Katie Suzanne Ballentine
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Education
2022 – 2024 , Belfast School Of Art, Ulster University – MFA Fine Art.
2019 – 2022, Belfast School Of Art, Ulster University – BA Hons Fine Art.
2018 – 2019, Northern Regional College – Foundation Diploma in Art and Design.
Residencies
2022/23, Seacourt Graduate Artist in Residence, Bangor, N.I.
Volunteering
2022, Workshop assistant at Belfast Print Workshop during Talk and Print – Microplastics and hermit crabs, N.I. Science Festival Event, Belfast.
Work Experience
2017, Digital Arts Studios, Belfast.
Exhibition History
2024, MFA Degree Show, Final Year Masters of Fine Art Belfast School Of Art Cohort Degree Show, Belfast School Of Art, Belfast, N.I.
2024, Climbing Ireland Film Festival, ‘Crux’ screened as part of film competition with Trinity Climbing, Dublin, Ireland.
2024, PACT.XIV, MFA Year 2 Interim Show, Arts For All, Belfast, N.I.
2023, Maxnifier III, International Mail Art Printmaking Exhibition: People/Animals/Things, Bangkok, Thailand.
2023, Open Printmaking, International Printmaking Exhbition, Bangkok, Thailand.
2023, coHERE, MFA Year 1+ Group Exhibition, Queens Street Studios, Belfast, N.I.
2023, Emergence VI, Graduate Group Exhibition, Queens Street Studios, Belfast, N.I.
2022, Seacourt Members’ Christmas Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Seacourt Print Workshop, Bangor, N.I.
2022, Summer ’22 Show, Group Exhibition, The Engine Room Gallery, Belfast, N.I.
2022, Relief, Fine Art Printmaking Degree Show, Belfast School Of Art, Belfast, N.I.
2021, #MakeItBlue campaign, Group Exhibition, W1 Curates X Flannels Artists, Oxford Street, London.
2020, Multi Matrix Showcase, Group Exhibition, Belfast Print Workshop, Belfast, N.I.
2019, Foundation Degree Show, Northern Regional College, Ballymena, N.I.
2018, Where Am I In The Photo?, Group Exhibition part of Belfast Arts Weekender, facilitated by Belfast Photo Festival, Golden Thread Gallery and Belfast City Council, Castle Court Shopping Centre, Belfast, N.I.
2018, Capture The Moment Photography Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Ballymoney Museum, Ballymoney, N.I.
2017, Capture The Moment Photography Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Ballymoney Museum, Ballymoney, N.I.
Publications
Horizon Issue 03 – August 2021 by The Horizon Magazine, Ed. By Benjamin Wolff (printed in London), p.34. 2021. https://issuu.com/thehorizonmagazine/docs/issue3_digital
HOME – Noli Timere: Illustrations, Inclusion in online project in collaboration with Carrie Davenport and The MAC, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 2020. https://youtu.be/WcGquZxHP4w
Commissions & Collections
2023, ‘Particle Tracks I’ inducted into the print collection of Arun Amarin 23 Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand.
2019, mural collaboration with Celine Mitchell and Tobias McCart, Milanos Pizzeria, Ballymena, N.I.
Awards
2022, Queens Street Studios Emergence Exhibition Award, Queens Street Studios.
2022, Seacourt Graduate Membership Award, Seacourt Print Workshop.
2019, Highest Achieving Student Award, Northern Regional College Ballymena.