Cleary & Connolly
www.connolly-cleary.com
connollycleary@noos.fr
+ 33 1 42592948
57, Boulevard Barbes, 75018, Paris, France.
Anne Cleary (b. 1965, Ireland)
Diploma in Architecture, Dublin Institute of Technology, 1990
Bachelor of Architectural Science, Trinity College, Dublin, 1990
Denis Connolly (b. 1965, Ireland)
Diploma in Architecture, Dublin Institute of Technology, 1989
Bachelor of Architectural Science, Trinity College, Dublin, 1989
Live and work in Paris and Dublin.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland. Hall of Mirrors.
2010
Pôle Culturel de Sorgues, Avignon, France. Pratiques.
The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland. Still life with…
2009
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. Pourquoi pas toi?
2008
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France. Moving Dublin .
2006
Limerick City Gallery of Art, Ireland. Here There Now Then .
2005
Yokohama Triennial, Japan. Yokohama House Guests.
2004
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France. RVB .
RECENT PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2011
Leap : Barbican Centre and City of London Academy, London, UK.
( Participative Art Project/permanent photographic installation on glass)
On Sight : Mayo County Council, Ireland.
(4 permanent sculptural/video installations, Castlebar, Ireland.)
Colour Wheels : University of Limerick, Ireland.
( Permanent light installation for Mary Imππmaculate College, University of
Limerick)
Joining The Dots: Kerry County Museum, Tralee, Ireland.
(Participative art project/permanent light Installation.)
2010
Pratiques : Sorgues Cultural Centre, France.
(Participative art project/permanent Interactive video Installation/photographs.)
We Can Fly : Department of Education/ St. Dymphna’s School, Ballina, Ireland.
(Participative art project/photographs)
2009
Day 1 Today . School of Art and Design, Limerick University, Ireland.
(Permanent interactive video installation)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Barbican Centre London and City of London Academy, ArtsFest 2011 .
Dublin Contemporary, Dublin, Ireland
2010
Barbican Centre, London, Barbican Weekender .
Crawford Gallery, Cork. July 23 – October 9. Close to Hand.
2009
Sesc Pompéia, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Sombras e Luz.
2008
Solstice Art Centre, Navan, Ireland. 2Move Ireland.
2006
BBC Big Screen. Liverpool, UK.
National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic. Tina –B.
2005
Kilkenny International Art Festival. Ireland.
Limerick City Art Gallery Limerick, Ireland. EV+A.
W139, Amsterdam, Holland . Global Tour.
TEACHING
Visiting examiners/lecturers at
École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture, Nantes, France.
Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Bergen, Norway.
National School of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland.
DIT School of Art, Design & Printing, Dublin, Ireland.
Limerick School of Art and Design, Limerick, Ireland.
UFR Arts, philosophie, esthétique, Université Paris-VIII, St Denis, France.
L’École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, France.
L'École Nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France.
AWARDS AND HONOURS
2011
Arts Council Touring Award, Ireland.
2010
Arts Council Project Award, Ireland.
2009
AIB Award for Emerging Irish Artists of Exceptional Talent, Ireland.
2006
Ville de Paris, Aide à la Création, Paris, France.
2005
EV+A 2005 award, Limerick, Ireland.
2003
Best Documentary Film Prize, Kerry Film Festival, Ireland.
2002
Ville de Paris, Aide à la Création, Paris, France.
Ville de Paris, Bourse d’Aide à la Réalisation, Paris, France.
2000
Moving Image Award, Cork Film Centre, Cork, Ireland.
COLLECTIONS
Cinémathèque Française; Auckland University; The Arts Council; So uth Dublin County
Council; Limerick City Gallery of Art; École Nationale Supérieure, Paris La Villette;
Private collections in France, Ireland, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland.
PUBLICATIONS
2011
Edge °4 – Anne Cleary + Denis Connolly: In The Works. Ed. John O’Regan,
Gandon Editions, Kinsale. Foreword by Helen O’Donoghue. ISBN
2009
Moving Dublin – Anne Cleary + Denis Connolly: Ed. John O’Regan, Gandon
Editions, Kinsale. Foreword by Frank McDonald.ISBN 978 0948037 696.
2007
Edge °2 – Anne Cleary + Denis Connolly: Past + Presence. Ed. John O’Regan,
Gandon Editions, Kinsale. ISBN 978 0948037 511.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012
Cristín Leach Hughes, ‘Time to make an exhibition of yourself’, Sunday Times
(Dublin), 17/06/2012
pp.8-9
2011
Helen O’Donoghue, ‘Cleary & Connolly, sans frontières’, Irish Arts Review
(Dublin), Winter 2011,
pp.80-81
2010
Sarah Finlay, ‘Still life with...’, Irish Arts Review (Dublin), vol. 27, no.2, pp.58 -69
2009
Brian Dillon, ‘City report, Dublin’, Frieze (london), vol. 124, J une-August, pp.180-
81
Donal Maguire, ‘AIB Prize 2009’, Irish Arts Review (Dublin), vol. 26, no.2, pp.65 -66
Frank McDonald, ‘Dubliners used to “life in the trenches”’, Irish Times (Dublin),
25th April
2008
Valérie Sasportas, ‘Les nouvelles manières de découvrir l’art dans les musées’, Le
Figaro et Vous (Paris), 23rd December, no. 20030, cahier no.3, pp.1 -2
2007
Paul O’Brien, ‘New-media art: an Irish context’, Circa (Dublin), no.120, p.36
2006
Karen Normoyle, ‘Here There Now Then’, Circa (Dublin), no.118 , p.99
2005
Marc Mercier, ‘Difference, 4’39, une gaie anarchie’, Les Éditions Acharnistes
(Paris), no.13, March.
Bénedicte Ramade and Manou Farine, ‘image en Mouvement /
ultracontemporain’, L’Oeil, (Paris), March.
Aidan Dunne, ‘open EV+A review’, Irish Times (Dublin), 22nd March, p.14
2004
Lucy Cotter, ‘The Migrant’s Perspective: Irish Artists in Mainland Europe’, The Arts
Council /An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Dublin, Critical reflection Award
Yann le nagard, ‘BPM’, Le Journal des Écrans Documentaire (Pari s), December
Nathalie Stefanof, ‘Entretien avec Anne Cleary & Denis Connolly’, Parade 4, Revue
d’art et de littérature de l’école d’expression plastique de la ville de Tourcoing
(Tourcoing, Lille), November
2003
Annie Zimmerman, ‘scènes du Boulevard’, Urbanisme (Paris), Nov-Dec, p.12
Anne Cleary & Denis Connolly
www.connolly-cleary.com
connollycleary@noos.fr
+ 33 1 42592948
57, Boulevard Barbes, 75018, Paris, France.