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About

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Venus Patel

Based in Dublin 

Experimental Filmmaker

Performance Artist

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Patel’s work concerns her experience as a trans femme of colour, trying to navigate the world. Through the use of costuming and loose gender expression, she encapsulates the campy blend of her queer identity. Venus questions the heteronormative society we live in, why the need to conform is so heavily enforced, and how that affects the perceptions of ourself, others, and the world around us. Although her work deals with serious subject matter, she utilises a unique mix of humour, absurdity, and abjection to create multi-faceted performances and experiences.

Achievements

Education

2018-2022 BA Fine Art, First Honours

 TU Dublin

 

Grants & Awards 

Pan Pan International Mentorship 2025

Pan Pan Theatre

 

Project Studio 2025

Temple Bar Gallery + Studios

 

Bursary Award 2024

Arts Council 

 

Axis Assemble Bursary 2024

Axis, Ballymun

 

Agility Award 2023

Arts Council

 

Romilly Walton Masters Award 2023

Centre Culturel Irlandais

 

RDS Taylor Art Award 2022

RDS Visual Art Awards 

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Residencies

MAKE Residency - Dec 2024

Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Monaghan

 

Romilly Walton Masters Residency - July 2023

Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris

 

Live Art Ireland - Oct-Nov 2022

Milford House, Tipperary

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