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Goldfish Bowl Residency
Hugh O’Donnell

May/June 2020

Goldfish Bowl is an experimental residency developed by the University of Atypical in response to the changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. We invite you to follow a process-driven residency by artist Hugh O’Donnell, as he delves into the concept of isolation. Over the coming months the artist will explore what that means to him and how it might look. The project will include a schedule of live-streamed performances on our streaming and social media platforms. 

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Hugh O’Donnell is a Belfast based artist working in performance art, installation and drawing; utilising found objects in the making of art. His work is of an auto-personal nature and can be abstract and absurd at times. He studied at the University of Ulster, graduating with a degree and masters in Fine Art. He has exhibited internationally, alongside facilitating visual art and performance art workshops. 

‘I am delighted to have been invited by University of Atypical to take part in ‘Goldfish Bowl’. My project will take many artistic forms and manifest in a body of new work, including a series of live-streamed events. Join me over the coming months online for a programme of new performances to camera. I intend during this process-based residency to explore ideas relating to isolation’

Hugh O’Donnell 

Live Streaming Dates

Thursday 7th May: 7pm – as part of Late Night Art Belfast
Thursday 28th May: 7pm
Thursday 4th June: 7pm – as part of Late Night Art Belfast
Saturday 13th June: 4pm
Tuesday 30th June: 7pm (final performance/work) (duration TBC)

About Atypical Gallery:
Showcasing artwork by disabled and deaf artists since 1993, Atypical Gallery is the only permanent exhibition space on the island of Ireland dedicated specifically to highlighting the work of disabled and D/deaf artists.

Atypical Gallery provides a welcoming, accessible environment for both emerging and established artists practising across the visual arts spectrum.  As well as providing an exciting and challenging programme of visual arts exhibitions, the gallery also serves as a forum for the education and discussion of disability-led art and culture.

Beginning in 2018, Atypical Gallery will host a series of talks, screenings, readings and events around disability art, contemporary practice, socially engaged and participatory art, and disability-led art and curation. Our aim is to broaden public perceptions of disabled and D/deaf art practice, to champion excellence in visual arts practice, and to support and encourage the professional development and acceptance of disabled and D/deaf artists in Northern Ireland.