Fiona Naomi Cashell (b. Dublin, Ireland, 1981) is a lens-based interdisciplinary artist using digital and hybrid practices to explore the boundaries and artistic use of video and sound, performance, photography, text, textile and print. Work created is usually situational in context – utilizing the immediate environment and drawing from personal narratives and interests such as memory, attachment, distance, otherness, place and exile. Research within her practice also includes philosophy and psychology, with a specific focus on phenomenology, otherness, sense, consciousness and cognitive aesthetics.
In addition to her fine art practice, Fiona is a Lecturer in Art & Design at the University of Salford, Manchester, designing and delivering modules on the BA in Digital Media Arts (Hons) program. She is a professional member of the Teaching Council of Ireland, and serves as an advisory board member for SAH Journal (Ireland). She exhibits widely, and her work has been shown in institutions such as Anthology Film Archives, New York; West African Research Center, Senegal; Temple Bar Cultural Trust, Ireland and CICA Art Museum, Korea.
Education
2015
MFA in Studio Art, Stony Brook University, New York
Advanced Graduate Certificate in Art & Philosophy, Stony Brook University, New York
2006
2004
MSc in Art Direction, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
BDes in Visual Communication, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland
Awards
2018
Individual Artist Bursary Award, South Dublin County Council
2015
Dorothy L. Pieper Award
2013
GSEU Professional Development Award, Stony Brook University
2012
Travel and Training Award, Arts Council of Ireland
2012 - 2015
Teaching Assistantship/Tuition Scholarship, Stony Brook University
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2014
Getting Lost, Lawrence Alloway Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY.
2013
Home, Lawrence Alloway Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY.
2009
Explorations, Temple Bar Cultural Trust, Dublin, Ireland.
Group
2020
Over the Structures, Juried Selection, CICA Museum, Korea.
2019
2019
Lahti Fringe Festival, Finland.
2018
Single Channel: Video Art Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, USA.
2018
Efes International Video Art Biennial, Juried Selection / Official Program, Turkey.
2017
Subterranean (as part of Cavo Fest), Santa Geffa Church,Trani, Italy.
2016
Borderless: In Perspective, Lite-Haus Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
2016
Here Me Now, Risør Kunstpark, Norway.
2016
Chez/Home, The West African Research Center (part of Dakar Biennale), Dakar, Senegal.
2015
Groundless, The Cube Creative Hub, Dublin, Ireland.
2015
Soundscapes & Sound Identities, Juried Selection, Castello Di Beseno, Besenello, Italy.
2015
MFA Thesis Show, Paul W.Zuccaire Gallery, New York, USA.
2015
Transmadatac, Juried Selection, Madrid, Spain.
2014
Experimento BIO, Experimental Arts International Festival, Bilbao, Spain.
2014
FTLO, Bottleneck Gallery, Williamsburg, New York, USA.
2014
Spring Equinox, Greenpoint Gallery, Greenpoint, New York, USA.
2014
Connections, Juried Selection, RuaRed Arts Centre, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland.
