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Róisín Nolan (B. 1991) is an Irish multi-disciplinary artist based in London, UK.

A self-taught artist, she has worked in fashion retail, the Canadian TV and film industry, and creative communications for Canadian and UK-based start-ups in the legal cannabis sector.

 

Specialising in collage on paper, a satirical Dadaist influence is evidenced throughout her work. Róisín sources physical imagery to visually narrate stories through a queer intersectional feminist lens.

Applied patience is integral to her practice. Time spent out in the physical world searching for imagery or engaging with people in shops or on the street is used to consider potential applications for symbolism, theory, and philosophy in her work. 

Her criticism of inequality, wealth disparity, the lack of intersectional representation in prolific spaces, conservative politics, and the influence of colonialism, Catholicism, and capitalism in modern Ireland, are thematically present in her collages.

Nolan has recently relocated to London, UK, and is working as a content and community manager in the legal cannabis sector. Over the past few months, she has been focused on designing album artwork across a range of genres, alongside design work for theatre, film and most importantly, for fun.

Education 

2004-10

Newpark Comprehensive School

2022-23

DCU, Psychology (Sociology Minor)

Group Exhibitions 

2018

Weeds Presents: Homegrown, Vancouver, Canada

2020

Group Show, Slice of Life, Vancouver, Canada (Cancelled due to Covid)

2021

Postcards by Platform, EastSide Arts x Platform Arts, Belfast NI

ArtOut 2022: Queering the Pandemic, Gulfport Public Library, Florida, USA 

Queer Spectra Arts Festival (Group), Salt Lake City, USA

Taproot Art Auction (Group), Co. Dublin, Ireland

Common Spaces: 3fe, Ranelagh, Co. Dublin, Ireland

2022

2023

Publications

2020

New Word Order, Issue 01 - Irish based arts and literature publication

2021

Bealtaine Magazine, Issue 01 - Irish based arts and literature publication

Trinity News - Artist interview with Conor Nolan, Independent newspaper, funded by Trinity College Dublin

Commissions, Commercial and Workshops

2020

Open Cannabis Campaign - UK based medical / informational campaign

 Creative direction, social media manager

2021

‘Where Is She?’ - Dir. Laragh McCann, Irish short film

Props, analog collage artwork creation for set

2022

Jillelli - Irish multigenre / pop musician

Music video assist, props, stills

The Reclaim Project (Ireland) x The Body Is Not an Apology (U.S)

Online collage workshop as part of a facilitated discussion for gender minorities & women who have experienced power abuse within their creative fields. Collage will be workshopped to assist participants with expressing what they've learned throughout the discussion.

Meryl Streek - Irish avant-garde punk, Venn Records
'796 ' album artwork, analog collage

Project Arts Center - Irish contemporary arts center 
Public billboard commission

2023

Chewie - Irish punk band

Album artwork for vinyl sleeve cover, analog collage

TV People - Irish / London based indie band

Single cover artwork, analog collage 

Meryl Streek - Irish avant-garde punk, Venn Records
'Sophomore album artwork, analog collage (in progress)

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