Tommie Soro is an artist and Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow whose practice explores how cultural values and beliefs are constructed through language. Interested in the relationship between form and meaning, he works across a variety of media, including performance, video, print, text, animation, and games.
ART
Art Review
Ludic Art (Board game). NATO Act Wargaming Week, King’s College London, 2024
Lapdogs of War
Group Exhibition. Empty Circle Gallery, New York. 2022.
Art and Politics 2: Statecraft
Artistic Research Project. Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2020
Cloud Nine Pavilion
Group Exhibition. Bangkok Biennial, Thailand, 2020.
The Digital Aesthetic in Utopia of Access
Group Exhibition. The Research Pavilion, Venice Biennale, 2017.
The Artrepreneur
Public Space Intervention. Kassel, Germany; Barcelona, Spain, 2017
Homeland Video Loop
Group Exhibition. Damer House Gallery, Tipperary, Ireland, 2016.
Deciphering TTIP: A Colloquium
Video Art Exhibition. Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 2016.
People, Pictures, Nations
Public Space Intervention. Dublin, Ireland, 2015
Using the Museum
Group Exhibition. Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2014.
Welcome to Econotopia - commons of the contemporary
Artistic Research. Roaming Research Academy and TAAK, The Netherlands/Mexico/USA, 2014
The People
Public Space Intervention. Haarlem, The Netherlands, 2014
Collective Struggle of Refugees: Lost. In Between. Together
Artistic Research. New World Academy with Jonas Staal and BAK, The Netherlands, 2014
Dublin Live Art Festival
Group Exhibition. MART, Dublin, Ireland, 2014.
Doors Reclaimed
Group Exhibition. Ranelagh Arts Festival, Dublin, Ireland, 2014.
Summer School Marfa
Group Exhibition. The Lumber yard, Texas, USA, 2014.
A Wake for the Celtic Tiger
Public Space Intervention. Dublin, Ireland, 2013
Mamuska
Group Exhibition. La Cat Salons, Dublin, Ireland, 2013
Branded
Public Space Intervention. Dublin, Ireland, 2012
Step 111
Group Exhibition. Block T, Dublin, Ireland, 2011.
Smile Signs
Public Space Intervention. Dublin, Ireland, 2010
Financial Advice Bureau
Public Space Intervention. Dublin, Ireland, 2009
EMPLOYMENT
Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow: 2023-Present
Technological University Dublin
Lecturer. Thesis Prep. BA Fine Art, BA Visual Communications: 2023-Present
Technological University Dublin
Art and Culture Researcher: 2019-2023
Native Events, Dublin, Ireland
Virtual Learning Environment Tutor: 2019-2020
Technological University Dublin
Lecturer. Thesis Prep. BA Visual Communications: 2017-2018
Technological University Dublin
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Soro T (2023): How Online Discourse Networks Fields of Practice: Interdiscursivity and Negotiation in Art Organisation About Pages. (Under review at Humanities and Social Sciences Communications following R&R).
Soro T (2021) 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.
Soro T, Stott T and O’Rourke BK (2019) 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
2024. 16th European Sociological Association Conference. Super Bock Arena - Rosa Mota Pavilion
Jardins do Palácio de Cristal, Rua de Dom Manuel II, Port, Portugal [upcoming]
2020. DiscourseNet 24, Université Saint-Louis, Belgium
Title: Discursive Power and Discursive Markets
2019. Seminar, University of the Arts, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Title: Reputational Discourse in the Artworld
2018. European Artistic Research Network Conference, Dublin, Ireland
Title: Discursive Norms in the Artworld’s Reputational Economy
2018. Giessen Graduate Center Annual Conference, University of Giessen, Germany
Title: The Discursive Construction of Artists
2017. Research Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Title: Reputational Discourse in the Field of Contemporary Art
2017. Discourse Analysis Group. Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland
Title: Reputational Discourse in Online Artworlds
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
2022. Researcher and lead project designer. Revolve Circular Campsite, Native Events.
2022. Researcher and consultant. Environmental Sustainability Plan for Arts Council Ireland, Native Events.
2022. Researcher and consultant. Environmental Sustainability Strategy for Create, Native Events.
2019. Secondment. University of the Arts, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Real Smart Cities– A Marie Sklodowska-Curie RISE Action Programme.
2019. Reviewer. Palgrave Journal of Communication, Springer.
AWARDS
2023. Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
Irish Research Council
2022. Seal of Excellence Award.
Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship Application (Score: 91)
2015. Fiosraigh Dean of Graduate Student Award
Technological University Dublin
2012. Best Use of New Media Award.
Image Now
EDUCATION
PHD Cultural Sociology and Discourse Analysis: 2015-2020 Result: Dissertation passed with no corrections
Technological University Dublin
Master Fine Art: 2012-2014 Grade: 7.85/10
Dutch Art Institute
Bachelor Fine Art (Honours Degree): 2008-2012 Grade: 1st Class Honours
Dublin Institute of Technology
Higher National Diploma Animation: 2002-2005 Grade: Distinction
Coláiste Dhúlaigh
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Marie Curie Alumni Association
DiscourseNet Association
Visual Artists Ireland
European Sociological Association