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.
Selected Exhibitions
2027 Solo Exhibition, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland.
2026 Space Forgets You, Flux Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
2026 Pinky Ring, 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.
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.
Residencies
2027 Triskel Arts Centre solo residency, Cork, Ireland.
2026 Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre Artists’ Residency, Skibbereen, Cork, Ireland.
2026 Cork College of FET and Sample-Studios Residency, Cork, Ireland.
2026 Redbarn Artist Residency, Redbarn, Cork, Ireland
Awards
2026 Sample 15 Bursary Award.
2025 The Arts Council of Ireland Visual Arts Bursary.
2024 The Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award.