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MessageBIO
Gerald Heffernan graduated from Crawford College of Art and Design in 2010 with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts. Having previously founded and programmed the Patrick St. Gallery in Cork City, Ireland from 2006-2010 he now became involved with the creation of SampleStudios. He currently acts as a Director and Chairperson of Sample-Studios while also being the Co-Curator and Programmer for TACTIC project space in Sample-Studios. He has curated several exhibitions both in TACTIC and outside, most notable being the NLAIII at IMOCA in Dublin, Ireland in 2012. He is currently involved in on-going curatorial projects with organisations in Cork City and Dublin.
STATEMENT
Heffernan’s conceptual underpinning in his approach to curation is to allow entertainment to take place. Humour and folly are often found intertwined with more aspirational or serious works. Audience understanding, interaction and experience is an essential avenue which Heffernan explores and utilizes to his advantage. Subversion of boundaries, issues of territory and dominance between artworks are devices which are used to unpack and challenge the experience of viewing.
CURRICULUM VITAE
b. 19.02.1987, Cork, Ireland
Current:
Events Manager – Sample-Studios, Sullivan's Quay, Cork City Chairperson - Board of Directors, Sample-Studios, Sullivan's Quay, Cork City
Education:
2006-2010 BA (hons.) in Fine Art, Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork
Exhibitions:
2014 Art Trail, Electric Picnic 2014, Laois
2013 Art Trail, Electric Picnic 2013, Laois
2012 Art Trail, Electric Picnic 2012, Laois
2011 “Christmas Members Exhibition”, Sample-Studios, Cork
2011 “Art Work Embassy”, Art Trail, The Elysian, Cork
2011 “Distil Life”, N.U.I.G., Galway
2011 “Arty Farty Party”, The Mansion, Cork
2011 “Culture Night @ Sample-Studios”, Cork
2011 “SAMPLE 011: OPEN STUDIOS 2011”, Sample-Studios, Cork
2011 “CORKXSOUTHWEST Festival”, Co. Cork
2010 “Culture Night”, Crawford College of Fine Art & Design, Cork
2010 “Art in Context” Performance/Talk Series at Camden Palace, Cork
2010 “Fractals” Degree Show, Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork
2009 “Public Hanging”, Flying Enterprise Complex, Cork
2009 “Blank Space” Arts Festival, C.I.T, Cork
2009 “Arrow Performance”, Live @ 8, Bar No. 8, Galway
2009 “Clandestine Interruption” Ó Bhéal, Long Valley, Cork
2009 “Artists Anonymous Art Sale”, Galway Arts Centre, Galway
2009 “Body & Soul”, Electric Picnic, Co. Laois
2008 “Blank Space” Arts Festival, C.I.T, Cork 2008 “The Great Charity Auction”, Patrick St. Gallery, Cork
2006 “Room to Manoeuvre”, Cork Vision Centre, Cork
2006 “Début”, Patrick St. Gallery, Cork
2006 “Raw”, Colaiste Stiofáin Naofa, Cork
Curatorial Projects
2014 Curator of “Disarticulation”, New Work by Emer Ní Chíobháin, SCG, Waterford
2014 Co-Curation of “The Young Ones” @ TACTIC, Cork & Rua Red Dublin
2014 Co-Curation of “Burrow” New Work by Gerry Davis @ TACTIC
2013 Curator for “The Machismo Project” @ TACTIC Sample-Studios & 126 Galway
2012 Co-Curation of “Christmas Members Exhibition” @ TACTIC Sample-Studios,
2012 Co-Curation of “New Living Art III”@Irish Museum of Contemporary Art
2012 Co-Curation of “Futile as Regret” Limerick School of Art Graduates @ TACTIC
2010 Co- Curation of “Game Show of the Interaction”, Patrick St. Gallery, Cork
2006 Curator for “Debut”, Patrick St. Gallery, Cork
Visual Art Programming & Administration Experience
2011-Ongoing Visual Arts Programmer & Curator at TACTIC project space, Cork
2011-Ongoing Founding Director and General Chairperson of Sample-Studios, Cork
2009-2010 Co-Founder of Crawford College Performance Society
2006-2010 Founding Director and Curator at Patrick St. Gallery, Cork
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