Isabel Nolan

b. Dublin, 1974

Education:

2005-2006: Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dun Laoghaire,
                 Dublin.
1998-2001: University College Dublin.
1991-1995: National College of Art & Design, Dublin.

Forthcoming Exhibitions:

2012: Solo show at Mus�e d�art moderne de Saint Etienne.
2011: Solo show at The Model, Sligo.

Solo Exhibitions & Projects:

2010: �Clocks and Seasons and Promises� Gallery Side 2, Tokyo.
         �Turning Point�, Permanent Public Artwork for Terminal 2,
         Dublin Airport, commissioned by DAA.
2009: 'on a perilous margin', Kerlin Gallery, Dublin.
2008: The Paradise [29], Gallery 2, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin.
         Trance in Inaction, Gallery 3, ARTSPACE, New Zealand.
2007: �This time I promise to be more careful� Kerlin Gallery, Dublin.
2006: Gallery 3, Douglas Hyde Gallery, off-site project at Farmleigh,
         Dublin, curated by Gavin Delahunty.
         �Here and Now�, The Studio, Glasgow International, curated by
         by Francis McKee.
         �Rise to the occasion�, Four, Dublin.
2005: �Together at last� Studio 6, I.A.D.T. at Temple Bar Gallery &
         Studios, Dublin.
         �Everything I said let me explain�, Project Arts Centre, Dublin.
2003: �Death creeps in through the mouth�, Goethe Institute, Dublin.
1998: �I keep dreaming that I�m a fictional character�, Proposition
         Gallery, Belfast.

Group Exhibitions:

2010: Forms of Reason, Lullin + Ferrari, Zurich
         (with Bill Woodrow & Mamiko Otsuba).
         Gracelands, �I�m Spartacus�, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim,
         curated by Vaari Claffey.
         Instantaneous Personal Magnetism, Galway Arts Centre,
         curated by Padraic E. Moore.
         King Rat, Project Arts Centre, Dublin.
         The Material Consequence, Bluewall Gallery, Cavan,
         curated by Cliodhna Shaffrey.
         Arrivi e Partenze Europa, Mole Vanvitelliana, Italy.
         Invisible, Various Venues, Dublin, curated by Oliver Dowling.
2009: Fragile, Fields of Empathy, The Daejeon Museum of Art,
         South Korea.
         'Mehr Als ein T-shirt', Kunstverein Bielefeld.
         Gracelands, �Folly�, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim, curated by
         Vaari Claffey.
         Something Else, Rothe House, Kilkenny Arts Festival,
         curated by Aisling Prior.
         Two-person show (with Mick Wilson), Gallery for One,
         Dublin, curated by Vaari Claffey.
         Solas, exhibition of Kildare Co. Council collection at
         Naas General Hospital.
         3 person show, Doggerfisher, Edinburgh (with Moyna
         Flanagan & Hanneline Visnes)
         Fragile � Fields of Empathy, Mus�e d�art moderne de
         Saint Etienne, France & Accademia d'Ungheria, Rome,
         curated by L�r�nd Hegyi (Cat., Illus.).
         Coalesce: Happenstance, Smart, Amsterdam, curated by
         Paul O'Neill.
         Into Irish Drawing, Limerick City Art Gallery, Ireland,
         AkkuH, Hengelo, The Netherlands, Centro, Culturel Irlandais,
         Paris and Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown,
         Northern Ireland.
2008: Fifty Percent Solitude, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin.
         Gracelands, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim, curated by Vaari Claffey.
         Mediation Biennale, �Gardens and Islands�, Poznan, Poland.
         �Micro-narratives : tentation des petites r�alit�s� at Mus�e
         d�art moderne de Saint Etienne curated by L�r�nd Hegyi
         (Cat., Illus.).
         Order, Desire, Light, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin,
         (Cat., Illus.).
         Through the Lens: New Media Art from Ireland, Beijing Art
         Museum of the Imperial City, Beijing.
         Economic Thought, Ard Bia, Berlin, curated by Russell Hart.
         �10,000 to 50 Contemporary Art from the members of Business
         to Arts�, Irish Museum of Modern Art (Cat., Illus.).
         �Exploration, an exhibition of drawings�, Droichead Arts Centre,
         Curated by Ruair� � Cu�v .
         Self as Selves, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.
2007: Like Leaves, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York,
         curated by C. Mac Giolla Leith.
         No Answer is also an answer � Recent Acquisitions
         2005 � 2007, Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, Dublin.
         Lost Tongues Rediscovered, Stroom Den Haag,
         curated by Francis McKee.

Group Exhibitions continued:

         Wild Honey, Burren College of Art Gallery, Ballyvaughan,
         Co.Clare, curated by Michael Dempsy.
         Summer Group Show, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin.
2006: If I Can�t Dance, I Don�t Want to Be Part of Your Revolution,
         De Appel, Amsterdam.
         3 person show, Glassbox, Paris, curated by Vaari Claffey
         (with Garrett Phelan and Bernard Smyth).
         100 Tage = 100 Videos, Kunstverein Heidelberg,
         August - December.
         1/10 videos selected by Anne-Catharina Gebbers.
         Ireland at Venice, Lewis Glucksman Gallery,
         University College Cork.
         Two-Person Show (with Jo McGonigal), Ard Bia, Galway,
         curated by Russell Hart.
2005: Ireland at Venice 2005, Venice Biennale, Italy (Cat., Illus.).
         K3 at Centre of Contemporary Art, Geneva.
         Superbia 2, St Columbas Boys School, City of Culture, Cork.
2004: Coalesce- With All Due Intent, Model Arts and Nyland Gallery,
         Sligo.
         Thinking about Ideas, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast.
         Tir na nog, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.
         Yugoslav Biennale of Young Artists, Vrsac, Serbia-Montenegro,
         (Cat., Illus.).
         Room 106, La Stampa Hotel, Dublin.
         Views from an Island, collection of I.M.M.A., Millennium
         Monument, Beijing; Shanghai Art Museum, China.
2003: Flix, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin.
         Superbia, 1 Coultry Gardens, Ballymun, Dublin.
         Hibernia, The Lola Gallery, San Francisco.
         Permaculture, Project Arts Centre, Dublin.
2002: Body Images, Draiocht, A Centre for the Arts,
         Blanchardstown, Dublin.
         The Holiday Show, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin,
         August, (Cat., Illus.).
         How Things Turn Out�, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.
         (Cat., Illus.).
2001: Perspective, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast. (Cat., Illus.).
1999: Pause, Rewind, Fast Forward, Play, Record, 3 Person Show,
         Basement Gallery, Dundalk.
1998: EV+A, Limerick. (Cat., Illus.).

Qualifications and Awards:

2009: Arts Council Award - Visual Arts Bursary.
2008: Arts Council Award - Travel and Training Award
         Louis O� Sullivan Award.
2006: M.A. Visual Arts Practices
         Arts Council Award - Visual Arts Bursary.
2005: Arts Council Award - Visual Arts Bursary.
2004: Arts Council Award � Visual Arts Bursary.
         Membership, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios.
2002: Arts Council Award � Visual Arts Bursary.
2001: Arts Council Award - Materials and Equipment Grant.
1998: Open Postgraduate Scholarship, U.C.D.
1995: B.A. Fine Art & History of Art.
1994: Erasmus Scholarship.

Work in the Collection of:

Irish Museum of Modern Art, The Hugh Lane Gallery, Allied Irish Bank, Arts Council of Ireland, Dundalk Urban District Council, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Kildare Co. Council and various private collections in Europe and USA.

Selected Bibliography:

2010: Isobel Harbison, Frieze, Issue 129, March.
         Isabel Nolan, �How was it made?� The Visual Artist�s
         News Sheet, Issue 2, March/April.
2009: Fragile, Terres d�empathie (Fields of Empathy),
         Skira, Mus�e d�Art Moderne St Etienne.
2008: Virginia Were, Art News, New Zealand, Flying Visit (Interview),
         Vol 28/No.4.
         Order, Desire, Light, an exhibition of contemporary drawing,
         Irish Museum of Modern Art.
         Micro-narratives, Tentation des petities r�alit�s (Temptation of
         Small Realities),Skira Flammarion, Mus�e d�Art Moderne
         St Etienne.
2007: Luke Clancy, Art Review, Issue 11, May.
         Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith, Artforum, Summer.
2005: Isabel Nolan �What it does to you.� Artists book,
         Published by Vaari Claffey (ed) & ATELIER Projects.
         Irish Museum of Modern Art: The Collection, Marguerite
         O�Molloy, (ed), IMMA.

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