Eamon O'Kane

EDUCATION

2007
Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.

2001-7
Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.

2000-1
Assistant Lecturer, Limerick School of Art and Design, Ireland.

2001
MFA (Design Technology), Parsons School of Design, New School University, New York, USA.

1998-9
Research Fellowship (Painting), Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education, UK.

1998
Master of Fine Art Degree (with Distinction), University of Ulster, Belfast.

1996
B.A. Joint Honours Degree in History of Art and Fine Art Painting, (First Class Honours), NCAD, Dublin.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS SINCE 1999

2009
ArtSway, New Forest, UK
Plan 9, Bristol, UK
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France

2008
RARE Gallery, New York, USA
Galerie Schuster, Berlin, Germany.
Economist Plaza, London, UK.
Rugby City Museum and Art Gallery, Rugby, UK.
Cavanacor Gallery, Ireland.
Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny.

2007
Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, Germany.
Ashford Gallery, RHA, Dublin, Ireland.

2006
Panorama, Draiocht, Ireland (catalogue).
Galerie Schuster, Berlin, Germany (catalogue).
GFJK, Baden Baden, Germany.

2005
Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, Germany.

2004
Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown, Northern Ireland (catalogue).
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Retrospective, Process Room, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland.
Cavanacor Gallery, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland (catalogue).
Galerie Schuster, Berlin, Germany.
Campus Gallery, Bayreuth, Germany (catalogue).

2003
Galerie Pi, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lead White Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
Galerie Lutz & Thalmann, Zurich, Switzerland.
Das Atelier im Wald , Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, Germany.
Hildesheim Kunstverein, Hildesheim, Germany (catalogue).

2002
Galerie Schuster & Scheuermann, Berlin, Germany.
Bildermacher, Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, Germany (catalogue).
Studio 91 , 011 Podium, Tilburg, Holland.
Solo, Neuffer am Park, Pirmasens, Germany.

2001
AKA II, Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick, Ireland.
Photographs, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
After Kafka's America, Hallward Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.

2000
Extension, Irish Arts Centre, New York City, USA.
Tourist Interface, Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland.
An American Cross Section, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland (catalogue).
HTML, Javascript, The USA etc., Galleri 21, Malmö, Sweden.

1999
Koordinater MCMIC, Overgaden, Copenhagen

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS SINCE 2000

2009
'Into Irish Drawing', Limerick City Gallery of Art, Ireland; Civic Arts Centre, Hengelo, Holland; Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris; MCAC, Portadown, N. Ireland.

2008
'Winter Salon', Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
'Timbuktu', Pallas Contemporary projects, Dublin, Ireland.
ARTfutures 2008, Bloomberg Space, London, UK.
Better is something you build, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
Prize Drawing, Southwell art space, Nottinghamshire, UK
Multichannel, Millais Gallery, Southhampton, UK
Jerwood Drawing Prize, RWA, Bristol; BayArt, Cardiff; Hatton Gallery, Newcastle.

2007
(C)artography: Map-Making as Artform, Crawford Muncipal gallery, Cork.
Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London and touring UK
Multichannel, ArtSway, New Forest, UK (forthcoming).
LISTE, Berlin, Germany
Ten Years Running, Chelsea Museum, New York, USA
Spike Island Open, Bristol
Scope Art fair, Basel.
The Double Image, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast.
LISTE, Cologne, Germany
'Not what you'd expect: Irish Painting 1919-2007', Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland
IONTAS 2007, Sligo Art Gallery, Ireland
'Martin Kippenburger with fries and a shake', Plan 9, Bristol, UK
Scope Art fair, New York, USA.
Inter-Changes, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin + touring to Highlanes Gallery Drogheda.
CEAD, 411 Galleries, Touring to Shanghai, Hangzhou and Beijing, China.
EV+A 2007 (selected by Klaus Ottmann), Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick.

2006
Neue Malerei, Burda Museum, Baden Baden, Germany.
Four Lights, Letterkenny Arts Centre, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
Overlap 2, The British School at Rome, Rome.
Tryingtoland, MACRO Museum, Rome.
Scope Art fair, New York, USA.
AIB Prize Exhibition, RHA, Dublin.
Taylor Prizewinners Exhibition, National Gallery, Dublin.
Overlap 3, The British School at Rome, Rome.
Scope Art fair, London.

2005
A Moment in Time, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin.
Drawing From Landscape, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray; Limerick City Gallery of Art; Crawford Gallery, Cork..
R.H.A. Annual Exhibition (Invited), RHA, Dublin. + 2004 (Invited), 2002, 2001, 2000,1997, 1996
West as metaphor, RHA, Dublin.
Trans-Atlantic, RHA, Dublin.
EV+A 2005 (selected by Dan Cameron), Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick.
RISK, CCA, Glasgow.
Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt.
Landscape, Vertigo, London.
Neues aus des Ateliers, Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt.
6X6, Tsiangou, China.
Scope Art fair, London.
Art Cologne, Cologne.
Can Buildings Curate, LOT, Bristol and touring.
Perpetual Portfolio, Museo Nacional del Grabado, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2004
Full Circle, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin.
Scope Art fair, Miami.
Reference, Cavanacor Gallery.
Max10@Newlyn, Newlyn Art Gallery.
Art Forum, Berlin.
Galerien zu Gast im Kunstverein, Kunstverein Speyer e.V., Germany
meeting.ch, Zürich.
Eigse, Carlow.
Scope Art fair, London.
Re-Joyce, Temple Bar, Dublin.
The Bigger Picture, Cornerhouse, Manchester.
R.H.A. Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin.
Travelogue, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny.
Scope Art fair, New York.
Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt.
ARTfutures 2004, London.
Iontas Award Winners Exhibition, Sligo Art Gallery and touring.
6X6, Tsiangou, China.
Art Cologne, Cologne.

2003
50/50, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin.
Art Forum, Berlin.
Dreams, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo.
6X6 for Ireland, Shanghai, China.
From Bahia to over by yer', tactileBOSCH, Cardiff.
Works from the collection' Kunsthaus, Gelnhausen, Germany.
The National Gallery, Goethe Institute, Dublin.
Shanghai film festival, China.
Impressions, works from OPW collection, Touring exhibition, Ireland.
EV+A 2003, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick.
Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt.
Referenz, Galerie Lutz & Thalmann, Zurich.
Start, London Art Fair, London.
54 Degrees North, Hull, England.
6X6, Tsiangou, China.
Art Cologne, Cologne.

2002
Tabula Rasa (video projections in Croydon city centre), Croydon, England. Curio, public art project, Brick Lane, London.
SCA-ART Awards exhibition, Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany.
Straylight: Digital Art Exhibition, Darklight film festival, Dublin.
On Board, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo.
VII, Lead White Gallery, Dublin.
Mostyn Open 12, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Wales.
AKA IV, Frankfurt Art Fair, Frankfurt.
Recent Acquisitions, Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin.
EV+A 2002, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick.
AKA III, Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm.

2001
Crawford Open 2001, Crawford Gallery, Cork.
Articulate, Station, Bristol.
ArtLink Selected IYA, Victoria Park Plaza Hotel, London.
Victor Treacy Award Exhibition, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny.
Vacationland, Art House, Dublin.
Rondout Sculpture Biennial, Kingston, USA.
I/O, Parsons Gallery, New York City.
EV+A 2001 (selected by Salah M. Hassan), Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick.
Millennium Box Set Exhibition, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick.
147 Initiative, Liberty Hall, Dublin.
Focus on Drawing, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick; Crawford Gallery, Cork; NCAD, Dublin.

2000
Perspective 2000 (selected by Lynne Cooke, curator at Dia Center for the Arts, NY), Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast.
Microsoft Corporate art Exhibition, Microsoft Ireland, Dublin.
Iontas 2000, RHA, Dublin; Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast; Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo; Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork.
Snapshot' Contemporary Museum, Baltimore (touring).
Refresh: Dystopia + identity in the age of global communication, Tribes Gallery, New York City.
Greetings From..., Public Art Project, New York City + Dublin.
Extracts, Engine Room Gallery, Belfast.
Oireachtas 2000, Dun Laoghaire.
Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art, Ashford Gallery, Dublin.
Jettison, Elmwood Gallery, Belfast.
Iontas '97, RHA, Dublin and touring,
Reading Rooms, Catalyst Arts Gallery, Belfast.
The Third Electronic Art Exhibition, Pisa.

SELECTED COMPETITIONS, AWARDS, PROJECTS SINCE 1997

2008
Residency, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris.
Residency, Guest Studio, Gæsteatelier Hollufgård, Odense, Denmark.

2007
Cill Rialaig Project, Ireland.
Finalist, Celeste painting prize, London.

2006
Short-listed for AIB Prize, Ireland.
Derek Hill Foundation Scholarship, British School at Rome.

2005
Curated and organised Remote @ LOT (artist run space), Bristol.
Co-curated and organised Poster Show @ LOT (artist run space), Bristol.
EV+A Open Award (selected by Dan Cameron).
Vermont Studio Center, USA.

2004
Artist's work programme, IMMA, Dublin.

2002
Short-listed for SCA-ART Award, Mannheim, Germany.
Residency, Tilburg Art Academy, March-April.
Short-listed for Golden Fleece Award, Dublin.

2001 ('99/'98)
Short-listed for PS1 International Fellowship to New York, Arts Council of N. Ireland.

2000
Media-Play-Off (workshop and conference), Bertelsmann Pavillion, Planet M, Hannover Expo, Hannover.
Artflight Award, Aer Lingus & Arts Council of Ireland.
General Art Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
KPMG Award, Oireachtas 2000 Art Exhibition, Dublin.
Text/Context, collaborative web site with Jack Sal for Hannover Expo 2000, Hannover.

1999
Fulbright Award, Brian Burns Scholarship (visual arts), Ireland-U.S. Committee for Educational Exchange.
ArtLink @ Sotheby's, International Young Art 1999, auctions in Chicago and Tel Aviv.

1998
Tony O'Malley travel award for painters, Butler Gallery & Waterford Crystal.
Emerging Artist Award, Donegal County Council.

1997
Best Drawing Prize, Joint prize, IONTAS, Dublin.
Best Student Prize, Joint prize, IONTAS, Dublin.
Artsite, site specific billboard, Belfast.

SELECTED COMMISSIONS

2002
Imagine Belfast Panorama commission for Waterfront Hall (Belfast City Council)

2001
Painting commission for Dundalk Institute of Technology

1998
Commissioned painting for Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, Aras An Uachtarain

1997
Hillsborough Castle, portrait commission of Lord Erskine

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Deutsche Bank, Germany;
Burda Museum, Baden Baden, Germany;
Limerick City Gallery (National Drawing Collection);
FORTIS, Frankfurt;
DUBLIN 98FM Radio Station;
Microsoft, World Product Group Ireland;
Bank of Ireland Collection;
Irish Contemporary Arts Society;
Country Bank, New York, USA;
Office of Public Works: Department of Agriculture and the Office of the Attorney General;
P.M.P.A. and Guardian Insurance;
Donegal County Library;
UNIBANK, Denmark;
ASPEN RE, London;
NKT Denmark;
HK, Denmark;
Den Danske Bank, Denmark;
Letterkenny Institute of Technology

Works in various private collections in Ireland, England, Scotland, Denmark, the United States, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany.

SELECTED WRITINGS

'Wall Painting Project: Thomas Thiede' catalogue essay, 2006.
'Not arranged in....' essay for Art and Architecture, published by CIRCA, Dublin, 2005.
'Object' review for Art Bulletin, Summer 2001.
'Drawing in Cyberspace: From the panorama to virtual reality', essay for Drawing Texts, published by Occasional Press, Limerick, 2001.
Nephrop Norvegius, Artist's Book, limited edition, 1998.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY SINCE 1999

'Neverlands. Architecture and the City in the Contemporary Arts' for the Berlin-based international publisher Gestalten www.gestalten.com to be launched in Spring 2009

'CARTOGRAPHY: Artists + Maps', which will be published as a hardcover edition by Princeton Architectural Press in late 2008/early 2009.

Laura McGovern, Better is something you build, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin, http://www.recirca.com/reviews/2008/texts/bisyb.shtml

Aidan Dunne, 'Contriving a striking absence on canvas' Irish Times, February 13

Lucy White, 'Making A Space', Metrolife Dublin, Feb 13th

Aidan Dunne, A Tale In The Trunk, Irish Times, Jan. 2008

Fergal Gaynor, "ev+a 2007" CIRCA Issue 120, Summer 2007

Aidan Dunne, "Is the wall big enough for both of them?" Irish Times, October 8, 2007

"EV+ A 2007: A Sense of Place" Contemporary Magazine, No. 94, Zoë Gray, 2007

Aidan Dunne, "More Space for a Sense of Place" Irish Times, 5 April. 2007

Aidan Dunne, 'Deep Immersion in the World' Irish Times, 17 Jan. 2007

Panorama Draiocht (catalogue), text by Gemma Tipton, published by Draiocht, Dublin ISBN 0-9545582-4-3. 2006

'Auf der Galerie' (catalogue), published by Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt/Berlin. 2006

Ruth Händler, 'Auf der Suche nach dem idealen Atelier' Häuser, Germany, 2006

'Neue Malerei: Erwerbungen 2002-2005', published by Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden. 2005

Dan Cameron, 'Perambulations' EV+A catalogue. 2005

FAZ, Frankfurt, Sept. (3 articles). 2005

Caoimhin Macgiolla Leith, Trans Atlantic catalogue, published by the Ireland-US Fulbright Commission. 2005

Dr. Yvonne Scott, The West as Metaphor catalogue, published by RHA Gallery, Dublin. 2005

Chris Schuler, 'A natural world made modern' The Independent, 8 June. 2005

Aidan Dunne 'Opening spaces in the city' Irish Times, 22 March. 2005

Mobile Museum (catalogue), texts by Megan Arney, Niamh Ann Kelly and Gemma Tipton, published by Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown. 2005

Aidan Dunne 'A self-contained show turned inside out Irish Times, 29 Dec. 2004

Dr. Slavka Sverakova 'The Studio' CIRCA, Winter 2004

Peter Michael Hornung "Kitschmaleri' Politiken, 19 Nov 2004

'Twin Peaks Stemning' Berlingske Tidende, 25 Nov 2004

Marc Spiegler 'German Market Swings Back Into Action', www.theartnewspaper.com 2004

Walter Robinson 'Blue Skies Over Berlin' www.artnet.com, 23 Sept 2004

Thomas Eller 'FAIR Frankfurt' www.artnet.com, 24 May 2004

Overlook (catalogue), texts by Claire Doherty and Padraig Timoney, published by Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt/Berlin ISBN 3-934545-07-6.

Studio in the Woods (catalogue), text by Mike Fitzpatrick, published by Campus Galerie, Bayreuth.

Brenda McNally 'Building a Successful Career' The Sunday Tribune, 7 Sept 2003

'Grand Tour', Tages Anzeiger, 21-27 Aug 2003

Ros Drinkwater 'Gambling on Art's Young Talent' Sunday Business Post, 16 March 2003

Aidan Dunne 'Opening Irish Gallery Doors' Irish Times, 15 March 2003

Philipp Meier 'Referenzen und Reverenzen' Neue Zurcher Zeitung, 3 Feb 2003

Fictionlands (catalogue), text by Klaus Dierssen, published by Kunstverein Hildesheim, ISBN 3-935729-09-x 2003

Mark Ewart, 'Crawford Open 2' SSI Magazine, July/August 2002

Die Bildermacher, texts by Mark Stafford and Anja Musiat, published by Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt/Berlin 2002

Apinan Poshyananda, 'Concerning Heroes + Martyrs' EV+A Catalogue, May 2002

Aidan Dunne, 'A rewardingly obsessive attention to artistic detail' Irish Times, Jan 2 2002

Aidan Dunne, 'Maintaining classical calm in life's flux' Irish Times, Sept 19 2001

Mary Cassai, "Kingston Biennial changes 'beat'" Daily Freeman, July 20 2001

Declan Kiberd, Millenium Box Set Hot Bed Press, Limerick, July 2001

Aidan Dunne, 'Cautionary Tale of a Gallery Guide' Irish Times, May 9 2001

Eric Beazley, 'AKA (After Kafka's Amerika) by Eamon O'Kane', www. entertainmentireland.ie, May 1 2001

AKA (catalogue), published by Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick

Mary Cassai, 'Art Beat' (Review) Daily Freeman, Sept 15 2000

An American Cross Section' (catalogue), text by Fiona Kearney, May 2000

'Nord Kunst' television interview, Malmö, March 2000

Brid Nelson, 'Anything Irish' television interview, Woodstock open access television, USA, March 2000

Roberta Reeners (Ed.), 'A Buyers guide to Irish Art', Ashville Media Group Ltd, Dublin 1999

Ruth Jones, 'Niamh O'Malley, Eamon O'Kane, Joanna Fursman' SSI magazine, Nov 1999

Jeanne Greenberg, 'EV+A:Reduced' Catalogue, (Illus.), Limerick, May 1999

Mark Currah, 'Sean Hillen, Eamon O'Kane: KoRaw' Time Out, London, 28 April 1999

'Sean Hillen, Eamon O'Kane: KoRaw' Evening Standard, London, 26 April 1999

Ole Reitov, 'Kulturnyt' (interview), Danmarks Radio P1, 23 Feb.

Susanne Jørgensen, 'Eamon O'Kane', BT, 29 Jan.

Ole Schierbeck, 'Irsk Kulturfremstød i Danmark', Politiken, 8 Jan.

Mette Olsen, 'Irerne kommer til byen', Jyllandsposten, 8 Jan.

Tal Danai, 'International Young Art '99' ArtLink @ Sotheby's, Tel Aviv/Chicago, Jan.