Blaise Drummond

1967		Born in Liverpool

1998		M.A. Fine Art Painting Chelsea College of Art, London 

1994		B.A. National College of Art &  Design, First Class Honours, Fine Art Painting and History of Art

1989		M.A. University of Edinburgh. Philosophy & Classical Art

		

Solo Exhibitions



Solo Exhibitions

2008		

The Best I Can Do, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum

One Day the Earth Shall be Ours, Aliceday, Brussels

2007		

Lake Shore Drive, Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles

Things to Make and Do, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

The Bright Hours, Galerie Conrads, Dusseldorf 

Filiale, Berlin

2006                 	

Blaise Drummond, Musee de l’Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Les Sables d’Olonne

A Field Guide, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris

Sous Le Soleil du Nord, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland

Forest Park, PERUGI artecontemporanea, Padova

2005		

Adventures in Contentment, Aliceday, Brussels

Its so hard to be a Saint in the City, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

Western Parkway, Blancpainstepczynski, Geneva

2004		

Garden City, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris

Art Brussels, Belgium (with Rubicon Gallery)

2003		

What to Look for in Summer, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin 

2002	 	

Stedelijk Museum, Aalst, Belgium

2000		

City v Country, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

A Poetic Geography of Five Continents, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester

1998		

Untitled Monochrome Series, Andrew Mummery, London

1997		

The Natural Order of Things, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

1996		

A Short Discourse on Nature and Culture, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork

1994		

From the Frontier to Here, Carroll Gallery, Longford



Group Exhibitions

2008		

Landscope, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, Salzburg

10,000 to 50, Irish Museum of Modern Art

2007                 	

(I’m Always Touched) By Your Presence, Dear, Irish Museum of Modern Art

Wild Honey, Burren College of Art

Wood for the Trees and Falling Leaves, Gimpel Fils, London

2006        		

Deja 5 ans seulement, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris

un homme a sa fenetre, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Nantes

Above Ground, Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles

Cross the Line, Galerie Conrads, Dusseldorf

2005		

Out of Place, Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles

De Natura, Centre d’Art de Meymac

Est-ce bien de l’art, Abbaye du Ronceray, Angers

The Vernacular, Standpoint Gallery, London

A Moment in Time, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin

Contemporary Art from Ireland, ECB, Frankfurt

West, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin

The Happiest Country in the World, Dublin and Lorient

2004              		

John Moores 23, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 

Amnesty International, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin 

2002		

No Object, No Subject, No Matter..., Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

2001		

East International, Norwich Gallery

The Garden, Model Arts Centre, Sligo

Tiger Tiger, Fenton Gallery, Cork

A Focus on Drawing, Limerick City Gallery, Crawford, Temple Bar Gallery 

2000		

ARTfutures, Contemporary Arts Society, London

NowHere, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

Public Arts Laboratory, Touring Exhibition, U.K.

1999 

Utopias, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin

John Moores 21, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Fantastic Overload, Rubicon Gallery

1998		

Away from Home, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool

Expanded View, Ikon Gallery Touring Show

Perspective, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast

Return to Sender, Touring Exhibition of Irish Art in Australia

1997		

John Moores 20, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Victor Treacy Memorial Award Show, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny

Video Cats, Catalyst Arts, Belfast

1996		

Born Wild (with Caroline McCarthy), Video Projection, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork

Seven Views, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork

Wet Paint, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

Five Painters, Model Arts Centre, Sligo

250 Years of Drawing at NCAD, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin



Awards

2006		

Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland

2003		

Nominated for the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award

2002		

Public Art Commission for Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin

Commissioned Artist for Public Art and Planning Project with Longford County Council

2000		

Irish Cultural Relations Committee Grant, Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin

1999		

Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland

Public Arts Laboratory, Public Arts Research Commission awarded by Liverpool Design Initiative

1998		

Award winner, Perspective, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast

1996		

Random Access Video Training Symposium, Sculptors’ Society of Ireland

Arts Council of Ireland Grant

1995		

Residency, The Centre for Art and Nature, Catalonia

Irish Cultural Relations Committee Grant, Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin

1994		

Very Special Commendation and Art History Prize, NCAD, Dublin

Best Student Award, Iontas, National Exhibition of Small Works

1993		

Erasmus Exchange Scholarship to Glasgow School of Art



Public Collections

The British Council; The British Government Collection; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Deutsche Bank/Morgan Grenfell; 

Irish Museum of Modern Art; Allied Irish Bank; Environmental Protection Agency; First National Building Society; 

Dublin Institute of Technology; School of Architecture, UCD; Limerick City Gallery of Art; Office of Public Works; 

Fonds cantonal d’art contemporain, Geneva,(FCAC); Fond Municipal d’Art Contemporain, Paris; 

Musee de l’Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Les Sables d’Olonne

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