Art
Group exhibition | 2025
Questioning Artistic Hegemony. European Sociological Association Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
Group exhibition | 2025
Doors. 195th RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland.
Solo exhibition | 2025
Making Artworld/s. Tøn Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
Group exhibition | 2024
Hell Is Empty and All the Devils Are Here. Proyectos Raul Zamudio, New York, USA.
Ludic artwork | 2024
Art Review. Board game presented at NATO ACT Wargaming Week, King’s College London, United Kingdom.
Group exhibition | 2022
Lapdogs of War. Empty Circle Gallery, New York, USA.
Artistic research workshop | 2020
Art and Politics 2: Statecraft. Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland.
Group exhibition | 2020
Cloud Nine Pavilion. Bangkok Biennial, Bangkok, Thailand.
Group exhibition | 2017
The Digital Aesthetic in Utopia of Access. Research Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.
Public-space intervention | 2017
The Artrepreneur. Kassel, Germany, and Barcelona, Spain.
Group exhibition | 2016
Homeland Video Loop. Damer House Gallery, Tipperary, Ireland.
Video art exhibition | 2016
Deciphering TTIP: A Colloquium. Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Public-space intervention | 2015
People, Pictures, Nations. Dublin, Ireland.
Group exhibition | 2014
Using the Museum. Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Artistic research project | 2014
Welcome to Econotopia: Commons of the Contemporary. Roaming Research Academy and TAAK, the Netherlands, Mexico and the USA.
Public-space intervention | 2014
The People. Haarlem, the Netherlands.
Artistic research project | 2014
Collective Struggle of Refugees: Lost. In Between. Together. New World Academy with Jonas Staal and BAK, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Group exhibition | 2014
Dublin Live Art Festival. MART, Dublin, Ireland.
Group exhibition | 2014
Doors Reclaimed. Ranelagh Arts Festival, Dublin, Ireland.
Group exhibition | 2013
Summer School Marfa. The Lumberyard, Texas, USA.
Public-space intervention | 2013
A Wake for the Celtic Tiger. Dublin, Ireland.
Group exhibition | 2013
Mamuska. La Cat Salons, Dublin, Ireland.
Public-space intervention | 2012
Branded. Dublin, Ireland.
Group exhibition | 2011
Step 111. Block T, Dublin, Ireland.
Public-space intervention | 2010
Smile Signs. Dublin, Ireland.
Public-space intervention | 2009
Financial Advice Bureau. Dublin, Ireland.
Publications
Monograph | 2026, in press
Soro, Tommie. Discourse and Hierarchy in the Artworld: How Reputation Is Constructed through Communication in Cultural Fields. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN: 978-1-3503-4821-9.
Journal article | 2023
Soro, Tommie. “How Online Discourse Networks Fields of Practice: The Discursive Negotiation of Autonomy on Art Organisation About Pages.” Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10 (1): 298. DOI: 10.1057/s41599-023-01748-1.
Journal article | 2021
Soro, Tommie. “How Symbolic Value Is Constructed through Utterances: Discursive Power and Performances of Reputation in the Field of Online Art Magazines.” Poetics 89: 101572. DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2021.101572.
Journal article | 2019
Soro, Tommie, Tim Stott and Brendan K. O’Rourke. “The Rules of the Game: Discursive Norms and Limits in the Field of Online Art Magazines.” Social Semiotics 31 (2): 324–344. DOI: 10.1080/10350330.2019.1637997.
Conference Papers, Seminars and Talks
Conference paper | 2026
Soc&Pol PGR Community Research Day, University of Galway, Ireland.
Seminar | 2026
Conversations in Creativity Seminar, University of Galway, Ireland.
Conference paper | 2025
European Sociological Association Research Network Sociology of the Arts Conference, Spain.
Invited talk | 2025
Earth Rising, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland.
Conference paper | 2024
16th European Sociological Association Conference, Portugal.
Conference paper | 2020
“Discursive Power and Discursive Markets.” DiscourseNet 24, Université Saint-Louis, Brussels, Belgium.
Seminar | 2019
“Reputational Discourse in the Artworld.” University of the Arts, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Conference paper | 2018
“Discursive Norms in the Artworld’s Reputational Economy.” European Artistic Research Network Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
Conference paper | 2018
“The Discursive Construction of Artists.” Giessen Graduate Center Annual Conference, University of Giessen, Germany.
Conference paper | 2018
“A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Construction of Artists’ Reputation.” 20th International Conference of Contemporary Art Theory and History, Venice, Italy.
Panel discussion | 2017
“Reputational Discourse in the Field of Contemporary Art.” Research Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.
Research seminar | 2017
“Reputational Discourse in Online Artworlds.” Discourse Analysis Group, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland.
Research Activities
Peer reviewer | 2026–present
Corpus Pragmatics, Springer Nature.
Executive Management Team member | 2026–present
Institute for Creativity, University of Galway.
Programme and Organising Committee member | 2026
Society for Artistic Research International Conference 2026, University of Galway.
Seminar series organiser | 2026
Conversations in Creativity, Institute for Creativity, University of Galway.
Conference organiser | 2025
Artworld Reputation in the Digital Age, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland.
Peer reviewer | 2019–present
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Springer Nature.
Researcher and project designer | 2022
Revolve Circular Campsite, Fleadh Cheoil 2022, Native Events.
Researcher and consultant | 2022
Environmental Sustainability Plan for the Arts Council of Ireland, Native Events.
Researcher and consultant | 2022
Environmental Sustainability Strategy for Create, Native Events.
Research secondment | 2019
Real Smart Cities: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange, University of the Arts, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Session chair | 2018
20th International Conference of Contemporary Art Theory and History, Venice, Italy.
Academic Appointments
Postdoctoral Researcher and Associate Researcher | 2025–present
Institute for Creativity, University of Galway.
Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow | 2023–2025
Technological University Dublin.
Assistant Lecturer | 2023–2025
Thesis Preparation, BA Fine Art and BA Visual Communication, Technological University Dublin.
Art and Culture Researcher | 2019–2023
Native Events, Dublin, Ireland.
Virtual Learning Environment Tutor | 2019–2020
Technological University Dublin.
Assistant Lecturer | 2018–2019
Thesis Preparation, BA Visual Communication, Technological University Dublin.
Research Funding
Proposal preparation grant | 2026
Enterprise Ireland ERC Proposal Preparation Support Grant — €8,000.
Postdoctoral fellowship | 2023–2025
Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship, Irish Research Council — €100,000.
Doctoral fellowship | 2015–2019
Fiosraigh Dean of Graduate Students Award, Technological University Dublin — €72,000.
Research and travel grant | 2018
Real Smart Cities: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange — €2,500.
Research and travel grant | 2017
Dublin Institute of Technology — €1,500.
Education
PhD, Cultural Sociology and Discourse Analysis | 2015–2020
Technological University Dublin.
Dissertation passed with no corrections.
MA, Contemporary Art Practice | 2012–2014
Dutch Art Institute, ArtEZ.
Grade: 7.85/10.
BA (Hons), Fine Art | 2008–2012
Dublin Institute of Technology.
First Class Honours.
Higher National Diploma, Animation | 2002–2005
Coláiste Dhúlaigh.
Distinction.
Research Training
Certificate, Doing Research with Discourse Analysis | 2016
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Certificate, Corpus Linguistics: Method, Analysis, Interpretation | 2016
Lancaster University.
Awards
Seal of Excellence | 2022
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship application.
Evaluation score: 91.
Best Presentation Award | 2018
International Conference of Contemporary Art Theory and History.
Best Use of New Media Award | 2012
Image Now.
Professional Memberships
DiscourseNet Association
European Culture and Technology Laboratory
European Sociological Association
Marie Curie Alumni Association
Society for Artistic Research
Visual Artists Ireland