keevobaoill
Keev Ó Baoill (Boyle-Darby)
b. 1997. Living and working in Dublin and Wicklow, Ireland. (He/They)
Education
2022 MA. (First Class Hons) in Gender, Sexuality and Culture, University College Dublin.
2020 BA International. (First Class Hons) in English and History, University College Dublin.
2019 Erasmus Student in Media/Cultural Studies, University of Amsterdam.
Experience
2023 Creative Futures Academy, Guest Speaker, Creative Approaches to Research
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2022 Creative Futures Academy, Launch Event Panel Discussion Speaker, Creative Futures
2022 Basic Income for the Arts, Pilot Scheme Recipient
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2021 tinycrowdcollective, Co-Founder and Editor
2021 Caveat Lector, Publications Assistant, Issue 12
2021 AreWeEurope, Campaigns Associate, Untold Stories
2021 The University Observer, Columnist, Quare Reactions
2021 Gay Community News (GCN.ie), Journalist
Mentorships
2022 Creative Futures Academy, Mentorship with Simon O’Connor, Director of MoLI (Museum of Literature Ireland)
Publications & Features
2023 "(Re)imagining the Sci-fi Hero in Leviathan Wakes and This Is How You Lose the Time War: queer narrative as the path to new, revolutionary futures." Research Article. SEXTANT: Masculinities, Sexualities & Decolonialities, Vol 1, Issue 2, Spring: 63-77.
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2023 "cois farraige, i bhfaid uaim", Issue 8, Channel
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2023 “the end of the world, my body is a temple full of chicken flavour koka noodles and plain chicken dippers”, Issue 4 “Spectrum”, Powders Press
2022 “New Friends in Town”, Interview with John Keelan of All My Friends Pub, Pride edition 2022, GCN Magazine
2022 “the end of the world, trans ed.”, Issue 3 “Gender”, Powders Press
2021 “Pod People”, Interview with Robbie Lawlor and Veda Lady, ‘Living’ edition, GCN Magazine
2021 “For Mother Mary and her Petulant, Devilish Daughters”, Personal Essay, Pride Edition 2021, GCN Magazine
2021 “If I” & “For painful goodbyes and cries of self-sufficiency”, Issue 2 “The Places: We Return to”, The Places Zine
2020 “For [redacted]”, Issue 2 “Lockdown Loveletters”, LadyBug Zine
2020 Featured Artist, Queer Arts Ireland
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Awards & Achievements
2020 Awarded U21 Summer School Scholarship, University of Glasgow.
2018 Awarded University College Dublin Scholar Award, University College Dublin.
2018 Awarded Patrick Semple Award, University College Dublin.
2018 Nominated for the Dr H H Stewart Literary Scholarship, National University of Ireland.