Personal

Una Gildea, 26 Packenham House, Patrick Street, Dublin 8

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Education

2004 New Media Creative Design, FAS Training Center, Baldoyle

2001 Bristol Animation course, University of the West of England

1997 School of Visual Arts, New York. Exchange Programme

1993-1998 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam : Diploma Painting, Drawing and Print Making

1985-1988 BA Degree, English & Psychology, University College Dublin

2004 work in progress

"Tick Tock" A visual and aural journey through the dreamscapes of women in their 30’s, in collaboration with composer/pianist Marion Von Tilzer.

"Total Love" An animated music video to one of my favourite songs from ‘The Nualas’

Video & Film

1999 "Uitgelaten Mannen", Una Gildea, Amsterdam.A humourous look at women who take their men out. Live-action & animation.

2000 "April’s Dancing", Una Gildea, Amsterdam.A moving collage of form, colour and texture. Cut-out animation.

2001 Show reel of drawn animation work, Bristol.

Commissioned Animation

1999 "Children and Money", Leeuw Productions, Amsterdam. How do children in Holland and Burkina Faso (Africa) earn, and spend, their pocket money ?

1999 "Who Wants What", Lawson, Ross & What'shisname Production, Amsterdam. Human rights through children’s eyes.

1999 Title sequence for "The Green Green Grass of Home", Power Productions, Dublin, Six part series profiling Irish stand-up comedians.

2002/03 "When I was a Child", MM Productions, Amsterdam.Retired people reminisce about their childhood.

Group Exhibitions & Festivals

1994 "Unframed Comedy", Amsterdam.

1996 "1 in 6", Oosterkerk, Amsterdam.

1996 "Drawing" , Kyoto School of Art, Japan.

1998 "Graduation Show", Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam.

1999 "The Park of the Future", Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam.

1999 "Madonna in the 20th Century", Suzan Spaan Galerie, Culemborg.

1999 Participant West Netherlands Video Festival, Rotterdam.

2000 Participant Golden Flame Video Festival, Utrecht.

2002 Participant Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht

Solo presentations

1997 "Una Pops-Up", The School of Visual Arts, New York.
1998 "Una Gildea Presents", Rietveld Pavilion, Amsterdam.

Other

2000 Slide projections for theatre play "Lower than the Heart", by Michelle Read, Dublin.

2001 Animation, slide projections and sculptures for "Testlab" dance evening with dj Eddie de Clerq, Paradiso Club, Amsterdam.