Education

2020                         MFA Fine Art with distinction, Ulster University
​2020                         Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy
2018                          BA Hons Fine Art (First class honours)
2015                          Foundation Diploma Art and Design (Distinction)
2014                          BTEC Level 3 Fashion and Textiles (Distinction)
2004                         IATI Accounting Technician
 
Awards

2021                         Screaming Pope Finalist, Kfest 2021
2021                         DDAF Award, University of Atypical
2021                         Arts Council NI, IERP Award
2020                        Catalyst/Kilkenny Exchange Award
2020                        Arts Council NI, IERP Award
2020                        University of Atypical Graduate Award
2019                         Arts Council NI, SIAP Award
2015-16                    Dean’s List Award for academic achievement

Solo Exhibition

Aug 2022                 'ni bheidh sé mar a bhi', Dillon Gallery, Cultúrlann, Belfast
Feb 2022                 The C Word, Paradox and the Optimism of the Will, University of Atypical, Belfast
Mar 2017                 The light shines through it, installation and performance, Glass Box Gallery, Belfast

Performance

May 2022                  Fulcrum, with Dominic McKeown, University of Atypical, Belfast
Mar 2022                  downtime, University of Atypical, Belfast
Nov 2021                   fuck up bitch, Revision Festival, Flax Project Space, North Street, Belfast
Oct 2021                   An Comh Ghol, FIX21, Catalyst Arts Belfast
Feb 2020                 Performance #2 with Dominic McKeown, BIFPA 2020, Glass Box Gallery, Belfast
Jan 2020                 Performance #1 with Dominic McKeown, MFA Takeover at The Mac, Belfast
Feb 2019                  lace, lacere, lacium performance at Glass Box Gallery, Belfast, BIFPA 2019
Jan 2019                  redressing the balance, Pollen Studios, Belfast
Jun 2018                  Lavoir (I feel it when I sorrow most), performance at University of Ulster Degree Show
Nov 2017                 Group performance at Pollen Studios for BIFPA, 2017
Dec 2017                 Performance with Erin Healey for Elevate 1, day of global performance in elevators

Other events

​Mar 2021                  Never the Same, for Imagine Belfast 2021. Geolocated site specific audio installation, North Queen Street, Belfast
Sep 2020                Her(e) audio installation at (C)art Park event at Vault Artist Studios, Belfast     
Jun 2020                @mfafineartuub Instagram residency with Jen Alexander
Apr 2020                @making.0.space Instagram residency @making.0.space
Jun 2019                 WW 2019 - Neo Neo #8, DJ showcase, Black Box, Belfast
May 2019                Universal Credit Escape Room, Vault Fringe Festival

 
Group Exhibitions 
 
Jun 2022                 Kfest 2022, Killorglin
May 2022                Gather, NIMHAF (online)
Oct 2021                  Kfest 2021, Killorglin
Dec 2020                Hindsight 2020, RuaRed, Tallaght, Dublin
Oct 2020                Making Space at Bow Street Mall, Lisburn
Sept 2020              MFA Graduate Show at The Mac, Belfast    
Jan 2020                Keep Dry, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
Oct 2019                 Our Friendship is There to be Explored, The Long Gallery, North Down Museum
May 2019                Normal Position, Show Position, Platform Arts, Queen St, Belfast
Dec 2018                 Second (part 2), Vault Artist Studios, Belfast
Jul 2018                  Vault members exhibition, Vault Artist Studios, Belfast
Jan 2018                 Go Beyond Art, American Bar, Sailortown, Belfast
Sept 2017                Second (part 1), Smithfield Market and Cotton Court Gallery, Belfast
April 2017                Re:Nouveau, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
April 2017                Closure, AACS Exhibition, Engine Room Gallery, Belfast
April 2017                Exquisite Corpse, Goose Lane Gallery, Belfast
Dec 2017                 Props to..., Glass Box Gallery, University of Ulster, Belfast
Dec 2016                 Collective Memories, AACS Exhibition, Engine Room Gallery, Belfast
           

Second Collective - Exhibition curation and event management

Apr 2022                 She/Her/They/Them/We, exhibition, performance and workshops, Imagine Belfast Festival 2022
Apr 2021                  Second Collective Introduces... series of talks by artists and arts professionals
Mar 2021                 Shut the Front Door, Vault Artist Studios - exhibition and studio residency for Marta Dyczkowska - Imagine Belfast 2021
​Dec 2018                 Second Exhibition (part 2) at Vault Artist Studios, Tower Street, Belfast
Oct 2018                  Members' exhibition, Vault Artists Studios, Tower Street, Belfast
July 2018                 Opening exhibition, Vault Artists Studios, Tower Street, Belfast
Sept 2017                Second exhibition at Smithfield Market and Cotton Court Gallery, Belfast

Performance events curation and management

June 2018               View from the Balcony, series of performances at University of Ulster, Belfast

Memberships

July 2017                Founder member of Second Collective
July 2018                Member of Vault Artists Studios, Tower Street, Belfast


Workshops/Project Participation

Jan 2022                  Blueprint, Arts and Business
July 2021                  commonplace, International Grief collective co-founder
Jun 2021                   IMMA International Summer School 2021 Art and Politics #3 Containment
Feb 2021                  Home Recording Academy with Isobel Anderson
Jun 2019                  NEONEO/Women's Work 2019 Sound & Vision course, Black Box, Belfast
Apr 2019                  Women Who Code/Womenfolk discussion panel member (art meets coding)
Nov 2018                 Future Labs Programme with Digital Arts Studios (Nov 2018 until March 2019)
Oct 2018                  Best Practices in Audio/visual installation with DAS at Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
Oct 2018                  Creating Modular Synth workshop with John Harding at Catalyst Arts
Sept 2018                A Celebration of our Minority Communities Programme (Sept 2018 until Nov 2019)
Dec 2017                 Elevate 1 performance workshop with Alastair MacLennan
Nov 2017                 Performance Workshop and group performance with Rachel Rankin at Pollen Studios
Nov 2017                 Go Beyond Art Project  at Sailortown, Belfast with Household Collective                                 
Oct 2017                  Openframeworks workshop with Dr Robin Price at Digital Art Studios, Belfast
Sept 2017                Projection Mapping workshop with Guerilla Shout, Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
Sept 2017                Event management, 6 week course with Adam Turkington at Blick Studios
Jun 2017                 Arduino workshop at FabLab, Belfast
​March 2017             Mapping Workshop with Alice Clark, MAK9
Jan 2017                  Exquisite Corpse Group Project with Drydan Wilson

Articles
2022          https://belfastmedia.com/mcgurk-s-bar-massacre-exhibition
2020         https://visualartistsireland.com/dominic-mckeown-and-sinead-oneill-nicholl-awarded-university-of-atypicals-graduate-award-2020
​2020         Visual Artists Ireland News Sheet March/April 2020 The Body That Makes by Chloe Austin

Employment

November 2021 - present                Part time lecturer, Belfast Met
June 2021 - February 2022             Creative Director, Household Belfast CIC (maternity cover)
February 2021 - present                   Director of Second Collective
​September 2020 - present              Trustee at Vault Artist Studios
July 2019 - present                           Finance Administrator, Household Collective, Belfast
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