Born 1978 in South Tipperary, Ireland
Lives and works in Ireland
Represented by
GNYP Gallery, Berlin
MAKI Gallery, Tokyo
Simchowitz Gallery, Los Angeles
Upcoming:
Art Antwerp with Tatjana Pieters Gallery, Ghent, Belgium 15-16th December 2022
Return of the Hawthorn, solo show, MAKI Gallery, Tokyo 26th Nov 2022 - 14TH Jan 2023
Delighted to announce a new catalogue available in print. 136 page Hardback with full colour plates of selected works from the last four years titled:
Bread [ and other paintings ]
With contributions by Arie Amaya-Akkermans, David Harrison and an interview with Diana Copperwhite. Printed in association with Gnyp Gallery, Berlin. Available now to buy in Publication section above.
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Curriculum Vitae
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1978 Born in Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Lives and works in Kinsale, Co. Cork - 1997-2001 BFA, Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork. Graduated with 1st Honours
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Solo Exhibitons
- 2022 Return of the Hawthorn, MAKI Gallery, Tennoz 1, Tokyo, Japan
- 2022 House Rules, Tatjana Pieters Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
- 2021 8 paintings ( from the midlands ), MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2021 Endless Worlds, Annarumma Gallery, Napoli, Italy
- 2020 Everything you touch, GNYP Gallery, Berlin
- 2020 Table Manners, Jac Forbes Gallery, Malibu, CA, USA
- 2020 Subbuteo, These Days, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 2019 X will mark the place, GNYP Gallery, Berlin, Solo show
- 2018This Life Domestic, Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco, USA
Solo booth, Art Paris, Grand Palais, with GNYP Gallery, Berlin - 2017 Family, GNYP Gallery, Berlin
- 2013 The Sovereigns, Ffrench/ Harte, Mermaid Arts Centre, Co. Wicklow,
The Sovereigns, Art and Artifact, Kinsale Arts Festival, Co. Cork,
The Gadfly, Ffrench/ Harte, Commonage Callan, Co. Kilkenny
The Gadfly, Ffrench/ Harte, Kinsale Arts Week, - 2011 The Gadfly, Ffrench/ Harte, National Sculpture Factory, Cork
- 2010 No Romance, Origin Gallery, Dublin
- 2008 Thirty, Origin Gallery, Dublin
- 2006 Cartoons from Summerhill, The Narrow Space Gallery, Clonmel
- 2005 Paintings from Summerhill, Origin Gallery, Dublin
- 2004 Zephyr and Chlori, Form Gallery, Cork
- 2002 U-boat, South Tipperary Arts Centre, Clonmel.
Onus, Origin Gallery, Dublin
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Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2020 Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2020 Vision X Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
- 2019 Gold Standard, Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco, USA
Now is the time, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany - 2016 Human Condition, Western Avenue, Los Angeles, curated by John Wolfe
ICM, Constellation Blvd., Los Angeles, curated by Stefan Simchowitz - 2015 RHA, Royal Hibernian Academy, 185 Annual Summer Exhibition
- 2013 Wool House, Somerset House, London
2012 The Gadfly, National Sculpture Factory, Ffrench/ Harte, Culture Night, curated by Dobz O’Brien
Point to Point, curated by Gemma Tipton, Kinsale Arts Week - 2011 Eigse Arts Festival, VISUAL, Carlow, Ffrench/ Harte
- 2010 Put a lid on it, Galway Arts Centre, curated by Siobhán McGibbon & Zulaikha Engelbrecht.
Backwater Twenty 10, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork, curated by Stephen Brandes and Vera Ryan - 2009 Irish Artists at the Queens Elm Court, Fulham Rd., London
- 2008 Kinsale Arts Week
- 2007 Tulca, G126 Gallery, Catalyst Arts Belfast Members
Catalyst Arts, Members show, Belfast, NI - 2005 Across Boundaries, Office of Public Works OPW, DFP, touring exhibition, Co. Dublin, Co. Laois, Co Tyrone, Co. Down, Wexford, Cork
- 2004 Atlantic, Catherine Hammond Gallery, Co. Cork
- 2001 St Finbarrs Cathedral, Drawing and Religion, Cork
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Awards & Residencies
- 2020 Arts Council of Ireland, Bursary Award
- 2021 Arts Council of Ireland, Agility Award
- 2016 Tipperary Artist Award, Tipperary County Council
Cillriallig Artists Residency, Co. Kerry, Ireland - 2014 Tipperary Artist Award, Tipperary County Council
- 2013 Cork County Council Visual Arts Bursary Award
- 2012 Arts Council of Ireland, Project Award
2011 Arts Council of Ireland, Project Award - 2001 University College Cork, Purchase Prize for Painting
Vanguard Gallery, Purchase Prize for Painting - 2001-06 Cillrialig Artist Residency, Co. Kerry, Ireland
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Collections
OKETA Collection, Japan
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Office of Public Works (OPW), Ireland,
Contemporary Irish Art Society, Dublin,
University College Cork, Ireland
I.N.T.O., Ireland
Bank of Ireland,
Allied Irish Bank (AIB), Ireland
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Reviews & Publications
Visual Artists News (VAI), Ireland, April/ May 2013 Edition (Cover), John Gayer, Critique, Ffrench/ Harte at Mermaid Arts Centre,
The Irish Times, March 2013, Ffrench/ Harte, What's the point of pointless art?, Gemma Tipton
The Irish Times, September 2002, Aidan Dunne, “Onus” Origin Gallery, Dublin
Circa, March 2004, Alannah Hopkins, Modern Irish Painters, Zephyr and Chlori, Form, Cork
The Irish Times, July 2008, Aidan Dunne, Group Show Review, Kinsale Arts Week,
Art Review.com, June 2008 Round up, Review by Laura Mclean Ferris
Across Boundaries, Touring Exhibition of Contemporary Art Works from Irish Artists, OPW / DFP Collections. Foreword by Patrick J Murphy, published 2005 Nicholson and Bass ltd.
