Aisling O’Beirn was born in Galway, Ireland and is now based in Belfast
Her current work is concerned with exploring spatial politics encompassing subjects as diverse as the technologies behind space exploration to the very localised practice of nicknaming places and landmarks. Research takes the form of a constantly expanding collection of vernacular information ranging from urban myths, anecdotes, place nicknames and hand drawn maps gathered from various locations
The interest in these unofficial accounts stems from a concern regarding the politics of how place is described at a local level. Recent installations and site specific projects marks an attempt to bring together some of this seemingly disparate information in a non-linear fashion through sculpture, installation, animation and site specific means
O’Beirn studied sculpture at The University of Ulster in 1990 and has been exhibiting since. She was awarded a PhD by the University of Ulster in 2005. O’ Beirn has exhibited both nationally and internationally. She is an Associate Lecturer in Sculpture at the University of Ulster. O’ Beirn is represented by The Third Space Gallery, Belfast. www.thethirdspacegallery.com
Recent Exhibitions include 2007: Dark Matter, Belfast (solo) 2006; And Other Storeys’ Derry, (solo); Some Things About Belfast (Or So I’m Told), Space Shuttle Mission 3, Belfast (solo project); A Small Urban Inventory, Belfast, (solo). Group shows include 2008: Maquettes En Modekllen, Paper Biennale, Stedejilk Museum, Aalst, Belgium, Campouflash, Dresden and Poznan; 2007, Campouflash, Lodz, Le Syndrome De Broadway’ France, Protokol Sc, Centrifugal, Sekvenca II, Zagreb, ’Tides’, Pittsburgh, USA, Resolutions. Washington DC, USA, 2006; Dogs Have No Religion, Prague, ‘Recontre Internationales, Paris, Berlin, 2005; ‘The Nature of Things: A Long Weekend’. Venice Biennale, (as part of N. Ireland at 51st Venice Biennale), No Topless Bathing: Belfast Has Suffered Enough’ Valencia, Spain