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Mark Clare

EDUCATION

02-04 Master of Fine Art - University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland
89-92 BA Hons Fine Art Sculpture - St.Martins College of Art & Design, London, UK

87-89 BTEC General Art & Design - Plymouth College of Art & Design, Plymouth, UK

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 The Politics of Small Things - Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Leitrim, Ireland

2022 eidolons - Project Space, West Cork Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland

2022 DemocraCity - Screening Room, Crawforad Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland

2019 The Little Things Matter - Pro Arts, Oakland, California, USA

2017 If Not You - Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Ireland

2016 The Bodele Project - Engage Arts Festival, Bandon, Cork, Ireland

2015 Que sais-je? - Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France

DemocraCity - 126 Artist Run Gallery, Galway, Ireland

I Believe In You - Model Art and Niland Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

2014 I Believe In You - Crawforad Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland

2013 MonoCulture - Broadcast Gallery D.I.T, Dublin, Ireland

2011 DreamHouse - LaGrange Art Museum, Georgia USA

Remote Control - Illges Gallery Columbus University, Georgia USA
2010 The World Could Wait No Longer - Red House, Syracuse, New York, USA

Hopeful Structures - Red Stables Dublin Ireland

Folly - Galway Arts Centre, Ireland
Little Women - Signal Arts Centre Wicklow Ireland

2009 My World is Over - The LAB, Dublin Ireland
The World Could Wait No Longer - Galleria XX1, Warsaw, Poland

2007 One Mans Terror Is Another Mans Freedom - R.H.A, Dublin, Ireland

Another Day In My Kingdom - Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland

Of Other Spaces - Context Gallery, Off-Site Project, Prehen House, Derry, UK

2006 Nothing Is Out Of Place - Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany

One Mans Terror Is Another Mans Freedom - Platform, Vasa, Finland

Know Thyself - Queen Street Gallery. Belfast, UK

2005 Know Thyself - Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland

2004 Last of the Noble - 411 Gallery, Hangzhou, China

2003 Cinema Potlatch - LKV Studios, Trondheim, Norway

operation liberation - Public Intervention, Trondheim, Norway

Unknown Pilgrimage - Nishi-no-Mukai, Kamiyam, Japan

Still Democritus - Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)

2023 Molecular Revolutions - The LAB, Dublin, Ireland

Athrú, an Invocation - Luan Gallery, Athlone, Ireland

2022 Earth Rising - Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland

2022 Living Canvas - Wilton Terrace, Dublin, Ireland

2021 IMMA OUTDOORS - Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland

2020 The Border - Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin, Germany

2018 Bank, Blank - 48-stunden-neukoelln, Berlin, Germany

I Slept Like A Stone - The LAB, Dublin, Ireland
2017 11th Kaunas Biennial THERE AND NOT THERE - Kaunas 50154, Lithuania

August Destiny - The Pearse Museum, Dublin, Ireland

2016 August Destiny - St Carthage Hall Lismore Castle, Waterford, Ireland

What if we got it wrong? - F.E Mc William Gallery & Studio, Banbridge, Northern Ireland, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Ireland West Cork Arts Centre, Ireland Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland

2015 What if we got it wrong? - Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France

Seachange - Tulca Festival, Galway, Ireland

Glitch - Rua Red, Dublin, Ireland
2014 Phoenix Rising - The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2012 Into the Light - Commissioned by the Arts Council to celebrate 60 years Arts Council Collection, Crawford Gallery, Cork, Ireland

Art Nomads - LKV, Tondheim, Norway
TENSE - Limerick City Gallery of Art, Ireland
None Went Mad...None Ran Away - Rubicon Gallery Dublin Ireland

2011 CUBEOpen - CUBE Centre for the Urban Built Enviorenment, Manchester, UK

Pallas Periodical Review - Pallas Projects, Dublin, Ireland

Terrible Beauty—Art, Crisis, Change & The Office of Non-Compliance - Dublin Contemporary 2011, Ireland

LUMEN Video Art Festival - Staten Island NYC USA
With Hands And Feet - Torrance Art Museum California USA
The Swimming Naked Prophecy - Riverbank Arts Centre, Kildare Ireland

2010 The Swimming Naked Prophecy - Mermaid Arts Centre Ireland

CAKE Contemporary - CAKE Gallery Kildare Ireland

Happy Hour - SuperDeluxe@Artspace, Sydney Australia
Backwater Twenty-10 - Crawford Gallery Cork Ireland
Shop if you can, buy if you want - St.Patricks Festival, Ireland

2009 Oppositions & Dialogues
Francis Alys, Nina Beier and Marie Lund,Mark Clare, Nathan Coley,Jeremiah Day, Claire Fontaine, Liam Gillick, Alex Morrison, Ulay + Marina Abramović,Jens Ullrich, Stephen Willats, Carey Young, Artur Zmijewski - Kunstverein Hanover, Germany

International Guerilla Video Festival - Off-site venues Dublin, Ireland

Another World Is Possible - The World Social Forum Brazil

2008 Getting Even - Lewis Gluksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland

There's No Place Like Utopia - FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NYC, USA

Dictatorship of the Majority Sculpture Quadrennial - Riga, Latvia

EV+A curated by Hou Hanru - Limerick City Gallery, Limerick, Ireland

Green Screen - Institute of Contemporary Art Newtown, Sydney, Australia

2007 City of Ideas - Galway, Ireland
Cheap Finish Labour - Performance 52nd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

Boast of Quietness (House Project) - Dublin, Ireland
Oh, show me your beauty when the witnesses have gone - Skuc Gallery Ljubljana, Slovenia

2006 The Square Root of Drawing - Temple Bar Gallery Dublin, Ireland

2005 Perspectives curated by Terry Atkinson - Ormeau Baths Gallery, UK

Moore Street Lending Library - Dublin Fringe Festival, Dublin, Ireland

Eurojet Futures 05 - Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
RANT - Kneza Baths, Belgrade, Serbia

2004 Highlights from the UCC Art Collection - Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland

Show-Real - Likovni Salon, Slovenia

RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

2019 Artist-in-Residence - An Urgent Enquiry, Wexford County Council, Ireland

2017/18 Artist-in-Residence - National College of art & Design, Dublin, Ireland

2015 Artist-in-Residence - Time Exchange, Philadelphia, USA

2014 Artist-in-Residence - Drury University, Missouri, USA

2013 Artist-in-Residence - Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France

Dublin City Council - Albert Cottages, Dublin City Council, Ireland

2012 Artist-in-Residence - The Guapamacátaro Interdisciplinary Residency in Art and Ecology Mexico

2011 Artist-in-Residence - LaGrange Art Museum, Georgia USA

Artist-in-Residence - Residency Unlimited, NYC, USA

2010 Artist-in-Residence - Columbus State University, Georgia USA

2009 Artist-in-Residence - Firestation Studios, Dublin Ireland

2008 Open Award EV+A 2008 Awarded by Hou Hanru

07/08 Artist-in-Residence Programme - Irish Museum of Modern Art, Ireland

2006 Artist-in-Residence - South Dublin County Council, Dublin, Ireland

Artist-in-Residence - Platform, The Soap Factory, Vassa, Finland

2005 Artist-in-Residence - Folkatronica Residency, Visual Artists Ireland, Dublin Ireland

2004 Research Residency - WochenKlausur, Vienna, Austria

2003 Artist-in-Residence - LKV, Trondheim, Norway

Artist-in-Residence - AIR Programme, Kaiyama, Japan

2002 Artist-in-Residence - Fundacion Valpariso, Spain

Artist-in-Residence - Sirius Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland

2001 Artist-in-Residence - Botanical Gardens, Dublin, Ireland

ALICE-BERGER HAMMERSCHLAG Award Winner 2001 Belfast, N.Ireland GRANTS

2019 Bursary Award Arts Council of Ireland
Travel and Mobility Award Arts Council of Ireland

2015 Travel and Mobility Award Arts Council of Ireland

Bursary Award Arts Council of Ireland

2014 Projects Award Arts Council of Ireland