CV - Lotte Bender

Bio

Lotte Bender is a practicing visual artist based in Ireland. A Limerick School of Art and Design graduate, she has worked on projects both in Ireland and internationally. Most notably taking the socially engaged art project Street Line Critics to Helsinki, Finland as part of the Pixelache Festival and Gaming the System.

She has exhibited and run events in collaboration with The Hunt Museum (Limerick), Ormston House (Limerick), 126 Gallery (Galway) and The Model (Sligo).

Lotte is a professional member of Visual Artists Ireland.

Solo Exhibitions/Events

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2015 – Street Line Critics Event and Workshop, The Model, Sligo, Ireland.

2014 – Street Line Critics Book Launch and exhibit, The White House, Limerick, Ireland.

2014 – ‘9-10-11’, Street Line Critics and Prequel Programme Collaboration, Ormston
House, Limerick

Group Exhibitions/Events

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2015 – Street Line Critics On Tour, as part of ‘Gaming the System’ Festival, Kulosaari Metro Station, Helsinki, Finland (23^rd – 28^th September)

2015 – Street Line Critics Event and Workshop, The Model, Sligo (24^th and 25^th of June)

2014 – Street Line Critics Book Launch, The White House, Limerick (8^th of October)

2014 – Culture Night Limerick, Street Line Critics Event, The Crescent, O’ Connell Street, (18^th of September)

2014 – ‘9-10-11’, Street Line Critics and Prequel Programme Collaboration, Ormston House, Limerick, (14^th-28^th of May)

2013 – ‘Engage’, Ormston House Limerick – MA SPACE Showcase and Presentations (9^th and 10^th of October)

2012 – ‘Breaking the Line —-‘,126 Gallery, Galway (1^st to the 22^nd of December)

2012 – Limerick School of Art and Design Graduation Show, Limerick, (9^th of June – 15^th of June)

2011 – ‘Outside:Insight’, group exhibition, Brigit’s Garden, Galway (10^th July – 4^th of September)

2011 – ‘Identity’, group exhibition, Limerick School of Art and Design Gallery, Limerick (4^th of May –12^th of May)

2011 – ‘Vitiate’, group exhibition, Franciscan Church and Friary, Limerick (31^st of March to the 3^rd of April

2011 – ‘Dry’, group performance evening, The Loft, Limerick (8^th of February)

2011 – ‘My Limerick’, group exhibition, Hunt Museum, Limerick (1^st– 31^st of January)

2010 – ‘Table of Contents’, group exhibition, Limerick School of Art and Design Gallery, Limerick (22^nd October – 12^th November)

2010 – ‘Confusion’, group exhibition, Stix, Limerick (29^th of April – 7^th of May)

2010 – ‘Grey Cabinet’, group show, Limerick School of Art and Design Gallery, Limerick (19^th -29^th of January)

Events work has been shown in

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2021 – Limerick Artists Book Expo 2021, Limerick City Gallery of Art, curated by Artist, Carl Doran

2015 – Street Line Critics On Tour, as part of ‘Gaming the System’ Festival, Kulosaari Metro Station, Helsinki, Finland (23^rd – 28^th September)

2014 – Limerick City Culture Night – 19^th of September

2013 – TomCat Street Festival, Thomas Street, Catherine Street, Limerick (June 1^st and 2^nd)

2011 – Spirit Store’s ‘CAT Dig’, Catherine Street Limerick, (14^th 0f May)

2011 – ‘Second Annual LIT Film Festival’, Millennium Theatre, Limerick (April 11^th to 15^th)

2010 – ‘Halloween Ball’, Limerick Printmakers, Limerick (30^th of October)

2010 – ‘First Annual LIT Film Festival’, Millennium Theatre, Limerick (April)

2010 – Street Shorts, Spirit Store CAT DIG, E+VA, Catherine Street, Limerick (7^th of May)

Grants

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2021 – Certificate of Merit, 2021 Luxembourg Art Prize

2016 – DLI Summer School – Limerick Arts Office Bursary

2015 – Culture Ireland Travel Grant

2014 – Grants under Arts Act funding from Limerick City & County Councils Arts Office

Books Published

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2021 – Children’s Picture Book, ‘Where are the Trees’, Pamalotte Studios Publishing

2014 – Book on socially engaged art project, ‘Street Line Critics’, Self Published with help from the Grants under Arts Act funding from Limerick City & County Councils Arts Office

Articles and Interviews

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2021 – The Limerick Leader, Interview in Spotlight Series –https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/spotlight—kieran-beville/646857/spotlight-artist-full-of-dutch-courage.html

2020 – People with Passion Interview –https://peoplewithpassionennis.wordpress.com/2020/12/06/lotte-bender/

2016 – The Limerick Leader, Arts Interview – https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/news/91961/The-Arts-Interview–Lotte-Bender.html

2016 – Project Feature, Visual Artists Ireland Newsletter (March)- https://issuu.com/visualartistsireland/docs/2016_02_mar_apr_van

2015 – The Limerick Magazine, Interview and article on Street Line Critics –https://issuu.com/limerickonline/docs/the_limerick_magazine_october_2015

2015 – Pixelache Festival Interview – https://livingspaces.pixelache.ac/posts/interview-with-lotte-bender-street-line-critics

2014 – The White House Poets article – http://www.whitehousepoets.com/the-open-poet/lotte-bender.html

2012 – The Limerick Leader Exit Review – https://seanosullivan.ie/+pdf/exit-1.pdf

General Publications

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2020– Cover Illustration, Jessica Brown, ‘Penny’s Story’

2019 – Cover Illustration, Pat McLoughlin, ‘From Head to Tale’, The Limerick Writers’ Centre

2018 – Cover Illustration, ‘Opening Doors’, The Limerick Writers’ Centre

2018 – Cover Art, Tim Cunningham, ‘Feathers’, Revival Press, Limerick

2017 – Cover Art, Michael Farry, ‘The Age of Glass’, Revival Press, Limerick

2017 – Cover Illustration, ‘Voices from the Cave’, The Limerick Writers’ Centre

2016 – Cover Illustration, Ed. Shane Vaughan, ‘It’s A Queer City: All The Same’, The Limerick Writers’ Centre

2016 – Cover Illustration, Tim Cunningham, ‘The Lyrics to the Nightingale’s Song’ Revival Press, Limerick – (March)

2015 – Gaming the System Catalogue, Limerick – Helsinki – (December)

2015 – Cover Illustration, Mark Lloyd’s, ‘Kids and Schools Quiz Books’, Pillar Publishing, Limerick – (November)

2013 – Engage, MA Space catalogue, https://lit.ie/getmedia/8d976b2f-7353-4b9b-bfe1-eca6398aa917/maspace_webcatalogue_Feb14.pdf

Relevant Jobs/Work Experience

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2015 – Art Class facilitator with the Daughters of Charity Services in their Dooradoyle Day Care Centre.

2015 – Freelance Design/Illustration/Typesetting work with Pillar Publishing, Limerick

2014 – Present – Book and cover designer at the Limerick Writers’ Centre.

2013 – Assistant Lecturer/Teacher – Children’s’ Art Summer Camp, Limerick School of Art and Design – 22^nd – 26^th of July

2012 – Visual/ Drawing/ Design work, (Helping visualize an indoor play centre for both disabled and able bodied children, Share a dream Foundation, 28^th of June – 15th December

2012 – Coordinating event, Visual Artist’s Ireland, Get Together 2012, 14^th, 15^th of June

2012 – ‘CATDIG’, Catherine Street, Limerick, CATDIG Curator and co-organiser (11^th and 12^th of May) www.catdig.eu

2012 – Working with children to create St. Patricks Day Parade Float, Parade, Northside Learning Hub, Limerick (January – 17^th of March)

2011/2012 – ‘Sock it Out’, Puppet Design for film