Mieke Vanmechelen
b.1974 Antwerp, Belgium, moved to Ireland 1981.
info@miekevanmechelen.com
miekevanmechelen.com
Education
1992-1996, Trinity College Dublin, BA (Honours) Philosophy and Classical Civilisation.
2014, Crawford College of Art & Design, MA (First Class Honours) Art & Process.
Awards, Residencies + Positions
2021
2020
2017
2015
Selected Talks/Presentations/Groups
2021
2020
2019
2018
2015
Screening + Exhibition Record
2021
2020
2019
2018
2016
2015
b.1974 Antwerp, Belgium, moved to Ireland 1981.
info@miekevanmechelen.com
miekevanmechelen.com
Education
1992-1996, Trinity College Dublin, BA (Honours) Philosophy and Classical Civilisation.
2014, Crawford College of Art & Design, MA (First Class Honours) Art & Process.
Awards, Residencies + Positions
2021
︎Film Project Award, Arts Council of Ireland.
︎Fire Station Artists’ Studios Residency Award.
︎Fire Station Artists’ Studios, Digital Media Bursary Award.
︎Kerry Filmmaker in Residence, Supported by Kerry County Council, the Arts Council and Creative Ireland.
︎Creative Associate, Arts Council Creative Schools Programme.
︎BLAST Arts in Education panel, Tralee Education Centre.
2020
︎Professional Development Award, Arts Council of Ireland.2019
︎Film Bursary Award, Arts Council of Ireland.
︎Covid Crisis Response Award, Arts Council of Ireland.
︎Creative Work Development Bursary, Kerry County Council.
︎Filmmaker in Residence funded by Kerry County Council the Arts Council and Creative Ireland.
︎Recipient of Arts Act Grant for Kerry Film Forum.
︎Finalist, Florence Film Awards, Experimental Film Category.
︎Creative Associate, Arts Council Creative Schools Programme.
︎Finalist, Miller Zillmer Foundation, digital residency.
︎Tutor, Kerry ETB Creative Tutor Pool.
︎Filmmaker in Residence funded by Kerry County Council the Arts Council and Creative Ireland.2018
︎Filmmaker in Residence funded by Kerry County Council the Arts Council and Creative Ireland.
2017
︎Filmmaker in Residence funded by Kerry County Council the Arts Council and Creative Ireland.2016
︎Winner of Audience Choice Award at Dingle International Film Festival.
︎Creative Work Development Bursary, Kerry County Council.
︎Materials and Equipment Bursary, Kerry County Council.
2015
︎Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Trust Award.2014 - 2015
︎Recipient of EU funding under the Creative Europe (Culture Sub-programme) 2014– 2020.
Selected Talks/Presentations/Groups
2021
︎Artist Talk, in conversation with Chris Clarke, the Glucksman, Cork.
︎Film Masterclass, A Sense of Place, the Glucksman, Cork.
2020
︎In conversation with Daniel Fitzpatrick and Alice Butler for Culture Night mink & aemi.
︎Founder, Kerry Film Forum.
︎Member, LUX Critical Forum, Cork.
︎Jury member, Fresh Film Festival.
2019
︎Member, Film in Kerry Steering Group 2019.
︎Founder, Kenmare Youth Film.
2018
︎Presentation: Moving On, NEWKD, Áras an Phobail, Tralee.
︎Invited participant: Mentorship Programme, Media Studies, IT Tralee.
︎Invited participant: Kerry Film Advisory Group Meeting, Kerry County Council.
︎Invited creative partner: The Core Project, RUA RED Dublin.
︎Presentation: EU Commission, iArt Final Review, chaired by Philippe Gelin, Programme Officer, EU Policies, DG CONNECT G.2 Creativity, Luxembourg.
2015
︎Presentation: Motherhood and Creative Practice, London South Bank University, chaired by Dr. Elena Marchevska.
︎Presentation; iArt, EU Summit, ICT 2015 Lisbon Transforming Innovation through Creativity and Arts.
Screening + Exhibition Record
2021
︎Residual Minority, Home: Being and Belonging in Contemporary Ireland, curated by Fiona Kearney & Chris Clarke, Glucksman Gallery, Cork.
︎Residual Minority, invited, Flickfair Film Festival, Los Angeles.
2020
︎Bó Kerry International Film Festival.
︎Die Vrijheid, aemi online as part of mink at Anam for Culture Night.
︎Bó S.O.F.A. Film Festival Cyprus.
︎Residual Minority, Highlanes Gallery, Shortlisted, Janet Mullarney Prize, Open Submission Exhibition, selected by Seán Kissane, Joy Gerrard and Jerome O’ Drisceoil.
︎Suspension, online screening, Home from Home, The Glucksman, Cork, curated by Chris Clarke.
︎Physical Quantum, online screening, Phantosope, curated by Maximilian Le Cain, Triskel Recommends.
︎Residual Minority, SSA + VAS CutLog, Scottish Royal Academy, Edinburgh.
︎Residual Minority, Retro Avant Garde Film Festival, New York (online).
︎Residual Minority, New York Independent Film Festival (online).
︎Residual Minority, Intimate Lens Ethnographic Film Festival, Caserta Italy.
2019
︎Residual Minority, LUMINOUS VOID, Experimental Film Festival, Cork.
︎Bó, Shortlisted, Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival.
︎Residual Minority, Finalist, Florence Film Awards.
︎Cavern, Wunderground Film Festival, Verbeke Foundation, Ghent Belgium.
︎Rath, The Irish Real-Life Festival, Kitchener-Waterloo Ontario, celebrating Irish Culture.
2018
2017
︎Kerry Visual Artists’ Showcase 2018, Department of Arts, Culture & The Gaeltacht, Killarney, Co. Kerry co-funded by the Arts Council and Kerry County Council.
︎Rath, Saint John’s Theatre, Listowel.
︎Níos Doimhne, experimental short, at Solas Nua in collaboration with Dupont Underground, Washington DC.
︎Nothing Further, experimental short, Leyden Gallery, London.
︎Rath, feature film, Kerry Film Festival.
︎Rath, official selection, Dingle International Film Festival.
︎Rath, Carnegie Arts Centre, Kenmare, Co. Kerry.
︎Diving the Wreck, screening and live performance, with SoftTack, Women’s Voices in Ireland, UCC, selected by Dr. Maeve O’Riordan;
︎Sibéal Annual Conference UCD, selected by Dr. Deidre Flynn;
︎FiLiA, FiLiArt, Institute of Education, University College London, curated by Alison O’Neill and Jane Hellings.
︎I non (I) in association with DAW, Leyden Gallery, London, curated by Amy Dignam and Adriana Cerne.
︎DAW 5th Edition, Group Show, Granby Space, Waterloo, London, curated by Amy Dignam.
︎Beara Arts Festival, Group Show, curated by Marc O’Sullivan.
︎Regions, Group Show, WCAC Uillinn, Skibbereen, Cork, curated by Alison Cronin.
︎Annual Members’ Show, WCAC Uillinn, Skibbereen, Cork.
2016
︎Presentation, Het Verhaal Van Bivolino, Byvoet Archive, screenings: Bivolino & iArt, funded by EU H2020 Programme, Modemuseum Hasselt, Belgium.
︎Screening iArt, Ghent University, Belgium; Screening iArt, DG Connect G.2 Creativity, EU Commission, Luxembourg.
2015
︎Screening and exhibition ‘t Kristallijn, Mol Belgium.
︎Screening Groetmoeder, Motherhood and Creative Practice, Centre for Media and Culture Research, School of Arts and Creative Industries, London South Bank University, selected by Dr. Elena Marchevska and Valerie Walkerdine.
︎Photographic work included in The ProCreate Project Touring Archive, The Women’s Art Library, Goldsmiths University, Lace Gallery, Nottingham, Manhattan College Annual M.O.M. Conference, New York and London Southbank University.
︎Screening, iArt, EU Summit, ICT 2015 Lisbon Transforming Innovation through Creativity and Arts.
︎Self-Making, screening, Kerry Visual Artists’ Showcase 2015/2016, Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht, Killarney, Co. Kerry co-funded by the Arts Council and Kerry County Council.
︎Epona, experimental short, Horse, Void Derry, curated by Mark Wallinger.