
  • Tears, Trash and Decay, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Victoria, Australia, 2010
  • Bitter Sweet: Expressions of Love and Hate, Macroom Town Hall, Cork, Ireland, 2010
  • Super Impose, Kinsale Arts Festival, Cork, Ireland, 2010
  • Super 8 Shot, Galway, Ireland, 2010
  • Forensic, Dare to Joust, London, 2010
  • Backwater Twenty, Crawford Art Gallery Cork, Ireland, 2010
  • Center for the Arts Main Stage, SUNY Buffalo, New York, USA, 2010
  • Breath, Bluewall Gallery, Cavan, Ireland, 2010
  • Bitter Sweet: Expressions of Love and Hate, Doswell Gallery, Cork, Ireland, 2010
  • Today I joined a gang. In the woods, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland, 2009
  • Mouse Print Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 2009
  • Fifth Parallel Gallery, University Of Regina, Canada, 2009
  • Box id - Round 11, Original Print Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 2009
  • PrintZero, Seattle, USA, 2009
  • For The Love Of, Mill Street Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 2009
  • Fruitcakes and Furry Collars, Skibbereen. Co. Cork, Ireland, 2009
  • Gallery Number One, Dublin, Ireland, 2008
  • Node, Original Print Gallery, Templebar, Dublin, Ireland, 2008
  • Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, Hawai, 2008
  • Charles Tyrrell Selects, Gallery One, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland, 2008
  • Against the Monotony, The Loft Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 2008
  • Horrace Mann Gallery, New York City, New York, USA, 2007
  • Iontas, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo, Ireland, 2007
  • Cead in China, Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, China, 2007
  • Impressions, Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland, 2006
  • Life During War Time, Baker Place, Limerick, Ireland, 2006
  • Winter, Form Gallery, Cork, Ireland, 2005
  • Light, The Launderette Gallery, Cork, Ireland, 2005
  • Dark on Light, Shandon Gallery, Cork, Ireland, 2005
  • Preview, The Launderette Gallery, Cork, Ireland, 2005
  • Plastic Candy, Signals Art Centre, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, 2004
  • Plastic Candy, Limerick Printmakers, Limerick, Ireland, 2004
  • Mimo, Patrick’s Quay, Cork, Ireland, 2003
  • Liquid Identity, UCC, Cork, Ireland (with Conor Harrington), 2002

Collections

  • Office of Public Works, Ireland
  • The Graeve Collection, which is on long-term loan to the Niland Collection.
  • Nicholas Logsdail Collection, UK
  • Norlinda and José Lima Collection, Portugal
  • Zukerman Museum of Art, Georgia, USA
  • Palazzo Fogazzaro, Vicenza, Italy
  • Royal College of Art Collection, UK
  • University College Cork, Ireland
  • Artfund Collection, Ireland
  • Jim Gilligan Collection, Ireland

Residencies / Research Trips

  • The Model, Sligo, Ireland, October - November, 2024
  • Research Trip Jamaica, April - May, 2023
  • Research Trip Jamaica, December - January, 2022-2023
  • Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Ireland, August, 2021
  • Acme Fire Station Residency, London, 2020-2025
  • Fresh Milk International Residency, Barbados, March - April, 2019
  • Research Trip Jamaica, December - February, 2018-2019
  • Research Trip Barbados, November, 2018
  • Research Trip Ireland, October, 2018
  • Research Trip Jamaica, June - September, 2018
  • Research Trip Jamaica, December - January, 2017-2018
  • Research Trip Jamaica, August - September, 2017
  • Research Trip Ireland, July, 2017
  • Beach House Residency, December - January, 2016-2017
  • Beach House Residency, Montego Bay, Jamaica, July - August, 2015
  • Beach House Residency, Montego Bay, Jamaica, July- August, 2013
  • The Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France, July- October, 2012
  • Centre for Print Research, UWE, Bristol, UK, June, 2010
  • Druckswerkstatt, Kulturwerk des bbk Berlin, Germany, July, 2009
  • Artist in Residence, New Moon Dance Company, Cork, January- June, 2009
  • Lower East Side Printshop, Manhattan, New York City, USA, October - November, 2007

Lecturer/talks/conferences/symposiums

  • Associate Lecturer, Royal College of Art, London (2020-Ongoing), 2025
  • In Conversation with Luke Clancy, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland, 26 May, 2025
  • Columbia University, New York, 2025
  • In Conversation with Ruairí McCann, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 6 February, 2025
  • In Conversation with Kimberly Griffith Walsh, Rua Red, Tallagh, Dublin, 2 November, 2024
  • In Conversation with Brian Hand, Rua Red, Tallagh, Dublin, 20 September, 2024
  • In Conversation with Kodwo Eshun at The Showroom, London, 10 January, 2024
  • Norwich University of the Arts, UK, 2023
  • Rooted in Place; Zakia Sewell and Marianne Keating in Conversation, hosted by Dalia Al-Dujaili and presented by ACV. The Art House, London, UK, 2023
  • Basic Talks Series, Curated by Basic Space in partnership with the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, 2023
  • In conversation with artist Benjamin de Burca as part of Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca exhibition One Hundred Steps at Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, 2022
  • In conversation with Daniel Breen, Curator of Cork Public Museum at Sirius, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, 2022
  • Jaou Encounters Series, Curated by Stephanie Bailey: Critical Poetics. On the Practice of Reimagining Past, Present, and Future, Tunis, Tunisia. Panel Abraham Onoriode Oghobase, Ho Tzu Nyen, Marianne Keating, Mouna Karray & Héla Ammar. Moderated by Karim Sultan, 2022
  • Black Irish Contemporary Cultural Production and Social Processes Symposium, The Douglas Hyde Gallery in collaboration with Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 2022
  • Royal College of Art, London, UK, 2022
  • Sichuan Fine Art Institute, China, 2022
  • Le Mans University, Le Mans, France, 2021
  • Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Ireland, 2021
  • Royal College of Art, London, UK, 2021
  • Sichuan Fine Art Institute, China, 2021
  • Royal College of Art, London, UK, 2020
  • In Conversation with Derek Bishton & Merrise Crooks-Bishton, Black Tower Projects, London, UK, 2020
  • In Conversation with Sociologist Dr Davinia Gregory-Kameka, Black Tower Projects, London, UK, 2020
  • Tate Modern (Tate Lates), London, UK, 2019
  • School of Art, University of Brighton, UK, 2019
  • In conversation with Curator Dawn Williams, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland, 2019
  • CIT, Crawford College of Art and Design, Ireland, 2019
  • The Backwater Artists Group, Cork Printmakers & Lavitt Gallery, Ireland, 2019
  • Barbados Community College, Barbados, 2019
  • New Directions in Irish History Conference, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK, 2019
  • Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London, UK, 2018
  • Kingston School of Art, London, UK, 2018
  • Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK, 2018
  • StudioRCA, London, UK, 2017
  • Royal College of Art, London, UK, 2017
  • Limerick School of Art and Design, Ireland, 2015
  • The Beach House Residency, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 2013
  • Embassy Tea Gallery, London, UK, 2013
  • Limerick School of Art and Design, Ireland, 2013
  • Liverpool School of Art and Design, Liverpool, UK, 2013
  • The Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France, 2012
  • Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich, UK, 2012
  • Limerick School of Art and Design, Ireland, 2011
  • Royal College of Art, London, UK, 2011
  • Limerick School of Art and Design, Ireland, 2009
  • Limerick School of Art and Design, Ireland, 2008
  • Limerick School of Art and Design, Ireland, 2007
  • Cork Printmakers, Cork, Ireland, 2007
  • Lower East Side Printshop, New York, USA, 2007

Publications

  • Exhibition Profile I An Ciúnas, Visual Arts Ireland, March /April, 2024
  • Arena RTÉ Radio, Interview Marianne Keating - A Terrible Beauty, 2024
  • Tradition - Issue 02, ACV Magazine, June, 2023
  • Better must come? Leadership in the Jamaican decolonial moment as seen in the exhibition The Moon is Right Over My Head by Marianne Keating & Davinia Gregory-Kameka, The Comparative Education Review Journal, African Diaspora Special, 2022
  • Elephant Magazine, The Standout Artists of, 2020
  • Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology: Future Now, 2020
  • Illustration Research Methods, Rachel Gannon, Mireille Fauchon, Bloomsbury Academic, 2020
  • Artforum I Review I Critics’ Picks I The Ocean Between by Miguel Amado, 2019
  • Review I The Ocean Between by Sarah Kelleher, 2019
  • Irish Arts Review, Autumn (Sept- Nov) Vol. 36 No 3, Better Must Come, Rampa Porto, Portugal. p44, 2019
  • Review I The Ocean Between by Margaret Cahill, 2019
  • Best Visual Art Shows, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, 2019
  • The Story of Irish Indentured Servants sent from here to the Caribbean, Ellie O' Byrne, 2019
  • Fresh Milk Barbados, Marianne Keating- Second Blog Post, 2019
  • Fresh Milk Barbados, Marianne Keating, To Begin- LAND, 2019
  • New Contemporaries Blog- Marianne Keating, 2019
  • AQNB, October: A Guide to Exhibitions and Events Happening Around London this Autumn, 2017
  • AQNB, Fantasy, transformation + retaliation: a Fringe guide to Frieze London, 2017
  • ArtLicks Magazine, Studio Snoop, Interview by Lily Hall, 2016
  • Unstable Monuments in Truro Reviewed By Human Poney, 19 May, 2016
  • ARC Art, Recognition, Culture Magazine Jamaica, 2013
  • Artforum, Critics' Pick, Prelude Speaker: Contemporary Castletown, Gemma Tipton, 2013
  • The Irish Examiner, Noli Me Tangere Review, November, 2012
  • ArtWednesday: Marianne Keating, December, 2012
  • The Cork News, Print Preview, 7/12, 2012
  • Cork Independent, Exhibition aims to touch viewer, 8/11, 2012
  • Irish Arts Review, Ongoing Exchange, p34 Autumn Issue, 2012
  • Cork Printmakers Marks Milestone, Cork News p24, 3/8, 2012
  • Irish Arts Review, Cork Printmakers at Twenty, Angela Griffith, Winter Issue p92-95, 2011
  • ArtReview, p69 Summer Issue, 2011
  • Review Excavate, Cork Public Museum by Ed Krčma, Enclave Review, Spring, 2011
  • Place/Space, 2011
  • National Interest, Arttrail, 2011
  • Evening Echo, Artists Inspired by Museum Treasures, 15/10, 2010
  • Limerick Leader, "Marianne Keating Exhibition at Limerick Printmakers Gallery" Adrian Butler, 28/7, 2010
  • Limerick Leader, Beetlemania and more at the Printmakers Gallery, 20/7, 2010
  • Creative Review, Super Impose Kinsale Arts Week, Patrick Burgoyne 15/7, 2010
  • The Irish Examiner, Twenty Years A-Growing, article by Vera Ryan, p16 26/3, 2010
  • The Irish Examiner, In Style, p13 12/3, 2010
  • The Irish Times Magazine, Displaying the Blues, p6 27/2, 2010
  • The Sunday Business Post, 14/2, 2010
  • Backwater Twenty, 2010
  • Review, 2010
  • Irish Examiner, Today I Joined a Gang In the Woods, Marc O Sullivan, p20 17/12, 2009
  • The Great Indoors Magazine, Art of the wall, Edition 3 Vol 1 Winter, 2009-2010
  • The Great Indoors Magazine, Today I joined a gang. In the Woods, Edition 3 Vol 1 Winter, 2009-2010
  • Today I joined a gang. In the Woods, Triskel Publication. Cork, Ireland, September, 2009

Awards

2025, Arts Council Ireland, Project Award

2024, Arts Council Ireland, Visual Artist Bursary Award

2024, Arts Council Ireland, Project Award

2023, Arts Council Ireland, Project Award

2022, Arts Council Ireland, Visual Artist Bursary Award

2022, Culture Ireland Award

2022, Arts Council Ireland, Agility Award

2022, Arts Council Ireland, Project Award

2021, Arts Council Ireland, Visual Artist Bursary Award

2021, Arts Council England, DYCP Award

2020, Shortlisted to represent Ireland at the Venice Biennale 2022

2020, Arts Council Ireland, Visual Artist Bursary Award

2020, Aesthetica Art Prize (Longlist)

2020, Arts Council England, Project Award

2020, Acme Fire Station Residency Award, London, 2020 - 2025

2020, GRS Research Award, London, UK

2019, Archives of Us Artist Commission funded by Cork City Council and Creative Ireland

2019, Percent for Art Commission funded by Wandesford Quay CLG and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Cork City Council, Ireland

2019, Visual Arts: Travel & Training Award, Arts Council, Ireland

2019, KSA Research Award, London, UK

2018, KSA Research Award, London, UK

2018, GRS Research Award, London, UK

2017, KSA Research Award, London, UK

2017, Visual Arts: Travel & Training Award, Arts Council, Ireland

2016, KSA Research Award, London, UK

2016, GRS Research Award, London, UK

2016, FADA Research Award, London, UK

2016, Kingston University Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture PhD Studentship Award, London, UK

2015, The Beach House Residency Award, Montego Bay, Jamaica

2014, Emerging Visual Artist Award, Wexford Arts Centre, Ireland (Shortlisted)

2013, Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

2013, Embassy Tea Gallery, Graduate Award 2013, London, UK

2013, The Beach House Residency Award, Montego Bay, Jamaica

2013, New Graduate Award 2013, London Print Studio, London, UK (Shortlisted)

2012, Visual Arts: Travel & Training Award, Arts Council, Ireland1

2012, Royal College of Art, Paris Residency Award 20122

2011, Individual Artist Bursary Award, Cork City Council, Ireland3

2011, Visual Arts: Travel & Training Award, Arts Council, Ireland4

2011, Culture Ireland Award, Ireland5

2011, Artists Bursary Award 2011, South Tipperary Co Council, Ireland6

2011, Beastie Boys, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two album cover (Shortlisted)7

20181, Morgan Doyle Bursary Award

2010, Culture Ireland Award, Ireland

2008, Blackrock Castle Observatory and ArtTrail, Public Art Commission 2008

2007, Visual Arts: Travel & Training Award, Arts Council, Ireland

2007, Cork Printmakers Residency Award, IPCNY, New York

2005, Art Trail Emerging Artist Award, Ireland

2003, Artists Tax Exemption, Ireland

2001, Jim Gilligan Graduate Award, Ireland

External links

Marianne Keating's website