Holly Pickering is an artist from Waterford. Her practice moves between moving-image, text and publishing to explore questions surrounding communication. She also works as an audio describer.
Education
2025 (September – December) PRAXIS Independent Study Programme
2018- 2022 First Class Honors BA in Sculpture and Visual Culture, National College of Art and Design
Awards
2026 Arts Council Bursary Award
2025 Waterford Artlinks Bursary Award
2024 Arts Council Agility Award
2024 WaterfordArtlinks Bursary Award
2023 Arts Council Agility Award
2022 NCAD Fine Art Student of the Year Award
2022 Ormond Artist Studios Graduate Award
2022 Arts Council Agility Award
2022 Garter Lane Film Residency Award
Residencies
2025 Red Barn Residency
2024 SÍM Residency, Iceland
2023 Muine Bheag Arts Residency, Carlow
Selected Exhibitions and Screenings
2025 Tilt the Interval, IMMA, Dublin
2025 Actor, Aemi DISSOLUTIONS Film Festival, The Complex, Dublin
2025An Apprenticeship, Ormond Art Studios, Dublin
2025 A River In Between, (Performance Lecture), Temple Bar Gallery and Studios
2024 AntiRust, Ormond Artist Studios, Dublin
2024 Screen Service, The Collision Project, Unit 44, Dublin
2023 Periodical Review 13 – Maslow’s Hammer, Pallas Projects, Dublin
2023 Heart Line, Grass Roots, Muine Bheag Arts, Carlow
2023 forefinger; pointer; guiding principle, Grass Roots, Muine Bheag Arts, Carlow
2023The Signal,Ormond Window Series, Ormond Art Studios, Dublin
2022 Amanuensis, Ormond Art Studios, Dublin
2022 still only noon, National College of Art and Design Degree Show, Dublin
2021 A Green Light Quickens, Site Specific Audio Walk, The Great South Wall, Dublin
Publications
2025 Good/ That’s/ Yes/Oh, published withMirror Lamp Press
2024 Testers, Dublin Art Book Fair, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios
2024 There Is No Backdoor to Your Character, Dublin Art Book Fair, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios
2023 Field Notes on Reflective Journeying, Dublin Art Book Fair, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios
