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Remote Control Technologies - Photography 2010
The process of engaging with and responding to a new environment plays a vital role in the development of new work within my practice. While there is an over-riding ethos behind my practice it is the challenge of engaging with new people and a new environment that infuses energy into my practice and allows for distinctive projects/works to be developed.
My practice does not lie within any one discipline but instead utilises a variety of mediums and techniques to produce work. The work endeavours to register a world that is in constant flux. Processes used incorporate symbolism relating to historical representations in both social and artistic associations. Metaphors are created in an attempt to define the diversity that is the human condition without being didactic in its manifestation. Often the work revolves around themes such as globalisation, the media and the economy through a working process that leaves time and space for inventiveness, experimentation and play lead by the requirements of each piece.
Recently my working process has been drawn to the emblematic potential of architectural structures, sporting trends and everyday household objects. I am interested in the things we accept as symbols of how we live and the times that we live in, mixing elements of historical tradition and social trends. The connotations of a material used, the placement of an object within an environment and the historical association an object may portray are all areas of interest. Recently the process involves producing a number of works, often seen as individual and ephemeral, that in fact act as components to a larger body of work that utilises a number of mediums and forms of presentation in an attempt to engage as wide an audience as possible.
Mark Clare - mark.clare@gmail.com
Born in London in 1968. Graduated from St.Martins College of Art & Design (1992), London with a BA (Hons) Fine Art Sculpture before completing a MA in Fine Art at the University of Ulster (2004). Now lives and works in Dublin, Ireland.
EDUCATION
02-04 Master of Fine Art - University of Ulster, Belfast, N.Ireland 89-92 BA Hons Fine Art Sculpture - St.Martins College of Art & Design,
London, UK
87-89 BTEC General Art & Design - Plymouth College of Art & Design,
Plymouth, Uk
EMPLOYMENT
06-10 Associate Lecturer (Part-time) - Visual Arts Practice ACCS
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design &Technology Associate Lecturer (Part-time) - Core Studies National College
of Art & Design
Visiting Lecturer - Sculpture Dpt. State University New York, USA
Visiting Lecturer - Sculpture Dpt. Columbus State University, USA Visiting Lecturer - Sculpture Dpt. Georgia Southern University, USA
Visiting Lecturer - Sculpture Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
Visiting Lecturer - Photography Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art,
Design & Technology
Visiting Lecturer - Master of Fine Art Grays School of Art,
Aberdeen, Scotland
92-95 Associate Lecturer (part-time) - Foundation Studies, Institute of
Technology, Brighton UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
DreamHouse LaGrange Art Museum, Georgia USA
Remote Control Illges Gallery Columbus University, Georgia USA
2010
The World Could Wait No Longer - The Red House, Syracuse, New York, USA
My World is Over - Galway Arts Centre, Ireland
2009
My World is Over - The LAB, Dublin Ireland
The World Could Wait No Longer - Galleria XX1, Warsaw, Poland
2007
One Mans Terror Is Another Mans Freedom - R.H.A, Dublin, Ireland
Another Day In My Kingdom - Gallery of Photography, Dublin,Ireland
Of Other Spaces - Context Gallery, Off-Site Project, Derry Northern Ireland
2006
Nothing Is Out Of Place - Oberpf?lzer K?nstlerhaus, Schwandorf,Germany
One Mans Terror Is Another Mans Freedom - Platform, Vasa, Finland.
Know Thyself - Queen Street Gallery. Belfast, Northern Ireland
2005
Know Thyself - Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin
2004
Last of the Noble - 411 Gallery, Hangzhou, China
2003
Cinema Potlatch - LKV Studios, Trondheim, Norway
operation liberation - Public Intervention, Trondheim, Norway
Unknown Pilgrimage - Nishi-no-Mukai, Kamiyam, Japan
Still Democritus - Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo and West Cork Arts Centre, Ireland
Store My Time - Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Cork, Ireland
be subject to one another - University of Ulster, Belfast, N. Ireland.
2001 We Float - Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1999 Still Life - Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick, Ireland
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
1997 The Empire State - Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2012
TENSE Limerick City Gallery of Art, Irealnd.
None Went Mad…None Ran Away Rubicon Gallery Dublin Ireland.
2011
CUBEOpen CUBE Centre for the Urban Built Enviorenment, Manchester, UK
Pallas Periodical Review Pallas Projects, Dublin, Ireland
Terrible Beauty - Art, Crisis, Change & The Office of Non-Compliance
Dublin Contemporary 2011, Ireland
LUMEN Video Art Festival Staten Island NYC USA
With Hands And Feet Torrance Art Museum California USA
The Swimming Naked Prophecy Riverbank Arts Centre, Kildare Ireland
2010
Happy Hour SuperDeluxe@Artspace, Sydney Australia
Backwater Twenty-10 Crawford Gallery Cork Ireland
Shop if you can, buy if you want Visual Art Trail Dublin
2009
Oppositions&Dialogues - Kunstverein Hanover, Germany.
Francis Alys, Nina Beier and Marie Lund,
Mark Clare, Nathan Coley, Claire Fontaine,
Liam Gillick, Alex Morrison, Garrett Phelan, Jens Ullrich,
Stephen Willats, Carey Young.
International Guerilla Video Festival - Dublin, Ireland.
Another World Is Possible - The World Social Forum Brazil
2008
Getting Even - Lewis Gluksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland
There's No Place Like Utopia - FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NYC, USA
Dictatorship of the Majority - Sculpture Quadrennial, Riga, Latvia
EV+A - Curated by Hou Hanru Limerick City Gallery, Limerick, Ireland
Green Screen - Institute of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
2007
City of Ideas - Galway, Ireland
Cheap Finish Labour - 52 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Boast of Quietness (House Project)- Dublin, Ireland
Oh, show me your beauty when the witnesses have gone -
Skuc Gallery Ljubljana, Slovenia
2006
The Square Root of Drawing - Temple Bar Gallery Dublin, Ireland
2005
Perspectives Curated by Terry Atkinson - Ormeau Baths Gallery,
Belfast, N. Ireland
Moore Street Lending Library - Dublin Fringe Festival, Dublin
Eurojet Futures 05 - Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
RANT - Kneza Baths, Belgrade, Serbia
2004
Highlights from the UCC Art Collection - Glucksman Gallery, Cork Show-Real - Likovni Salon, Slovenia
2003
6x6 - 411 Gallery, Hangzhou, China
East Link Gallery, Shanghai, China
No Smoking Guns - Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2002
20/20 - Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Tripswitch - Guinness Storehouse, Dublin, Ireland
2001
Darkness to Light - An Galleri, Donegal, Ireland
Eurojet Futures 01 - Royal Hibernian Academy. Dublin, Ireland
2000
Crawford Open - Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork, Ireland
1997
Ramus - Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin Ireland
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2012 The Guapamacátaro Interdisciplinary Residency in Art and Ecology - Mexico2011Artist-in-Residence - LaGrange Art Museum, Georgia USA Artist-in-Residence - Residency Unlimited, NYC USA2010 Artist-in-Residence - Columbus State University, Georgia USA2009Artist-in-Residence - Firestation Studios, Dublin Ireland 2008 Arts Council Bursary Award
2008 Open Award EV+A 2008 Awarded by Hou Hanru
07/08 Artist Residence Programme. Irish Museum of Modern Art,Ireland
2006 Artist-in-Residence. South Dublin County Council, Dublin,
Artist-in-Residence. Platform, The Soap Factory, Vassa, Finland
2005 Folkatronica Residency, Visual Artists Ireland, Dublin Ireland
2004 Research Residency WochenKlausur, Vienna, Austria
2003 Artist-in-Residence LKV, Trondheim, Norway
Artist-in-Residence. AIR Programme, Kaiyama,Japan
2002 Artist-in-Residence. Fundacion Valpariso, Spain
Artist-in-Residence. Sirius Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
2001 Artist-in-Residence. Botanical Gardens, Dublin, Ireland
ALICE-BERGER HAMMERSCHLAG Award Winner 2001 Belfast, N.Ireland
PUBLICATIONS
2010Art Papers December Issue, USA 2008 EV+A Catalogue Limerick, Ireland
Circa Art Magazine Dublin, Ireland
Irish Arts Review Ireland
2007 One Mans Terror Is Another Mans Freedom Catalogue RHA Dublin,
Of Other Spaces Catalogue Context Gallery, Derry, N. Ireland
Another Day In My Kingdom Pamphlet The Gallery of Photography,
Dublin, Ireland
2006 Visual Arts Newsletter Ireland
2005 The Irish Times Newspaper Ireland
2004 The Issue of Culture Context Magazine Ireland
2003 Circa Art Magazine Dublin, Ireland
Visual Arts Newsletter Ireland
GRANTS.
2010Bursary Award Arts Council of Ireland
Travel and Mobility Award Arts Council of Ireland 2009 Projects Award Arts Council of Ireland
Travel and Mobility Award Arts Council of Ireland 2008 Bursary Award Arts Council of Ireland
2007 Projects Award Arts Council of Ireland
Travel and Mobility Award Arts Council of Ireland
2006 Projects Award Arts Council of Ireland
2005 Artist Bursary Arts Council of Ireland
2004 Artist Bursary Arts Council of Ireland
2003 International Residency Award Arts Council of Ireland
Travel and Mobility Award Arts Council of Ireland
2002 Travel and Mobility Award