Artist / Writer | Helsinki, Finland
www.shiaconlon.com / shiaconlon@gmail.com
2020 MFA, Time & Space Arts, Academy of Fine Art, Helsinki, FI
2012 Exchange Semester, Tampere University, Tampere, FI
2015 BFA, Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork, IE
SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS
2027
Solo exhibition, Forum Box, Helsinki, FI — February
2026
Duo exhibition, Asbestos with Sara Blosseville, Helsinki, FI — October
Emerging Talents, Fotografiska Tallinn, Tallinn, EE — May–November 2026
2025
If Your History Was an Ache, solo exhibition, Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti, FI
Gag, duo exhibition with Iona Roisin, Pori Art Museum, Pori, FI
2024
Sites of Dreaming, solo exhibition, The Library Project, Dublin, IE
When I Was Done Dying, duo exhibition with Minjee Hwang-Kim, Titanik Gallery, Turku, FI
2023
I’ll Be Your Mirror, solo exhibition, Hippolyte Gallery, Helsinki, FI
Nuoret, duo exhibition with Sadet Anton Hirsimäki, G Galleria, Helsinki, FI
Sites of Dreaming, solo exhibition, Turun Taidehalli, Turku, FI
2027
Group exhibition, Scandinavian House, New York, USA — January 2027
2026
Helsinki Analogue Festival, Hippolyte, Helsinki, FI
2025
Wet Archives, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
Skin Deep, Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin, IE
2024
Bricolage, Governor’s Island, New York, USA
The Girl Who Turned into a Rosebush, HAM Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, FI
Charmed, Haunted69a, Bergen, NO
Sites of Dreaming, PhotoIreland Festival, Printworks, Dublin, IE
Sites of Dreaming, Queer Archive Festival, Athens, GR
2023
Not Gay, curated by Jonathan D. Katz, Marion Art Gallery, New York, USA
Queer Cohesion, Detroit Stockholm, Stockholm, SE
Friend of The Artist, AIR Gallery, New York, USA
2022
The Years That Repeat Their Days, Juhani Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki, FI
In Our Own Image, Irish National Photographic Collection, Dublin Castle, Dublin, IE
Phroom Exhibition of Irish Photography, A24 Sounds, Dublin, IE
Sites of Dreaming, Queer Archive Festival, Athens, GR
When I Was Done Dying, duo exhibition with Minjee Hwang-Kim, Titanik Gallery, Turku, FI
2021
The Temporary Bookshelf, Kosminen Gallery, Helsinki, FI
Cowboy of Time, Publics, Helsinki, FI
2020
FUTURES, Unseen Amsterdam Art Fair, Amsterdam, NL
FUTURES, PhotoIreland, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, IE
Here Be Dragons, Project Room, Helsinki, FI
2019
Control, Third Space Screening, STOA, Helsinki, FI
Puppy, Museum of Impossible Forms, Helsinki, FI
Riga Photo Festival, Kaņepes Culture Centre, Riga, LV
Hatching, Kosminen Gallery, Helsinki, FI
First Thursdays, Adidas Originals × Creative Debuts, London, UK
Thessaloniki Queer Art Festival, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, GR
MFA Show, Project Room, Helsinki, FI
The Shape of Things, Anderson Gallery, Virginia, USA
The Shape of Things, Pocket Gallery, Helsinki, FI
Latency of Images, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, FI
2017–2018
Selected exhibitions and projects in Helsinki, Dublin, London and Southend-on-Sea, including Temple Bar Gallery, F_Festival; Dye House; and Grrrl Zine Festival.
2015–2016
Selected exhibitions in Ireland, UK, USA, Canada and the Netherlands, including Tad Gallery, Denton; Alexandra Park, Manchester; Camp Gallery, Montreal; Brooklyn Bazaar, New York; Tactic Gallery, Cork; Node Gallery, Helsinki; and The Wonder Inn, Manchester.
2011–2014
Selected exhibitions and projects in Ireland, UK, USA and Canada, including CCAD, Cork; Gal Space, London; Silent Barn, New York; La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montreal; Shackwell Arms, London; Soma Contemporary, Waterford; and Art Baby Gallery, New York.
SCREENINGS
Exalted
Festival Les Instants Vidéo, Marseille, FR
Queer City Cinema, Regina, CA
Arts Center NOASS, Riga, LV
Lux Moving Image × The Room Projects, London, UK
Love and Anarchy Film Festival, Helsinki, FI
VAFT Festival, Turku, FI
2027 KUVI State Grant, 3-year working grant
2026 TAIKE State Grant, 1-year working grant
2025 Kone Foundation, Trans Library Helsinki
2024 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Trans Library Helsinki
2023 Finnish Cultural Foundation, Trans Library Helsinki
2023 Kone Foundation, 3-year working grant
2022 Kone Foundation, 1-year working grant
2021 Finnish Cultural Foundation, 6 month working grant
Paulon Säätiö Project Grant
Grafia Project Grant
VISEK Project Grant
Festival of Political Photography Mentorship
2020 TAIKE Project Grant
Olga and Vilho Linnamo Foundation
FUTURES European Photography Talent Award
Prix Levallois — shortlisted
Thesis Writing Award for MA Thesis, Academy of Fine Art, Helsinki
State Art Collection of Finland
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, FI
Helsinki Art Museum (HAM), FI
Finnish Art Society
National Photographic Collection of Ireland
Preus Museum, Horten, NO
Private collections
2024 Finnish Cultural Institute of New York & Residency Unlimited, New York, USA
2023 Hakoniemi Artist Residency, Finland
2018 Uto Residency, Åland Islands, FI
2016 Alexandra Arts, Pankhurst in the Park, Manchester, UK
COLLECTIVE, EDITORIAL & ORGANISATIONAL WORK
2021–ongoing Co-founder & organiser, Trans Library Helsinki
2020–2026 Founder & editor, Almanac Press, publishing and mutual-aid organisation
2012–2017 Founder, curator & editor, Bunny Collective / Bunny Mag
2025
Reviews of Skin Deep in Visual Artists Newsletter, Source Magazine and GCN, Ireland
2024
Poetry in If Them, UK; All the Rage, UK
2023
Cover + photo story, Astra, Masculinities issue
Poetry in Tuli ja Savu, July Zine
Editor’s letter, Almanac: Journal of Trans Poetics, Issue 01
2022
The Irish Times — photographic feature
Essay, Trans Time II: Fracturings, Astra, Sweden
Essay, Trans Time III: Seeds, Zelda Zine, Finland
Poetry, Museum of Impossible Forms Reader
2021
Essay, Trans Time I: Time, Mustekala
Interview feature, PHMuseum
FUTURES publication
Poetry in NO NIIN, Oroboro Zine and 14Poems
2020
Poetry in Modern Queer Poets, Pilot Press, London
Poetry in Pralin Magazine, Sweden
Artwork in Over Journal of Photography, Dublin
Writing in Ante Nouveau, Finland
Poetry in Nuori Voima, Finland
2019
Poetry in Queer Anthology of Poetry, Pilot Press, London
2014–2015 — selected
The New York Times / Frieze Edition — interview, print + online
i-D — artist profile
Dazed & Confused — Bunny Collective interview
Refinery29 — artist feature and interview
Huffington Post — artist features and interviews
Red Magazine — artist feature and interview
Arts Council England — video interview