CV ———————————————————————— Struàn Bell

Struàn Bell

Visual Artist & Writer

b. 2000, St. Helier, Jersey. Lives in Cork, Ireland.

@struanbellartist

www.struanbell.com

Studio Member of Sample-Studios, Cork, Ireland

Education

2023     BA Fine Art: Honours, Sculpture and Combined Media, Limerick School of Art and Design, TUS (First Class Honours).

2019   Level 5 Portfolio Preparation and Art History, Galway Technical Institute.

Professional Experience

2025     Studio Assistant to Kasper Bosmans, Brussels, Belgium.

2025     Assistant, Creative Ireland Projects, Cork County Council, Cork, Ireland.  

2025 Technician, ‘Caught in the Furze’, Amanda Coogan, Cork Midsummer Festival, Cork, Ireland.

2025     Gallery Technician, The Glucksman, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.

2024     Member of the Douglas Hyde Student Forum VI, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

2024     Curator, ‘Daisy, Daisy’, The Complex Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.

2024     Gallery Technician, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland.

2023     Artist Technician, EVA International, Limerick, Ireland.

2023     Fine Art Representative, Limerick School of Art and Design, TUS, Limerick, Ireland.

2022     Director, ‘Otherworld’, Ballynacourty Gardens, Limerick, Ireland.

Selected Exhibitions

2025 Annual Royale Arcade Academy Exhibition, Arcade Gallery and Studios, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

2025 Sample-Studios members’ show (touring), Market Gallery, Cork, Ireland.

2025     Sample-Studios members’ show (touring), Lord Mayor’s Pavilion, Cork, Ireland.

2025     ‘The Limerick Show’, Ormston House, Limerick, Ireland.

2024     ‘Worlding’, Publication Launch, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, TCD, Dublin, Ireland.

2024     ‘Daisy, Daisy’, The Complex Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.

2024     ‘Wexart 24’, Office for Art, Wexford, Ireland.

2024     ‘Artist in a Shop Window’, Green Sheep Gallery, Thurles, Ireland.

2023     ‘Otherworld’, Ballynacourty Gardens, Limerick, Ireland.

2023     ‘Wexart 23’, Office for Art, Wexford, Ireland.

2022     ‘Hollow House’, The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland.

2022     ‘A Place Like Home’, The People’s Museum of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.

Publications

2025     ‘Worlding’, Supported by The Douglas Hyde Gallery, TCD, Dublin, Ireland.

2023     ‘The Prophet and The Sculptor’, Supported by LSAD, TUS, Limerick, Ireland.

Awards

2025     The Arts Council of Ireland Visual Arts Bursary.

2024     The Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award.