Publications.

Ciara Healy is a Writer, Book Artist, Curator and Head of Fine Art & Education at Limerick School of Art & Design, Technological University of the Shannon. She is the recipient of an IMPACT Research Award from University of Reading (2016), a Large Grant Award from Arts Council Wales for a curatorial research project titled Thin Place (2015) and she was one of the 2011 recipients of the Wales Arts International and Axis Critical Writing Award.

Healy, C. (2018) Usually She is Disappointed, Fotograf, Volume 17, Issue 32 pp82-87, Prague: Czech Republic.

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Healy, C. (2014) Review of Fixed Position, Flora Parrott at Tintype, London: This Is Tomorrow.

Healy, C. (2013) Review of Jo Addison at Tintype Gallery, London: This Is Tomorrow.

Healy, C. (2014) Miranda Whall, Bath: Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts (ICIA)

Healy, C. (2012) Review of Caroline Achaintre, Sara Barker, Alice Channer, Eastside Projects Birmingham: This is Tomorrow.

Healy, C (2015) Thin Place, Arts Council Wales: Oriel Myrddin Gallery ISBN 978-0-9551434-5

Other Published work.

Books

• Healy, C. (forthcoming) Mother to the Other, Book Chapter in The Missing Mother, York University Press, Toronto. • Healy, C. Book chapter in Climate and culture: multidisciplinary perspectives of knowing, being and doing in a climate change world, Cambridge University Press. • Healy, C (2015) Thin Place, Arts Council Wales: Oriel Myrddin Gallery ISBN 978-0-9551434-5

Selected Conference Papers

• Healy, C. (2021) Mother to the Other, Paper given at Missing Mother curated by Martina Mullaney, University of Bolton.

• Healy C. (2017) Objects of Survival. Keynote Paper delivered at Postgraduate Art & Humanities Conference, University of Dundee.

• Healy, C. And Stead, S. (2016) Already the world – A Post-humanist Dialogue. Paper delivered at Alter Rurality 3, Letterfrack, Ireland, 8th June 2016.

• Healy, C. And Modeen, M. (2015) Vibrant Places – A Thin Place Dialogue. Paper delivered at the 2015 Association for Literature and Environment Conference, University of Cambridge, 2nd September 2015.

• Healy C, (2014) How art curation can form an access point to the ‘spiritual.’ Nazarene Theological College, University of Manchester.

• Healy, C. (2013) Forever Beginning: An introduction to the concept of Thinness and its potential significance to curatorial practice. University of Leeds.

• Healy, C. (2013) Thin Curating: An introduction to trans-disciplinary curatorial practice, University of Swansea.

• Healy, C. (2013) Keeper, A Literary Exploration of the Loved Object, Swansea Metropolitan University.

Peer reviewed Journal Articles

• Healy, C. (2018) Usually She is Disappointed, Fotograf, Volume 17, Issue 32 pp82-87, Prague: Czech Republic.

• Healy, C. (2014) Net Curtains, Textile, Volume 12, Issue 3 pp. 378 – 383, London: Bloomsbury.

• Healy C. (2014) And the Night was Kind, The Blue Notebook: Journal for Artists Books, Volume 8, 2014.

Critical Reviews

• Healy, C. (2014) Review of Fixed Position, Flora Parrott at Tintype, London: This Is Tomorrow.

• Healy, C. (2014) Review of Mooner at Arcade gallery, London: This is Tomorrow.

• Healy, C. (2013) Review of ArtFarm Residency, Dublin: Visual Arts Newssheet.

• Healy, C. (2013) Review of Jo Addison at Tintype Gallery, London: This Is Tomorrow.

• Healy, C. (2013) Review of Prodigal in Blue at Laura Bartlett Gallery, London: This is Tomorrow

• Healy, C. (2013) Review of Y O U at Oriel Mostyn, London: This is Tomorrow.

• Healy, C. (2013) Difference Engine at Oriel Myrddin, London: This is Tomorrow.

• Healy C. (2012) Review of Motion Capture at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork: This is Tomorrow.

• Healy, C. (2012) Review of My Bad, Bedwyr Williams at IKON, Birmingham: ArtReview.

• Healy, C. (2012) Review of Crazee Golf, Tintype Gallery, London: This is Tomorrow.

• Healy, C. (2012) Looking to Remember: A Literary Exploration of the work of Sara Barker London: Axis.

• Healy, C. (2012) Review of Left of Place, Mary Maclean at Five Years Gallery, London: This is Tomorrow.

• Healy, C. (2012) Review of Caroline Achaintre, Sara Barker, Alice Channer, Eastside Projects Birmingham: This is Tomorrow.

• Healy, C. (2012) Coal Dust Mandala, Review of Jonathan Anderson Exhibition, London: This is Tomorrow.

Catalogue Essays

• Healy, C. (2022) Mary-Ruth Walsh, Towards A Living Organism, Art Council Ireland.

• Healy, C. (2022) Bernadette Kiely, Imagine Life Without Art, Custom House Studios & Gallery, Mayo.

• Healy, C. (2022) Laura Fitzgerald, The Weather Looks Threatening Today, Wexford Arts Centre, Ireland.

• Healy-Musson, C. (2020) Natasha Pike, And Almost I Am Back Again, Lismore Castle Arts

• Healy C. & Mackey C. (2007) Riverworks, Sligo: Arts Council of Ireland.

• Healy, C. (2014) Miranda Whall, Bath: Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts (ICIA)

• Healy, C. (2014) Mary Modeen, Edinburgh: Edinburgh Printmakers.

• Healy, C. (2013) Keeper, A Literary Exploration of the Loved Object, Swansea: Mission Gallery.

• Healy, C (2011) Tracing the Aura of Place, Catalogue Essay for Field Notes, Arts Council Wales: Oriel Myrddin.

Commissions

• Healy, C. (2015) Ghost Loop, Essay Commissioned for Black Diamond, created by Serena Korda for Confluence, Wales.

• Healy C. (2014) The Unfolding. Essay Commission for Journey : Response to Place, created by members of Sculpture Cymru, Wales.

• Healy, C. (2013) Critical Essay Commission for Matt White, Wing of a Fly, Spike Island, Bristol: Arts Council, England.

• Healy C. (2013) Certain Trees, Artists Book Essay Commission for David Harker, London: Axis.

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