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born 1978, County Kerry, Ireland
Education:
Study of Fine Art, HfBK Stadelschule, Frankfurt am Main, 2005-2007
MA History of Art and Design, University of Limerick, 2002-2004
BA Sculpture, Limerick School of Art and Design, 1997-2001Solo exhibitions and projects (selection)
2011 The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim
Me Jewel and Darlin', Dublin
2010 Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
Project Space, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
2008 Context Gallery, Derry
Gallery of Photography, Dublin
Process Room, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Heaven's Full, London
National Sculpture Factory, Cork
Galerie Von Doering, Schwabisch Hall
2007 Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick
Galway Arts Centre, Galway
2006 Ritter & Staiff, Frankfurt am Main
Group exhibitions (selection)
2011 Twenty, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
When Flanders Failed, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Wake Amusements, Ben Maltz Gallery, Los Angeles
Volta 7, Basel, w/Kevin Kavanagh Gallery
The Second Act, de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
Microstoria, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
Convergences: Literary Art Exhibitions, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast / Limerick City Gallery of Art
Room Outside, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
Human / Nature, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin
2010 Never The Same River (Possible Futures, Probable Pasts), Camden Arts Centre, London
Lost and Found, neugerriemschneider, Berlin
It Happened That, St Paul St Gallery, Auckland
Invisible, Original Print Gallery, Dublin
Sinopale 3, Third Sinop Biennial, Sinop, Turkey
The Swimming Naked Prophecy, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, and touring
Surplus Value, Occupy Space, Limerick
Irish Pavilion, Expo 2010 Shanghai
Shop If You Can, Look If You Want, Temple Bar, Dublin
e-flux video rental, Fondazione Giuliani per l'arte contemporanea, Rome
2009 Autre Measures, Centre Photographique d’Ile-de-France, Paris
ev+a, Limerick City Gallery of Art
House Warming, Rua, South Dublin Arts Centre, DublinAbove the Fold, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
It's not for reading. It's for making, FormContent, London
Point Ligne Plan (screening), La Femis, Paris
Noughties but Nice: 21st Century Irish Art, Touring exhibition: Limerick City Gallery of Art /Letterkenny Regional Cultural Centre / Solstice Arts Centre, Navan / VISUAL, Carlow
2008 10,000 to 50, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Ein Platz, Platz Der Vereinten Nationen, Berlin
30 Contemporary Collection, Gallery of Photography, Dublin
Gedanken zur Revolution, Universal Cube, LeipzigCollection Rausch (screening), KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
The State of Play (screening), Project Arts Centre, Dublin
2007 Dangling Man, Office Baroque, Antwerp
Dumbo Arts Festival, New York
Lucas Cronach Preis, Kronach, Germany
Overtake: Reinterpretation of Modern Art, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork
Pilot, Venice Biennale / Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
Hillig / Horrigan / Lynch, Q Kunstakademiets Udstilingssted, Copenhagen
Art from a Rucksack, CAP, Kobe, Japan
Ok. Quoi?! Faucet Media Arts Centre, Brunswick, Canada
The Opening Show, Oeen Group, Copenhagen2006 ev+a, Limerick
Festival Junge Talente, Messen OffenbachWelcome to the Neighbourhood, Askeaton Contemporary Arts, Limerick
Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan2005 Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny
Damaged Collateral, Context Galleries, Derry
The Happiest Country in the World, Oireachtas Show, Dublin
Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Brittany2004 Open Studios, Triangle Workshops, New York
Recent Works, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim, Norway
The Suicide of Objects, Catalyst Arts / Ulster Museum, Belfast
On the First Clear Word, Basement Gallery, DundalkYou Should Really Go There, Limerick City Gallery of Art
2003 Crawford Open, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork
Revealing Objects, Naughton Gallery, Queens University, Belfast
2002 Perspective, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
Intermedia, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
Tracce di un seminario, Viafarini Gallery, Milan2001 City Fabric, Firestation Artists Studios, Dublin
Quadrant Young Contemporaries, Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick
Awards and Grants
Arts Council Project Award 2012Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris Residency Award 2010
Arts Council Banff Residency 2009
IMMA Artist Work Programme 2008
Lucas Cronach Preis, 2007
Lohr and Schach Preis, 2007
Arts Council Bursary 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
Arts Council New Work Award, 2008, 2007, 2006
Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank Art Award, 2006
Shortlisted Artist, AIB Art Prize, 2007, 2006
Culture Ireland Award, 2010, 2007, 2006
Tyrone Guthrie International Residency Award 2006
Fellowship, Triangle Artist Association, New York, 2004
Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Trust Award, 2001
Selected teaching, lectures and talks
MA in Visual Arts Practices, IADT, Dublin, lecturer and member of programme team, 2010-Lecturer in Sculpture and Combined Media Department, LSAD, Limerick, 2010-
Gradcam, Dublin
Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts, Pittsburgh
UCD, DublinCrawford College of Art, Cork
National College of Art and Design, Dublin
University of LimerickAUT, Auckland
Massey University, Wellington
IMMA, Dublin
Irish Architectural Archive, Dublin
Royal Academy of Art, Copenhagen
Burren College of Art, Clare
Trondheim Academy of Fine Arts