CV / chronology
Carl Giffney
b. 1983. Waterford, Ireland.
Education
BA Fine Art. 1st class hons. 2007. National College of Art and Design, (NCAD), Dublin, Ireland.
Erasmus Scheme, Fine Art. Distinction. 2006. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
MA in Visual Art Practice. 1st class hons. 2010. Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT), Dublin, Ireland.
Selected exhibitions and events
2012
Partij voor Ierland, solo work, Roodkapje Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Bringloid V Colony, solo exhibition, The Black Mariah, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork.
Lúcras, solo exhibition, Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin.
RRB, for 'As Above So Below', 2 person show at 126 gallery, Galway.
Good Hatchery, collaborative exhibition for 'New Ecologies of Practice', NCAD gallery, Dublin.
2011
CCR2 + CCR3, installation for 'Conquested', Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin.
Monarú Earraí, installation for TULCA, Galway.
Star Anise, installation for ‘The Black Mariah’, The Broadstone Gallery, Dublin.
407.C, mobile work for 'What Alice Found There', Dublin and The Guesthouse Project, Cork.
Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, performance, The Guesthouse Project, Cork.
Lodestar, collaborative solo exhibition, The Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Wicklow.
2010
Missionary 52,-7. outdoor commission for ‘Commanage’, group project, Co. Kilkenny.
Altar on Scalextric, ‘New Living Artists’, group show, Irish Museum of Contemporary Art.
Glasimile, collaborative solo exhibition, SOMA Contemporary, Waterford.
Loukanikos / Kannelos, ‘Public Gesture Pirate Capital’, group exhibition, The Lab, Dublin.
Ongoing works, performances, interventions and presentations as part of MA Vis course.
2009
Savoir Faire 212, collaborative installation, Place gallery, Wexford.
Fared, solo installation, The Curfew Tower, Cushendall, Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Supreme Court / Imperial Measurements, outdoor commission for ‘Park Life’, group exhibition,
St. Annes Park, Dublin.
Gone Phishing + La Briethla Shona Duit, ‘Behind Smoke and Mirrors’, group exhibition, Limerick City Gallery.
Irridescence A, collaborative solo installation, Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin.
The Solution, ‘This must be the place’, group show, Irish Museum of Contemporary Art, Dublin.
Ubermensch A, solo performance and video, Ard Bia Berlin, Germany.
2008
N-7th, site specific motorway project for ‘Transitopia’, Naas. Co. Kildare.
Dynamo Tells, group exhibition for ‘The Kilkenny Arts Festival’, Thomastown.
Never Ending Telescope, group exhibition, The Back Loft Gallery, Dublin.
Sheeben Apocalypto, architectural installation at Arigna Fuels coal factory, Roscommon.
Art@Work group exhibition, Roscommon Arts Centre.
Kavalier’s Triadic Propitiator, solo installation, Westport Town Library.
History from the Future 3- Roundabouts, ‘Excursions Performance Festival’, Limerick City.
Residencies and awards
2012
Awarded residency at The Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Ireland.
Received WIP residency at Roodkapje Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Awarded Visual Artists Woskspace Scheme grant as The Good Hatchery by Visual Artists Ireland and the Arts Council.
2011
Received a month residency in Áras Éanna, Inis Óirr as part of TULCA, Galway.
Awarded a three month residency and the 2011 residency grant in The Guesthouse project, Cork.
Received a curatorial grant through the Irish Arts Council and Visual Artists Ireland.
Awarded project funding through the Offaly Arts Offices Support For Artists scheme.
Received a three month residency in Firestation artists studios, Dublin.
2010
Awarded Visual Artists Woskspace Scheme grant by Visual Artists Ireland and the Arts Council.
Awarded project funding through the Offaly Arts Offices Support For Artists scheme.
Awarded minor capital grant funding by Visual Artists Ireland and the Arts Council.
2009
Awarded a residency at The Curfew Tower, Northern Ireland.
Received project funding through the Offaly Arts Offices Support For Artists scheme.
Invited as resident artist for Behind Smoke and Mirrors in Limerick City Gallery of Art.
Awarded a residency at Ard Bia Berlin, Germany.
Received the Arts Council Travel and Training Award.
2008
Awarded project funding through the Offaly Arts Offices Support For Artists scheme.
Selected to work in the Arigna coal plant for a five week residency as part of Roscommon Arts
Offices, Art@Work programme.
Curatorial work and presentations
2012
Good Hatchery, visiting lecturer, National College of Art and Design, Ireland.
2011
Pallas Periodical Review, annual exhibition, invited curator, Pallas Projects Gallery, Dublin.
Concentration City, invited speaker, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin.
Palanquin Stills, group residential project and events curated in The Good Hatchery, Offaly.
What do we stand for?, invited speaker, National College of Art and Design, Ireland.
2010
Professional practice seminar for visual artists, Nuns Island Studios, Galway Arts Centre.
Practice, invited speaker, Ormond Studios Dublin.
Hugh Cooney : Fortress, curated for Live@8, Galway, with Michele Horrigan.
Turquoise Tarmacadam, group residential project curated in The Good Hatchery, Offaly.
Creating Alternative Spaces, invited speaker, Ormeau Baths Gallery Belfast.
Celestial Salt, co-curated outdoor group exhibition, Offaly.
2009
What Next?, invited seminar speaker, Draiocht Arts Centre, Dublin.
Ritual Flux 51, annual group exhibition, co-curated with Eilis Lavelle and Ruth Lyons, Offaly.
Art in the public realm, invited seminar speaker, Limerick City Gallery.
2008
Time of Little Sun, group exhibition, curated in Cavan County Museum.
Sapphire Highway, contextual residency programme, organized and curated in The Good Hatchery
and exhibited at The Lab, Dublin.
Midlands Master Classes, presentation on artist-led initiatives, Birr, Co. Offaly