My current body of work is “Cogadh na gCarad / the War between Friends”, an exploration of the trauma caused by the Irish Civil War. It was first shown in the Olivier Cornet Gallery in March 2023. During the exhibition, my video was projected in the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square on three consecutive Tuesdays.
Art Education
2000 – BA in Fine Art (Hons), National College of Art & Design, Dublin
1981 – Diploma in Art in Industry & Commerce, College of Commerce, Dublin
Awards & Residencies
Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award, 2023
Arts Council of Ireland Covid Response Award, 2020
Won the ESB Keating McLaughlin Medal and Award, 2010
Shortlisted for the Davy Portrait Award, 2010
Won the Golden Fleece Award, 2008
Shortlisted for Oireachtas Award for the Requiem/Aiséirí Catalogue, 2007
Ros Muc, Connemara, Co. Galway 2016
Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, Co. Galway 2014
Úr Programme, Cló Ceardlann na gCnoc, Co. Donegal 2013
Samkura Project, Tbilisi, Georgia 2012
Cló Ceardlann na gCnoc, Co. Donegal 2012
Cill Rialaig, Kerry 2006, 2015, 2019, 2023
Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin 2001
Artist-in-Prison Projects
2023 Mountjoy Prison
2018 Port Laoise Prison
2016 Cloverhill Prison
2013/ 2014/ 2019 / 2020 Arbour Hill Prison
2009 Port Laoise Prison
Collections
OPW (the collection of the Irish state), AXA Insurance, Air Lease Corporation, AIB, Bank of Ireland, Foras na Gaeilge, Gael Linn, University of Limerick, The Pearse Museum, The Hesburgh Libraries at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA), Wesley College, The Boyle Civic Collection, Donegal County Council, Imago Mundi (the Luciano Benetton Collection), Cló and The Living Archive.
Reviews/Bibliography
Bryan O’Brien, The Irish Times website, Mar’23
Laoise Neylon, Dublin Enquirer, Oct’20
Tegan Nic Giollarnáth, Seoid, Oct’20
John P. O’Sullivan, The Sunday Times, Nov’18
Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, Oct’18
Brian McAvera, Irish Arts Review, Autumn’15
Aidan Kelly Murphy, Le Cool Dublin, Oct’15
Niall McMonagle, The Sunday Independent, Feb’13
Cristín Leach, The Sunday Times, April’12
Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, April’09
Oscar McLennan, Artinfo.com, Feb’07
Anne Iremonger, Dubliner Magazine, Sept’05
Jackie Ryan, Irish Property Buyer Magazine, June’05
Marianne Hartigan, The Sunday Tribune, Feb’02
Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, Feb’02
Kate Robinson, The Sunday Independent, Feb’88
Publications:
“Aiséirí/Requiem”, 2006
(with essay by Dr. Brenda Moore-McCann)
“Bliainiris”, 2002
(with essay by Méabh Ní Chléirigh)
TV reviews:
Ardán, TG4 Jan’07,
The View, RTE 1 May’05,
Imeall, TG4 2012, 2013, 2015
Exhibitions
2023
Cogadh na gCarad/ the War between Friends, solo show at The Olivier Cornet Gallery (also: a video projection in the Garden of Remembrance, Dublin)
Cogadh na gCarad/ the War between Friends, solo show at The Custom House Studios & Gallery, Westport
Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
Winter Exhibition 2023, a group show at the Custom House Studios & Gallery, Westport, Co. Mayo
Compendium, a winter group show at the Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
Cairde Visual, a selected group show at the Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Climate and Health, a selected group exhibition at the Royal College of Physicians, Dublin (curated by James Hanley RHA)
Arbour Essences, a group show at the Olivier Cornet Gallery (curated by Paddy Woodworth and Olivier Cornet)
“1515”, a group show at the Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
Impressions, a group show at the Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Dunlavin Arts Festival, a group show at the Market House, Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow
2022
The Golden Fleece Award: 21 Years, a group show of the award winners, at the Solstice Arts Centre, Co. Meath
Past, Present, Future, a group show at the Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon (curated by Paul McKenna)
2012-2022 A Decade of Exhibitions at the Olivier Cornet Gallery, a group show at the Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
Dunlavin Arts Festival, a group show at the Market House, Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow
2021
Is glas iad na Cnoic, solo show at The Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
On Paper, a group show in the Olivier Cornet Gallery (curated by Jackie Ryan and Olivier Cornet)
2020
Covid Eyes, solo show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
Covid Eyes, an online art project funded by The Arts Council of Ireland
Resurfacing, a group show in the Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
2019
Drawing on Don Quixote, National Opera House, Wexford (curated by Olivier Cornet)
Olives, Oysters & Oranges, a group show in the Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
Art in the Anthropocene, Trinity College, Dublin (curated by Imelda Healy)
Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo and Consulate of Ireland, NY
Small Town Decline: Rural Patterns of Decay, selected group show, Glór, Ennis
2018
Deireadh Fómhair, solo show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
2 Degrees, a group show in the Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An Irish Airman foresees his death, a group show at the Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Concerning the Other, a group show (curated by Olivier Cornet, Claire Halpin and myself) at QSS, Belfast
2017
Concerning the Other, a group show (curated by Olivier Cornet, Claire Halpin and myself) at the Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
Silent Stories, 2 person show with Miriam McConnon (curated by Olivier Cornet)
at the Belltable, Limerick
RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Facing West, Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon
Crazy Jane, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
2016
Tinteáin/Diaspora, solo show, The Hamilton Gallery, Co. Sligo
Tinteáin/Diaspora, solo show, An Gailearaí, Gaoth Dobhair, Co. Donegal
Ar Theacht an tSamhraidh, Film Projection at Ros Muc, Co. Galway
Portraits of a Nation, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin and The Main Guard, Co. Tipperary
(exhibition of works from the State Art Collection, curated by Jacquie Moore)
Rising, Mount Argus Monastery, Dublin (group show curated by me)
Republic, The Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin (co-curated by Olivier Cornet and I)
RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Elévation, Vue at the RHA, (with The Olivier Cornet Gallery), Dublin
2015
Diaspora, solo show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
Tinteáin/Diaspora, solo show, Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr, Aran Islands
Impressions and Portraits of W.B.Yeats, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo.
Home, dlr Lexicon Gallery, Dún Laoghaire (curated by Mark St.John Ellis)
A Terrible Beauty, The Assembly Rooms, IGS, Dublin (curated by Olivier Cornet)
No.5 Cavendish Row, The Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
(curated by Arran Henderson and Olivier Cornet)
Hopscotch, Vue at the RHA, (with The Olivier Cornet Gallery), Dublin
2014
Dídean/ Home, solo show, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Port Laoise
Dídean/ Home, solo show, No.69 O’Connell Street, Limerick
Reflections, Winter group show at The Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
Beonasc: Thoir agus Thiar, group show at Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Belfast and
An Gailearaí, Gaoth Dobhair, Donegal (curated by Eimear Ní Mhathúna)
A Terrible Beauty, Vue at the RHA, (with The Olivier Cornet Gallery), Dublin
The Palimpsest/Rianú Project, An Gailearaí, Gaoth Dobhair, Donegal
(curated by myself and Claire Halpin)
The Palimpsest/Rianú Project, The Pearse Museum, Rathfarnham, Co.Dublin
(curated by myself and Claire Halpin)
2013
Dídean/ Home, solo show, Dánlann Dillon, Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Belfast
The Palimpsest/Rianú Project, Irish group show at Artisterium VI in Tbilisi, Georgia (curated by myself and Claire Halpin)
Shaping Identities Together/ Ag Cruthú le Chéile, group show in Leuven, Belgium
(with Hughie O’Donoghue, Colin Martin, Geraldine O’Reilly and Robert Russell)
20/20 Print Exchange, touring print exhibition, England and Scotland
Caochspota, Niland Gallery, Galway (curated by Nuala Ní Fhlathúin)
Northern Lights/ Na Saighneáin, Cló Ceardlann na gCnoc, Donegal
2012
Home, solo show, The Bourn Vincent Gallery, University of Limerick
Future Perfect, The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin (curated by Jim Ricks)
Vue at the RHA, (with The Paul Kane Gallery), Dublin
Tondo @ the Lighthouse, Co. Wicklow
Same Time, Same Place, Cló Gallery, Co. Donegal
Artisterium, Tbilisi, Georgia
Art Contemporain en Milieu Rural, Larroque Arts Festival, France
(curated by Kenneth Hay)
6 x 6 x 2012, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, USA
2011
We are where we are, solo show, The Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin
RUA Annual Exhibition, The Ulster Museum, Belfast
Life Room, The Bourn Vincent Gallery, Limerick
Spectrum of Activity, The Black Mariah, Triskel, Cork (curated by Pádraic E. Moore)
New Living Art II, IMOCA, Dublin (curated by Kay Bear Koss)
Tondo in the Park, Dublin
Tondo in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
Drawing Connections, Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
2010
Davy Portrait Awards Exhibition in the Naughton Gallery at Queens, Belfast,
Also in the Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin and in Fota House, Cork
Boyle Arts Festival Exhibition, Co Roscommon
RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
Tondo @ Pearse St Library, Dublin
Tondo @ Drogheda Train Station, Co Louth
Tondo @ Night, Dublin
Postcards to the G8, Ontario, Canada
2009
Caoineadh/Elegies, solo show in Crumlin Road Gaol in Belfast, Co. Antrim,
in Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Co. Louth
and in the Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow
Rua Red Summer Show, Rua Red Arts Centre, Tallaght, Co. Dublin
Bloomsday, Copenhagen, Denmark
Drawing Éire Invited, with 411 Gallery in Shanghai, China
2008
Dearcadh, solo show, The Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin
Caoineadh/Elegies, solo show in the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
and in the South Tipperary Arts Centre, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Confessions of a Tiger, The Brick Lane Gallery, London
(curated by Hugh McCarthy)
Is mise Ireland, (with 411 Gallery), China
Wish you were here: postcard from an unknown artist, Naughton Gallery, Belfast
The Hague Red Cross Summer Show, Netherlands
Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle, Co.Roscommon
Éigse Carlow (curated by Rob Lowe)
2007
New, 3 person show, The Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin
Céad Invited, (with 411 Gallery), China
Heal 2007, The Naughton Gallery, Belfast
Dunamaise Art Centre, Port Laoise
2006
Master Class, Cill Rialaig Gallery, Co. Kerry
Hallward Gallery, Dublin – Summer & Winter shows
2005
Éagnairc/ Requiem, solo show, Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin
Recent Works, solo show, Hallward Gallery, Dublin
A Moment in Time, Temple Bar Gallery
6×6 for Ireland, (with 411 Gallery), China
2004
Full Circle, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
8x8x8, in Wicklow, Meath and Louth County Council Art Centres
6×6 for Ireland, (with 411 Gallery), China
Hallward Gallery, Dublin – Summer & Winter shows
2003
50/50, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
Hallward Gallery, Dublin – Summer & Winter shows
An Grianán, Letterkenny
Oireachtas, Dún Laoghaire
6×6 for Ireland, (with 411 Gallery), China
atribute, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Laois
2002
Lorg, solo show, RHA Gallery, Dublin
Recent Acquisitions, Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin
20/20, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
Éigse Arts Festival, Carlow
Installation in the atrium, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
Hallward Gallery, Dublin – Summer & Winter shows
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin – Christmas show
2001
We’re not really here, Project Art Centre, Dublin
Cross Gallery, Dublin – 3 person show
Hallward Gallery, Dublin – Summer & Winter shows
Iontas, Sligo
Oireachtas, Dún Laoghaire
2000
NCAD Degree show, RHA, Dublin
Hallward Gallery, Dublin – Summer & Winter shows
1988 – 1999
Peacock Theatre Gallery (1988), Malton Gallery (1991), Bricín Gallery (1993)
Open-Submission Shows: RHA (1988, 1989, 1992),
Monaghan (1993), Iontas (1994)
Art of the State – an OPW exhibition which travelled to various venues in Ireland and also to New York (1997)
Eoin Mac Lochlainn 18 /08 /2022
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