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Síomha Callanan

s.callanan@hotmail.com
s.callanan@hotmail.com
About the member

Síomha Callanan (born 1993) is a visual artist – photographer currently living and working in her home County of Cork, Ireland. Having studied for four years in the Limerick School of Art and Design, she graduated in 2016 with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Photography and Lens Based Media. Throughout her college years she participated in numerous art exhibitions and
events.
Primarily working with analogue cameras, her medium of preference is 35mm colour film. She is continually exploring her surroundings, creating new work to add to her ever-growing archive of images.
In September 2017 Callanan had her first solo exhibition in the Quay Co-Op restaurant, Cork. Her work has previously been published in UK based magazines – Wotisart and Average Art. As a new member of Sample-Studios, she hopes to use this space to further develop her practice.

Education

2012 – 2016 BA (Hons) in Fine Art Photography and Lens Based Media Limerick School of Art and Design, Ireland

Exhibtions

Solo Exhibitions:
2017 Untitled, Quay Co-Op restaurant, Cork, Ireland
Group Exhibitions:
2016 LSAD Graduate Show, LSAD, Limerick, Ireland Sketchbook Exhibition, The Loft, Limerick, Ireland
2015 Dual Exhibition, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland prīmitus, The Sailor’s Home, Limerick, Ireland
2014 Seven by Five, Arts Centre, Limerick, Ireland Photography Festival, LSAD, Limerick, Ireland
First Picture Show, Flannery’s Bar, Limerick, Ireland

Síomha
Callanan

The images Callanan creates are real and direct extracts from the everyday world. The places we inhabit on a daily basis can often be overlooked. By wandering through a space and observing these everyday details, she considers what may otherwise be seen as boring or mundane as worth capturing.
Through the simple act of walking she engages with the urban environment using a psychogeographical approach. Her methodologies can be linked to that of The Situationists and their idea of a dérive (French word meaning ‘drift’) where one takes an unplanned journey through a landscape while being subconsciously guided by the surroundings with the aim of encountering a new experience.
By selecting and photographing fragments of her surroundings, Callanan explores the everyday as a space of attention. The main objective being to rediscover the very act of looking.

Síomha Callanan
Cork, Ireland
2017
Síomha Callanan
Cork, Ireland
2017
Síomha Callanan
Cork, Ireland
2017

Sample-Studios CLG is a non-profit organisation, incorporated as a company, limited by guarantee and not having a share capital.
Sample-Studios Ltd. is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Cork City Council, the Cork Arts Fund at The Community Foundation of Ireland and Gurranabraher Credit Union.

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