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KATIE BLUE - CV
Katie is an experienced artist working in schools and colleges across Northern Ireland, inspiring children and teachers alike with her funny, entertaining m educational art classes and junk sculpture projects. She has worked with many different organisations, charities, community groups and universities and collaborated with scientists, artists, actors, pre-schoolers and members of the public over a career spanning 20 years. She has also partipated in and exhibited at several prestigous Arts Festivals and sold and exhibited work as far afield as Japan, USA, Mexico, New Zealand and Ireland, North and South.
EXHIBITIONS: Selected examples
July 10 SOLO "Animal Magic", Island Arts Centre, Lisburn, Co. Down
April 10 SOLO "Toying With You", Creative Exchange Artists Studios, Belfast
Feb 10 “Compositions”, Creative Exchange, Waterfront Hall, Belfast.
July 09 SOLO “WizardWonderland”, Island Arts Centre, Lisburn CoDown.
July 08 SOLO “Mad Hatter’s Tea Party”, Island Arts Centre, Lisburn, Co. Down.
Jan 08 “BODY” Creative Exchange, UU Gallery, Belfast
Jan 07 “MILL”, The Engine Room Gallery, Belfast.
Oct 06 SOLO Leanbh, Drogheda Arts Festival for Children, Drogheda.
Oct 06 SOLO Baboro International Arts Festival For Children, Galway.
May 06 SOLO “Flotsam & Jetsam”, Market Place Theatre, Armagh.
Apr 06 SOLO Katie Blue, The Context Gallery, Londonderry
Mar 06 SOLO Transart, 21 Artists Ride The Buses, Creative Exchange.
Jan 06 Friendship Show, The Hedge Artspace, Belfast.
Dec 05 “Katie’s Christmas Carnival”, Context Gallery, Derry.
Oct 05 “Many Hands”, The Engine Room Gallery, Belfast
Jun 05 SOLO “Finders’ Keepers”, Basement Gallery, Dundalk, Louth
May 05 “Body, Mind, Spirit”, Naughton Gallery, Belfast.
Apr 05 “Baker’s Dozen”, Durango, Colorado, USA.
Mar 05 “Baker’s Dozen”, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
Sep 04 SOLO “Finders’ Keepers”, Play Resource Centre, Belfast.
Jul 04 SOLO “Finders’ Keepers”, Island Arts Centre, Lisburn, Down.
Jun 04 “Revealing Objects”, Naughton Gallery, Belfast.
May 04 Recycled Sculptures: EHS, Balmoral Show, Belfast.
Dec 02 “Angels”, St.Patrick’s Centre, Downpatrick, Co. Down.
Sept 94 A Renaissance of Irish Crafts, Philadelphia, USA.
Nov 93 SOLO Katie Blue at the Hugh Frew Gallery, Belfast.
Aug 93 SOLO Katie Blue Exhibition, Deane’s, Helen’s Bay.
EDUCATION
1990-91 Postgrad. Diploma in Applied Arts, University of Ulster, Belfast.
1987-1990 BA (Hons) Fine Craft Design, University of Ulster, Belfast.
OTHER
2001-2002 Certificate in British Sign Language. Level 2.
1992-93 Boston College, Massachusetts, USA. DEBI Entrepreneurial Business Studies Program.
1991-2 University of Ulster Business School, Graduate Enterprise Program.
AWARDS, etc
2006 Arts Council NI Award
2006 Artist In Residency at St. Mary's College, Falls Rd, Belfast.
