John Gerrard
Selected Biography
Born 1974, Dublin, Ireland
Lives Dublin, Ireland & Vienna, Austria
Education
1994-97
BFA Sculpture, The Ruskin School of Fine Art and Drawing, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
1998-00
MFA The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
National College of Art + Design, Dublin, Ireland
2000-01
MSc Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Exercise, Simon Preston Gallery, New York
Pulp Press (Kistefos), Kistefos Museet, Norway
2012
John Gerrard, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, UK
Exercise (Djibouti), Modern Art Oxford, UK
2011
Live Fire Exercise (in collaboration with Wayne McGregor) Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House,
London UK
Infinite Freedom Exercise, Manchester International Festival, Manchester, UK
John Gerrard, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
John Gerrard, Ivory Press, Madrid
John Gerrard, Void, Derry, Northern Ireland
2010
“John Gerrard” Simon Preston Gallery, NY
“Oil Stick Work” Canary Whaf Station for Art on the Underground, London
“John Gerrard” Thomas Dane Gallery, London
Sow Farm : What You See is Where You're At / Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art,
Edinburgh, Scotland
2009
“Directions: John Gerrard,” Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
“John Gerrard Animated Scene” 53rd International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia
(upcoming)
“Oil Stick Work” Simon Preston Gallery, NY, USA
Knoedler Project, Knoedler Project Space, NY, USA
“John Gerrard / Glenn Ligon” Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design,
Canada
2008
“John Gerrard / Joy Gerrard” Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2007
“Dark Portraits” hilger contemporary, Vienna, Austria
2006
“Dark Portraits” RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2003
“New Work” The Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland
2000
“30 Seconds of Desire” Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, USA
Group Exhibitions
2013
The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things, Curated by Mark Leckey, Nottingham
Contemporary, Nottingham
2012
“Pursuit of Perfection: The Politics of Sport”, South London Gallery
“Marking Time” MCA I, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
“Visions Fugitives”, Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains, France
“Junge Akademie”, Berlin, Germany
2011
“Beyond”, KUMU Art Museum, Estonia
“20/20” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Ireland
2010
“The Fifth Genre” Gallery Lelong, NY, USA
“Invited EV+A” Limerick, Ireland
2009
“Infinitum” Palazzo Fortuny, Venezia, Italy
2008
“Academia” la Chapelle de l'Ecole des beaux-Arts, Paris, France (curator: Axel Vervoordt)
“Landscape 08” The Dock Gallery, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
“10,000 to 50” Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Mortail Coil,” Parkers Box Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
“Singing the Real” Eigse, Carlow, Ireland
“On a Clear Day You Can See Forever” hilger contemporary, Vienna, Austria
“Navigating the Ether” Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, USA
2007
“Blown Away” Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL , USA
“Are We There Yet” Elizabeth Foundation Gallery, NY, USA
“Existencias” Musac - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon, Spain
“Singing the Real” Iziko-SA National Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
“Equal, That Is, To The Real Itself”(curated by Linda Norden) Marian Goodman Gallery, NY,
USA
“Landscapism” (curated by Joseph Wolin) The Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, USA
2006
“Digital Tales” The Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
“Heavy Light” Quint Contemporary, California, USA
“The Genius of Place”Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoake, USA
“Present Future” Artissima, Turin, Italy
“4th Seoul International Media Art Biennale” Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea
“Code Blue” Millenium Art Museum, Beijing, China
“Freeform” Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
“Human Touch” Sala Terrena, Salzburg, Austria
“Digital Transit” Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain
2005
“Simulcrum” Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, USA
“Climax” National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
Eurojet Futures Anthology, RHA, Dublin, Ireland
The Institute of Potential Art + Failure, Carlow Visualise, Carlow, Ireland
Bring on the Clones, Vertex List, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2004
Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK
Some Exhaust, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, USA
Eurojet Futures, RHA, Dublin, Ireland
Selections from the New York Digital Salon, Kendall College of Art Gallery, Michigan, USA
Passage of Mirage, Chelsea Arts Museum, New York, USA
Flix, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Touch and Temperature, Bitforms Gallery, New York, USA
travelling to : Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
Digital Avant-Garde, American Museum of the Moving Image, New York, USA
Selfish, SciCult Gallery, London, UK
2003
Thy Neighbours Ox, Space Station 65, London, UK
The National Gallery, The Return Gallery, Goethe Institute, Dublin, Ireland
EV+A 2003, Limerick City Art Gallery and other sites, Limerick, Ireland
Portrayal, Model Arts Centre, Sligo, Ireland
Residencies
2010
Junge Akadamie, Akadamie der Kunst, Berlin, Germany
2009
Guest Resident : Rijksadamemie, Amsterdam, NL
2005
Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
2004
Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz, Austria
Irish Arts Council Leighton Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
2003
Siemens Residency, Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz, Austria
2002
Pepiniere Residency, Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz, Austria
Awards and Grants
2011
Legacy Fellowship, a new collaboration between Modern Art Oxford, the Ruskin School of
Drawing and Fine Artand Oxford University Sport in response to the Games of the XXX
Olympiad.
2005
Co-production Award, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
2004
Siemens Artist in Residence Award
Irish Arts Council Visual Artists Bursary
Projects Award, Irish Arts Council
2003
Irish Arts Council Residency to Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
Projects Grant, Irish Arts Council
2002
Pepinieres Scholarship
2001
Development Grant, The Gallery of Photography, Dublin.
1999
Irish Arts Council Postgraduate Art Scholarship
1998
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Trustee Scholarship
Festivals
2011
Infinite Freedom @ Manchester International Festival, Manchester
2006
Smoke Tree II @ Darklight, Dublin, Ireland
Smoke Tree III @ Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
2005
The Ladder @ Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
2004
Watchful Portrait (Caroline) @ Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
2003
Portrait Diptych @ Ars Electronica Festival, AEC Centre Exhibition, Linz, Austria
Bibliography
Catalogues
“ev+a 2010 - matters, ev+a catalogue” 2010. ISBN 978 0948037 788
“Gerrard, John: Animated Scene” RHA catalogue, 2009. With texts by Jasper Sharp, Linda
Norden, Prof. Michael A. Morris, and John Gerrard. ISBN 978-3-85160-154-1
Birnbaum, Daniel, “Making Worlds: 53rd International Art Exhibition: La Biennale Di Venezia”
Catalogue, 2009
“In-Finitum.” Catalogue, Vervoordt Foundation in association with MER.Paper Kunsthalle, Ghent
(BE), 2009.
ISBN 978-90-76979-82-3
Birnbaum, Daniel: Making Worlds: 53rd International Art Exhibition: La Biennale Di Venezia,
Catalogue, 2009. ISBN: 978-8831796965
Academia. Qui es’ tu? La chapelle de L’École des beaux-arts de Paris, catalogue, 2008. ISBN
978-90-76979-65-6
10,000 to 50: Contemporary Art from the Members of Business2Arts. Irish Museum of Modern
Art, catalogue, 2008. ISBN 978-1-903811-83-2
MUSAC Collection Volume II. MUSAC - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León,
catalogue, 2007.
ISBN: 978-84-935781-2-1
Brighton, Shane, “Waiting Games: Tragedy, Time and Technology in the Work of John Gerrard”
RHA Catalogue, 2006
Gerrard, John. Monograph, Ivory Press. Texts by philosophers Robin Mackay and Reza
Negarestani, Yoani Sánchez (writer), a conversation with Simon Groom (Director of The
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh) and others. ISBN 978-84-938340-3-6
Gerrard, John: Dark Portraits, RHA Catalogue, 2006. With texts by Shane Brighton and
Christiane Paul. ISBN 1-903875-36-6
EV+A 2003: on the border of each other. ev+a catalogue, 2003. ISBN: 0948037032
Articles
Zoe Anderson, “Review – Royal Ballet Triple Bill, Royal Opera House, London”,
Independent.co.uk, 18 May 2011
Sarah Frater, “Review – Royal Ballet Triple Bill”, The Stage, 26 May 2011
David Dougill, “Military Manoeuvres”, Sunday Times Culture, 22 May 2011
Jenny Gilbert, “Review – Royal Ballet Triple Bill”, The Independent, 22 May 2011
Luke Jennings, “Pink Chiffon and Scorched Earth”, The Observer, 22 May 2011
Louise Levene, “Royal Bill Rather Backfires”, The Sunday Telegraph, 22 May 2011
Neil Norman, “Dance Review – Triple Bill, Royal Ballet, The Royal Opera House, London”, Daily
Express, 20 May 2011
Edward Thorpe, “Royal Ballet is under fire”, H&H Series, 19 May 2011
Clement Crisp, “Review – Royal Ballet Triple Bill”, The Financial Times, 18 May 2011
Debra Craine, “An Explosive Experience”, The Times, 18 May 2011
Judith Mackrell, “Shock and awe take center stage in a ballistic assault on ballet”, The
Guardian, 17 May 2011
Sarah Crompton, “Review - Wayne McGregor, Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House”, The
Telegraph, 17 May 2011
Lyndsey Winship, “Theatre of Conflict”, Time Out, 12 May 2011
Debra Craine, “Critic’s Choice”, The Times Playlist, 7-13 May 2011
Emily Hall, "John Gerrard", Artforum, February 2011
2010
James Glisson, “Critics’ picks: New York”, www.artforum.com/picks, 27 November 2010
“John Gerrard at Canary Wharf Underground Station” www.apengine.org, 25 May 2010
Paul Karey Kent, “Paul Karey Kent’s London Highlights”, Saatchi-gallery.co.uk, 16 February
2010
Gopnik, Blake: "New York art galleries focus on politically oriented collections", The Washington
Post, 18 November 2010
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/18/AR2010111806789.html
Sutton, Benjamin: "New Portraits of Old Art", Planet magazine
www.planet-mag.com/2010/art/emily-nathan/john-gerrard/
Flolo: John Gerrard's Cuban School flolo.blogspot.com/2010/11/john-gerrards-cubanschool.html
Sheerin, Mark: “Slow Burner: John Gerrard talks about his monumental Oil Stick Work at
Canary Wharf”, Culture24.org.uk, 5 August 2010
www.culture24.org.uk/art/live+%2526+public+art/art81867
“John Gerrard at Canary Wharf Underground Station” www.apengine.org, 25 May 2010
www.apengine.org/2010/05/john-gerrard-at-canary-wharf-underground-station/
Foolen, Peter: "John Gerrard - Art on the Underground", 20 May 2010
peterfoolen.blogspot.com/2010/05/john-gerrard-art-on-underground.html
Street, Ben: “Letters From London: Barnstormer”, blog.art21.org, 17 May 2010
blog.art21.org/2010/05/17/letter-from-london-barnstormer/
Parsons, Ellie: “John Gerrard’s Tunnel Vision”, LondonJotter.blogspot.com, 13 May 2010
londonjotter.blogspot.com/2010/05/john-gerrards-tunnel-vision.html
Bryant, Miranda: “Nelson’s latest companion… a giant robot octopus in Trafalgar Square”,
Evening Standard, 17 April 2010
The American Magazine, April 2010
Barling, Sophie: “Serious Pursuits” (listing), World of Interiors, April 2010
Lewis, Ben: “Six Things To Do This Month”, Prospect, April 2010
Eyres, Harry: “Life in the Slow Lane”, Financial Times, 20 March 2010
City of London and Docklands Times, 19 March 2010
Appleyard, Brian: “How John Gerrard is Sculpting the Future:” The Sunday Times, 14 March
2010
The American Magazine, March 2010
Saatchi Online TV & Magazine: John Gerrard @ Thomas Dane
www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/art_news/paul_carey-kents_london_highlights/6208
“Spectacular Digital Moving Image Installation for Canary Wharf Underground Station”,
ArtDaily.org, February 2010 www.artdaily.org/index.asp
Kent, Paul Karey: “Paul Karey Kent’s London Highlights”, Saatchi-gallery.co.uk, 16 February
2010
Appleyard, Brian: “A Portrait of Human Folly”, Culture Magazine, March 2010
Coxhead, Gabriel: “John Gerrard”, Time Out, February 2010
Allen, Jennifer: “The Artwork Without Us”, Mousse, February 2010
Adam, Georgina: "The Art Market: A Return to Seriousness", The Financial Times, February 12,
2010
Miranda Bryant, “Nelson’s latest companion… a giant robot octopus in Trafalgar Square”,
Evening Standard, 17 April 2010
Brian Appleyard, “How John Gerrard is Sculpting the Future:, The Sunday Times, 14 March
2010
Sophie Barling, “Serious Pursuits” (listing), World of Interiors, April 2010
Ben Lewis, “Six Things To Do This Month”, Prospect, April 2010
Harry Eyres, “Life in the Slow Lane”, Financial Times, 20 March 2010
City of London and Docklands Times, 19 March 2010
Georgina Adam, Financial Times Weekend, 12 February 2010
Brian Appleyard, “A Portrait of Human Folly”, Culture Magazine, March 2010
Gabriel Coxhead, “John Gerrard”, Time Out, February 2010
Jennifer Allen, “The Artwork Without Us”, Mousse, February 2010
Georgina Adam, "The Art Market: A Return to Seriousness", The Financial Times, February 12,
2010
2009
Blake Gopnik, "Avoiding Mechanical Overload", The Washington Post, November 5, 2009
Maura Egan, “Screen Savers”, New York Times Style Magazine, September 2009
Front Cover Image, Damn, issue no. 22, August/September 2009
Becky Beasley, “Life-Sized; The Absence of Photography at Venice”, Hotshoe,
August/September 2009
Roger Bevan, “All that glisters might not be gold, but in Venice art still rules”, The Art
Newspaper, No. 204, July – August 2009
Aidan Dunne, "At the Heart of a New Art World", The Irish Times, 10 July 2009
Blake Gopnik, "Behind 'Animated Scene' Roils Immersive Commentary", The Washington Post,
June 9, 2009
Ricarda Mandrini, “Where to go off the Tracks”, L’uomo / Art, May/June 2009
Elizabeth C Baker, "John Gerrard: Knoedler Project and Simon Preston", Art In America, May
2009
Mark Elwood, “Gaze and Graze, The Financial Times, 9/10 May 2009
Tyler Coburn, "John Gerrard", Art Review, April 2009
Ann Landi: "John Gerrard: Simon Preston - Knoedler Project Space,” ARTnews, April 2009
Marco Antonini, "John Gerrard", Flash Art, March / April 2009
David Velasco, "John Gerrard", Artforum, March 2009
Roberta Smith, "Art in Review: John Gerrard: Oil Stick Work", New York Times, 20 February
2009
Joseph R. Wolin, “John Gerrard, Oil Stick Work + Knoedler Project”, Time Out New York,
February 2009
Katy Donoghue, "John Gerrard: Animated Scene", Whitewall, 2 July 2009
“John Gerrard”, Artslant.com, June 2009
Paul Laster & Bettina Von Hase, “Blogs and Stories: The Biennale’s Best”,
www.thedailybeast.com, 18 June
2009
Max Andrews and Mariana Canepa Luna, “Overview of the 53rd International Art Exhibitions,
Venice Biennial: ‘Making Worlds//Fare Mondi’”, Latitudes Blog (www.lttds.org), 14 June 2009
Tonchi, Stefano, "Venice: Slowly But Surely", The New York Times T Magazine, 9 June 2009
Charlotte Higgins, “Venice Biennale: the don’t miss list”, guardian.co.uk, 9 June 2009
Linda Yablonsky, "Scene & Heard: Dogana Days", Artforum.com, 9 June 2009
Higgins, Charlotte, “Venice Biennale Diary, Pig processing and Slow Food – the arty and the
party”, guardian.co.uk, 5 June 2009
Falvey, Deirdre "Artists to Bring Carpet and Buskers to Biennale," TheIrishTimes.com, 1 May
2009
Dunne, Aiden, “City to City, Together and Apart”, irishtimes.com, 8 May 2009
Licht, Alan: "Like Digital Clockwork," Rhizome, March 17, 2009
2008
Christiane Paul: “Art Games”, Technology Review, March 2008
Other:
Radio Interview (dur: 28'38''): "John Gerrard: Artist John Gerrard with host Daniel Durning: Art
and Technology", ARTonAIR.org, 23 March 2009