Biog
Suzanne
Mooney is an Irish artist currently living in Japan. She graduated with
a Masters Degree in Fine Art, Virtual Realities, from the National
College of Art and Design Ireland (2005) and a BA in Fine Art from Dun
Laoghaire Institute of Art and Design (2002). She has been awarded a
Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Postgraduate Scholarship for
2009-11 and is attending Nihon
University, Graduate School of Arts in Tokyo.
Most recently, Mooney developed a new performance work for Project
Brand New, performed in Project Arts Centre in Dublin, presented a solo
exhibition at Signal Arts Centre in Ireland and has exhibited
throughout Ireland and internationally. In 2007, while on residency at The National Studio in Seoul, she was
selected, by the Director of Alternative Space Loop, for Propose 7
vol.2 exhibition at the Kumho Museum of Art in Seoul. She is also a founding
member of FAF artists collective, a Dublin-based group, which
facilitates discussion and critique between visual artists through
their Showcase forum and is also an affiliate member of The Market
Studios in Dublin.
Between 2005 and 2008, she was commissioned to produce Digital
Scenography, by Dance Theatre of Ireland, for 3 original
productions: Watermark, Exodus and Parallel Horizons. In Autumn/Winter
2008, Parallel Horizons toured Korea and Ireland. Suzanne has also
worked with The Performance Corporation Theatre company and independent
performers on a variety of projects.
Utilizing time-based and spatial media she references Romanticism,
Landscape and the Urban Environment, looking at how we interact within
and
experience space and Place, individually and collectively. Using
imagery from constructed contemporary city spaces and borrowing motifs
and imagery from Romantic painting, her work questions established
perceptions of the world we live in.
Mooney has received support from a number of funding bodies, including
The Arts Council of Ireland and Culture Ireland.
She has been awarded residencies in Iceland, Korea, Ireland and Spain
and regularly travels to acquire material for new works.
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