Vita David O'Kane geboren 1985 in Lifford, Donegal, IE lebt und arbeitet in Dublin und Berlin 2010 2012 Meisterschüler bei Prof. Neo Rauch, HGB Leipzig 2009 Diplom, Klasse Prof. Neo Rauch, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig 2002 2006 Bachelor of Art Degree [1st Class Honours], Joint Honours Degree in Fine Art Painting and History of Art, The National College of Art and Design, Dublin Auszeichnungen Artist in Residence, Stiftung Starke, Berlin Derek Hill Foundation Scholarship and Residency at the British School at Rome Residency at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin Winner of the artistic projects tender at the Serralves em Festa 2008 in Oporto, PT [Awarded by the curator Regina Guimarães] e v+ a Open Award, Limerick, IE [Awarded by the Curator Hou Hanru] DAAD Scholarship Extension, Berlin Travel and Mobility Award, Arts Council of Ireland CAP Foundation Residency Award, Dublin 1
Auszug Einzelausstellungen 2017 Solo Exhibition, Galerie Maïa Muller, Paris, France 2016 'The Glass Harmonica', Gallery Baton, Seoul, South Korea 'The Acuity of Blindness', Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, KulturGut Hirtscheid, 2015 'Beltany', Cavanacor Gallery, Donegal, Ireland 2014 'Continuum Repetition & Difference', Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, 'The Zoetrope Repetition & Difference', Gallery Baton, Seoul, South Korea 2013 Der Spieler Homo Ludens, Stiftung Starke, Berlin, 2012 Blindsight, Meisterschüler Exhibition, Leipzig, The Persistence of Vision, Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, 2010 Still, Cavanacor Gallery, Donegal, Ireland 2009 'Animare', Heidestrasse 46, Berlin, Dissection, Filipp Rosbach Galerie, Leipzig, Doppelgänger, Pierogi Gallery, Spinnerei, Leipzig, 2
Auszug Gruppenausstellungen 2016 'Imagination Dead Imagine' & Selected Prints', Kulturgut Hirtscheid, 'On Paper', SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin, Ireland 'COE '16 New Century Retro - A Selection of COE Prizewinners', Claremorris, County Mayo, Ireland (Curated by Helen O'Donoghue) Summer Show, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin, Ireland Impresssions Book Art Exhibition, Centre for Creative Arts and Media at GMIT, Galway, Ireland 186th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland 'The Shadow on the Wall', Cavanacor Gallery, Donegal, Ireland 2015 'Imagination Dead Imagine', Cavanacor Gallery, Donegal, Ireland 'Imagination Dead Imagine', Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, 'The Liminal Space', Gallery Baton, Seoul, South Korea 'Trash', curated by Koen van den Broek, Gallery Eastmen, Hasselt, Belgium 2014 184th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland 'Xmas in February', Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, 3
'Multiple Times', Campoi Gallery, Munich, Germa 'Open Your Eyes', Galerie Maïa Muller, Paris, Fra 2013 'neither here nor there II' (Contemporary Irish), Ga Arts Centre, Ireland 'pilot projekt_', Hansaallee 159 in Düsseldorf, Ger 'neither here nor there' (Contemporary Irish), Grimmuseum, Berlin, Der Aufstand der Dinge, Neue Kunstverein Aschaffenberg, Die Schwarze Zunge, Winterthur, Switzerland 2012 Divergence, Gallery Baton, Seoul, South Korea envia Kunstkalender, Chemnitz, 'German Now From Leipzig', Seong Nam Arts Ce Seoul, South Korea Tafeldienst, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse, Leipzig, G Die Schwarze Zunge, Städtische Galerie im Sch Isny im Allgäu, 2011 Zum Gebrauch des Delphins, Städische Galerie, Die Schwarze Zunge, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germa 'I have looked everywhere that can be looked', Ca Gallery, Donegal, Ireland Le Mal de Montano, Galerie Favardin & de Vern Paris, France 4
Summer Group Exhibition, Stiftung Starke, Berl L'art de la rencontre, Galerie Favardin & de Ver Paris, France After the Goldrush, Kunstverein Speyer, Städtisc Galerie Speyer, Its not them, its us, Pilotenkueche, The Spinnere Leipzig, 2010 Der Ehemalige Norden / The Former North, Kun Wilhelmshöhe Ettlingen, The Salon Art Prize Exhibition, Matt Roberts Ar Project Space, London, England (Curated by Peter Bonnell, Kate MacGarry and Ri Birkett) Claremorris Open Exhibition, Mayo, Ireland (Cur Lisa le Feuvre) New Bottle, Old Wine, Filipp Rosbach Gallery, The Library of Babel / In and Out of Place, 176 Zabludowicz Collection, London, England (Curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers) 2009 The things I did and the money I spent, The Brit School at Rome, Rome, Italy CAP Foundation Exhibition, NCAD Gallery, Dub Ireland Neun Neue, Lindenau Museum, Altenburg Germ Claremorris Open Exhibition, Mayo, Ireland (Cur Tom Morton) 5
Tom Morton) Baluster, Columbus Art Foundation Leipzig, Werkschau 2009, 125th SPINNEREI anniversary exhibition, Leipzig, eva International, Exhibition of Visual Art, Limerick, Ireland (Selected and curated by Angelika Nollert and Yilmaz Dziewior) 2008 Impressions, Print Exhibition, Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland 'Winter Salon', Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland Claremorris Open Exhibition, (Curated by Lizzie Carey Thomas) 1st Montijo International Plastic Arts Biennial IX Vespeira Prize, Portugal Serralves em Festa 2008 in Oporto, Portugal (Selected by the Regina Guimarães) eva International, Exhibition of Visual Art, Limerick, Ireland (Selected and curated by Hou Hanru Sammlungen Sammlung Silbersee The Zabludowicz Collection, London Sammlung Hildebrand, Leipzig SØR Rusche Sammlung, Oelde/Berlin Collezione Recine, Italien Sammlung der Sparkasse Leipzig The CAP Foundation, Dublin The Office of Public Works, Dublin Bank of Ireland, Dublin Academie Minerva, Groningen, NL AXA Insurance, Dublin Gerry Robinson, former Chairman of the Arts Council of England Barry Murphy, former Chairman of the OPW, Dublin Robert Armstrong, Head of painting, the National College of Art and Design, Dublin Privatsammlungen in Deutschland, Italien, Irland, England, Finnland, Dänemark und den USA. 6