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ARTIST Biography
Kevin Mooney is an Irish artist based in Cork. His work is informed by mythology, folklore, and histories of cultural migration. Recent exhibitions include Revenants, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2022 (SOLO EXHIBITION); Tuberclerosies, Luan Gallery, Athlone, 2024, Mutators, MART Gallery, Dublin, 2022 (also St Luke’s Crypt, Cork, 2022) (SOLO EXHIBITION); The Erlish Tide, Excel Gallery, Tipperary, 2021 (SOLO EXHIBITION); Pine’s Eye, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, 2020; The Law Is a White Dog, Tulca Festival, Galway, 2020; Fragments of San Borondon, Triskel Arts Centre, 2019 (SOLO EXHIBITION); Everything is in Everything, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, 2019; Apparition, Sternview Gallery, 2018 (SOLO EXHIBITION); EVA International, Limerick, 2018; Seeing Things, Artbox Projects, Dublin, 2017 (SOLO EXHIBITION); Twilight Head Cult, Ormston House, Limerick, 2016 (SOLO EXHIBITION); What Is and What Might Be, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, 2015; Wave, Pallas Projects, 2014 (SOLO EXHIBITION); Making Familiar, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, 2012. Kevin graduated with an MFA from NCAD in 2012. Since then he has received several Visual Arts Bursaries from The Arts Council. His work is held in various private and public collections including IMMA, Crawford Gallery, Cork, The Arts Council, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, the OPW, and Galway City Council. His solo exhibition, The Erlish Tide, Excel Gallery, Tipperary, 2021, was supported by an Arts Council Commissions Award. He is represented by Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin.
Education
2010 – 2012 MA Fine Art (Painting) National College of Art and Design, Dublin
1994 – 1997 National Diploma in Fine Art (Painting) Crawford College of Art, Cork
1994 – 1997 National Diploma in Fine Art (Painting) Crawford College of Art, Cork
Selected Exhibitions
2026 (forthcoming) Silt and Sorcery (two person with Cecilia Bullo) Hillsboro Fine Art
2025 Ancestors, Hillsboro Fine Art (solo)
2024 Tuberclerosies Luan Gallery, Athlone (solo)
2022 Revenants, Irish Museum of Modern Art (solo)
2022 Mutators, Sample Studios and Gallery, Cork (solo)
2022 Mutators, MART Gallery, Dublin (solo)
2021 The Erlish Tide Excel Gallery Tipperary (solo)
2020 The Law is a White Dog, Tulca Festival of Visual Arts, Various Venues, Galway
2020 Pine’s Eye, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh.
2020 Highlanes Open, Highlanes Municipal Gallery, Drogheda
2019 Everything is in Everything, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh
2019 Fragments of San Borondon, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork (Solo)
2018 Apparition, Sternview Gallery, Cork (Solo)
2018 EVA International, Limerick
2018 Embodiment, Bo Lee Gallery, London
2017 Seeing Things, Artbox Projects, Dublin (Solo)
2016 Twilight Head Cult, Ormston House, Limerick (Solo)
2015 What Is and What Might Be, Highlanes Gallery Drogheda
2014 Wave, Pallas Projects, Dublin (Solo)
2014 Dog Island Tales, Talbot Gallery, Dublin (Solo)
2012 Making Familiar, Temple Bar Gallery Dublin
2012 Horizon Sprawl, Ormston House Limerick
2011 Three Colours, Soma Contemporary Waterford
2010 Claremorris Open Co. Mayo
2010 Video killed the radio star, RHA, Dublin
2010 Kevin Mooney, Nag gallery, Dublin (Solo)
2010 Timeline, Queen street gallery and studios, Belfast (Solo)
2009 Ritual Flux 51, Birr Arts Festival
2009 Facade, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow (Solo)
2008 Somewhere in The West, Galway International Arts Festival
2025 Ancestors, Hillsboro Fine Art (solo)
2024 Tuberclerosies Luan Gallery, Athlone (solo)
2022 Revenants, Irish Museum of Modern Art (solo)
2022 Mutators, Sample Studios and Gallery, Cork (solo)
2022 Mutators, MART Gallery, Dublin (solo)
2021 The Erlish Tide Excel Gallery Tipperary (solo)
2020 The Law is a White Dog, Tulca Festival of Visual Arts, Various Venues, Galway
2020 Pine’s Eye, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh.
2020 Highlanes Open, Highlanes Municipal Gallery, Drogheda
2019 Everything is in Everything, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh
2019 Fragments of San Borondon, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork (Solo)
2018 Apparition, Sternview Gallery, Cork (Solo)
2018 EVA International, Limerick
2018 Embodiment, Bo Lee Gallery, London
2017 Seeing Things, Artbox Projects, Dublin (Solo)
2016 Twilight Head Cult, Ormston House, Limerick (Solo)
2015 What Is and What Might Be, Highlanes Gallery Drogheda
2014 Wave, Pallas Projects, Dublin (Solo)
2014 Dog Island Tales, Talbot Gallery, Dublin (Solo)
2012 Making Familiar, Temple Bar Gallery Dublin
2012 Horizon Sprawl, Ormston House Limerick
2011 Three Colours, Soma Contemporary Waterford
2010 Claremorris Open Co. Mayo
2010 Video killed the radio star, RHA, Dublin
2010 Kevin Mooney, Nag gallery, Dublin (Solo)
2010 Timeline, Queen street gallery and studios, Belfast (Solo)
2009 Ritual Flux 51, Birr Arts Festival
2009 Facade, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow (Solo)
2008 Somewhere in The West, Galway International Arts Festival
Grants and Awards
2020 Commission Award, Arts Council of Ireland, Excel Gallery Tipperary
2020-2025,2017,2016,2013,2012 Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland
2022 Cork City Council Artists Bursary Award
2015 Shortlisted for Emerging Visual Artist Award, Wexford Arts Centre
2020-2025,2017,2016,2013,2012 Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland
2022 Cork City Council Artists Bursary Award
2015 Shortlisted for Emerging Visual Artist Award, Wexford Arts Centre
Collections
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Crawford Gallery, Cork, Arts Council of Ireland, OPW, Highlanes Gallery, Galway City Council, Galway County Council, various private collections in Ireland and abroad.
Publications
2022 Revenants, Foreword by Sean Kissane, Essay by Sarah Kelleher.
2024 Tuberclerosies, Introduction by Carmel Duffy, Foreword by Aoife Banks, Essay by Edwin Coomasaru.
2024 Tuberclerosies, Introduction by Carmel Duffy, Foreword by Aoife Banks, Essay by Edwin Coomasaru.
