liam o’callaghan
liam o’callaghan
Curriculum Vita
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Solo in june/july, Rasche Ripken Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2014 If and then . . . (again), Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland
If and then . . ., Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
2012 Bit Symphony, Ormston House, Limerick, Ireland
2011 Bit Symphony, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2009 Rasche Ripken Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2008 Made to make do, Rubicon Gallery Dublin, Ireland
2006 Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2002 I’m a success, the Belfry Gallery, Aalst, Belgium
2001 These are not precious things, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
I'm a success, Earagail Arts Festival, Donegal, Ireland
2000 I’m a success, Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland
1996 The good room, Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick, Ireland
The good room, City Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Periodical Review#4, Ormston House, Limerick, Ireland
Fourth Space, West Cork Art Centre, Ireland
2014 Periodical Review #4, Pallas Projects, Dublin, Ireland
Parallel Visions-Sculpture and installation from the IMMA Collection, Highlanes Gallery, Ireland
Irish Art Does Not Exist, Station Independent Projects, New York, USA
Light Rhythms, Project Gallery, Irish museum of Modern Art, Ireland
2013 The Future Perfect (oh brave new world), Rubicon Projects Brussels, Belgium
Nailing Jelly to the Wall, Cattalyst Art Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Five person video show, Espazo Mira me Mira Gallery, Santiago, Spain
2012 Periodical Review #2, Palace Projects, Dublin, Ireland
Welcome to my loft, Centro Torrente Ballester (ferrol), Galicia
2011 Listen with your eye’s, Moranokiang Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Twenty, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Three colours - Yellow, SOMA Contemporary, Waterford, Ireland
Redefine: Readymade, Kunstverein Schwerin, Germany
Fade Away and Radiate, Rasche Ripken Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2010 Holding Together, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Reduxdelux - Small Sculptures, Parkhaus Project Space, Berlin, Germany
Invisible, Black Church Print Studios, off site project, Dublin, Ireland
Arco Art Fair, Madrid, Spain, with Rubicon Gallery
2009 Zombie Kunst Halle, presented by The Talant Angency, Berlin, Germany
Preponderance of the small, Douglas Hyde Gallery off site project, Dublin, Ireland
Preview, Berlin, Art Fair solo presented with Rasche Ripken
One doesn’t have to look very hard, Mill Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
House Warming,RuaRed Art Centre, Dublin, Ireland
2008 Invited: TULCA 2008, Galway, Ireland
Walls and Gateways, curated by Lara Pan, Existentie/New Art Project, Ghent, Belgium
2007 Artissima, Turin, Art Fair solo presentation with Rubicon Gallery
Art Forum, Berlin, Art Fair with Rubicon Gallery
Dfoto, San Sebastian, Art Fair with Rubicon Gallery
I am always touched by your presence (new acquisitions), Irish Museum of Modern Art,Dublin
2005 Remote, LOT gallery, Bristol, England
Eurojet Futures an Anthology, R.H.A, Dublin, Ireland
The Art of Failure, Institute of Technology Carlow, Ireland; curator Nathalie Weadick
2005/4 The Limestone Barrens project, Newfoundland, Canada & Ireland.
2004 Artist’s Books, The Workroom, Dublin, touring to Model Arts & Niland Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
2003 Art of the lens, Dunamaise Art Centre, Ireland
4 person photography show, Model Arts & Niland Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
2001 Tiger tiger burning bright, Fenton Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Eurojets futures, R.H.A, Dublin, Ireland
Propositions, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
2000 Intermedia, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
Awards / Residency
2006-9 Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon Visual Arts Bursary
2004 Irish Museum of Modern Art artist work program
Collections
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon,
private collections Ireland and Europe
Commissions
2001 Statements, commissioned by the National Committee on Volunteering
Education
1986–1990 Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design
Publications
2006 As much Hat as Rabbit, published by Royal Hibernian Academy, Ireland
Visualise Carlow (2004-2005), published by Visualise Carlow
Eurojet Futures – Anthology of emerging art from Ireland, published Royal Hibernian Academy
2004 The Limestone Barrens Project, published by Model Art and Niland Gallery, Sligo;
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery and Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery Canada
2001 Fish Stone Water-holy wells of Ireland, published by Atruim, collaboration with Anna Rackard
2000 I’m a success, published by Liam O’Callaghan and the Gallery of Photography, Dublin
Bibliography
2012 Art Papers, March/April 2012, page 43-44, review by John Gayer
Time Out, Iseral, page 87, by Nohar Ben-Ashe
The Dubliner, review by Simon Judge
Art Forum online Critics Picks, by Gemma Tipton
2011 The Ticket, Irish Time, page 24, 16th December, preview by Aidan Dunne
Creative Ireland – the visual arts, published by Visual Artists Ireland
Sunday Times Magazine Cultural Section, 18th September review by Cristin Leach
Titles, published by the Office of Public Works
Irish Times, Dublin Contemporary supplement, 6th September, page 13, by Gemma Tipton
2009 Mister Motley No.23, article by Peter Piller
Lapiz, Revista International de Arte, issue 256, review by David Ulrichs
2008 Irish Times, 22nd October review by Aidan Dunne
Sunday Times Magazine Cultural Section, 2nd November review by Kate Butler
The Dubliner, issue 79, review by Anne Iremonger
2006 Circa Art Magazine, Spring 2006, page 80-81, review by Gemma Tipton
2005 A trio of ambitious sculptural’ shows; Irish Times, 7th December, review by Aidan Dunne
Sunday Times Magazine Cultural, 4th December review by Catherine Leen
Circa Art Magazine 112, Summer 2005, page 68, review by Gemma Tipton
Metro Newspaper, 30th November, review by Ben Sloan
Visual Arts Newssheet 2005 Jan/Feb issue
2001 Irish Times, 27th March review by Mark Ewart
Irish Times, 8th June, review by Mark Ewart
Source Magazine 27, Summer 2001, review by Dr. Nora Donnelly
Philadelphia Weekly, 24th January review by Roberta Fallon
Circa Summer 2001, page 58 review by Mark Ewart
2000 Sunday Tribune, 27th October review by Marianne Hartigan
Irish Times, 18th October review by Aidan Dunne
Circa Art Magazine, Winter 2000 page 47 review by Jane
1999 Circa Art Magazine, Autumn Issue, page 46