CURRICULUM VITAE OF CLAIRE HALPIN NAME: Claire Halpin STUDIO ADDRESS: Talbot Gallery and Studios, 51 Talbot Street, Dublin 1 WEBSITE: http://clairehalpin2011.wordpress.com/ or www.clairehalpin.ie EMAIL: [email protected] MOBILE: 087 6579271 DATE OF BIRTH: 24 June 1973 PLACE OF BIRTH: Dublin. Ireland EDUCATION 1997-1998 Masters in Art and Design [Painting] Grays School of Art, R.G.U, Aberdeen, Scotland. 1992-1996 Advanced Diploma in Fine Art [Painting], Dublin Institute of Technology. 1991-1992 Certificate in Art and Design, Colaiste Dhulaigh, Dublin. SOLO EXHIBITIONS Sept 2019 Solo Exhibition (forthcoming), Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin 2016 Glomar Response, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin 2012 Reconstructions, Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda. 2011 Reconstructions, Talbot Gallery, Dublin. Tabula Rasa, Cavan County Museum, Cavan 2010 Anaesthetic Aesthetics, RUA Red, South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght. 2008 Always Now, Talbot Gallery, Dublin. 2006 Eidetic Amalgams, Basement Gallery, Dundalk. 2004 Patina, Roscommon Arts Centre, Roscommon. 2001 Solo X 5, Model Arts Centre, Sligo. Engram Fragments, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork. 1999 Still, Monaghan County Museum and Gallery. Ingrained, Sligo Arts Festival, Sligo. RECENT SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2018 Savills Art Prize Shortlist, VUE Art Fair 2018, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin EVA International, Ireland's Biennial, Limerick City Gallery (Curator Inti Gurrero) Leinster Printmaking Exhibition, Kilcock Art Gallery, Kildare Cáirde Visual Sligo Arts Festival, The Model, Sligo. And the Women Voted, Women Artists from the AIB Art Collection, dlr LexIcon, Dublin Sculpture in Context 2018, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin 188th Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin Concerning the Other, Queen Street Gallery, Belfast 2017 dlr Open Exhibition, Municipal Gallery, dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire Concerning the Other, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin Curated by Olivier Cornet, Claire Halpin and Eoin Mac Lochlainn Sculpture in Context 2017, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin 187th Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin Cáirde Visual, Sligo Arts Festival, The Model, Sligo 2016 Republic, Olivier Cornet Gallery, (Curated by Olivier Cornet and Eoin Mac Lochlainn) Sculpture in Context 2016, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin Printed Matter, Galway Print Exchange, Connacht Tribune Gallery, Galway Cáirde Visual, Sligo Arts Festival, Yeats Building, Sligo 186th Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin Effleurements, Oliver Cornet Gallery, Dublin Little Stories, Little Prints, 1916 Commemorative National Touring Exhibition, Ireland 2015 Sculpture in Context 2015, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin Cáirde Visual, Sligo Arts Festival, Yeats Building, Sligo 2014 The Palimpsest/ Rianú Project, The Pearse Museum, Dublin (Curated with Eoin MacLochainn) The Palimpsest/ Rianú Project, An Gailearaí, Gweedore, Donegal Artisterium 7, Tbilisi International Art Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia (Invited artist) Sculpture in Context 2014, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin Sounding Lines Public Art Project, Co.Tipperary (with artist Maree Hensey) 2013 The Bulgarians Are Coming, Standpoint Gallery, London, UK Circle of Peace, International Art Action, Writers House of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia SelectionBOX, Talbot Gallery, Dublin Artisterium 6, Tbilisi International Art Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia (Irish Curator) Sculpture in Context 2013, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin Water Tower Art Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria Caochspota/ Blindspot, Niland Gallery, Galway One Year, Avenue Road Gallery, Dublin 183rd Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin Samkura Artists, An Gailearaí, Gweedore, Co.Donegal 2012 Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Talbot Gallery, Dublin (Curator) Sculpture in Context 2012, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin Artisterium 5, Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia 182nd Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin. Museum of the Miniature, Skibbereen Arts Festival, Cork 2011 Artisterium 4, Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia Sculpture in Context 2011, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin VUE, National Contemporary Art Fair, RHA, Dublin Wrapped Up, Talbot Gallery, Dublin. 2010 Artisterium 3, Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia Cluster, Stone Gallery, Dublin Spring Show, Stone Gallery, Dublin Projected Weekends, Digital Hub Outdoor Screenings, Dublin 2009 Christmas 200, Canvas Gallery, Belfast Miniatures Exhibition, An Clachán, Donegal Boyle Arts Festival, King House, Boyle, Roscommon. Everything changes, nothing stays the same, Talbot Gallery, Dublin. Art On The Hill, Dungannon Arts Festival, Dungannon, Co.Tyrone Drawing Eire, 411 Galleries, Shanghai, China. 2008 Treat 08, Talbot Gallery, Dublin. About Time, Stone Gallery, Dublin. 178th Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin. Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Titanic Quarter, Belfast. Wexford Opera Festival Exhibition, Wexford. VISIT 08, Studio Open Day, Stoney Batter Studio, 32 North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7 SELECTED RECENT COMMISSIONS 2014 Sounding Lines Public Art Project, Tipperary County Council (with artist Maree Hensey) 2013 Commemorative Commission, Benincasa Special School, Blackrock. Co.Dublin 2012 Icon Commission, Primary School, Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin 2007 Per Cent for Art Scheme, St.Kilian’s National School, Kingswood, Tallaght 2006 Carton House Hotel, Kildare (Architects Murray O’Laoire) AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES 2018 Savills Art Prize 2018 - Shortlisted Artist 2017 Overall Winner, dlr Open Exhibition, dlr LexIcon (Selector Gemma Tipton) 2015 Sculpture in Context Award, National Botanic Gardens 2012 Georgia/ Armenia Residency, funded by Cló Ceardlann, Donegal 2010 Tbilisi, Georgia Residency, funded by Cló Ceardlann, Donegal 2008 K&M Evans Painting Award, 178th R.H.A Annual Exhibition SIM, Artist’s Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland. 2001 Victor Treacy Award Nominee Arts Council Studio Rent Grant 2000 Adjudicators Award, Claremorris Open Exhibition 1998 Artist Residency, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork Arts Council Art Flight Award COLLECTIONS: Works in private and public collections including: AXA Insurance, A.I.B Art Collection, O.P.W, The Four Seasons Hotel, Clarion Hotels, Blackrock Hospice Foundation, Smirnoff Collection, D.I.T Art Collection, Louth County Council Collection, Cavan County Council Collection.and Imago Mundi, Benetton Art Collection. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION: Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Creativity in the Classroom (2010-17) IMMA Artist Panel (2003-17), Dublin City Council Artists Panel (2011-17), Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Artist Panel (2009-17), Visual Artists Ireland, Practice.ie, Association of Iconographers in Ireland. .