Works * CV
Born 1980 Dublin, Ireland
Collins received a BA from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, followed by an MA from Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. Selected residencies include Location One, New York; Skowhegan, USA, and Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Scotland. Selected exhibitions include Lost in your eyes, Form Content, London; Location One, New York; Working Rooms, London; Goethe Institute, Dublin; and Project Gallery, Dublin.
Education
2006
Skowhegan, United States
2003-2004
MA in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
1998-2002
BA Fine Art
National College of Art and Design, Thomas Street, Dublin
Solo exhibitions
2008
Wet Eye, Location One, New York, 2008
2004
Prelapsarian/here-and-now/postlapsarian, Goethe Institute, Dublin, curated by Grant Watson
Group exhibitions
2010
murmur, Waterside Project Space
With words like smoke, Chelsea space, London, curated by Isobel Harbison
2009
Altered Sequence, E:vent, London, UK, curated by Colm Lally
Lost in your eyes, Form Content, London
Last day of magic, 2009, Scalamata gallery, Venice
Mash up art will eat itself, Noma gallery, San Francisco
2008
The influence of fish tails on the breaking waves, Point B, New York, curated by Irina Zucca Alessandreslli
Culture Clash, Working Rooms, London
Comfort Burn, Artspace, Buffalo
Phonexic Park, Kerlin gallery, Dublin
2006
The devil in Miss Jones, Meals & SUVs, London, 2006
Omniomsk, Jamm, London
2005
Eva, Limerick, curated by Dan Cameron, 2005
Gloaming, Candid Arts Centre, London
2004
Mednarodna Likovna Kolonija, Gallery-Museum Lendava, Slovenia
Chelsea MA show, London
2003
Time and Again, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, selected by Valerie Connor, Peter Cross and Brian Maguire
Perspective, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, selected by Enrique Jancosa
Permaculture, Project Gallery, Dublin, curated by Grant Watson
Iontas, touring, selected by Richard Torchia
Residencies
2010
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
2009
Cow House Studios, Wexford, Ireland
SSW (Scottish Sculpture Workshop), Aberdeenshire, Scotland
2007-08
Location One, New York, USA