| CV |

I’m an artist, creative, intuitive and
explorer of multi-dimensional platforms.
contact me on pupaktransformation@gmail.com
for any collaboration and/or queries.

Kathleen O'Leary
Contemporary Artist | Performance & Visual Arts | Facilitator.


Location: Ireland | Online

EDUCATION & TRAINING
2025/'24 Reiki Practioner level 1, 2 & Master level 3 with Adrianna Vais NeferPtah 
Ordained Priestess of Goddess Isis. Reiki Grand Master, Teacher, Ancient Egyptian Reiki Practitioner. 
2023 – RehabCare Induction Training
2021 – Mastermind Business Course (3 months) with Allera Dawn, Life and Business Coach
“Unapologetically You” – 4-week Business Coaching Intensive
2020 – The Artist’s Way (Julia Cameron) with Marianne Adams, Senior Art Therapist, 
and Lou Martin (Channel / Intuitive / Counsel)
Web-Spinning Online Creative Writers Group facilitated by Isolde Carmody, Writer, performer and 
Story archaeologist https://storyarchaeology.com/author/isolde/ https://guidedogs.ie/story/isolde-ari/ 
Funded by Creative Ireland Programme and Leitrim County Council. 
Accredited Professional Aromatherapy.  For Wellness And A Healthy Lifestyle.  
Level 2 Diploma with Tania Magdalene. The Academy of Ancient Magik.
Accredited Aromatherapy 
Level 1 Diploma with Tania Magdalene. The Academy of Ancient Magik.
Aromatherapy Course For Natural Living with Mark Perren-Jones Certified Aromatherapist.
Herbalism: Identify & Harvest Wild Medicinal Plants Certified Course with Elizabeth Heck
Qualified Herbalist Instructor.
2019 Accredited Herbalism: Introduction & Medicine Making Course with Elizabeth Heck 
Top Qualified Herbalism Instructor.
2012–2013 – M.A. (1st Class Hons.) Art in the Contemporary World, N.C.A.D., University College Dublin
2005–2001 – B.F.A. (Hons.), Atlantic Technological University, Sligo
2006 – Facilitation Skills Course, The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon (Cross Border Peace Initiative)
1999–2001 – Art & Design, Cork College of Commerce, West Cork Campus.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2024
From Here, A Bridge – Group performance, UnderCurrent Ensemble, The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon
Second Sight | Site – Solo performance, Disrupt Disability Arts Festival, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
2023
Artist in Residence & Program Facilitator, The Bridge & Elevate, Sligo
Co-host, NeuroPride Ireland Craft (Zoom)
Representative, DADA & Disability Power Ireland
emilieconway.ie/dada-campaign-for-human-rights 
2022
Between Earth and Sky: Unearthing our Hidden Wholeness – Funded by DVAS (16 CPD hrs)
Second Sight | Site, In Action – Solo performance, Chronic Collective, Pallas Projects
UnEarth, Close Contact – UnderCurrent, NorthWest and Dancer from the Dance Festival Tour
2020–2021
Magnetise – Dance Project (online, facilitated by Kate Wilson)
Mother – Solo Online Exhibition, Hambly & Hambly, Enniskillen, NI
Smashing Barriers Drama Collective – Digital Designer & Film Producer
2014–2019 (Highlights)
A Dream of Dying (Film), Altered Environments (Solo, Leitrim Sculpture Centre),
We Borrow Freedom (Group, Hambly & Hambly), Moveable Dimensions (Screening, World Culture Festival, Spain),
Residencies: Digital Artists Studios, Belfast (2016–2017)
2005–2013 (Selected)
Solo exhibitions including Open Book | Leabhar Oscailte, West Cork; Fifth Wheel Element Project, Pallas Projects, Dublin
Participation in RHA 183rd Annual Exhibition, The Peace Project (USA Tour), and Outside the Lines: Artists in the Wilderness symposium with the Arts Council & ADI.

SELECTED PROJECTS & FACILITATION
2006–2012 – Liminality: Different Views / Viewing Difference, Lead Artist & Project Director (Cross-Border Initiative with Women Making Waves & Women Independently Living in Leitrim).
Touring venues: Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Enniskillen, Derry, Belfast, London, and Sligo.
Work includes cross-disciplinary collaboration in performance, visual art, film, and inclusive arts engagement.

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2017–2016 – Residency Award Winner, Digital Arts Studios in association with the Arts & Disability Forum, Belfast
2016 – Artist in Residence, Leitrim Sculpture Centre
2015 – Bureau of Radical Accessibility Residency, The Model, Sligo
2013 – LOCIS European Residency (Ireland, Sweden, Poland)
2013–2010 – Leitrim County Council Artist Bursaries
2012–2010 – International Peace Project, USA
2011 – Co-Mentoring Program, Fire Station Artists’ Studios & ADI
2007 – Artist in the Community Award, Create / Arts Council Ireland.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Professional Affiliations: DADA, Disability Power Ireland, NeuroPride Ireland
Practice Themes: Inclusive and participatory arts, embodied performance, interdisciplinary collaboration, disability arts, and creative empowerment.