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scenographer, costume designer & Visual artist developing research, design and fabrication expertise.
Dempsey has exhibited throughout Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland, Canada, Ireland, UK & Czechia with festivals, performances, exhibitions, films, Escape room and Performance Quadrennial.

Previous Projects

2024
A Fistful of Funk, Tanssin Talo, Helsinki, Finland 
Jackie – Tyttö ja kuolema IV, Teatteri Avoimet Ovet, Helsinki 
Interstices, Grey Garden Studios, Group exhibition, Yö Galleria, Helsinki
Hopp, Zodiak, Helsinki 

2023
Luukamari, Sivuhenkilöt, Cirko, Helsinki 
Upotapia, Kaiken Keskus, Kaasukello, Helsinki 
Hunden Bakom Mannen, Losti Collective, National Theatre, Nuuk, Greenland 

Out of Office, Grey Garden Studios, Group exhibition, Asbestos Art Space, Helsinki

2022

Hubris.2, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Ireland
Hunden Bakom Mannen, Losti Collective, World Stage Design Exhibition, Calgary, Canada &

Tjarnarbíó & UngI Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland
Gynecologist, Kallo Collective, Tehdas Teatteri, Turku, Finland
Organic, Grey Garden Studios, Group exhibition, Longa Galleria, Helsinki

2021
Travelling Light, City of Light Jyväskylä, Finland
Hunden Bakom Mannen
, Losti Collective, Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki
Lim,
Center of Everything, Helsinki
SAKA, Car dealer commercial, Finland


2020
Phantom of Normality, Theatre Academy, Helsinki, Finland & LMTA, Vilnius, Lithuania
Sublime Humility, Aalto University, Helsinki

 
2019
Superwood Festival, Hotel Rantapuisto, Helsinki
There's no room for my Wings, Helsinki Festival, Cirko, Helsinki
Kolo, Finnish Student Section, Prague Quadrennial, Industrial Palace, Prague, Czech Republic
Cramp, Academy of Fine Arts, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki

Sites and Situations - Floating Peripheries Conference, Lapland University, Rovaniemi, Finland 
 
2018
Large/VulnerableKallio Stage, Helsinki
DEMO - Digitalising Performance, Kallio Stage, Helsinki
Ihmemaa, Sibelius Music Academy, Gloria Stage, Helsinki
 
2017
Heartbroken House, Escape Room Helsinki
Hubris, RUA Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
YAOI, Independent Films, Copenhagen, Denmark, Istanbul, Turkey & Watermill Center, Long Island, U.S.A
 

2016
Are you Satisfied? ARK Books, Copenhagen, Denmark
Festival of Endless Gratitude, KPH Volume, Copenhagen
Winter Open Exhibition, RUA Red Gallery, Dublin
NotYetSet, Hotel Pro Forma, Copenhagen
 
2015
Selfish Shellfish Salty, Northern Stage, Newcastle, UK
Art Cinema 3.5, Habitat, Svendborg, Denmark

 
2014

Float Art 2014, OXO Bargehouse, London, UK
Contemporary Art Fair, Old Shire Hall, Durham, UK
The London Show, Truman Brewery, London
Newcastle Fine Art Degree Show 2014, Newcastle University, Newcastle
Heaton Arts Festival, Newcastle 

2013
Inner / Outer Zones, Funen Art Academy, Odense, Denmark
Affect, Funen Art Academy, Odense
"Initiate//Participate", Gallery North Annex, Northumbria University,  Newcastle

2012

Populace Project, Lime Street Gallery, Newcastle

The Departure Foundation, Tower House, Sunderland, UK
Video Forum, Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle 

Education

2017 - 2020
Design for the Performing Arts, Master of Arts Degree
- Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland


2010 - 2014​
Fine Art, Bachelor of Art Honours Degree
- Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK


2013
International Exchange, Contemporary Art, Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree
- Funen Art Academy, Odense, Denmark

Awards

2019
Awarded "Best Student Exhibtion Experience" Prize, Prague Quadrennial 2019, Czech Republic

2016
Winner of RUA Red Gallery Winter Open, Dublin, Ireland

©2025 Oscar Dempsey

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