Catherine)Harper:)Visual)Art)Practice)(Selected)Portfolio),)1987?2005)©))Subsequent)textual)practice)is)detailed)in)CV.)

!Bog)Drawings)and)Sculpture/Relief)Works,)1987?91)

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) ) )That)Treacherous)Lecherous)One)1990,!pencil!on!card,!75!x!100!cm.!Private!collection,!Ireland)

Post)Coitum)Omne)Animale)Triste)Est)1990,!pencil!on!card,!75!x!100!cm.!Private!collection,!Ireland)

Crow)1990,!pencil!on!card,!75!x!100!cm.!Private!collection,!Ireland)

1991?93!A!Beginning!Project!Arts!Centre,!Dublin;!Orchard!Gallery,!Derry;!Basement!Gallery,!Dundalk;!West!Cork!Arts!Centre,! Skibbereen;! Sligo!Arts!Centre,! Sligo;! The!Belltable,! Limerick;! Galway! Arts! Centre,! Galway;! Screag! an! Iolair,! Donegal;! Sperrin! Centre,! Derry;! Queen’s! Hall,! England;! Orpheus! Gallery,! Belfast;! Down! Arts! Centre,!Downpatrick.!)1995?96)Poetic! Land!/!Political!Territory)Maclaurin!Gallery,!Ayr,! Scotland;!Smith!Art!Gallery,! Stirling,! Scotland;!City!Art!Gallery,! StokeSonSTrent,!England;!The!Barbican,!London;!Oriel,!Cardiff,!Wales;!Aberystwyth!Arts!Centre,!Wales;!Glynn!Vivian!Art!Gallery,!Wales;!City!Library!&!Arts!Centre,!Sunderland.!!1995?96!Human/Nature!(Arts!Council!of!NI!exhibition)!McLaren!Art!Centre,!Ontario,!Canada;!Thames!Art!Gallery,!Ontario,!Canada;!Art!Gallery!of!Peterborough,!Ontario,!Canada;!Dalhousie!Art!Gallery,!Nova!Scotia,!Canada;!Art!Gallery!of!Newfoundland!and!Labrador,!Canada.!

)1987?95)Group)exhibitions!Itami!City!Museum!of!Art,!Japan;!Ormeau!Baths!Gallery,!Belfast;!Ecole!Nationale!d’Art!Décoratif,!Aubusson,!France;!Royal!Hibernian!Academy!Dublin;!Sligo!Art!Gallery,!Sligo;!Arts!Council!Gallery,!Belfast;!Galway!Arts!Centre,!Galway;!One!Oxford!Street,!Belfast;!Bluecoat!Gallery,!Liverpool;!Eagle!Gallery,!London;!Old!Museum!Arts!Centre,!Belfast;!Narrow!Water!Gallery,!Warrenpoint;!Convergence!90!Festival,!San!Jose,!CA;!Bradford!90!Festival!Bradford;!Crafts!Council!of!Ireland,!Dublin;!Royal! Ulster! Academy! Belfast;! Old! Museum! Arts! Centre,! Belfast;! Wilson! &! Gough! Gallery,! London;! Narrow! Water! Gallery,! Warrenpoint;! Gestern! und! Heute,!Karlsruhe/Hamburg;!Limerick!City!Gallery!of!Art,!Ireland;!Triskel!Arts!Centre,!Cork;!Crafts!Council!of!Ireland,!Dublin.!)Commissions)and)Collections!Ministry! for! Arts,! Culture! and! the! Gaeltacht,! Dublin;! Ennex:! Ulster! Mineral! Company;! University! of! Ulster;! Arts! Council! of! Northern! Ireland;! Department! of! the!Environment.!Private!collections!in!Ireland,!Scotland,!England,!Germany,!France,!Australia!!Publication)and)Documentation)Kelly,!L.!The!Art!of!Interrogations!in!Poetic!Land/Political!Territory,!catalogue,!Northern!Centre!for!Contemporary!Art:!Sunderland,!1995)Bridgwater,!C.!Poetic!Land/Political!Territory,!catalogue,!Northern!Centre!for!Contemporary!Art:!Sunderland,!1995!Campbell,!P.!Human/Nature,!Arts!Council!of!N.Ireland!catalogue!for!touring!exhibition,!Canada,!1995!Darke,!C.!12!Young!Artists!from!Ireland,!catalogue,!Itami!City!Museum:!Japan,!1995!McGonagle,!D.!A!Beginning,!catalogue,!Orchard!Gallery:!Derry,!1991!McAvera,!B.!Parable!Island,!catalogue,!Bluecoat!Gallery:!Liverpool,!1991!

)Media)and)Citations)Kelly,!L.!Thinking!Long!Gandon!Editions:!Kinsale,!1996)Rull,! L.!Reconsidering! “Ceasefire”:! Identity/Ceannacht:!Bodies!on! the!Border(Line):!Mapping!Political!Gendered! Identities!Within! the!Political! Conflict! of! Irishness,! Leeds!University!PhD!thesis,!1995)Nash,!C.!Landscape,!Body!and!Nation:!Cultural!Geographies!of!Irish!Identities,!University!of!Nottingham!PhD!thesis,!1995)Dunne,!A.!The!Sunday!Tribune,!review,!February!1993!Hill,!I.!The!Irish!Times,!review,!January!1993!Mahon,!A.!CIRCA!Art!Magazine,!review,!Winter!1994!Tipton,!G.!CIRCA!Art!Magazine,!review,!Spring!1993!

Walsh,!S.!Limerick!Leader,!review,!September!1992!Mahon,! A.! Connacht! Tribune,! review,! August! 1992Cubitt,! S.!Artscribe,!review,!Summer!1991!Cubitt,!S.!CIRCA!Art!Magazine,!review,!May/June!1991!Lubbock,!T.!The!Independent,!review,!March!1991!Rosenfield,!R.!The!Irish!Times,!review,!June!1989!OdlingSSmee,!J.!Fortnight,!review,!July/August!1989!Brett,!D.!Craft!Review,!review,!Winter!1988!McAvera,!B.!The!Irish!News,!review,!December!1987!!

! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !))Conceptua)Immaculata)!!1990,!pencil!on!card,!75!x!100!cm.!!!Private!collection,!England!

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! !Conceptua)Immaculata!(upper!detail)!1990,!mixed!natural!media,!gold!embroidery,!installation!300!x!300!x!300!cm.!

Conceptua)Immaculata!(lower!detail)!

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! !Post)Coitum)Omne)Animale)Triste)Est))1990,!mixed!natural!media!and!bitumen,!75!x!100!cm.!Private!collection,!Ireland!

)))))))))))))))Guilt)(detail))!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1990,!mixed!natural!media!and!bitumen,!180!x!230!cm.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Collection!of!the!Artist.!

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Head)Down)1990,!mixed!natural!media!and!bitumen,!180!x!230!cm.!Private!collection,!Ireland.!!

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!Bog)Woman)Mouth)Stapled)Shut)(+)detail))1988S90,!mixed!natural!media,!bitumen,!metal!staple,!sculpture!150!x150!90!cm.!Private!collection!Ireland.!!!!

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)))))From)the)Breast)1990,!mixed!natural!media,!320!x!240!cm.!Collection!Ministry!of!Arts,!Culture!and!the!Gaeltacht,!Dublin.!!

!!!!!!Bog)Fragment)1988,!mixed!natural!media!and!epoxy!resin,!30!x!!50!cm.!Private!collection,!Ireland.!

!!!!!!From)the)Breast)(detail))1990,!mixed!natural!media,!320!x!240!cm.!Collection!Ministry!of!Arts,!Culture!and!the!Gaeltacht,!Dublin!

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!Bog)Textiles)(details)various)!Yarns!designed!by!artist!using!natural!fibres!including!wool,!linen,!horsehair,!sisal,!gold!embroidery,!hand!made!papers.!!Collection!University!of!Ulster,!Derry!/!Private!collections.!Ireland,!Germany!and!Australia.!!

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Bog)Textile)2)Yarns!designed!by!the!artist!including!wool,!linen,!horsehair,!sisal.!130!x!180!cm.!Collection!of!the!Artist.)

Sperrin)Gold)Yarns!designed!by!the!artist!including!wool,!linen,!horsehair,!sisal,!gold!thread.!130!x!180!cm.!Collection!of!Ennex,!the!Ulster!Mineral!Company.!

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Guilt)(partial)and)detail))1990,!mixed!natural!media,!bitumen!and!gold!embroidery,!300!x!300!60!cm.!Private!collection,!Ireland.!

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! !)Sheela)on)her)knees…)1990,!mixed!natural!media,!bitumen!and!hand!made!papers,!90!x!150!cm.!Collection!of!the!Tyrone!Guthrie!Centre,!Ireland)

)That)Treacherous)Lecherous)One)(detail))1990,!fibres,!bone,!bitumen,!other!mixed!media,!290!x!95!x!80!cm.!Private!collection.!

Bogland)Symposium,)Wicklow,)1990)!

)1990)Boglands!Irish!Life!Exhibition!Centre,!Dublin;!Crescent!Arts!Centre,!Belfast.!)Commission))Sculptors’!Society!Ireland!!Publication)and)Documentation!Stuart,!A.!(dir.)!Boglands:!A!Sculptors!Symposium!Video.!Bond,!C.!(photographer)!Boglands!calalogue,!SSI.!

)Media)and)Citations)Highfield,!J.!Winning!the!Turf:!Ecology!and!History!in!the!Irish!Bogs,!work!cited,!International!Economic!History!Congress,!Seville,!August!1998.!!!!!!

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As!light!began!to!fail,!on!a!Wicklow!bog,!I!birthed!bone!remains!out!of!the!land...!Placing!the!issue!in!a!bog!pool,!I!anchored!it!under!the!water!with!wooden!stakes...!

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The)Big)Red,)1994)!

1994?95!The!Big!Red!Galway!Arts!Centre,!Galway;!South!Dublin!Council!Office,!Dublin;!Irish!Museum!of!Modern!Art,!Dublin.!)

Collections!Purchased!by!Gilbert!Ash!Ltd!for!donation!to!the!collection!of!Belfast!City!Council.!Permanently!located!in!the!Waterfront!Hall,!Belfast.!

)Media)and)Citations)Dunne,!A.!The!Sunday!Tribune,!review,!September!1994)

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! ! ! !)The)Small)Reds)1994,!fabric,!photographs,!menstrual!blood,!gold!thread,!bone.!Four!works!of!50!x!240!cm!each.!Collection!of!the!Artist.!

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!!!!!!!!! ! !)))))))))))The)Big)Red)(+)detail))!!!!!!!!!!!1994,!fabric!and!fleece,!in!situ!at!South!Dublin!Council!Offices,!Dublin,!450!x!1000!x!200!cm.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Collection!of!Belfast!City!Council.!!

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!))The)Big)Red)1994,!fabric!and!fleece,!in!situ!at!the!Irish!Museum!of!Modern!Art!(Artists!Work!Programme),!and!in!permanent!location!at!Waterfront!Hall,!Belfast.!Collection!of!Belfast!City!Council.!

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!))))All)my)eggs)had)your)name.)1995S95,!hand!made!paper,!300!x!300!cm.!Created!while!Artist!in!Residence!at!the!Irish!Museum!of!Modern!Art,!Dublin.!Collection!of!the!Office!of!Public!Works,!permanently!located!in!the!National!Concert!Hall,!Dublin!

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)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))OSOV))1995S95,!hand!made!paper,!300!x!300!cm.!Created!while!Artist!in!Residence!at!the!Irish!Museum!of!Modern!Art,!Dublin.!Collection!of!the!Office!of!Public!Works,!permanently!located!in!the!County!Court!Offices,!Meath.) )

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)Bride)1996?97)

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) ) ) ) ) ) ))Bride)Stripped)Bare)1996,!Cibachrome!photographs.!Experimental!works!in!photography!and!costume!Artists!Work!Programme,!Irish!Museum!of!Modern!Art.!!) ) ) ) )

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))))Map)of)the)North)and!Little)Red)Riding)Hood)1996S97,!photocopied!Cibachrome!photographs,!gouache!

Artists!Work!Programme,!Irish!Museum!of!Modern!Art!

)Publication)and)Documentation)Artists!Work!Programme!catalogue,!Irish!Museum!of!Modern!Art:!Dublin,!1998)Work!in!Process,!photoSessay,!CIRCA!Art!Magazine!Spring!1997)

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Leabhar)Mòr)na)Gaelige,)2002?05))

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2002?05)Leabhar!Mòr!na!Gaeilge!Ulster!Museum,!Belfast;!County!Museum,!Donegal;!Wexford!Arts!Centre;!City!Arts!Centre,!Edinburgh;!University!of!Virginia,!USA;!Smithsonian!Institute,!Washington!DC,!USA;!The!Gallery!of!Modern!Art,!Glasgow!

)Publication)and)Documentation)MacLean,!M.!(ed.)!An!Leabhar!Mòr!Canongate!Books:!Edinburgh,!2002!Is!mise!teanna!(I!am!the!tongue),!work!cited,!DVD!Scottish!Arts!Council,!Garlic!Arts!Agency!

)Commissions)Leabhar!Mòr!na!Gaelige!)Media)and)Citations)An!Leabhar!Mòr!/!The!Great!Book!of!Gaelic:!An!Exhibition!W!TwentyWtwo!Irish!and!Scottish!Gaelic!Poems,!Translations!and!Artworks,!with!Essays!and!Recitations.!Archipelago:!An!International!Journal!of!Literature,!the!Arts,!and!Opinion!7:3,!Fall!2003!www.archipelago.org)

Queenie)2001?05))

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<!QueenieOQueenie!2002,!digital!print!on!fabric,!150!x!450!cm.!Miniartextil!(invited!artist)!Como,!Italy!!>!Love)Your)Iron!2001,!Channel!9!advertisement!Commission,!Orchard!Gallery,!Derry!

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2003)Miniartextil!(invited!artist)!Como,!Italy!2002)The!Virtues!medievalmodern!Gallery,!Marylebone,!London!2001)Anatomical!Drag)Orchard!Gallery,!Derry!2001)Fabrics!and!Fabrication)Context!Gallery,!Derry;!National!Craft!Centre,!!!!!!!!!!!!Ireland;!Clotworthy!House;!Enniskillen!Museum;!Ulster!Folk!Museum,!!!!!!!!!!!!!Belfast!2001)Queenie!Irons!Out!the!Wrinkles)Abney!Cemetery,!London!2001!Queenie!knits!one,!purls!one)window42!New!Oxford!Street,!London)!Publication)and)Documentation)Fabrics!and!Fabrication!catalogue,!Context!Gallery:!Derry,!2001!QueenieOQueenie,!essay,!CIRCA!Art!Magazine!Spring!2002!

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)The)Steam)Room)2001,!projected!film,!800!x!370!cm.)

!The)Virtues)2003,!knitting!performance!over!four!weeks!plus!medieval!artefacts,!London!!

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))))))))))Queenie)Walks)the)Walk)!2001,!night!performance!walk,!Foyle!Street!and!Porter’s!Bar,!Derry.!!)

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Queenie)Washes)the)Walls)2001,!washing!performance!on!the!historic!walls!of!Derry.!

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))))))))Queenie)‘Free)Ironing’)Election)Campaign)2001,!Derry!City!Council!Elections!

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Speaking)in)Tongues,)1999?03))

! !Corset)Bulge)2000,!corset!and!velvet.!

! ! Love)Lace)1997,!Cibachrome!photograph!and!costume.)

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Leather)Jacket)Vulva,)Little)Horny,)Large)Horny,)Antler)Bra)2002,!leather,!mixed!media,!fish!hooks,!antlers,!body!size!Private!collections!in!Ireland,!England,!Scotland)

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!!!))))))))))))))))))))Hook)Hand)2001,!velvet,!fishhooks,!used!leather!gloves,!wooden!box,!30!x!30!x!15!cm.!Collection!of!Women!Beyond!Borders!(commissioned).!

2004! !1999?03))MESH,!Seven!Seven!Gallery,!London!

)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))Levis!Jeans!Project)Cinch,!Carnaby!Street,!London!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Women!Beyond!Borders!Rivington!Gallery,!London!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Go!Girl!!Show!Girl!!Gallery!Fresh,!London!

199!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Notes!from!Underground!Dostoyevsky!Foundation,!St.!Petersburg,!Russia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Video!Invidious!ArtHouse,!Dublin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Urban!Outfitters!Central!St.!Martin’s!College!and!Urban!Outfitters,!London!!

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Blush)and)Blanche,)2004))

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100)Words)for)Mother,)2001)!

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! ! !)))))))))))))100)Words)for)Mother)2001,!mixed!media!community!project!resulting!in!100!artworks!representing!Mother!and!using!100!languages.!Collection!of!Mater!Hospital!NHS!Trust,!Belfast!(LotterySfunded)!

`!The)Healing)Bell,)2001)

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)))))))))))))))))))))))))The)Healing)Bell)(+)interior))!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!2001,!hand!made!paper!and!fabric,!1000!x!4000!x!4000!cm.!!))))))))))))))))))))))))Collection)of)the)Royal)Victoria)Hospital)NHS)Trust,)Belfast)(Lottery?funded))

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))))Media)and)Citations)Sheehan,!D.!Derry!Women’s!Centre,!review,!CIRCA!Art!Magazine!Spring!2001)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

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Heart)(details)and)samples))2001,!ruched!velvet!ceiling,!8000!x!4000!cm.!

Collection!of!The!Women’s!Centre,!Derry!(LotterySfunded))

)))))))))))Heart)(details)and)samples))!!!!!!!!!!2001,!ruched!velvet!ceiling,!8000!x!4000!cm.!!!!!!!!!!!Collection!of!The!Women’s!Centre,!Derry!(LotterySfunded))

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