Education
2019 - 2023 MFA Fine Art, Distinction, Goldsmiths University of London
1995 - 1998 BA (Hons) Fashion Design, First Class, Central St Martins University of Arts London
1994 - 1995 Foundation Diploma Illustration & Design, Distinction, University of the Arts London
Upcoming
2024 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Camden Art Center, London
2024 Ambersand Foundation Fellowship, British School at Rome
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions
2023 New Contemporaries Grundy, Blackpool
2023 MFA Masters of Fine Art Degree Show, Goldsmiths, London
2022 Black Gold and Green (Mobilise The Poets), CCA, Derry
2021 Unbound, Goldsmiths, London
2021 Access, Deptford X, London
2019 Drawing Out, Damer House, Roscrea, Ireland
2019 Gavin Turk: Portrait of an Egg, Somerset House, London
2018 Saoirse 68 Solo Show Red Gallery London
2012 Unfair Paris By The Pricking Of My Thumbs, Lebenson Gallery, Paris
2012 This is William Blanchard, The Strand Gallery, London
2010 Object Culture – Art as Viral Commodity, Red Gallery London
Selected Performances
2023 Art as Resistance, Sunflower, Belfast
2023 Poetry as Commemoration, Irish Literary Society, Fitzrovia Chapel, London
2023 MFA Masters of Fine Art Degree Show, Goldsmiths, London
2018 Dr Who is NOKI, The Subculture Archives, Carnaby Street London
2016 Sylvia Plath Fan Club, Arts Club East, London
2002 Future Rock And Roll, ICA London
Film
2006 Rockumentary Britannia ICA London, Eastend Film Festival, Portobello Film Festival
2005 F*ck The Police Raindance Film Festival London
2002 SomeProduct Live at ICA collaboration with Tim Noble and Sue Webster
Selected Curatorial and Events
2015 Inside Outside Underground, Red Gallery, London
2013 Shirt Futures, Central Saint Martins at Derry City of Culture Shirt Factory Project, Derry
2002 Protest Against The Rising Tide of Conformity, Shoreditch, London
Selected Publications
2019 Blackman, Cally: Fashion Central Saint Martins, p 91., Thames and Hudson.
2018 Sketchsesh ID The Radical Issue Spring ‘18. pp. 110-116
2016 Sister Anne, Cold Lips
2016 H is For Heroine, Beat Magazine
Residencies
2024 Ampersand Foundation Fellowship, British School at Rome
2023 Array Collective, The Happy-Sad-Sack Storytelling and Collaborative Practice, CAMP, France
2022 CCA Derry DLD, Digital Residency
2022 Tyrone Guthrie Center, Annaghmakerrig, Monaghan, Ireland
2013 Shirt Factory Project, Studio Residency, Derry
Teaching and Artist Talks
2024 New Contemporaries Workshops, Camden Art Center, London
2023 Salon London Artist Talk, Goldsmiths, London
2000-2020 Associate & Senior Lecturer, Central Saint Martins University of Arts London
Awards and Grants
2024 Ampersand Foundation Fellowship, British School at Rome
2023 New Contemporaries, Selection and Exhibition
2023 Array Collective Collaboration, CAMP Open Grant, Fuse Arts Space Bradford
2022 Individual ER Programme, Arts Council Grant
2021 Irish Writers Center, Arts Council Northern Ireland Course Bursary
2019-2023 Goldsmiths, Excellence Fee Waiver
1998 Colin Barnes Award for Illustration, Central Saint Martins
1983 Aithriseoirecht/Scealaíocht (Recitation/Storytelling), South Derry Champion: Scór na nÓg
2019 - 2023 MFA Fine Art, Distinction, Goldsmiths University of London
1995 - 1998 BA (Hons) Fashion Design, First Class, Central St Martins University of Arts London
1994 - 1995 Foundation Diploma Illustration & Design, Distinction, University of the Arts London
Upcoming
2024 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Camden Art Center, London
2024 Ambersand Foundation Fellowship, British School at Rome
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions
2023 New Contemporaries Grundy, Blackpool
2023 MFA Masters of Fine Art Degree Show, Goldsmiths, London
2022 Black Gold and Green (Mobilise The Poets), CCA, Derry
2021 Unbound, Goldsmiths, London
2021 Access, Deptford X, London
2019 Drawing Out, Damer House, Roscrea, Ireland
2019 Gavin Turk: Portrait of an Egg, Somerset House, London
2018 Saoirse 68 Solo Show Red Gallery London
2012 Unfair Paris By The Pricking Of My Thumbs, Lebenson Gallery, Paris
2012 This is William Blanchard, The Strand Gallery, London
2010 Object Culture – Art as Viral Commodity, Red Gallery London
Selected Performances
2023 Art as Resistance, Sunflower, Belfast
2023 Poetry as Commemoration, Irish Literary Society, Fitzrovia Chapel, London
2023 MFA Masters of Fine Art Degree Show, Goldsmiths, London
2018 Dr Who is NOKI, The Subculture Archives, Carnaby Street London
2016 Sylvia Plath Fan Club, Arts Club East, London
2002 Future Rock And Roll, ICA London
Film
2006 Rockumentary Britannia ICA London, Eastend Film Festival, Portobello Film Festival
2005 F*ck The Police Raindance Film Festival London
2002 SomeProduct Live at ICA collaboration with Tim Noble and Sue Webster
Selected Curatorial and Events
2015 Inside Outside Underground, Red Gallery, London
2013 Shirt Futures, Central Saint Martins at Derry City of Culture Shirt Factory Project, Derry
2002 Protest Against The Rising Tide of Conformity, Shoreditch, London
Selected Publications
2019 Blackman, Cally: Fashion Central Saint Martins, p 91., Thames and Hudson.
2018 Sketchsesh ID The Radical Issue Spring ‘18. pp. 110-116
2016 Sister Anne, Cold Lips
2016 H is For Heroine, Beat Magazine
Residencies
2024 Ampersand Foundation Fellowship, British School at Rome
2023 Array Collective, The Happy-Sad-Sack Storytelling and Collaborative Practice, CAMP, France
2022 CCA Derry DLD, Digital Residency
2022 Tyrone Guthrie Center, Annaghmakerrig, Monaghan, Ireland
2013 Shirt Factory Project, Studio Residency, Derry
Teaching and Artist Talks
2024 New Contemporaries Workshops, Camden Art Center, London
2023 Salon London Artist Talk, Goldsmiths, London
2000-2020 Associate & Senior Lecturer, Central Saint Martins University of Arts London
Awards and Grants
2024 Ampersand Foundation Fellowship, British School at Rome
2023 New Contemporaries, Selection and Exhibition
2023 Array Collective Collaboration, CAMP Open Grant, Fuse Arts Space Bradford
2022 Individual ER Programme, Arts Council Grant
2021 Irish Writers Center, Arts Council Northern Ireland Course Bursary
2019-2023 Goldsmiths, Excellence Fee Waiver
1998 Colin Barnes Award for Illustration, Central Saint Martins
1983 Aithriseoirecht/Scealaíocht (Recitation/Storytelling), South Derry Champion: Scór na nÓg