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Gemma Browne is an Irish artist born in London and based in Dublin. She has exhibited widely in Ireland and internationally and has received many awards including from The Arts Council of Ireland. Recent solo and group exhibitions include Wallflowers at Kevin Kavanagh Gallery (2023), The Pleasure Ground, Selected by Sinead Ni Mhaonaigh, Rathfarnham Castle OPW, Dublin (2022), Doorways and Windows, Curated by Rayne Booth for Wexford Arts Festival (2022), Lady- Salad Days, Solo online show of paper works at Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin (2021), Dubliners, 6th Biennial of Painting, Zagreb, Curated by Pallas Projects (2021), Speaking of Which...,film with The Dock arts Centre, Leitrim and The Lab Gallery, Dublin (2020),The Invisible Sorceress, The Lab Gallery, Dublin, Curated by Sheena Barrett (2020), Queen of the Dusk, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin (2020). Previous shows include Paper Cuts group show at Saatchi Gallery London, SuprEYES at the Lexicon Gallery, Dun Laoghaire, Faces, Places and Spaces at New Art Projects, London, When Supplies Last in Seattle and Got It For Cheap at Agnes B HQ in Paris and at The Hole Gallery, New York City.
She has taken part in ARCO Madrid, Athina Athens, Manchester Contemporary and Atlanta Contemporary art fairs.
She is represented by Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
www.kevinkavanagh.ie
Education
1992-1993 M.A Fine Art, Birmingham Institute of Art+Design, Birmingham, UK
1985-1988 National Diploma Painting+Printmaking, Crawford College of Art+design, Cork, Ireland
1984-1985 Foundation Certificate in Visual Education, Crawford College of Art+Design, Cork, Ireland
RECENT SOLO SHOWS AND PROJECTS
2023 Wallflowers, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
2021 Lady-Salad Days, Solo online show of paper works at Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
2020 Sift Painting, Wilton Castle, Wexford, with Gemma Browne, John Busher, Christof Mascher, Christopher Orr, Richard Proffitt and
Paige Turner-Uribe, Curated by John Busher
2020 Speaking of which..., film with The Dock Arts Centre, Leitrim and The Lab Gallery, Dublin
2020 The Invisible Sorceress, The Lab Gallery, Dublin, Curated by Sheena Barrett, 4th August-16th November
2020 Queen Of The Dusk, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin, 9th July-1st August
2019 Intertrashional Zine #ROOT, Edited by Bea McMahon, Amsterdam
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Connections, Boyle Arts Festival, Curated by Sinead Ni Mhaonaigh, Sarah Searson and Laura Mahon, King House, Boyle
2022 The Pleasure Ground, Selected by Sinead Ni Mhaonaigh, Rathfarnham Castle OPW, Dublin
2022 Doorways and Windows, Stonebridge, Wexford, Curated by Rayne Booth for Wexford Arts Festival
2021 Dubliners, The invited international presentation for the 6th Biennial of Painting, HDLU, Zagreb, Curated by Pallas Projects
2021 Ark Life online exhibition, Pallas Projects
2021 Crossings, Main Exhibition, Boyle Arts Festival, Selected by Paul McKenna
2020 Sift with Gemma Browne, John Busher, Christof Mascher, Christopher Orr, Richard Proffitt and Paige Turner-Uribe, Wilton
Castle, Wexford
2019 While Supplies Last, Bellevue Arts Museum, Seattle
2019 Irish Art Now: Contemporary Art Auction for Pallas Contemporary Projects, Irish Georgian Society, Dublin
2018 Papercuts, Curated by Kristian Day, Saatchi Gallery, London
2018 Places, Faces, Spaces, New Art Projects, London, Curated by Hedley Roberts and Fred Mann
2018 While Supplies Last, Seattle, Curated by Anthony White
2018 Got It For Cheap, R/SF Projects ,San Francisco and Mass gallery, Austin, Texas
2018 Got It For Cheap Artist Pick Series, Curated by Michael Swaney, Barcelona, Spain
2018 GIFC, Fisher Parrish Gallery, New York
2017 Papercuts, Tripp Gallery, London, Curated by Kristian Day
2017 Papercuts, The Manchester Contemporary, Curated by Kristian Day
2017 GIFC, Athina Art Fair, Athens, Greece
2017 Macaulay and Co. Fine Art, Vancouver, B.C, Canada
2017 GIFC, Soulland, Copenhagen, Denmark and Rod Bianco Gallery, Oslo
2017 GIFC, The Hole, New York City
2017 Summit L.A, Los Angeles, California and Honolulu, Hawaii
2017 SuprEYES, Curated by Martin Drury, from the State Art Collection, Lexicon Municipal Gallery, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin
2015 Finders and Keepers, Artworks from the State Art Collection, Lexicon Municipal Gallery, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin
2014 Under the Hammer, Pallas Projects, Gala Auction with Whyte`s Auctioneers, The Georgian Society's City Assembly House
2014 Boyle Arts Festival Main Exhibition, Invited by Patrick T. Murphy, Director RHA Gallery
2013 Viewfinder, Curated by Jill Bouchier, Selected works from The Arts Council Collection with Waterford
Youth Arts Saturday Club, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford
2012 Forever Girls and Boys, Solo Show, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
2012 Into the Light-The Arts Council-60 Years of Supporting the Arts, Crawford Gallery, Cork
2012 Sleepwalkers-Future Perfect, Curated by Jim Ricks, Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane
2011 Collecting for Ireland, Works from the Arts Council Collection, Curated by Ruairi O Cuiv, The Hunt Museum, Limerick
2010 Gemma Browne, Margaret Corcoran, Vanessa Donoso Lopez, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
2010 Backwater a 20 year Celebration of Backwater Artist Studios, Curated by Stephen Brandes, Crawford Gallery, Cork
2009 Paperworks, Curated by Gavin Murphy and Mark Cullen, Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin
2007 The Future is Female, ARCO 07 Projects with Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, ARCO Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
2006 Lily-White, Solo Show, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
2006 Irish Painting 1919-2006, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Clare
2005 Passing Through, Selected Works by Students of the Crawford College of Art+Design, 1975-2005, Curated by
Patrick T.Murphy, Glucksman Gallery, Cork
2005 The Second Annual Burren Show, Curated by Kevin Kavanagh, Burren College of Art, Clare
2005 Eurojet Futures-An Anthology of Emerging Art from Ireland, Curated by Ruth Carroll and Patrick T. Murphy, RHA, Dublin
2004 Twinkle, Solo Show, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
2003 Eurojet Futures 03, Curated by Ruth Carroll and Patrick T. Murphy,RHA Gallery, Dublin
2003 Fresh Fruit, Curated by Brian Duggan and Mark Cullen, Pallas, Pallas Heights, Dublin
2003 Sugar-Coated, Solo Show, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
2003 Crawford Open 3, Crawford Gallery, Cork
2002 Being Pretty is Everything, Solo Show, Draiocht Centre for the Arts, Dublin
2002 Vivid,with Stephen Loughman, Darren Murray and Dermot Seymour, with Kevin Kavanagh Gallery
Laois Arts Festival, Laois
2002 Objective 1, European Artists, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
2001 Objective 1, European Artists Group Shows, Austria, Arranged by MEP Christa Prets
2001 Eigse, Carlow
2000 Stigmas, Solo Show, Pofferd de Nul, Artist Led Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2000 Crawford Open Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Crawford Gallery, Cork
2000 Hallward Gallery, Group Show, Dublin
2000 Scoip 2000, Curated by Declan McGonagle and William Crozier, Siamsa Tire, Tralee, Kerry, Ireland
1999 The Nylon Gallery, Group Show, London
1998 Wet Paint, with Alice Lyons, Alison Pilkington and Anne Stahl, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1994 Rubicon Gallery, Group Show, Dublin
1994 Blue Gallery, Group Show, London
1993 M.A Show, The Custard Factory, Birmingham, UK
1993 MAC, Midland Art Centre, M.A Midterm Show, Birmingham, UK
1987 Triskel Art Centre, Group Show, Cork
RESIDENCIES AND PROJECTS
2017-18 Mentor to artist John Busher on the Living Art Project for Wexford Arts Centre and Wexford Co. Council
2017 Papercuts, Kristian Day Fine Art Projects and Exhibitions, London
2009 Arts Council Artist in Prisons Scheme, Dochas Womens Detention Centre, Mountjoy, Dublin
2003 Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Co.Monaghan
2000 Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Co.Monaghan
1999 Studio 2 Printmaking Workshop, Cropredy, Oxfordshire, UK
AWARDS
1995 Arts Council Artist in Prison Scheme
2003 Arts Council Visual Arts Travel award, Barcelona, Spain
2002 Culture Committee, Department of Foreign Affairs Travel Grant, Brussels, Belgium
2002 Arts Council Bursary
2002 Arts Council Materials/Equipment Grant
2001 Artflight, Arts Council
2001 Arts Council Materials/Equipment Grant
1997 Artflight, Arts Council
1993 Gertrude Emily Griffin Award for Drawing, Birmingham, UK
COLLECTIONS
The Arts Council of Ireland
Office of Public Works
AXA Insurance
Bank of Ireland
The University of Central England, Birmingham, UK
PUBLICATIONS
2021 6TH Biennial of Painting + And Guest Exhibition of Irish Artists 'Dubliners'
2020 Visual Artists` News Sheet-Critique-Queen of the Dusk by Carissa Farrell
2020 What Lies Beneath-Guarding Secrets-Review by Niall MacMonagle, Sunday Independent, 26th July
2019 Intertrashional Zine #ROOT, Edited by Bea McMahon, Amsterdam
2018 Art Maze Mag, International Art Magazine, Selected Works Curated by Kristian Day, Issue 6
2013 Into the Light-The Arts Council-60 Years of Supporting the Arts
2015 Finders and Keepers, Lexicon Gallery, OPW, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
2011 Collecting for Ireland, Works from the Arts Council Collection, Ruairi O Cuiv and Hunt Museum
2006 Lily-White, Gemma Browne and Kevin Kavanagh Gallery
2005 Passing Through, Selected Students of the Crawford College of Art and Design, 1975-2005
2005 Eurojet Futures an Anthology of Emerging Artists from Ireland
2003 Crawford Open 1-4
2003 Circa Cover, Issue 103
2002 Contemporary, Visual Art Magazine, UK
SOCIAL ART WORK AND PROJECTS
Artists in Prisons Scheme, The Arts Council, at Dochas Womens' Detention Centre, Mountjoy Prison
Artists in Prisons Scheme, The Arts Council, with young offenders, Wheatfield Prison
Ongoing work at Portlaoise Prison with Brian Maguire and Robert Armstrong for NCAD
Worked with group of older, retired women for a year at a local hall on the South Circular Road, painting, drawing and discussion.
Drew and painted 40ft, hoardings with children in Rutland Street School , North Inner City, where I was in residence for six weeks. These were installed around the Spire on O Connell street during construction. With the Hugh Lane.
I did art projects for schools in Ballymun, Beaumont, Clontarf and Ballinteer and projects at a local boxing club in Pearse Street and the Corporation flats in Ballybough with mothers and children.
2022 The Pleasure Ground, Selected by Sinead Ni Mhaonaigh, Rathfarnham Castle OPW, Dublin
2022 Doorways and Windows, Stonebridge, Wexford, Curated by Rayne Booth for Wexford Arts Festival
2021 Dubliners, The invited international presentation for the 6th Biennial of Painting, HDLU, Zagreb, Curated by Pallas Projects
2021 Ark Life online exhibition, Pallas Projects
2021 Crossings, Main Exhibition, Boyle Arts Festival, Selected by Paul McKenna
2020 Sift with Gemma Browne, John Busher, Christof Mascher, Christopher Orr, Richard Proffitt and Paige Turner-Uribe, Wilton
Castle, Wexford
2019 While Supplies Last, Bellevue Arts Museum, Seattle
2019 Irish Art Now: Contemporary Art Auction for Pallas Contemporary Projects, Irish Georgian Society, Dublin
2018 Papercuts, Curated by Kristian Day, Saatchi Gallery, London
2018 Places, Faces, Spaces, New Art Projects, London, Curated by Hedley Roberts and Fred Mann
2018 While Supplies Last, Seattle, Curated by Anthony White
2018 Got It For Cheap, R/SF Projects ,San Francisco and Mass gallery, Austin, Texas
2018 Got It For Cheap Artist Pick Series, Curated by Michael Swaney, Barcelona, Spain
2018 GIFC, Fisher Parrish Gallery, New York
2017 Papercuts, Tripp Gallery, London, Curated by Kristian Day
2017 Papercuts, The Manchester Contemporary, Curated by Kristian Day
2017 GIFC, Athina Art Fair, Athens, Greece
2017 Macaulay and Co. Fine Art, Vancouver, B.C, Canada
2017 GIFC, Soulland, Copenhagen, Denmark and Rod Bianco Gallery, Oslo
2017 GIFC, The Hole, New York City
2017 Summit L.A, Los Angeles, California and Honolulu, Hawaii
2017 SuprEYES, Curated by Martin Drury, from the State Art Collection, Lexicon Municipal Gallery, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin
2015 Finders and Keepers, Artworks from the State Art Collection, Lexicon Municipal Gallery, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin
2014 Under the Hammer, Pallas Projects, Gala Auction with Whyte`s Auctioneers, The Georgian Society's City Assembly House
2014 Boyle Arts Festival Main Exhibition, Invited by Patrick T. Murphy, Director RHA Gallery
2013 Viewfinder, Curated by Jill Bouchier, Selected works from The Arts Council Collection with Waterford
Youth Arts Saturday Club, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford
2012 Forever Girls and Boys, Solo Show, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
2012 Into the Light-The Arts Council-60 Years of Supporting the Arts, Crawford Gallery, Cork
2012 Sleepwalkers-Future Perfect, Curated by Jim Ricks, Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane
2011 Collecting for Ireland, Works from the Arts Council Collection, Curated by Ruairi O Cuiv, The Hunt Museum, Limerick
2010 Gemma Browne, Margaret Corcoran, Vanessa Donoso Lopez, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
2010 Backwater a 20 year Celebration of Backwater Artist Studios, Curated by Stephen Brandes, Crawford Gallery, Cork
2009 Paperworks, Curated by Gavin Murphy and Mark Cullen, Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin
2007 The Future is Female, ARCO 07 Projects with Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, ARCO Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
2006 Lily-White, Solo Show, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
2006 Irish Painting 1919-2006, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Clare
2005 Passing Through, Selected Works by Students of the Crawford College of Art+Design, 1975-2005, Curated by
Patrick T.Murphy, Glucksman Gallery, Cork
2005 The Second Annual Burren Show, Curated by Kevin Kavanagh, Burren College of Art, Clare
2005 Eurojet Futures-An Anthology of Emerging Art from Ireland, Curated by Ruth Carroll and Patrick T. Murphy, RHA, Dublin
2004 Twinkle, Solo Show, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
2003 Eurojet Futures 03, Curated by Ruth Carroll and Patrick T. Murphy,RHA Gallery, Dublin
2003 Fresh Fruit, Curated by Brian Duggan and Mark Cullen, Pallas, Pallas Heights, Dublin
2003 Sugar-Coated, Solo Show, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin
2003 Crawford Open 3, Crawford Gallery, Cork
2002 Being Pretty is Everything, Solo Show, Draiocht Centre for the Arts, Dublin
2002 Vivid,with Stephen Loughman, Darren Murray and Dermot Seymour, with Kevin Kavanagh Gallery
Laois Arts Festival, Laois
2002 Objective 1, European Artists, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
2001 Objective 1, European Artists Group Shows, Austria, Arranged by MEP Christa Prets
2001 Eigse, Carlow
2000 Stigmas, Solo Show, Pofferd de Nul, Artist Led Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2000 Crawford Open Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Crawford Gallery, Cork
2000 Hallward Gallery, Group Show, Dublin
2000 Scoip 2000, Curated by Declan McGonagle and William Crozier, Siamsa Tire, Tralee, Kerry, Ireland
1999 The Nylon Gallery, Group Show, London
1998 Wet Paint, with Alice Lyons, Alison Pilkington and Anne Stahl, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1994 Rubicon Gallery, Group Show, Dublin
1994 Blue Gallery, Group Show, London
1993 M.A Show, The Custard Factory, Birmingham, UK
1993 MAC, Midland Art Centre, M.A Midterm Show, Birmingham, UK
1987 Triskel Art Centre, Group Show, Cork
RESIDENCIES AND PROJECTS
2017-18 Mentor to artist John Busher on the Living Art Project for Wexford Arts Centre and Wexford Co. Council
2017 Papercuts, Kristian Day Fine Art Projects and Exhibitions, London
2009 Arts Council Artist in Prisons Scheme, Dochas Womens Detention Centre, Mountjoy, Dublin
2003 Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Co.Monaghan
2000 Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Co.Monaghan
1999 Studio 2 Printmaking Workshop, Cropredy, Oxfordshire, UK
AWARDS
1995 Arts Council Artist in Prison Scheme
2003 Arts Council Visual Arts Travel award, Barcelona, Spain
2002 Culture Committee, Department of Foreign Affairs Travel Grant, Brussels, Belgium
2002 Arts Council Bursary
2002 Arts Council Materials/Equipment Grant
2001 Artflight, Arts Council
2001 Arts Council Materials/Equipment Grant
1997 Artflight, Arts Council
1993 Gertrude Emily Griffin Award for Drawing, Birmingham, UK
COLLECTIONS
The Arts Council of Ireland
Office of Public Works
AXA Insurance
Bank of Ireland
The University of Central England, Birmingham, UK
PUBLICATIONS
2021 6TH Biennial of Painting + And Guest Exhibition of Irish Artists 'Dubliners'
2020 Visual Artists` News Sheet-Critique-Queen of the Dusk by Carissa Farrell
2020 What Lies Beneath-Guarding Secrets-Review by Niall MacMonagle, Sunday Independent, 26th July
2019 Intertrashional Zine #ROOT, Edited by Bea McMahon, Amsterdam
2018 Art Maze Mag, International Art Magazine, Selected Works Curated by Kristian Day, Issue 6
2013 Into the Light-The Arts Council-60 Years of Supporting the Arts
2015 Finders and Keepers, Lexicon Gallery, OPW, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
2011 Collecting for Ireland, Works from the Arts Council Collection, Ruairi O Cuiv and Hunt Museum
2006 Lily-White, Gemma Browne and Kevin Kavanagh Gallery
2005 Passing Through, Selected Students of the Crawford College of Art and Design, 1975-2005
2005 Eurojet Futures an Anthology of Emerging Artists from Ireland
2003 Crawford Open 1-4
2003 Circa Cover, Issue 103
2002 Contemporary, Visual Art Magazine, UK
SOCIAL ART WORK AND PROJECTS
Artists in Prisons Scheme, The Arts Council, at Dochas Womens' Detention Centre, Mountjoy Prison
Artists in Prisons Scheme, The Arts Council, with young offenders, Wheatfield Prison
Ongoing work at Portlaoise Prison with Brian Maguire and Robert Armstrong for NCAD
Worked with group of older, retired women for a year at a local hall on the South Circular Road, painting, drawing and discussion.
Drew and painted 40ft, hoardings with children in Rutland Street School , North Inner City, where I was in residence for six weeks. These were installed around the Spire on O Connell street during construction. With the Hugh Lane.
I did art projects for schools in Ballymun, Beaumont, Clontarf and Ballinteer and projects at a local boxing club in Pearse Street and the Corporation flats in Ballybough with mothers and children.
