Philip Napier (b. Belfast, 1965) has exhibited work internationally at venues including: the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; the Santa Monica Museum, California; and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.  He represented Ireland at the XXII Sao Paulo Biennale (1994) and the UK at the inaugural Gwangju Biennale in South Korea (1995).  A frequent artistic collaborator with Michael Hogg, under the working name of Carbon Design, Napier’s work explores issues of power and cultural identity, often incorporating movement and sound. Napier is Head of Sculpture at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin and a founder of Flax Art Studios, Belfast.  He is currently completing an artwork for an upcoming exhibition at Robben Island Museum, South Africa and his work is included in the collection of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.