Lydia Hickey (b.1998, Co. Wexford)
is a digital media artist working with photography, moving-image and sound.
She graduated with an honours degree in BFA Media with Critical Cultures at the National College of Art and Design in 2020.
After graduating she became a member of LUCIDA Collective, a network of lens-based new media artists. The collective was awarded the Graduate 2020 Open Call 2021 with NCAD Gallery where they held their exhibition Infinite Becomings.
Education:
BA Fine Art Media with Critical Cultures, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland, 2020
Art and Design Portfolio Preparation Course, Gorey School of Art, Wexford, Ireland, 2017
Publications/Awards:
Locus|one: Publication- Dublin Art Book Fair 2023-Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, Ireland.
Photography featured in SWERVE Magazine - Issue 2, 2023.
Foris| Gathering Place Vol.2: Publication featured in the Dublin Art Book Fair 2022 - Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin Ireland. (24 Nov.-4 Dec.)
LUCIDA Collective: Post Project at Dublin Art Book Fair 2022 - Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin.
The Agility Award 2022 - The Arts Council of Ireland.
Foris| Vol.1: Publication featured in the Dublin Art Book Fair 2021 - Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin Ireland.
Layers, layers, layers: Infinite Becomings publication featured in the Dublin Art Book Fair 2021- LUCIDA Collective
Shortlisted - Galleries Without Walls - Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin, 2021
Awarded the Graduate 2020 Open Call 2021 with NCAD Gallery as a member of LUCIDA Collective. (February 2021) - Exhibition running from April to May, 2021
Irish Arts Review- New Generation Gallery https://www.irishartsreview.com/new-generation-artist-work/lydia-hickey/ 2020
Group Exhibitions:
Hucks Art Exhibition, Camden Street, Dublin 2, June 1st, 2023
DISTRO at Cavan Arts Festival, May 20th - May 21st, 2023
With Other Matter, Roscommon Arts Centre, Roscommon, Ireland, July 15th - August 27th, 2022
Infinite Becomings, NCAD Gallery, LUCIDA Collective, April 13th - May 11th, 2021
NCAD Show 2020, online exhibition, digital catalogue - https://ncad.works/
In the Dark, NCAD, Fine Art Interim Exhibition, Dublin, 2020
Co-Ownership, Rupert Guinness Theatre, Dublin, 2019
Gorey School of Art End of Year Show, Wexford, Ireland, 2017
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