ARTISTS STATEMENT

As a multimedia artist, my work explores the intersections of identity, gender, and colonial history, shaped by my experience as an Irish woman. Through painting, film, music, performance, and installation, I engage with the quiet protest of apathy—examining the silencing and invisibility women often face. My work embodies a narrative of vulnerability and resilience, challenging patriarchal structures while emphasizing the emotional landscapes of women's lives.

Drawing from both personal and collective experience, I create spaces that blend the political, geographical, and performative, allowing audiences to witness the complexities of being a woman in a world shaped by power dynamics. Whether through cinematic explorations of urban environments or installations that confront the fragility of human existence, my goal is to invite reflection, to slow down the viewer, and to honor the often overlooked narratives of women.

BIOGRAPHY

Norah Dineen is an Irish-born interdisciplinary Irish Arts Council Funded visual artist, Painter, photographer, Musician, independent producer, director, writer, and award-winning actress. Dineen has a deep interest in human connections and authentic experiences, offering calming and healing works that invite audiences to slow down, detach from devices, and focus on human connection.

Dineen has received the Best Actress award for the film Sleep (2016) at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and Los Angeles Film Awards, as well as a Semi-Finalist for her film Northern Star (2018) by the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival. Her projects are funded by The Irish Arts Council. Her film Sleepless was screened at Cinesalon in 2024. Her film Fantasy, with model Hanna Frolova, was screened at The National Sculpture Factory in 2023. She has exhibited throughout the world, including solo exhibitions in Ireland, Germany, Greece and group exhibitions in NYC, Greece, Brazil, London, and Ireland, and was accepted as an artist in-residence at both A-Dash in Athens, Greece and PS: Space, Athens, Greece. She is currently working on her 3rd album Climate Change and will bring out two albums Normal and A Simple Woman which she recorded with Universal producer George Gaudy and Mutual Sound Studio in Athens, Greece. She produced, directed, art directed, edited and performed in a 40 minute music video called An Act Of Love, for her album A Simple Woman, funded by The Irish Arts Council. She was featured as an A list artist in the hollywood edition of Vanity Fair in 2023 and featured artist in House & Garden Magazine. She was a guest Artist at University of the Arts, Philadelphia 2023-24. Her formal training includes: Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London; Actor Space Berlin, Berlin. L’Institut des Etudes Politiques, Paris; and Trinity College Dublin, Dublin. She holds academic degrees in visual and performing arts, as well as performance and sociology.

Current Residence; New York

Norah is an award winning actor (IMDB, Spotlight & showreel link, Filmmaker (Producer, Writer, Director) Painter, Photographer and Musician.

FILMOGRAPHY; Click here

SOLO EXHIBITION;

FEMALE EXPERIENCE (Weight) and Fantasy on Display (Image), Installation and performance, The National Sculpture Factory, July 2024.

GREENPOINT OPEN STUDIOS, My Echo series paintings were exhibited during Greenpoint Open Studios at Homcore, NYC, June 2024.

PROTESTING BOTOX, Performance, The National Sculpture Factory, Ireland November 2023.

M E R K A B A H, Weekly Solo exhibition at the National Sculpture Factory, Ireland, August- December 2023. Weekly Performances of songs from upcoming album A SIMPLE WOMAN. Installation and Screening of films weekly: Shop till you drop, No Mans Land, FLOW, LA River, Fantasy, Sleepless.

RETURNING WITH PRAYER FLAGS. EXHIBITION and performance by GROUNDless. PS: Space, ATHENS, September 2021.

Prayer flags show in NEW YORK July 2021, 424 west 54th street New York, NY. fOR MORE INFORMATION: @prayer.flags and here

IMPROV PERFORMANCE BY GROUNDless, BACKSPACE, Athens. October 2020.

THE LIGHTS ARE ON BUT NOBODY IS HOME. EXHIBITION and performance by GROUNDless. PS: Gallery, ATHENS, SEPTEMBER 2020.

SKIN, Bones + flesh; Performance and Exhibition, ADASH Space, Athens. 2019

SKIN, Bones + flesh ; Performance and Exhibition, BACKSPACE, Athens. 2019

GROUNDLESS; Performance + Film (Wild, Black and White Short, Ire 2019), ADASH Space. 2019.

SKIN, FLESH + BONES; Performance and Exhibition, MEME, Athens. 2019

Hollywood Expressionism. Solo Exhibition. Atelier Aviatrix. Berlin. 2014. 

Exploring the Fe/Male. Solo Exhibition; Painting Installation Project Space in former DDR offices. Scharnhorststraße 32. Berlin. 2012. 

Pop Up Show. Solo Exhibition. Schoeneberg, Berlin. 2012.

Das Gift. Solo Exhibition. Neukölln. Berlin. 2012.

"cutting Crops". Private Commission. Interior Graffitti/Wall. Mural. Kreuzberg, Berlin. 2011.

GROUP EXHIBITION;

Screening of film Sleepless at Cinesalon, curated by Max LeCain, July 2024.

The Publication and group show “love Letters” will exhibit Norah Dineen’s work, curated by the founder of the Athens Biennale, Xenia Kalpaktsoglou.

SOLO plus 2, Performance. Criss Cross X2, Athens, ADASH Space Athens Greece. 2019.

SOLO, Performance. Criss Cross X2, Athens, ADASH Space Athens Greece. 2019.

O Fim. Group Exhibition. Rio De Janeiro. Brazil. 2013. 

Das Gift. Group Exhibition. 2011.

See-Saw. Foundation End of year exhibition. Central Saint Martins College of art and design. Backhill. london. 2009. 

girl in chair, Painting Group exhibition. National College of Art and Design Dublin. 2007.

PUBLICATIONS:

Norah Dineen’s Work Is Currently Featured As An A-List Artist In The Hollywood Edition Of Vanity Fair

The Egg Series By Norah Dineen Was Featured In House & Garden Magazine, December, January & February Edition 2023.

Interviewed by FILM DAILY, https://filmdaily.co/craft/spotlight/norah-dineen-northern-star/#

Zoo Magazine, Norah Dineen interviewed artist Daniel Richter.

Art Slant Magazine, Norah Dineen interviewed artist Billy Childish for Berlin Art Week.  

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

Guest Artist Lecturer at The University of the arts, philadelphia, 2023