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Born 1977 in Dublin, Ireland. EDUCATION 2003 - 2004 Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, MA Fine Art. 2001 - 2002 Institute of Art, Design and Technology-Dun Laoghaire (Ireland), BA Fine Art, (1st Class Honours). 1998 - 2001 Institute of Art, Design and Technology-Dun Laoghaire (Ireland), National Diploma Photography. EXHIBITIONS/PRESENTATIONS 2013 LISTE 18 with Grey Noise, Dubai. (Upcoming) The sun shone on the nothing new, Lismore Castle Arts, St. Carthage Hall, Lismore. (Upcoming) Solo exhibition, Boetzelaer Nispen Gallery, Amsterdam. (Upcoming) Art Dubai with Grey Noise, Dubai. Backwards into Paradise, Flood, Dublin. 2012 Amsterdam Drawing 2012 with Boetzelaer Nispen Gallery, Amsterdam. Understanding Magnetism (Solo), Grey Noise, Dubai. Bis hier - 50 Jahre Kunstverein Bochum (group exhibition), Museum Bochum. Performing Transition curated by Necmi Sönmez, Kiasma Theatre, Helsinki. vac.u.um (Saira Ansari, Fahd Burki, Ayesha Jatoi, Nadia Khawaja, Basir Mahmood, Mehreen Murtaza, Michael John Whelan), Grey Noise, Dubai. KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen (with Olaf Nicolai and Tamara Grcic), Hannover. The Birth and Death of Stars (Solo), Boetzelaer Nispen, London. 2011 Artissima 18 with Grey Noise, Dubai. Taste my photons (Ruth van Beek, Wim Bosch, Bert Dankaert, Elspeth Diedrix, Eric Jan van de Geer, Michael John Whelan, Sabrina Jung, Astrid Kornthueur, Ingo Mittelstaedt), Noorderlicht Gallery, Groningen. 2010 Cinematic (Cyprien Gaillard, Michael John Whelan, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Laas Abenroth), Kunstverein Bremerhaven. Caisson part 1 (collaboration with Aleana Egan), Tilsiter Lichtspiele Cinema, Berlin. Where Gravity Makes You Float (Henrik Menné, Josefine Lyche, Kristina Bengtsson, Katharina Kiebacher, Michael John Whelan, Simen Joachim Helsvig, Sinta Werner), Grimmuseum, Berlin. Display: Videokunst im öffentlichen Raum (Ulrich Polster, Vadim Schäffler, Thomas Lüer, Juliane Ebner, Michael John Whelan, Christine Schulz), Fassade der DEKA Bank, Frankfurt. Void (Thomas Dillmann, Benjamin Rubloff, Michael John Whelan), Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover. Equinox 1+2, Grimmuseum, Berlin. 2009 Compound, Space Delawab, Belfast. Under the receding wave (Solo), Kunstverein Bochum. 2008 Dirt. Geometry. (Solo), Reimann le Bègue Galerie, Düsseldorf. The Meeting (Solo), Video Installation, Clifford Chance, Canary Wharf, London. 2007 Trace (with Paul Jackson), The Arts Gallery, London. In Flagranti II: Schnittstellen von Fotografie, Video und Malerei (Wim Bosch , Michael John Whelan, Doris Frohnapfel , Marc Lüders), Dortmund Kunstverein, Dortmund. 2006 Hunter’s Moon, Kunstkabine, Berlin. In Flagranti I: Schnittstellen von Fotografie, Video und Malerei (Eric Jan van de Geer , Michael John Whelan, Dirk Braeckman), Dortmund Kunstverein, Dortmund. 2005 Field (Clodagh Emoe, Martina Mullaney, Michael Sheppard, Michael John Whelan), Contemporary Art Projects, London. Bathers (Gary Coyle, A K Dolven, Justine Pearsall, Michael John Whelan), Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin. Clifford Chance Contemporary Sculpture Programme (Solo), Canary Wharf, London. PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS Red Sky Morning - English/German, 144 Pages, 21 x 14,8 cm (2009) Caisson (part 1), 20 Pages, 21 x 14.8 (2010) Contributor to Feint Zine, Guest edited by Aleana Egan, Issue 12, 05.09 In Flagranti: Schnittstellen von Fotografie, Video und Malerei (2006/07) Chelsea MA Fine Art – digital (2004) Shift (2002) 3cubed (2002) Sexy Langsamkeit, Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, 30.01.10 Gleißendes Licht Über dem See, Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ), 21.03.09 Michael J. Whelan und die Kunst der Entschleunigung, Ruhr Nachrichten, 07.03.09 Paul Jackson & MJ Whelan, Martin Coomer, Time Out London, 08.07 Balance-Akte mit der Realität, Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ), 20.10.06 'in flagranti' beim Kunstverein, Westfälische Rundschau, 20.10.06 Fascinating bodies of Work, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, July 6th 2005. Swimming against the Tide, Cristin Leach, The Sunday Times (Culture), July 10th 2005. Bathers, Sara Keating, InDublin, 20th July 2005. Photography on Site, p.49 and 52, Sculptors Society of Ireland Newsletter, November-December 2002. AWARDS 2012- Culture Ireland Exhibition Award 2011- Culture Ireland Exhibition Award 2009- Arts Council of Ireland - Bursary Award 2008- Arts Council of Ireland - Bursary Award 2008- Arts Council of Ireland - Projects: New Work Award 2007- Culture Ireland Exhibition Award 2006- Culture Ireland Exhibition Award 2005- Culture Ireland Exhibition Award 2005- Clifford Chance/University of the Arts Sculpture Award 2003- Arts Council of Ireland-Professional Development and Training Award COLLECTIONS University of the Arts, London Collection MLP Collection, London Institute of Art, Design and Technology Dun Laoghaire Collection Multiple private collections > Download Michael John Whelan CV |