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ANDREW
FOLAN
Biography
1956 Born in Donegal,
Ireland.
Studied printmaking
and photography.
1974-76 Galway Regional
Technical College
1976-79 National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
1977 University of Minnesota, USA. (Exchange student)
1979-81 The Slade School of Fine Art, University College
London.
Selected International
Group Exhibitions
2002 Grafica Creativa,
Jyvaeskylae Art Museum, Jyvaeskylae, Finland.
2001 Art and Architecture, Grafic-Hus Marifred Stockholm,
Sweden.
2001 Impressions Franco-Irlandais, Cite International
des Arts, Paris.
2001 John Kindness and Andrew Folan, London Print Studio
Gallery.
1991 European Large Format Print, Guinness Hop Store,
Dublin.
1988 Barcelona International Art Forum, Barcelona, Spain.
1987 Association of Artists in Ireland, Graphic Exhibitions,
Cuba and Finland.
1985 Irish Graphics, Academies of Fine Art Beijing and
Hangzhou, China.
1983 Irish Art, Marriot Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland.
1983 Contemporary Graphics, Kelleher Gallery, New York,
USA.
1980, 81 New Contemporaries, Institute of Contemporary
Arts,London, UK
Solo Exhibitions
2002 Stray Light, Digital
print, Ashford Gallery Dublin . (April 2002)
2002 Digital print and sculpture Sligo Art Gallery
2001 Arterial Ink, (Sculpture and print), Ards Arts Centre,
N. Ireland.
2000 Arterial Ink, (Sculpture and Print), Triskel Arts
Centre, Cork.
2000, Arterial Ink, (Sculpture and Print), Ashford Gallery,
Dublin.
1995 New Works, (Screenprints) Original Print Gallery,
Dublin.
1982 Photographs and Prints, The Project Arts Centre,
Dublin.
Collaborative Exhibitions
and Projects
2000 Leabhar Mor na Gaelige, Artworking/ Gaelic Arts Agency.
1992 Artfolio - Green on Red Gallery.
1990 The Great Book of Ireland, Clashganna Trust/Poetry
Ireland.
1991 The Pillar Project - Royal Institute of Architects
in Ireland/
Sculptors Society of Ireland.
Commissions
1994 One
Percent for Arts Scheme, Temple Bar Properties.
1992 Short listed, Gandon Project, Office of Public Works
1992 Short listed, Irish Currency Design, Central Bank
of Ireland.
Awards
2000 Iontas
Printmaking Award.
1993 Royal Hibernian Academy
1985 Irish Arts Council Award
1984 The Douglas Hyde Gold Medal
1983 Department of Foreign Affairs
1979 Irish Arts Council Scholarship
1979 Royal Dublin Society Silver Medal
Collaborations
2001 Wardrobe
Project, U Man Zoo / Project , Dublin
1997 Genetic Self-Portrait, Dept of Clinical Medicine,
TCD.
1996 Countdown 2000, School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin.
Critical
Reviews / Publications (selected)
2002 Profile,
Andrew Folan Gandon Editions (April 2002)
2001 Sculptors Society Newsletter
2000 Arterial Ink, Ashford Gallery.
2000 Interview, Art Bulletin , vol. 17, no.92.
1997 Work in Progress, Circa Art Magazine, no.77.
1991 The Works Series, Gandon Editions.
1989 Contemporary Prints of the World, Kyoto Arts Centre,
Japan.
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