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2023

- 8th October launch of theundergroundstream opening exhibition of works by the co-founders - Susie David and Christopher Cook by way of introduction.

-Co-founder of 'theundergroundstream' studio gallery with Christopher Cook. South Hams UK. So named because the stone building has an underground stream that dives down under it and emerges out of the ground just in front of the studio kitchen. Hathayin yoga classes happen in the gallery space before a sea swim,  snow or shine - no wetsuit. 

-Green Hill Arts Gallery, Moretonhampstead, 27th April - 27th June

-National Taiwan Normal UniversityGroup show with MA students based on workshops with them. February

2022 

-Royal West of England 169 Annual Open Exhibition 8th October - 8th January 2023

-South West Printmaking Open 2022 - Studio KIND 1st October -15th October

-Contributor - Dasson / Issue 1  Rame Projects, Plymouth

2021

-Soundcloud stream: Becoming Insect / Curated by Camilla Nelson / Soundart Radio 

-Vienna Biennale / FOR CHANGE PLANET LOVE / Curated by Camilla Nelson The MAK - museum and laboratory. Museum of Applied Arts 28th May - 3rd Oct

-Exhibition - Sea Life Coombe Gallery / Dartmouth 28th May - 28th June

-High Water - Recording celebrating the highest tide this year

-FILM - A Film of Poetry and Music / The Word Café - Julie Mullen, The Arts Council England 

-High Water / On March 30th, spring tide. Art.earthTidelines and Low Carbon Devon Zoom celebration of this equinoctial tide with tide stories. 08.30-22.00 GMT March 30  

-Spring / Artist in Residence  / JULIE MULLEN'S CAKEHOLE  Soundart Radio

-Solo show of selected paintings / Dartington Hall Estate

-Becoming Insect / Soundart Radio curated by Camilla Nelson

"...BECOMING INSECT is one of six, one hour radio essays that weave poetry, nonfiction, theory, soundart and performance together in a shamanistic effort to become other (fungus, plant, insect, bird and animal) in order to better become our selves..."

2020

- Artist in Residence - Sound Art Radio: Julie Mullen's CAKeHOLE show

- Flying ants + musical composition and arrangement by Martin Seager

- Insects Do Not Feel Pain. Music by Martin Seager 10 August

- Landslide + Grief. Julie Mullen's CAKeHOLE show 7 August  music by Martin Seager written on a residency in Cinque Terres, Italy, Landslides, and a piece of text work made in my back yard

- 3 August 2020

- Red Propeller Gallery 1-31 August Kingsbridge . South Devon

- Insect Love Songs Curated by Fiona Benson for the University of Exeter Including: John Wedgewood-Clark, Rebecca Gethin, Kareem Parkins-Brown, Rishi Dastidar, Morag Smith, Laura Warner, and the Grand Bard of Exeter Kimwei McCarthy

- Contributor - Unpsychology Magazine The Other-Than-Human anthology  Issue #6

'Love' - written in collaboration with a stream and edited by slugs Download your copy gratis

- Solo show, Dartington Round House, Dartington Hall Estate 

- Publication of residency catalogue: The Ephemeral River, Dartington, Devon June 9-18 2018

- Global Nomadic Art project UK 2018, Yatoo, GNAP isbn 978-89-93531-28-2 Copies available - 

2019

- Solo show Harbour House Kingsbridge 17-29th September

- Love: a love poem - written by water Poetry reading The Word Cafe The Barrel House - Totnes

Hosted by Julie Mullen Other artists: Alice Oswald Kimwei McCarthy Christopher Cook Izzy Mattesini Paul Mortimer Music composed and performed by Martin Seager + Choir Wednesday 26th June 7.30-10pm

- Plymouth University Alumni Show Lewinsky Gallery Saturday 8 - Saturday 29 June

5 haiku films and 1 framed page of love poetry edited by slugs

- Radical Landscapes: INNOVATION IN LANDSCAPE & LANGUAGE ART Group show including Hanna Tuulikki, Harriet Tarlo...http://www.singingapplepress.com/exhibitions/ The Plough Gallery, Torrington, Devon Curated by Camilla Nelson

23nd March-20th April 

"Exploring the continuum between drawn, painted and written

mark-making in the construction of landscape aesthetics."

- Article - Love Poetry: The Slug Edit - The Learned Pig Published in  The Learned Pig 

- The Word Cafe, Soundart Radio Interview with Julie Mullen18th February 

2018

-YATOO + GNAP-UK video exhibition at the Science Cabin, UNIST Global Nomadic Art Project Video Exhibition 18th to 31st of OctoberYatoo is the Korean Nature Artists' Association 

http://www.natureartbiennale.org/en/bbs/board.php?bo_table=nomadic&wr_id=132

- Geumgang Nature Art Biennale 2018, Video exhibition 'Wind' Korean Nature Artists' Association - YATOO August 20 - October 16 Gongju, Chungnam 314-861, South Korea

- Visiting workshop lecturer Plymouth University Summer school August

- Residency:-The Ephemeral River A Global Nomadic Art Project with CCANW and ARTDOTEARTH initiated and supported by YATOO at The Dartington Hall Estate, Devon, UK 

June 9 -18 see more here

​- gallery@oxo group show Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, South Bank, London 29 March - 8 April 

2017

- Royal William Yard Sea Tunnel Compound a show by Katy Richardson, Laura Hopes, Peter Chesbrough and LLyr Davies for Plymouth Artweekender September

- Guest speaker and performer Emma Bush peer group workshopWarm Up Coombe Farm Studios, Dittisham, South Devon April 

- Selected and hung Drawn  The Royal West of England Academy 1 April - 4 June

RWA

- after alert catchers: a report on an other (than) worded event

Beyond Words: Privileging the Unspoken in Arts and Communities in a Posthuman World

Plymouth University, March 2017

Mark Leahy

artist - writer - teacher

www.markleahy.net

Read excerpt of 'alert catchers' paper

Read entire paper

2016

- Review ---- Throw only to an alert catcher at unpopular-culture.com December 25

- Throw only to an alert catcher show reel of work made on location at Dawlish Warren Nature Reserve

- Gallery 333 Exeter Phoenix Wed 16 Nov - Sat 07 Jan 2017 a collaboration with Megan Calver and Gabrielle Hoad

exeterphoenix

-lie lie lie Artists' book in collaboration with Megan Calver and Gabrielle Hoad. published October 

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- Throw only to an alert catcher Group exhibition

Beach huts x3 Dawlish Warren, South Devon Supported by the a-n Professional Development Bursary 21st - 22nd October 2016 

a-n blog

- a-n Professional Development Bursary awarded

to develop a new thematic collaboration (blog link here)  at Dawlish Warren Nature Reserve, Devon

with Megan Calver and Gabrielle Hoad
Visiting lecturer to the MA Contemporary Art, Plymouth University

2015

- The Observatory, Spud -- shortlisted with Megan Calver and Gabrielle Hoad

- Transition. Newlyn Gallery -- shortlisted with Megan Calver and Gabrielle Hoad

- Review of Love Rules OK a show by Megan Calver at Plymouth University Gallery Space 101 2014 
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2014
- Flow Little Dartmouth . Group show. South Devon . 14 - 27 July 

2013

- Thomas and Paul Gallery Little Venice . London Group show

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 10th June -18th August
- Open Studio Bogliasco Foundation, Liguria, Italy May
- The Yard Gallery 
Exeter  
 

2012-2013
Neoreplicants 16th November -30th December 2013 3d digital print commission . University of Exeter & Exeter Phoenix

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2012
- 3D commission

University of Exeter/Exeter Phoenix
- Film Painting Prize 2011 OPEN gallery, Shoreditch, London 

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2011
- The Art Collective Exhibition Brick Lane, London
Dust on the Mirror Gallery North, Newcastle

2008

- Tempo Reale British School at Rome, Italy Group Show

- Awarded MAstar    Axis Website for Contemporary Art
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- Slippage Plymouth Univrsity
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AN magazine review

- Awarded MA Fine Art University of Plymouth

2007

- Journey University of Wales, Swansea Land/Water Research exhibition  

- Clifford Fishwick Gallery Exeter Group show 

2005

Nests Eden Project Cornwall

2004

- Women of Achievement Theatre Royal Plymouth group show

- Artspaces Gallery Totnes. Devon Various group and solo shows.

2003

- Andras Kaldor Gallery Dartmouth, Devon Solo show 

 

2002

- Ariel Gallery, Totnes, Devon Group show

1993-97

- Set up studio in NW Sicily 

- Exhibiting widely in Italy

1990

- Awarded B.A. Hons. University of Middlesex

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