“Clay is the life, plaster the death and marble the resurrection of sculpture.”
Born 1972, in Armagh, Northern Ireland. Lives and works in Canterbury and London, UK, and Pietrasanta, Italy.
EDUCATION
1995 NCAD National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
1996 SAIC School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA
1999 MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK
Photo by Joe Petini.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Alon Segev, Tel Aviv, Israel, 01 September – 28 October 2022
Eduardo Secci, Milan, Italy, 01 April – 20 May 2022, curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto
Andersen’s, Copenhagen, Denmark, 10 March – 15 April 2022, curated by Sara Lysgaard
2021
Eduardo Secci, Milan, Italy, 03 June – 02 October 2021, curated by Sergio Risaliti
2020
Pace, 6 Burlington Gardens, London, UK, 25 November 2020 – 27 March 2021
Museo Stefano Bardini, Florence, Italy, 02 June – 21 December 2020, curated by Antonella Nesi, organised by mus.e in collaboration with Eduardo Secci (cat.)
2018
Andersen’s, Copenhagen, Denmark, 10 October – 24 November 2018
2017
Villa Santo Sospir, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France, 16 September – 31 October 2017
Pace, 537 West 24th Street, New York NY, USA, 30 March – 22 April 2017 (cat.)
Mid-career Retrospective, Armagh Market Place Arts Centre, Armagh, Northern Ireland, 16 March – 13 April 2017
2013
Pace, 6 Burlington Gardens, London, UK, 20 November 2013 – 18 January 2014 (cat.)
2012
Haunch of Venison, New York NY, USA, 04 – 29 September 2012 (cat.)
2011
Mendes Wood Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil, 09 April – 07 May 2011
2010
Galleria Changing Role – More Over Gallery, Rome, Italy, opened 09 November 2010
2009
Personal, Galleria Changing Role – Move Over Gallery off-site: Palazzo San Pasquale, Venice, Italy, curated by Martina Cavallarin, 04 – 29 June 2009
2007
Goff + Rosenthal, Berlin, Germany, 22 September – 03 November 2007
2006
Ringsend, Galleria Changing Role – Move Over Gallery, Naples, Italy, 15 December 2006 – 02 February 2007
2005
Roebling Hall, New York NY, USA, September – 22 October 2005
One in the Other, London, UK, 17 March – 25 April 2005 (cat.)
2003
Galleria Changing Role – Move Over Gallery, Naples, Italy, 2003
2002
One in the Other, London, UK, 24 May – 30 June 2002
Osterwalder’s Art Office, Hamburg, Germany, opened 20 April 2002
2001
Kate, Tracy, Kim…, Habitat, London, UK 2001
Tamsin, Lucy, Trish, Habitat, Cologne, Germany, 2001
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
ENDGAME, Eduardo Secci, Pietrasanta, Italy, 21 July – 03 September 2023
2022
Albion Fields, Albion Barn & Fields, Little Milton, UK, 07 July – 28 February 2023
2021
Little Things, Pace, Quai des Bergues 15-17, Geneva, Switzerland, 10 November – 04 December 2021 (Part I) and 10 December – 05 January 2022 (Part II)
2019
Sculpture in the City 9th Edition, London, UK, 27 June 2019 – April 2020, extended through Spring 2021
2018
On A Pedestal, Castletown House, Celbridge, Ireland, 02 July – 01 September and & Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland, 08 September – 04 November 2018, curated by Mary Heffernan, Hélène Bremer, and Nuala Goodman
Naked Truth: The Nude in Irish Art, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland, 13 July – 28 October 2018, curated by William Laffan, and Dawn Williams
The Art of the Treasure Hunt 2018, Fèlsina & Colle Bereto wineries, Chianti region, Italy, 01 July – 31 October 2018, curated by Kasia Redzisz
The Revelation of the Head, Messums Wiltshire, Tisbury, UK, 26 May – 08 July 2018
Shadowed Forms, Andersen’s, Copenhagen, Denmark, 27 April – 16 June 2018, curated by Kevin Francis Gray
2014
Love Story: The Anne and Wolfgang Titze Collection, 21er Haus and Winter Palace, Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria, 15 June – 05 October 2014, curated by Severin Dünser, and Luisa Ziaja (cat.)
Résonance(s), Maison Particulière, Brussels, Belgium, 24 April – 29 June 2014
2013
Contemporary Silence, Lisabird Contemporary, Vienna, Austria, 15 October – 02 November 2013
Artpark Villa Bulfon Skulpturenpark, Villa Bulfon, Velden am Wörthersee, Austria, 01 July – 26 August 2013
2012
The End, Jacob's Island Gallery, London, UK, 31 May – 28 July 2012
2011
Roundabout: Face to Face, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel, 22 October 2011 – 29 April 2012 (touring)
Boundaries Obscured, Haunch of Venison, New York NY, USA, 23 September – 03 November 2011
Apocalypse Now, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 27 March – 01 May 2011
2010
Roundabout: Face to Face, City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand, 25 September 2010 – 16 January 2011 (touring to: Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel, 22 October 2011 – 29 April 2012) (cat.)
Emporte-moi / Sweep Me Off My Feet, MAC VAL Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France, 07 May – 19 September 2010, curated by Nathalie de Blois, and Frank Lamy (touring)
The Franks-Suss Collection, Phillips de Pury & Company at The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK, 28 January – 28 March 2010
2009
FRAGILE : Terres d’empathie, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejoen, South Korea, 12 December 2009 – 21 March 2010 (touring)
Essential Experiences, Riso - Museo regionale d'Arte Contemporanea di Palermo, Palermo, Italy, 14 November 2009 – 02 May 2010, curated by Lóránd Hegyi (cat.)
FRAGILE : Terres d’empathie, Accademia d'Ungheria, Palazzo Dei Falconieri, Rome, Italy, 29 September – 29 November 2009 (touring)
Emporte-moi / Sweep Me Off My Feet, Le Musée National des Beaux-Arts de Québec, Quebec City, Canada, 24 September – 13 December 2009, curated by Nathalie de Blois, and Frank Lamy (touring to: MAC VAL Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France, 07 May – 19 September 2010)
New York: The Figure and Dr. Freud, Haunch of Venison, New York NY, USA, 08 July – 22 August 2009
FRAGILE : Terres d’empathie, MAMC Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Étienne métropole, Saint-Étienne, France, 16 May – 16 August 2009 (touring to: Palazzo Dei Falconieri, Rome, Italy, 29 September – 29 November 2009; Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea, 22 December 2009 – 21 March 2010)
2008
Grotto, Museum 52, London, UK, 16 – 20 December 2008
Et pendant ce temps, Nettie Horn Gallery, London, UK, 04 July – 10 August 2008
Reconstruction #3, Artists’ Playground, Phillips de Pury & Company at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, UK, 01 June – 31 October 2008, curated by Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst, and Elliot McDonald
Micro-Narratives: Tentation des petites réalités, MAMC Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Étienne métropole, Saint-Étienne, France, 07 May – 21 September 2008, curated by Lóránd Hegyi (cat.)
Gravity, Colección Ernesto Esposito, ARTIUM Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, 01 February – 18 May 2008, curated by Enrique Martínez (cat.)
2007
Micro-Narratives, 48th October Salon, Belgrade Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia, 29 September – 11 November 2007, curated by Lóránd Hegyi (cat.)
Out of Art dalla collezione di Ernesto Esposito, Centre PasquArt, Kunsthaus Centre D'art, Biel, Switzerland, 03 June – 05 August 2007
2006
Inaugural Exhibition, Goff+Rosenthal, Berlin, Germany, 2006
iPod Killed the Radio Star, Showroom MAMA for Video and Media Art, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 18 February – 09 April 2006
2005
Napoli presente: Posizioni e prospettive dell'arte contemporanea, PAN Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Naples, Italy, 26 November 2005 – 26 February 2006, curated by Lóránd Hegyi
The Future Lasts a Long Time, Le Consortium, Dijon, France, 18 September – 30 December 2005, curated by Chris Noraika
Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Roebling Hall, New York NY, USA, 2005
2004
Tea leaf, Cell Project Space, London, UK, 17 October – 21 November 2004, curated by Richard Priestley
2003
BAG LADY!, Cell Project Space, London, UK, 30 November – 21 December 2003, curated Richard Priestley
Matchine Matchine, One In The Other off-site: 27 Spital Square, London, UK, 31 July – 31 August 2003
From a Bag of Shit to Karma Kola, Osterwalder’s Art Office, Hamburg, Germany, 2003
A Pillow For Dreaming, Rossana Chisilie, Turin, Milan, Italy and Berlin, Germany, 2003
2002
The 234th Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2002, RA Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 11 June – 19 august 2002 (cat.)
Summer in the City, Osterwalder’s Art Office, Hamburg, Germany, 2002
May it Return in Spades, Bart Wells Institute, London, UK, 2002
One in the Other, London, UK, 2002
2001
Guardaroba: Liberi e Vestiti, Ex Monastero di Santa Scolastica, Bari, Italy, 27 October – 18 November 2001
The Poster Show, Hoxton Distillery, London, UK, 29 June – 14 July 2001
Record Collection, VTO Gallery, London, UK, 28 April – 02 May 2001, curated by Elaine Ford, and Mel Brimfield (touring to: International 3 Gallery, Manchester, UK, and Forde espace d’art contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland)
2000
Harry Pye's Great British Art Show, Stark Gallery, London, UK, closed 13 July 2000, curated by Harry Pye
Heterogeneous Loves, Experimental art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia, 08 June – 01 July 2000, curated by Craige Andrae
It May Be Rubbish But It’s British Rubbish (Harry Pye’s Great British Art Show), GLASSBOX, Paris, France, 05 May – 03 June 2000, curated by Harry Pye
Crylawn, The Caltech Outdoor Art Space, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA, USA, 14 April – 17 June 2000
Photo15, Art Space NY, New York NY, USA, 2000
Behind the Beginners, Harvard Gallery, Boston MA, USA, 2000
Art Lab, Mobile Home, London, UK, 2000
1999
Exit: International Film and Video, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK, 04 December 1999 – 30 January 2000
