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 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
Mar 2021 Never the Same, for Imagine Belfast 2021. Geolocated site specific audio installation, North Queen Street, Belfast
Mar 2017 The light shines through it, installation and performance, Glass Box Gallery, Belfast
Performance
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
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
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 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
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
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
February 2021 Director of Second Collective Belfast CIC
September 2020 Trustee at Vault Artist Studios
July 2019 to present Finance Administrator, Household Collective, Belfast
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