Biographies of the invited respondents
Exhibition event In the making 1: Milk
Michael Hill is Programme Curator at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, and half of the TBG+S Curatorial Team (with Clíodhna Shaffrey) representing Ireland at the 59th Venice Biennale 2022 with artist Niamh O’Malley. He works on an occasional publishing and graphic design project, 100 Years Ago Today, that includes books, postcards and music releases.
Exhibition event In the making 2: Butter
DIVA is a new art gallery and teaching space located at Mellifont Avenue in the middle of Dún Laoghaire, run and created by Annie Laing and Tilly Morris. Annie and Tilly, both past IADT students and artists who specialise in painting and sculpture, opened DIVA this past summer with the aim of supporting young and emerging artists in Ireland. DIVA offers a variety of opportunities, facilities and resources for the benefit of the creative community, such as affordable gallery space available for rent by students, bi-annual open call exhibitions, workroom hire for artists or freelance creative businesses, art classes and workshops for children, artist studio rental, art library access for thesis research and much more. Both easily accessible and accommodating, DIVA helps to support emerging artists through a unique commission free exhibition scheme, offering the chance for students to independently showcase and sell artwork. Artists can learn in a practical way more about the inner workings, production and curating challenges of professional exhibitions.
Exhibition event In the making 3: Bread
Emma Roche is the 2021 recipient of The EMERGENCE Award, Wexford Arts Centre; Visual Arts, Arts Council Bursary Award, 2021 and 2020, Creative Ireland Bursary Award, 2020 and was shortlisted for the Zurich Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 2021. She has recently been selected for a residency at the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, New York, 2023. Recent exhibitions include Spiders and Cheerleaders, The Complex, Dublin, Ochre, two-person show with Ciara Roche at Wexford Arts Centre, 2021 and Forward Slash at the LAB Gallery Dublin, 2018. Selected group shows include Generation ‘22, Butler Gallery, 2022, We Are Fetishists, Small Night Zine, Garter Lane, Waterford, 2022, Artworks, VISUAL Carlow, 2020 and 2019, Women Can’t Paint, Turps Gallery, London, 2018 and New Beginnings, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, 2018.