Leah Corbett
leahkatecorbett@gmail.com
www.leahcorbett.net
Education
Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) Fine Art, Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork, 2012 – 2016
Current Position
Co-founder, Muine Bheag Arts, Carlow
Previous Experience
Co-director, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, 2018 – 2020
Gallery Assistant, CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork, 2016 – 2017
Curatorial Assistant, TACTIC, Cork, 2015 – 2016
Art Technician Intern, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, 2016
Projects
Teen Directives 2021: Make Your Place, programme of online workshops exploring public art, RHA Gallery, Dublin, 2021
How Can We Care?, online workshop discussing ways to build community engagement, BÜRO for curatorial care and collective experiment, 2021
Futuretown, research residency, South Tipperary Arts Centre, Clonmel, 2020
Mapping Emotional Patterns, participatory mapping project in collaboration with residents of North Main Street, Quarter Block Party, Cork, 2019
Common Ground, research and training project exploring socially engaged art practices to engage with communities of place, Cork/Budapest, 2018 – 2019
The Exchange Project, collaborative public intervention, led by Rhona Byrne, Quarter Block Party, Cork, 2017
Banquet, participatory installation in collaboration with Rachel Manzke, Lismore Castle Arts, Waterford, 2015
Curation
Grass Roots, Muine Bheag Arts, Carlow, 2021
Common or Garden, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, 2020
Propagate, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, 2020
Pastures, The Library Project, Dublin, 2020
The Encounter That Never Was, Kilkenny Arts Office Gallery, Kilkenny Arts Festival, 2019
Things That Matter, Kilkenny Arts Office Gallery, 2019
The Secret to my Success, Kilkenny Arts Office Gallery, 2019
Doublethink, James Barry Exhibition Centre, Cork, 2017
Habituation, Elizabeth Fort, Cork, 2017
Awards/Residencies
Arts Council Visual Arts Bursary Award, 2021
Tipperary Artist Award Scheme, 2021
Arts Council Visual Arts Bursary Award, 2020
Freelands Foundation Fund, 2020
Black Church Print Studio Emerging Curator Award, 2019
Kilkenny Arts Office Emerging Curator in Residence, 2019
Tipperary Artists Award Scheme, 2019
South Tipperary Arts Centre/Tipperary Arts Office Residency Award, 2018
Backwater Artist Group 3 month Ciaran Langford Memorial Bursary, 2016
CIT Arts Fest Prize, 2016
Enactus CIT’s Best Team Idea for Social Innovation, 2016
Selected Exhibitions
Annual Members’ Exhibition, GOMA, Waterford, 2019
Living Under a Rock, Studio 12, Backwater Artists Group, Cork (solo exhibition), 2018
Program Your Retroactive Wish, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, 2018
Doublethink, James Barry Exhibition Centre, Cork, 2018
The Postcard Show, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Cork, 2016
The More We Look Up The Smaller We Get, Blackrock Castle Observatory, Cork, 2016
Cooked, Crawford College of Art & Design Degree Show, Cork, 2016
TWEETBOX (travelling exhibition), 2015:
Impact 9, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
The Belltable, Limerick
St. Carthage Hall, Lismore Arts, Waterford
The Atrium, Cork City Hall, Cork
Ascent, Crawford College of Art & Design Student Show, Cork Airport, Cork, 2015
Breaking Sensation, Hive Gallery, Waterford, 2015
CAMAC Student Award Exhibition, Dominion Theatre, London, UK, 2014
The Artist’s Book, Cork City Library, Cork, 2014
Human Nature, Cork Vision Centre, North Mail St, Cork, 2013
Press
Arts Council Spotlight Interview, 2021
Critique: Pastures, Visual Artists’ News Sheet, Brendan Fox, 2020
Illuminating perspective on rural life in Ireland, The Irish Times, Aidan Dunne, 2020
Burrowing into your brain: This week’s visual art highlights, The Irish Times, 2019
Artist Focus, Ryall Contemporary, 2017