post@katharinemacdaid.com
Katharine Mac Daid was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and grew up in the Middle East, America, Northern Ireland, and England. Since graduating with an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art in London, Katharine has spent time teaching photography in the Sultanate of Oman and England. She has recently relocated to Norway where she is a member of Stiftelsen Bjørka, a collective of analogue artists in Oslo. Following her MA, Katharine moved back to Oman for several years to make the work, which became Calling Shapes, Beckoning Shadows, a confrontation with childhood ghosts. After returning to the UK, she spent time working in Alaska, eventually self-publishing her first artist book, The Fireweed Turns. The Fireweed Turns was launched at the Photographer’s Gallery in London, and was short-listed for the Photo Wien Book Award, Austria. Katharine is currently working on several long-term bodies of work. Her project from Northern Ireland, The Black Dreams, intersects with her series My Mother, Kate, in which she continues to seek out her Irish identity. Katharine lives in Oslo and works as the exhibitions manager at Fotografihuset, a public arts space for photography and moving image in Oslo, and is a visiting lecturer at Bilder Nordic School of Photography (at Kristiania).
The Fireweed Turns
Hardcover, 88 pages,
230 mm x 230 mm,
UV offset printed,
spot gloss varnish,
8 circular die cuts,
33 photographs, 7 texts,
1st edition (Jan. 2019), £40
Education:
MA, Photography, Royal College of Art, London, 2006
BA Hons, Photography, Film, and Imaging, Napier University, Edinburgh, 2002
Photographic Arts Foundation, Kingston University, Surrey, 1998
Grants:
NKF Prosjektstøtte 2024
Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation Norge, 2023
SKS Diversestipend, 2022
Norske Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, 2022
Exhibitions:
BREAK, Oslo Negativ, Veterinærhøgskolen, Oslo, Norway, 2024
Salongutstilling, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway, 2024
Vårutstillingen 2024, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway, 2024
Bergen Art Book Fair, Bergen, Norway, 2024
DEMO, Oslo Negativ, Veterinærhøgskolen, Oslo, Norway, 2023
Der Ferne so nah, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden, Germany, 2023
You Don’t Look Me in The Eye, Oslo Negativ, Gamle Deichman, Oslo, 2022
Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, 2022
"Get out!", Fotobokfestival, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, 2022
På avstand, SAGA Gallery, Inderøy, 2022
Østlandsutstillingen, Nitja senter for samtidskunst, Lillestøm, 2022
På avstand, CYAN Gallery, Oslo, 2022
Oslo Negative, Kösk Gallery, Oslo, Norway, 2021
Utflukt, The Strand Pavilion, Hvervenbukta, Norway, 2021
Uncertain States Scandinavia, Subjectively Objective, Shoot Gallery, Oslo, Norway, 2020
Self-Publishing Artists, The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK, 2020
Le Book Club, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway, 2019
Photo Wien, Book Award, The Fireweed Turns, shortlisted, Atelier Augarten, Vienna, Austria, 2019
Carlisle Photo ‘Visualising Conference’, Carlisle, UK, June 2017
Power and Illusion, Braga Photography Festival, Braga, Portugal, 2015
Voies Off, Arles Photography Festival, Arles, France, 2015
80 Days of Summer; Stories of Identity, Fotofestival, Historical Museum, Ghent, Belgium, 2015
Kolga Tbilisi Photo, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2014
PostScript - Camden Arts, Cork, Ireland, 2012
Motherland - FotoGrafia, Festival Internazionale di Roma, Macro Testaccio, Rome, Italy, 2011
Omani Society of Fine Arts, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 2011
I-Woman Beauty, Bait Al Baranda, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 2009
Flash Forward, Magenta Foundation, Canada, 2008
ArtSway Open 2007, ArtSway, Hampshire, UK, 2008
Palm Springs Photography Festival, California, USA, 2007
Ian Parry Scholarship Exhibition, Getty Image Gallery, London, UK, 2006
Plug - City Hall, London, UK, 2006
Show One, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 2006