About

Frank Sweeney is an artist with a research based practice, using found material to approach questions of collective memory, experience and identity through film and sound.

Recent work includes ‘Few Can See’ (winner of the Tiger Shorts Competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam, Second Diamond Award at Alcine 53, Special Mention at Filmadrid Awards, commissioned by EVA International - Ireland’s Biennial), ‘People enjoy my company’ (Best Documentary at LUFF Switzerland, IMMA 2021-22, Transmediale Berlin, BFI Southbank LSFF 2022) and ‘Made Ground’ (collaboration with Eva Richardson McCrea, Temple Bar Gallery 2021, purchased for the Arts Council Collection in 2021).

Recent awards include the Common Ground MARKING 25 Commission, the Arts Council's Next Generation and Project Award, aemi + Sirius Film Commission & a 3 Year Studio at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios.

Frank’s recent film work is distributed by VDB in the U.S.

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Forthcoming solo exhibition:
'Go Ye Afar' will open at Temple Bar Gallery in October 2025.

Current Exhibitions :
Apocalypse Anxieties | Group Exhibition at Luan Gallery