Patrick Hickey (b. 1992)
https://www.instagram.com/patrickhickeyartist/
Education
PhD practice-based, Ulster University, 2019-present
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Ulster University, 2012-2015
Foundation Art and Design, Ulster University, 2011-2012
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2023
A World in a Sea of Darkness, Platform Arts, Belfast
2022
Looking for a Home…, Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Belfast
2017
An Imaginary Paradise?, The Black Box, Belfast
2016
Ephemera, John Ross & Co., Belfast
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Border Biennale, Townhall Cavan, Cavan (curated by Rita Duffy and Joe Keenan)
2022-2023
New Exits: 10 Years of Painting Shows, The MAC, Belfast (curated by Dougal McKenzie and Hugh Mulholland)
2022
Bona Palooza, Ulster Folk Museum, Cultra (curated by Thomas Wells, member of Turner Prize winning collective, Array Collective)
The Big Queer Art Show, 2 Royal Avenue, Belfast (curated by UsFolk Illustration Agency)
Between Matter and Words, PS Squared, Belfast
2021-2022
140th Royal Ulster Academy (RUA), Ulster Museum, Belfast,
2021
Salonathon, Platform Arts, Belfast
Urgencies 2, CCA Derry-Londonderry, Derry
Research and Education
2020-2022
Co-editor, Intersections: Postgraduate Journal, Ulster University Doctoral College,
Conference Speaker
2022
Art, Identity and the Body, in collaboration with Global New Voices and Association for Art History, Online,
Northern Ireland’s Feminist and Queer Art Histories, in collaboration with the Northern Irish Art Network and The Courtauld’s Gender and Sexuality Research Group, Online, (found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Vk2812OE4&t=13671s)
Lecturer
2020-22
Visiting Lecturer, Belfast School of Art, Ulster University
2021
Visiting Lecturer, North West Regional College
Awards
2022
Arts Council of Northern Ireland, SIAP General Arts Award
2021
University of Atypical, D/deaf and Disabled Artists Support Fund 3 (funded by the ACNI and the DfC)
University of Atypical (on behalf of Unlimited and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation), Creating Time Awards
CCA Supports: Short Mentoring Programme, CCA Derry-Londonderry
2020
Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Individuals Emergency Resilience Programme (IERP)
2018
Arts Council of Northern Ireland, SIAP General Arts Award
Reviews/Interviews & Publications
Publications
Hickey, Patrick. (2022). The Enduring Legacy of Queer Narratives and Queer Coding in Art. Intersections: Postgraduate Journal. 3, 62-65.
Hickey, Patrick. (2020). Exploring the Queer Other through a Northern Irish Lens. Intersections: Postgraduate Journal. 2, 62. Available
Reviews/ Interviews
MacMonagle, N. (2023). Three queer figures sail on a Barbie-pink currach. The Irish Independent. [Online]. 4th June 2023. Available at https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/theatre-arts/artist-patrick-hickey-growing-up-in-northern-ireland-was-tough-especially-as-a-queer-man/a554861171.html
McCarthy, J. (2022). Weaving themes together for Patrick's new art exhibition. Available at:
https://belfastmedia.com/patrick-hickey-exhibition-launch
McCarthy, J. (2021). West Belfast painter benefits from fund for artists on margins. Available at: https://belfastmedia.com/west-belfast-man-benefits-from-fund-for-deaf-disabled-and-neurodivergent-artists.
at: https://www.ulster.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/644617/Intersections2020web.pdf
Jamison, Brendan. (2016) ‘Hypnotic Allure: Patrick Hickey’s fresh aesthetic animates Ross’s’, Belfast Art News, 15 March. Available at: http://www.brendanjamison.com/ban.html.
"Meet the Artist". (2016) GNI, [in print & online] (24), pp.60-61. Available at:
https://www.issuu.com/lambpromotions/docs/gni_mag_issue_24_online .
Muir, Marie-Louise. (2015) The Arts Show, BBC Two Northern Ireland, Belfast, broadcast at 10pm on Thursday 18 June 2015.