Curriculum Vitae
Independent Studio Artists, 11 Eustace St. Dublin 2. Email felicityclear@hotmail.com
Born in Dublin, Ireland
Current Employment
2008/9 - Assistant Lecturer, Course Co Coordinator Diploma in Art and Design. NCAD
Education
2007 - MA in Visual Arts Practice, DLIADT
1991 - BA Fine Art, NCAD
Solo Exhibitions
2010 - A Pervasive Lack Of Seriousness, solo commission as part of Unbuilding, Curated by Eilis Lavelle, Rosie Lynch, Cliodhna Shalffrey, Mermaid Arts Centre.
2009 - Bank Project, , The Central Bank, Dublin
2008 - In Diamond Valley, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray. Co Wicklow
2008 - New Work, Galway Arts Centre, Galway
2007 - The Lab, Dublin.
2005 - Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
2001 - Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1999 - Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1996 - Gallery Of Photography, Dublin & The Blackie Gallery Liverpool
1996 - Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1992 - The Arts Council of Ireland, Dublin
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 - Naked Swimming Prophecy, Mermaid Arts Centre, Riverbank Centre
2011 - Pencil to the Plough, Cross Gallery, Dublin
2010 - Centennial of women in Art, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
2008 - 10,000 to 50, Curated by Christina Kennedy, IMMA, Dublin
2008 - There, Not There, Curated by Dawn Williams, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
2008 - Defining Space, Original Print Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin
(Co-Curator with Hugh Campbell)
2007 - Tulca, Galway
2007 - Surprise Surprise, G126, Galway
2007 - The Coffee Project, Curated by Dawn Williams, Studio 6, TBG&S, Dublin
2007 - Mermaid Open, Selected by Cliodhna Shaffrey, Bray, Co Wicklow
2006 - Eigse, Selected by Anna O’ Sullivan, Carlow, Co Carlow
2006 - Seconds, the imperfect artwork, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford
2006 - A show about multiples, Studio 6, TBG&S, Dublin
2006 - Painting, The Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
2006 - Platform 1, Baileboro’, Co Cavan, (curated by Niamh Smith,)
2005 - Happy Holiday, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
2002 - ArtFutures, Contemporary Arts Society, City Of London School, London
2001 - ‘New Contemporaries’, Agnews, London
Art Brussels, Belgium
2001 - NowHere, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
2001 - Art Of The State, Kilkenny Castle and Touring
Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
2001 - Scoip, selected by Declan McGonagle, Siamsa Tire, Co Kerry
1999 - Fantastic Overload, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1999 - Artissima, Turin
1999 - EV+A, Limerick City Gallery, Limerick
Awards & Commissions
2009 - Bursary Award, Arts Council
2008 - Special Project Award, Wicklow County Council
2000 - Arts Council Travel Award
1999 - Art Flight, Arts Council, Also 94/95/96/97
1998 - Belfast Royal Hospital For Sick Children, Commission
1998 - Arts Council Materials Award also 92/95
1996 - Bursary, Department Of An Taoiseach
1996 - Arts Council, Studio Assistance
1996 - Temple Bar Print Suite Commission
1995 - Major Bursary, North West Arts, UK
1995 - Travel Award, British Council Dublin.
Collections
2010 - Dictionary Of Living Irish Artists, ed. Robert O Byrne, Dublin
2008 - Eimear McKeith, In Diamond Valley, Circa 126, Winter 2008
Cliodhna Shaffrey, Place(s) Without Place, in Felicity Clear monograph, published by Mermaid Arts Centre 2008
Sally Timmons, Remembering How To Be In The World, in Felicity Clear monograph, Published by Mermaid Arts Centre, 2008
2007 - Aiden Dunne, The Irish Times, 14 November
2005 - Aiden Dunne, The Irish Times, 9 March
Catherine Lean, The Sunday Times, 13 March
Ros Drinkwater, The Sunday Business Post
2001 - Aiden Dunne, The Irish Times, 29 July
1999 - Aiden Dunne, The Irish Times, 9 march
1996 - Luke Clancy, The Irish Times, 6 March
Aiden Dunne, The Sunday Tribune, 3 March
Kieran Owens, The Event Guide, 21 February
1995 - Isobel Healy, The Cork Examiner, 30 August
Mark Ewart, The Irish Times, 25 August
Independent Studio Artists, 11 Eustace St. Dublin 2. Email felicityclear@hotmail.com
Born in Dublin, Ireland
Current Employment
2008/9 - Assistant Lecturer, Course Co Coordinator Diploma in Art and Design. NCAD
Education
2007 - MA in Visual Arts Practice, DLIADT
1991 - BA Fine Art, NCAD
Solo Exhibitions
2010 - A Pervasive Lack Of Seriousness, solo commission as part of Unbuilding, Curated by Eilis Lavelle, Rosie Lynch, Cliodhna Shalffrey, Mermaid Arts Centre.
2009 - Bank Project, , The Central Bank, Dublin
2008 - In Diamond Valley, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray. Co Wicklow
2008 - New Work, Galway Arts Centre, Galway
2007 - The Lab, Dublin.
2005 - Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
2001 - Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1999 - Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1996 - Gallery Of Photography, Dublin & The Blackie Gallery Liverpool
1996 - Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1992 - The Arts Council of Ireland, Dublin
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 - Naked Swimming Prophecy, Mermaid Arts Centre, Riverbank Centre
2011 - Pencil to the Plough, Cross Gallery, Dublin
2010 - Centennial of women in Art, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
2008 - 10,000 to 50, Curated by Christina Kennedy, IMMA, Dublin
2008 - There, Not There, Curated by Dawn Williams, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
2008 - Defining Space, Original Print Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin
(Co-Curator with Hugh Campbell)
2007 - Tulca, Galway
2007 - Surprise Surprise, G126, Galway
2007 - The Coffee Project, Curated by Dawn Williams, Studio 6, TBG&S, Dublin
2007 - Mermaid Open, Selected by Cliodhna Shaffrey, Bray, Co Wicklow
2006 - Eigse, Selected by Anna O’ Sullivan, Carlow, Co Carlow
2006 - Seconds, the imperfect artwork, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford
2006 - A show about multiples, Studio 6, TBG&S, Dublin
2006 - Painting, The Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
2006 - Platform 1, Baileboro’, Co Cavan, (curated by Niamh Smith,)
2005 - Happy Holiday, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
2002 - ArtFutures, Contemporary Arts Society, City Of London School, London
2001 - ‘New Contemporaries’, Agnews, London
Art Brussels, Belgium
2001 - NowHere, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
2001 - Art Of The State, Kilkenny Castle and Touring
Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
2001 - Scoip, selected by Declan McGonagle, Siamsa Tire, Co Kerry
1999 - Fantastic Overload, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1999 - Artissima, Turin
1999 - EV+A, Limerick City Gallery, Limerick
Awards & Commissions
2009 - Bursary Award, Arts Council
2008 - Special Project Award, Wicklow County Council
2000 - Arts Council Travel Award
1999 - Art Flight, Arts Council, Also 94/95/96/97
1998 - Belfast Royal Hospital For Sick Children, Commission
1998 - Arts Council Materials Award also 92/95
1996 - Bursary, Department Of An Taoiseach
1996 - Arts Council, Studio Assistance
1996 - Temple Bar Print Suite Commission
1995 - Major Bursary, North West Arts, UK
1995 - Travel Award, British Council Dublin.
Collections
Arts Council Of Ireland, Goldman Sachs UK, KPMG, Office Of Public Works, Dublin Institute Of Technology, Radio Telefis Eireann, Tralee RTC, Allied Irish Bank, Irish Contemporary Arts Society, private collections
Bibliography2010 - Dictionary Of Living Irish Artists, ed. Robert O Byrne, Dublin
2008 - Eimear McKeith, In Diamond Valley, Circa 126, Winter 2008
Cliodhna Shaffrey, Place(s) Without Place, in Felicity Clear monograph, published by Mermaid Arts Centre 2008
Sally Timmons, Remembering How To Be In The World, in Felicity Clear monograph, Published by Mermaid Arts Centre, 2008
2007 - Aiden Dunne, The Irish Times, 14 November
2005 - Aiden Dunne, The Irish Times, 9 March
Catherine Lean, The Sunday Times, 13 March
Ros Drinkwater, The Sunday Business Post
2001 - Aiden Dunne, The Irish Times, 29 July
1999 - Aiden Dunne, The Irish Times, 9 march
1996 - Luke Clancy, The Irish Times, 6 March
Aiden Dunne, The Sunday Tribune, 3 March
Kieran Owens, The Event Guide, 21 February
1995 - Isobel Healy, The Cork Examiner, 30 August
Mark Ewart, The Irish Times, 25 August