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Emma Roche is a visual artist working and living in Ireland. She holds an MA in Visual Arts Practices, IADT, 2010 and a BA in Fine Art Painting, NCAD, 2006. She has exhibited widely in Ireland and the UK and most recently had a solo show at the Lab Gallery, Dublin and had work in a group exhibition ‘Women Can’t Paint(…)’, at Turps Gallery, London. Other recent group shows include Hermione at Alexandra College,
Wexford Arts Centre and Periphery Space, Gorey. She was a recipient of the Arts Council Bursary Award in 2010 and her work is in private and public collections including the Office of Public Works Dublin (2018 and 2006) and Wexford County Council (2018).
Education
2016-Present Turps Banana Art School, London, UK
2010 M.A. in Visual Arts Practices, I.A.D.T. Dublin (1.1)
2006 B.A. in Fine Art Painting, N.C.A.D., Dublin (1.1)
Selected Exhibitions
2018
Group Exhibition, Green On Red Gallery (forthcoming, summer 2018)
Forward Slash, Solo Exhibition, The Lab, Dublin, Curated by Sheena Barrett
Women Can’t Paint (…), Group show, Turps Gallery, London. Curated by Marcus Harvey
Hermione Group Exhibition, Alexandra College, Dublin. Curated by Aisling Prior
Turps Cloud, Group Exhibition, Turps Gallery, London
2017
Soul Beating, PERIPHERIES, Gorey School of Art. Curated by James Merrigan
Group Show, Wexford Arts Centre. Curated by Catherine Bowe and Helen Gaynor
Nasty Women, Knockdown Centre, Maspeth, Queens, New York.
2014
Patient Staring, Wexford Arts Centre. Curated by Paul Doran
Expansive Traces, Group Show, Ormston House, Limerick, curated by Eimear Redmond
Selection Box, Talbot Gallery, Dublin
2011
Core Gallery Open 2011, in partnership with Deptford X, London
2010
CCA: RDS The RDS – Industries Hall, (Curated by Helen Carey)
Broken Yardstick. Solo Exhibition. Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co: Kildare
Art on the Balcony. RDS Art Fair. Dublin (Curated by Helen Carey)
Wildly Different Things New York Vs Dublin, The Observatory, St. John Rogerson’s Quay
Group Show, Galway Arts Centre
2009
Public Gesture: An Exploration of Practice-Led Research, The LAB, Foley Street, Dublin.
Process Visible. Monstertruck, Francis Street, Dublin
2008
Salon08, VINEspace, Bethnal Green, London (Curated by Andrea Tarsia, Cath Ferguson and
Kate Jones)
Una Cosa Mentale: A Mental Occupation, The Stone Gallery, Dublin
About Time, The Stone Gallery, Dublin
Éigse Carlow Arts Festival, Carlow IT, curated by RHA Director Patrick T. Murphy
Bing Bang Bong. Galerie Trouser and Shirt, 77-79 Redchurch Street, London
2007
Iontas Small Works, “Fear Not”, Group Exhibition, Sligo Art Gallery, (Curated by Patrick Dempsey)
Tactile. The Otter Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex
2006
Graduate Show. The National College of Art and Design, Dublin
2005
New Irish Painting. Context Gallery, Derry
Group Show. Filmbase Templebar, Dublin 2
Collections
Private and public collections including the Office of Public Works, Dublin and Wexford County Council