Cecilia Bullo

Irish/Italian based in Dublin, Ireland. MFA in Sculpture. Exhibited in Ireland and abroad including France, US and China.

Over the years my art practice has been mainly concerned with an investigation on displacement, identity and on wounds (physical and psychological), some of these themes would carry some autobiographical experiences. I used materials such as marble and wax, with which I tried to imbue a flesh like appearance hoping to attract and engage the viewer and their subconscious. I was influenced by Freudian theories and by Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg. With these ambiguous uncanny mutant forms, I wanted to celebrate pleasure and pain, life and death and explore my ongoing interest in mutation and the boundary between the conscious/subconscious mind.

My recent work attempts to investigate a metaphorical journey aimed to heal ones inner self. Carl Jung suggested that the experience of psychosis is a journey for the individual to rediscover something that has been lost to him and to restore a vital balance back into his life. Especially in its schizophrenic form, it can be compared to an existential journey, which would with safe surroundings be a route towards recovery. I have been exploring the relationshi...

2013- Professional Diploma in Visual Education (PDE), National College of Art & Design, NCAD, Dublin, Ireland

2009- Master in Fine Art Sculpture, (MFA), National College of Art & Design, Dublin

2005- Bachelor Degree in Fine Art Sculpture, (BA) Honours, Fine Art Academy of Brera, Milan, Italy

2002- Scholarship, Fine Art Academy of Athens, Greece

1992- Diploma in Fine Art Sculpture, Dunlaoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dublin

Solo Exhibitions


2010- The Fractured Self, curated by Deirdre Morrissey and Claire Behan
The Market Studios, Unit H Exhibition and Project Space, Dublin and Italian Institute of Culture, Fitzwilliam Sq., East, Dublin. Text by Monica Flynn and talk by Philip Napier Head of Fine Art, National College of Art and Design, Dublin

2009- METANOIA, curated by Emma-Lucy O’Brien
Custom House Studios, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland

2006- Wounds, Italian Institute of Culture, Fitzwilliam Square East, Dublin

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014 RDS Craft Awards Exhibition, selected winners, The Hunt Museum, Limerick

Sculpture in Context, Botanical Gardens, Dublin

RDS Craft Awards Exhibition, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
1st prize winner in the Stone-carving category

RHA 184 Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Gallagher Gallery

2013- Selection Box, Talbot Gallery & Studios, Dublin, curated by Elaine Grainger & Aimee Nolan

2013 RDS Student Art Awards, RDS Concert Hall, Dublin

Collaboration with MOUTH as an associate for LAND: A Scarcity Banquet as part as The Prosperity Project, a durational conference and permanent artwork
by artist Jesse Jones in collaboration wi...