BRIDGET O 'GORMAN
Email: bridgetogorman@gmail.com
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 In The Flesh Curated by Sheena Barrett The Lab Gallery, Dublin, IE
2015 Telling the Bees Curated by Maeve Mulrennan Galway Arts Centre, Galway, IE
2013 We Are Suddenly Somewhere Else Curated by Anna O’Sullivan Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, IE
2012 Material Culture Curated by Catherine Bowe Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, IE
2011 Re/Set Curated by Emma Lucy O’Brien VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow, IE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Health Club Curated by Allison Peters Quinn Hyde Park Art Centre, Chicago, US
2018 Lucians Neighbours Curated by Janice Hough Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, IE
2016 VUE Selected by Hilary Murray Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, IE
Artworks Selected by Annie Fletcher & Claire Feeley VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow, IE
2015 Workhouse Union Curated by Hollie Kearns & Rosie Lynch Callan Workhouse, Co. Kilkenny, IE
On Beauty Curated by Linda Shevlin Roscommon Arts Centre, Co. Roscommon, IE
From a Studio Exchange, Acme Project Space, London, UK
2014 If I Show You The Roses Curated by Rubicon Projects/Josephine Kelliher The Octagonal Room, Dublin, IE
Wade In Selected by Chris Clarke Eastern Edge Gallery, St. Johns, CA & Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, IE
2012 Dogs Curated by Rachael Corcoran/SOMA Contemporary Ormston House, Limerick, IE
Dig Where You Stand Curated by Eilís Lavelle, Sarah Lincoln & Rosie Lynch South Tipperary Arts Office/County Museum, IE
Claremorris Open Exhibition Selected by Chris Hammond Claremorris, Co. Mayo, IE
2010 Something Might Happen Curated by Andrea Roe The Forgotten Bar, (Galerie im Regieungsviertel) Berlin, DE
Claremorris Open Exhibition Selected by Lisa Le Feuvre Claremorris, Co. Mayo ,IE
2009 Grandmother Waits For You Curated by The Embassy Committee Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
EDUCATION
2008 Master of Fine Art Department of Applied Art/School of Sculpture , Edinburgh College of Art, UK
2005 OCN Glass Techniques & Technology, International Glass Centre, West Midlands, UK
2003 Bachelor of Fine Art Painting Crawford College of Art & Design, IE
RESIDENCIES
2018 FACT Future World of Work Residency Foundation for Art & Technology, Liverpool, UK
2017 Irish Museum of Modern Art, Freud Residency IMMA, Dublin, IE
2015 Workhouse Union Callan, Co. Kilkenny, IE
2014 Acme Fire Station Work/LIve Programme London, UK
2014 Fire Station Artists’ Studios Residential Studio Residency Dublin, IE
2012 National Sculpture Factory Artist in Studio Residency Cork City, IE
2012 Guesthouse Residency Cork City, IE
2012 Fire Station Digital Media Residency Award Dublin, IE
2009 Endangered Studio Residency Kilkenny, IE
2006 SIM Icelandic Artists’ Association Guest Residency Reykyavik, ISL
RECENT EVENTS
2018 A Knowing Body Public Performance Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, IE
2017 A Constitution of Iron Public presentation School of Art, Birmingham, UK
2016 Subnatural Curated by Hilary Murray in collaboration with Clare Anne O’Keefe Artbox Gallery, Dublin, IE
Dublin Festival of History Public talk/screening, National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, IE
In The Flesh Public talk The Lab Gallery, Dublin, IE
RECENTWRITING
2021 Fabrication & Failure | Hacking the Decorative in Contemporary British Art
in Sculpture & the Decorative In Britain and Europe, Eds Imogen Hart & Claire Jones. Published by Bloomsbury Academic US
RECENT REVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA
2016 Frieze Critics Choice by Gemma Tipton
Irish Times review of In The Flesh at The Lab Gallery by Aidan Dunne
Arena interview (RTE Radio 1) with Sean Rocks
VAN review of In The Flesh at The Lab Gallery by Roisin Russell
2015 Irish Times review of Telling the Bees at the Galway Arts Centre by Aidan Dunne
AWARDS/COLLECTIONS
2016 Office of Public Works Irish State Art Collection, IE
Wheatley Bequest Fine Art Fellowship, Birmingham City University, UK
Arts Council of Ireland Visual Arts Bursary Award, IE
2014 Arts Council of Ireland Visual Arts Bursary Award, IE
Golden Fleece Commendation Award, IE
Acme Fire Station Work/Live Programme, UK
2012 South Tipperary Emerging Artists’ Bursary Award, IE
Fire Station Digital Media Residency Award, IE
2011 Future Makers Training & Residency Award, IE
2010 Wexford Emerging Visual Artist Award, IE
Kilkenny Arts Office - Bursary Award, IE
2008 Royal Scottish Academy Stuart Prize, UK
2006 Arts Council of Ireland Travel & Mobility Award, IE
