Amanda Dunsmore is currently Democracy and Politics / Artist-in-Residence, with Fingal Arts Office, Decade of Commemorations, Ireland, 2024/25

Through the support of Culture Ireland and the Consulate General of Ireland | Vancouver, the solo exhibition with artworks; AGREEMENT, MEMENTO-AGREEMENT and Billy's Museum is showing at the Mitchell Art Gallery, Edmonton, Canada. The Irish Edition of AGREEMENT will be shown at the Bourne Vincent Gallery, University of Limerick, Ireland, December to February, 2025.

Significant projects include: the KEEPER archive (1997-ongoing), initiated whilst Artist-in-Residence, at The Maze/Long Kesh prison, in Northern Ireland and the LGBTQI+ project BECOMING CHRISTINE.

Since 1992, Dunsmore has exhibited internationally including Signs of Life' the inaugural Melbourne International Biennial, Australia (1999); Aabenraa Biennial (2012), Denmark; Galerie Coac, Berlin Germany (2005) ; IDAO/Kara Hughes Gallery, Chicago (1992, 1995, 1996, 2005); Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada (1997); ArtHouse, Sydney, Australia (2000); KunstRaum Goethestrasse, Austria, (2008, 2009, 2019); International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Genève, Switzerland (2006); Motorenhalle, Dresden, (2005) and ACC Gallerie, Weimar, Germany (1997, 1999, 2019). In Ireland; at The Model (2022), Sligo; Crawford Art Gallery, (2007, 2014, 2023, 2024), the Triskel Art Centre, (2005) Cork; the Hugh Lane Gallery (2018), the Royal Hibernian Academy/RHA (2018), Rathfarnham Castle (2006) NCAD Gallery (2009), Dublin; Regional Arts Centre, Donegal (2019); Bourne Vincent Gallery, University of Limerick, (2019, 2024); Void Gallery, Derry/Londonderry (2005); Belfast Exposed Gallery of Photography, (2020); Ulster University, Belfast, (2023); Omagh Baths Gallery, Belfast, (1997, 2005) Northern Ireland.

Amanda Dunsmore’s work has been supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, The Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast City Council, The British Council, The Arts Council of Ireland, Dublin City Council, Galway County Council, Clare County Council, Culture Ireland and the Consulate General of Ireland | Vancouver.

Her artworks are held in national and international public collections and she is represented by ACC Galerie, Germany, for the major public artwork PLAN and collaborates through public art commissions, with social practice organisation/gallery KunstRaum xtd, Linz, Austria.

Dunsmore studied at the Newport College of Further Education, South Wales, 1986-87, the Ulster University, Belfast, 1987-1991 and the University of Limerick, 1999-2000. She lives in County Clare and is a Lecturer in Fine Art, at Limerick School of Art and Design, TUS, Ireland.

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