Paul Nugent

Lives and works in Dublin


Education

BA Fine Art, National College of Art & Design, Dublin


Solo

Remembrance Part I, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin, 2009

Remembrance Part II, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin, 2009

Remembrance, Kerava Art Museum, Finland,2009

Vigil, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, 2007

Eternal, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin, 2005

Eternal, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, 2004

The Franciscan Series, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin, 2002

The Carmelite Series, Kevin Kavanagh, 1999

The Cardinal Series, Jo Rain Gallery, Dublin, 1997


Group Exhibitions

2010

Regarding Painting , Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin.

Invisible, {invited artist} Black Church Print Studio off-site, Dublin

What Happens Next is a Secret, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, curated by Marguerite O’Molloy

2009

Terror & Sublime: Art in an Age of Anxiety, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, curated by Peter Murray, Director.

TULCA 2009, Galway Museum. 6 - 22 Nov 2009, curated by Helen Carey.

Exploring a New Donation, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

2008

Representing Art in Ireland, Fenton Gallery, Cork;

In the Mind’s Eye, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown;
Galway University Hospital;
Belfast Grand Opera House;
OPW Head Office, Dublin.

There Not There, Crawford Gallery Cork - Curated by Dawn Williams.

2006

The Borrowing, works selected from the collection of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Cootehill Library and Arts Centre, Co. Cavan

Other Visions: Representation in Contemporary Irish Painting and Photography, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London - Selected by Aidan Dunne.

Connected – Unconnected, works selected from the collection of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, The Docks, Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim.

2005

Eurojet 05 - Anthology, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin. Curated by Patrick T. Murphy and Ruth Carroll.

Comharsana Beal Dorais (Neighbours), The Rooms, The Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Curated by Catherine Marshall.

New Territories, ARCO 05, Madrid, Spain. Curated by Enrique Juncosa, Director, IMMA.

2004

Tír na nÓg, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. Curated by Catherine Marshall.

In the Time of Shaking, Irish Artists for Amnesty, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. Curated by Ciaran Benson.

Views from an Island: Contemporary Art from Ireland, Shanghai Gallery of Modern Art & the Millennium Monument Museum, Beijing, China. Curated by Catherine Marshall.

2003

Re-Imagining Ireland, University of Virginia, U.S.A. Curated by Jill Hartz and Susan Bacik.

En Direct de Dublin, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris.

2002

Eurojet Futures 02, R.H.A. Gallagher Gallery, Dublin. Curated by Patrick Murphy, Director, R.H.A.

En Visage, Irish Museum of Modern art, Dublin. Curated by Catherine Marshall.

Perspectives 2000, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast. Curated by Lynne Cooke, D.I.A. Centre, New York.

1999

Works from the Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.

1998

A Collection in the Making, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. Curated by Declan McGonagle.


Residencies, Awards and Collections

2006-2008

Visual Arts Bursary, multi-annual award, The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon

2004

Artist in Residence at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris

Visual Arts Bursary, The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Represented in the collection of the Irish Museum of Modern Art & Office of Public Works.


Reviews and Publications

2007
Aidan Dunne, Review, Vigil, Irish Times

2005
Patrick T. Murphy, Eurojet Futures Anthology Catalogue
Enrique Juncosa, ARCO Catalogue, New Territories, ARCO 05
Brenda Moore McCann, IMMA Catalogue Collection
Aidan Dunne, Review, Eurojet Anthology, Irish Times
Cristin Leech, Review, Eurojet Anthology, Culture Magazine, Sunday Times
Aidan Dunne, Review, Hidden Layers of Meaning, Irish Times
Catherine Marshall, Tir na nOg Catalogue, IMMA
Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith, Tir na nOg, Irish Arts Review

2004
Helen Boylan, En Visage at IMMA, Sunday Business Post
Aidan Dunne, Painting in Ireland, Circa No.109

2003
Jill Hartz and Susan Bacik, From Cutting Turf to Cutting Edge, Re-Imagining Ireland: Irish Art Today, University of Virginia Art Museum, Virginia, U.S.A.
Aidan Dunne, Review, En Direct de Dublin, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, Irish Times

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