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 Assistant, ‘Caught in the Furze’, Amanda Coogan, Cork Midsummer Festival, Cork, Ireland.
2025 Exhibition Production, 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 Exhibition Production, 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
2026 Solo Exhibition, Pallas Projects / Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2025 Oh, The Thinks You Can Think’, LHQ Gallery, Cork County Council, Cork, Ireland.
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.
Residencies
2026 Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Cork, Ireland.
2026 Triskel Arts Centre, Cork City, Cork, Ireland
2026 Redbarn Artist Residency, Redbarn, Cork, Ireland
Awards
2025 The Arts Council of Ireland Visual Arts Bursary.
2024 The Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award.