Shia Rowan Conlon is an artist, writer and organiser
originally from Ireland, currently based in Helsinki, Finland.
Contact: shiaconlon@gmail.com
Education
2018–2020 MFA in Time & Space Arts, Academy of Fine Art, Helsinki, FI
2011–2015 BFA, Crawford College Of Art and Design, Cork, IE
2012 Exchange semester at Tampere University, Tampere, FI
Collective work
2021 – ongoing: Co-founder and organiser of Trans Library Helsinki
2020 – ongoing: Editor and organiser of Almanac Press: publishing and mutual aid org
Exhibitions
2025
Upcoming: Gag, duo show with Iona Roisin, Pori Art Museum, Finland
Upcoming: Group show at Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
Skin Deep, group show, Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin, IE
2024
Bricolage, group show, Governor’s Island, NYC
The Girl Who Turned into a Rosebush, HAM, Helsinki, FI
Festival Les Instants Vidéo, Marseille, FR
Sites of Dreaming, solo show, The Library Project, Dublin, IE
When I Was Done Dying: Duo Show with Minjee Hwang-Kim, Titanik Gallery, FI
Sites Of Dreaming displayed at PhotoIreland Festival, Printworks, Dublin, IE
Charmed, group show at Haunted69a, Bergen, NO
Sites Of Dreaming, Queer Archive Festival, Athens, GR
2023
I’ll be your mirror, solo show, Hippolyte Gallery, FI
Nuoret 2023, duo show, G Galleria, FI
Sites of Dreaming, solo show at Turun Taidehalli, FI
Not Gay, curated by Jonathan D. Katz at Marion Art Gallery, NY, USA
Queer Cohesion, group show, Detroit Stockholm, SE
Friend of The Artist, group show, AIR Gallery, NYC, USA
2022
The Years That Repeat Their Days, group show Juhani Kirpila Art Collection, FI
Sites Of Dreaming, Queer Archive Festival, Athens, GR
When I Was Done Dying: Duo Show with Minjee Hwang-Kim, Titanik Gallery, Turku, FI
In Our Own Image, Irish National Photography collection, Dublin Castle, IE
Phroom exhibition of Irish Photography, A24 Sounds Dublin, IE
2021
Exalted, screening at Queer City Cinema, Regina, CA
Exalted, screening at Arts Center NOASS, Riga, LV
Exalted, screening, Lux Moving Image London x The Room Projects, UK
The Temporary Bookshelf, Kosminen Gallery, FI
Cowboy of Time, Publics, Helsinki, FI
2020
FUTURES, Unseen Amsterdam Art Fair, Amsterdam, NLD
Exalted, screening at Love and Anarchy Film Festival, Helsinki, FI
Exalted screening at VAFT Festival, Turku, FI
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 x Creative Debuts, London, UK
Thessaloniki Queer Art Festival, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, 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
F_Festival, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, IE
What Will Our Future Hold?, Dye House, London, UK
Grrrl Zine Festival, Southend on Sea, UK
2016
Hers; Me, Tad Gallery, Denton, Texas, USA
What We Are Doing, Alexandra Park, Manchester, UK
Summer Pals, Camp Gallery, Montreal, CA
2015
SUGAR, Bunny Collective, Tactic Gallery, Cork City, IE
AT THE PARTY, I WRITE WORDS ON BALLOONS, Node Gallery, Helsinki, FI
Discomfort, Comfort, Brooklyn Bazaar, New York City, USA
Gaze At Me, Kadmium Gallery, Delft, NE
I’m So Excited, HaHa Gallery, Manchester, UK
Soft Matter, The Wonder Inn, Manchester, UK
We Do Not Leave Pyramids, CCAD, Cork, IE
2014
The Performance Caravan with Amanda Coogan, TACTIC, Cork, IE
The Young-Girl’s Gaze, Bunny Collective, Soma Gallery, Waterford, IE
The Coven presents Girlhood, Oakland, CA, USA
The Coven presents Girlhood, San Francisco, CA, USA
U Could Do Better, Art Baby Gallery, NY, USA
Girlhood, The Coven, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montreal, CA
Le Sigh, Silent Barn, New York City, USA
Polyester, Shackwell Arms, London, UK
2012
Intimates, Gal Space, London, UK
Soapbox, Gal Space, London, UK
2011
The Coven, GLASSdoor Gallery, Montreal, CA
Alone With Other People, Art Baby Gallery, NYC, USA
URL, Bunny Collective, CCAD, Cork, IE