Chloe Austin (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist working with text, performance and installation. She is currently a PhD Researcher at Belfast School of Art, Ulster University. Chloe completed her MFA at BSOA in 2020, after receiving her BA in Fine Art and Design at Crawford College in Cork in 2017.

Her current practice takes performative approaches to archival material and typographic history. Through collaborative performance-led interventions and workshops, she examines how text-based communication has influenced queer and feminist expression on the island of Ireland.

She is a recipient of the Agility Award from The Arts Council of Ireland (2024 & 2023), ACNI: SIAP Award (2022), and the 126 Gallery Micro-Grant Programme (2021). She was also awarded the Alice Berger Hammerschlag Award from Belfast School of Art (2018) and the Cork Film Centre Exhibition Award (2017). Her work has been exhibited by galleries such as The MAC International, CCA Derry/Londonderry, LAB Gallery, and Golden Thread Gallery.

This residency will provide invaluable time to explore new ideas and methods, particularly through visits to Glasgow Women’s Library, one of the UK’s most significant collections of LGBT history. I plan to focus on starting a new interdisciplinary body of work, combining research and experimentation with archival materials and diverse mediums.