About
Clara Scullion is a professional fine art and commercial photographer from Co. Antrim, Ireland.
After working across Ireland, the UK and Sweden, Clara completed her MFA in Photography at Ulster University, Belfast.
Following her BA in NCAD, Dublin, Clara became a winner of the In Public, In Particular Graduate Award, 2017. In the same year, she was shortlisted by the Adobe Design Achievement Awards for videography.
Her exploration of colour and light through photography is influenced by the paintings of American Realism.
While her fine art practice examines intricacies of post-conflict Northern Ireland, Clara's commercial work includes film stills photography, portraiture, and live event photography.
As a qualified and experienced art teacher, Clara also runs photography workshops as part of her socially engaged art practice.
Awards, Exhibitions & Features
Think Tank: An Empathetic Gesture?
PhotoIreland
Photography and the Marginal
August 2022
A Trace of Ownership
Belfast Exposed Gallery
Clean Slate Kids
June-July 2022
Imprint
Belfast Exposed Gallery
Cost of No Surrender
February 2022
191st RHA Annual Exhibition
RHA Gallery, Dublin
Cost of No Surrender
September - December 2021
Creative Practitioner Bursary Scheme
Shortlisted
March 2021
Transposed Zine
Transposed Photoseries
January 2019
In Public, In Particular Graduate Award
Our Thomas
NCAD Gallery
October - November 2017
Adobe Design Achievement Awards
Shortlisted
Videographer for 'Engage'
August 2017
Awkward Interjection
Pallas Studios
Monumental Everyday
Group Exhibition
July 2017
NCAD Graduate Exhibition
Moratorium
June 2017
Twice Shy
Artworks created for and featured in the set design of award winning Irish film by Tom Ryan
August 2016
Blue Green Unseen
John’s Lane, Dublin
Our World, Not Yet Seen
November 2015
Inhabit
Mary Street
May 2015
Richard Harris International Film Festival: Portrait Competition
Shortlisted
September 2015
I wasn't there in the Garden of Eden
Yellow Box Exhibition Space, NCAD
December 2015
Recipient of: In Public, In Particular Graduate Award
NCAD Gallery - Sound Art
October - November 2017
Awkward Interjection
Pallas Studios
Monumental Everyday - Oil paintings series (sold)
July 2017
Adobe Design Achievement Awards
Semi-finalist - Videographer for Engage
August 2017
NCAD Graduate Show
Moratorium - Photographic installation, Archival Pigment Prints
June 2017
Twice Shy
Artworks created for and featured in the set design of multi-award winning Independent Irish film by Tom Ryan
August 2016
I wasn't there in the Garden of Eden
Yellow Box National Collage of Art & Design, Dublin
Solo Exhibition - Photo series
December 2015
Blue Green Unseen
Group Exhibition, John’s Lane, Dublin
Our World, Not Yet Seen - Illustrations, Pencil and Spray Paint
November 2015
Inhabit
Group Exhibition - Mary Street, Dublin
Process - Video Installation Piece
May 2015
Richard Harris International Film Festival: Portrait Competition
Shortlisted
Bull - Oil Painting (Sold)
September 2015