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VISUAL CULTURE

Andrew Kearney: CV

AHRC Research Fellow in Creative and Performing Arts

EDUCATION

1990-1991 – MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art, London

1982-1985 – National Diploma in Fine Art (Distinction), Limerick School of Art and Design, Ireland

1981-1982 – National Certificate in Visual Education, Limerick School of Art and Design, Ireland

FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES

2005 – AHRC Funded, 3 Year Fellowship at Middlesex University

2004 – Informal Architecture Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada

2002 – Media and Visual Arts Residency Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada

1998 – Artist in Residence with Glen Howell Architects, RIBA & London Borough of Wandsworth, London

1997 – Artist in Residence, Gallery 101, Ottawa, Canada

1996 – Artist in Residence, Camden Arts Centre, London

1992-1993 – Artist in Residence, PS1 Institute of Contemporary Arts, New York City

TEACHING & EXAMINING

2005 – Visiting Lecturer, BA Fine Art, Darting College of Art, Totnes, Devon

2003-2004 – Visiting Lecturer, BA Fine Art, Middlesex University, Cat Hill, London

2001-2004 – External Examiner, BA Sculpture, Limerick School of Art, Ireland

2002 – Guest Speaker/Lecturer, Central St-Martins School of Art, London

1994-1998 – Visiting Lecturer, Diploma in Fine Art Limerick School of Art, Ireland

1994 – Visiting Lecturer, MA Sculpture, Chelsea School of Art, London

RELATED EMPLOYMENT

2002 – Consultant, Progetto Modrno Design, Venice, Italy

1989-1990 – Photographic Archivist, Limerick City Art Gallery, Ireland

1985-1990 – Co-ordinator, All + 10 Sorts Artists’ Studios, Limerick, Ireland

1985-1987 – Photographic Technician, Dept of Fine Art, Limerick School of Art, Ireland

GRANTS & AWARDS

2005 – AHRC Fellowship Award

2004 – Arts Council of Ireland, Travel Grant

2003 – Arts Council of Ireland, Travel Grant

2002 – London Arts Board Bursary

2002 – Banff Centre for the Arts Bursary, Canada

2001 – Arts Council of Ireland, Bursary

1998 – RIBA, Art for Architecture Award

1998 – Arts Council of Ireland, Travel Grant

1996 – Arts Council of Ireland, Travel Grant

1995 – Arts Council of Ireland, Travel Grant

1994 – Arts Council of Ireland, Bursary

1994 – Arts Council of Ireland, Travel Grant

1993 – Arts Council of Ireland, Bursary

1993 – Arts Council of Ireland, Travel Grant

1991 – Barclays Young Artist Award (Winner)

1991 – The “Burstin” Award, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, UK

1990 – Arts Council of Ireland, Exhibition Grant

1990 – Arts Council of Ireland, Fellowship

1989 – Arts Council of Ireland, Materials Grant

SELECTED INSTALLATION PROJECTS

2005 – Kilkenny Arts Festival

2004 – “Killing Time II” The Phatory, New York

2002 – “Talking in Turns”, Galway Arts Centre, Ireland

2002 – “Illumination”, Ballymun Regeneration Project, Dublin, Ireland

2001 – “With Intent”, Limerick City Art Gallery, Ireland

2001 – “Thread” Site Gallery, Sheffield (project realised as part of group exhibition)

1999-2000 – “Isn’t it Normal”, P.S.1, Institute for Contemporary Art, New York, Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York State; Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Crawford Gallery, Cork

1998 – “Untitled”, Home 1, London

1996-1998 – “A long thin thread” PADT, Heathrow Airport

1995 – “Swimming to the surface” Gallery 101, Ottawa, Canada

1995 – “The policing of pleasure”, The Camden Arts Centre, London, UK

1995 – “Temporal Change II”, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Ireland

1994 – “Temporal Change”, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

1993 – “A Sense of Time”, P.S.1: Institute for Contemporary Art, New York, USA

1993 – “Surveying and Containing”, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

1991 – “Untitled”, Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick, Ireland

SELECTED PUBLIC & COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

2003 – “Art Wall”, Commission for the new Civic Chambers Limerick County Council, Ireland

2001 – “Object”, Letterkenny Arts Centre, Ireland

1999 – “Millennium Post”, with Glenn Howells Architects, London

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2004 – “Contemporaries”, Ecology Building ,London, Uk

2001-2005 – “Bungalow Bliss” , MoDA, London Walter Phillips Gallery, Canada Light House, Glasgow, Scotland

2001 – “Poof”, National Self Portrait Collection of Ireland

1993 – “Other Borders”, Gray Gallery N.Y.U., New York

1992 – Barclay Young Artist Award, Serpentine Gallery, London

1992 – “Lux Europea”, City of Edinburgh, City of Culture

1991 – “Young Contemporaries”, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

1990 – “Sexuality and Gender”, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin

SELECTED REVIEWS

Caoimh�n Mac Goilla L�ith, “Andrew Kearney”, exhibition review in Art Forum, No.7, March 2002, pp150-151

Jim Savage, “Andrew Kearney”, exhibition review, CIRCA: Visual Culture in Ireland, no.98, winter 2001, pp.44-45

Colin Coyle, “Bliss or Blitz” in The Sunday Times, (Irish Edition) 23/09/01, Section 3, pp.1-2

Alessandra Paudice “Bungalow Mania” in Vogue Italia, No.61, pp.261-262

John Walsh, “Living in a Box” in The Independent Magazine, 15/09/01, pp. 2, 42-44

Austin Williams, “Single-storey saga” in The Architects Journal, Nov. 2001, pp.44-45

Alan Powers, “A Touch of nature” in The Spectator, 29/09/01

Tim Hilton, “Art School that is glad to be grey” exhibition review, The Guardian, 13-01-92, p.36

Aidan Dunne, “A Seductive Journey to the Underworld” exhibition review, The Irish Times, 22/5/94

Emer Maloney, “Temporal Change” exhibition review, The Sunday Times, 29-5-94

Brian Sewell, “Hanging is too Good for Them” exhibition review, The Evening Standard, 13/02/92,p.26

SELECTED CATALOGUES & PUBLICATIONS

Mike Fitzpatrick, Andrew Kearney, Profiles Series, Cork: Gandon Press, 2001

Peter Murray, 0044, exhibition catalogue for group show, New York: Albright Knox, 1999

Jenny Lomax, Mark Leahy, The Policing of Pleasure, exhibition catalogue, London: Camden Arts Centre, 1995