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
2022
Drain Brain, Issue 03 - Irish based culture vulture fanzine
The Good Press - Glasgow-based arts and literature publication
Lesbians Are Miracles, Issue 13 - Queer arts and culture publication
Canzeen, Issue 01 - Limerick based zine for the Limerick-based restaurant Canteen
LUNA, Issue 18 - The Luna Collective, an online platform + film magazine spotlighting creatives and fostering community
MID-HEAVEN Magazine - Online magazine centering art pushed to the sidelines of pop culture
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
Album artwork for vinyl sleeve cover, analog collage
The Music Tricked Me - Irish music industry podcast
Podcast logo, analog collage
TV People - Irish / London based indie band
Single cover artwork, analog collage
The United States vs. Ulysesses - Play by Colin Murphy
Poster design, analog collage
Meryl Streek - Irish avant-garde punk, Venn Records
'Sophomore album artwork, analog collage (in progress)