Dr Fiona Whelan is a Dublin-based artist, writer and educator. Her art practice is committed to exploring and responding to power relations and inequalities through long-term collaborations with diverse individuals, groups and organisations. These processes are rooted in complex relational networks and typically accumulate over time through a series of public manifestations, including text-based, visual, performative and dialogical artworks, that take direction from the collaborative process and lived experiences of those involved.

Recent projects include Boys in the Making (ongoing since 2019, with Rialto Youth Project/RYP), What Does He Need? (ongoing since 2018, with RYP and Brokentalkers), The forest that won’t forget (ongoing since 2021, with John Conway, 221+ and Hometree), and Multi-Story Act 1: The Apology (2020-2022, with Feidlim Cannon and Housing Action Now).

Fiona is also a committed writer of books, book chapters and journal articles focused on the complex relationality, labour, methodology and ethical challenges of her collaborative practice. Fiona teaches at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, where she is currently the Programme Leader for the MA/MFA Art and Social Action.