Falon Weaver is a visual artist based in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania and a recent Fine Art Painting graduate from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland. Her painting practice is grounded in image making processes, often pairing representational oil painting with found object installation. Drawing from a personal archive of nature and wildlife imagery, Weaver’s work seeks to create quiet moments inspired by absurdist narratives and the digital lens from which many experience the outdoors today. Weaver also makes up one half of a collaborative practice with artist Aoife Ní Dhuinn which documents collective exchanges through installation, public interventions, and publications.
Weaver was a recent member of Ormond Art Studios and co-chair of After School Special Dublin, a peer critique group for emerging artists. Her practice has been supported by the Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Award 2023, and the Arts Council Agility Award 2023. Recent exhibitions include My Heart-Shaped Fiskekaker Won’t Fit in My Suitcase, 2022, Galleri Taxi, Bergen, Norway (group), Shitposting From The Cryosphere, 2022, NCAD Atrium Space (two-person), As Good A Way As Any, 2023, NCAD Works, and Daisy, Daisy, The Complex, Dublin (group), and God’s Hot Car, Ormond Art Studios, Dublin (solo).
Weaver was a recent member of Ormond Art Studios and co-chair of After School Special Dublin, a peer critique group for emerging artists. Her practice has been supported by the Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Award 2023, and the Arts Council Agility Award 2023. Recent exhibitions include My Heart-Shaped Fiskekaker Won’t Fit in My Suitcase, 2022, Galleri Taxi, Bergen, Norway (group), Shitposting From The Cryosphere, 2022, NCAD Atrium Space (two-person), As Good A Way As Any, 2023, NCAD Works, and Daisy, Daisy, The Complex, Dublin (group), and God’s Hot Car, Ormond Art Studios, Dublin (solo).
Education
2019 to 2023 Fine Art Painting, The National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland, first class honors, highly commended thesis
2022 Erasmus in Fine Art, KMD at the University of Bergen, Norway
2017 to 2018 Outdoor Life and Norwegian Language, Nordvestlandet Folkehogskole, Torviktbukt Norway
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Antirust, Ormond Art Studios, Dublin
Daisy, Daisy, Douglas Hyde Student Forum at The Complex, Dublin
God’s Hot Car, Ormond Art Studios, Dublin (solo)
21 Bridges to the Sea, Clancy Quay Artist Studios, Islandbridge, Dublin
2023 Sustain, Dublin Modular at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
Lughnasa, Thrust Collective at Phase Space Arts, Rathgar, Dublin
NCAD Works 2023, Undergraduate Degree Show, NCAD, Dublin
This Moment, Temple Bar Medical Centre, Dublin, Curated by Catherine Ward
2022 Shitposting From The Cryosphere, in collaboration with Aoife Ní Dhuinn, Atrium Space, NCAD, Dublin (two-person)
Open Gathering, Dublin Modular, Unit 44, Stoneybatter, Dublin
My Heart Shaped Fiskekaker Won’t Fit In My Suitcase, Gallery Taxi, Bergen, Norway.
KMD Grand Spring Exhibition, 61 Møllendalsveien, Bergen, Norway (group)
Limbo Party, NCAD Microstudios x NCAD Design Publication
Talks and Workshops
2024 Prancing, Drifting, Foaming Round in the Eddy, Collage workshop in collaboration with Aoife Ní Dhuinn as part of Muine Bheag Arts’ Commune
2023 Ormond Recent Graduate Talks, Ormond Arts Studios
Body and Environment, Curated Talk and Tour of Painting Graduate Work, hosted in Collaboration with Sarah Leddy, NCAD Works 2023
Open Critique, Public Critique of Graduate Work, hosted in collaboration with Aoife Ni Dhuinn, NCAD Works 2023
Awards and Recognition
2023 Arts Council Agility Award
Irish Arts Review – Autumn 2023, Vol.4 Issue 3, Review from art historian Niamh NicGhabhann
Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Trust Award – Received funding towards Norwegian folkloric art research trip in Oslo, Norway
Programs and Residencies
2024 The Douglas Hyde Gallery Student Forum VI
After School Special Critique Society – Nov. 2022 to Sept. 2024, Established and led peer critique group in collaboration with Aoife Ni Dhuinn – Organizing monthly gatherings where we facilitate constructive discussion/workshops about current topics and individual practices with emerging artists
2023 Clancy Quay Professional Development Programme – September to January 2024, Facilitated by Superprojects x NCAD and Kennedy Wilson