Dr Fiona Hackett
I hold a PhD in Photography, awarded by University College Dublin in 2012 on foot of a practice-led interdisciplinary project concerning photography, geology and Southern California. In my first career, I worked as an organisational psychologist and also hold qualifications in Psychology (UCD) and Organisational Psychology (QUB) . I have been teaching on the BA (Hons) Photography Programme since 2009 across all years of the programme including academic and practical modules.
Research Interests
My practice is interested in exploring themes of ‘the human condition’ and experiences in the contemporary world visualised in space and landscape. I have particular interest in the American West and the relationship between photography and seismology. PhD awarded project (2102) for Fault Lines: Photography, Seismology and the Imagining of Southern California. Awarded a fellowship at The Huntington, California (2016) to pursue her ongoing interest in the intertwined relationship between photography and Southern California. I am also currently exploring photography and art practice through the research and practices of women ethnographers/ photographers in the world of string figures.
| Selected Exhibitions | Year |
| The Long Disease, RHA Dublin | 2020 |
| RHA 189th Annual Exhibition Dublin | 2019 |
| RHA 189th Annual Exhibition Dublin | 2018 |
| RHA 189th Annual Exhibition Dublin | 2017 |
| ‘Mausoleums of Precious Belongings’, DLR Lexicon Municipal Gallery | 2017 |
| Photography in Space/ Space in Photography, Ladislav Sutnar Gallery, University of West Bohemia, Czech | 2016 |
| Focus -Mumbai Photo Festival. Selected work: ‘Extraterritorial Spaces | 2015 |
| ‘Self Storage’ in Home, DLR Lexicon Municipal Gallery | 2015 |
| ‘Terra Incognita: Imagining Southern California’, UCD Research Building, May/June 2012. From doctoral research Photography, Seismology and the Imagining of Southern California | 2012 |
| ‘Fade Out’, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray | 2009 |
| ‘Extraterritorial Spaces’, EV+A (curated by Hou Hanru, China/USA) | 2008 |
| ‘Extraterritorial Spaces’, SCAN ‘08 (Ministry of Arts, Culture and Communications, Catalan, Tarragona, Spain) | 2008 |
| Complex World’, EV+A (curated by Katerina Gregos, Greece) | 2006 |
| Selected Awards | Year |
| RHA 189th Annual Exhibition. Curtin O’Donoghue Progressive Vision Photography Award winner | 2019 |
| DLR Arts Grant to pursue Invisible Women creative practice | 2019 |
| -16Dibner Research Fellow Award, The Huntington Library and Archives, Los Angeles | 2015 |
| Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Small Arts Grant (DLR) for large format project | 2015 |
| Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Small Arts Grant for project – ‘Self Storage’ | 2014 |
| Irish Research Council Post Graduate Award for PhD research project | 2009-2012 |