Worttrommeln
2023
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A Silver Stream
(Piece for Resonator Gong)2023
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Das elektrische Zitherspielsoundsculpture by Samuel Tschudin & Deirdre O’Leary
2022

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Interweaving Narratives2022
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The Ear
2022
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Dragon’s Orchid (kite)
2022
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Emanating (Figures)
2022
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vessels (ws)
2022
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Körperbild III, IV
2021
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Körperbild I, II
2018
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Muschelkalkwagen
2018
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From Topography to Play
2016
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Accessories of Doubt
2016
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Bloom, shades
2022
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Causal Loops / Time Squiggles2019
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Caméléon2016
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Puma2017
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Inventing an Interval
on the 8th of May 2014,
43°0'2N 41°0'1E2014
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Mockingbird2016
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About




What inspires me is the accessibility of the world through our senses and the various ways in which the body with its features and organs reflects its surroundings. Within my practice, I have been investigating the relation of body, space, and language.



The perception of the human body is subject to constant change. Social discourse constantly encourages us to renegotiate personal and public perceptions of vulnerability and resilience. In view of climatic challenges and the resulting changes in living conditions, the question of the body is moving further into the center of anthropocentric discourses and into the focus of my own work.

My work is a dynamic field of research, in which I explore the interactions between the body and the environment. I work with installations as well as sculptural and performative strategies. The combination of different materials and techniques is important to me, because it opens up to playfullness.

Education / Nominations





Education

  • June 2017 Master of Contemporary Arts Practice, HKB, Bern
  • 2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Academy of Art and Design, FHNW, Basel, Switzerland.
  • 2011—2012 The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden, Germany
  • 2009—2010 Vorkurs, Schule für Gestaltung, Basel

 
Nominations

  • Residency at SMAA, 2022 in Sankt-Moritz, Switzerland
  • Dedazo Grant, Jeune Création, 2020
  • Atelier Mondial Grant, 2019
  • Residency at Citée des Arts, Paris from July 2019—January 2020
  • Participant at XXIV CSAV — Artists Research Laboratory, Fondazione Antonio Ratti
  • Listed in SIKART, Lexicon on art in Switzerland

Exhibitions





2023
Project 16, Space 25, with Doris Lasch, Basel

International Performance Art Giswil, with Anne Sylvie Henchoz, Giswil

Das elektrische Zitherspiel, with Samuel Tschudin, City SALTS, Birsfelden

2022
Interweaving Narratives, Ethnological Museum of Thrace, Alexandroupoli, Greece

Ärt, by I never read art book fair, Basel

The Joy of transforming capital into art, Kasko, Basel

Klangweben, Loom, Basel

Rainbag, Ausstellungraum Klingental, Basel

2021
AMORE, Amore, Basel

STITCHES: Scènes, corps, décors, Le Commun, Geneva, curated by Tadeo Kohan, Camille Regli, Gabrielle Boder



2020

Un certain regard, Regionale 21, Kunstraum Riehen, Riehen

Unsubstantial Territory, Galerie DuflonRacz, Bern

Tout porte a croire que, Deux Pieces, Büro Basel

Jeune Créationédition 69, Romainville, Paris

2019

A Dog barking at a Tree, 11th of June – 15th of June, Basel
With: Eva Funk, Anka Helfertova, Karin Salathé

2018
Draisinnenrennen Dreispitz, Münchenstein / Basel, in collaboration with Sandra Raimann and Museum Tinguely.

There is no Point in being dramatic, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, curated by Jana Stolzer and Alexander Rütten

Raumfahrt, Museum Langmatt, Baden, With contributions by Daniel Karrer and Micha Zweifel

2016
Vitrine 06, Die Diele, Zürich

Cantonale, Kunsthaus Langenthal

Cantonale, Centre PasquArt, Bienne

Beyond the Real, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel

OFF-Line, Zemo Nikozi, Georgia

Affaire, Centre PasquArt, Bienne, June,

2016

Wasserfest, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel

Deirdre O‘Leary (Solo), Galerie 3000, Bern

Ritournelle, Deuxpieces, Carosserie, Basel

Juno invites to Patterns of reconciliation, March 2016, Kasko,
Basel
2015
Videoförmig Kasko, Basel

Open Studio, RoundaboutLx, Lisbon, Portugal

2014

Connecting Spaces, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel

Artachment, with Silas Heizmann and Baschi Pfefferli, Basel

Lebensversicherung, E-Werk, Freiburg, Germany

Crashing at the Neighbours, at Haus für elektronische Künste, Basel, Switzerland

Atopie, Flatterschaft, Basel, Switzerland

deirdre o’leary

Born in Fribourg Switzerland, living and working in Basel Switzerland.

contact

Deirdre O’Leary, Studio
Klybeckstrasse 141
, 4057 Basel

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