Ronnie Hughes
born Belfast 1965, currently lives and works in Sligo
1988-1989 University of Ulster at Belfast: Graduated with M.A. Fine Art
1984-1988 University of Ulster at Belfast: Graduated with First Class B.A. (Hons) Fine Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
‘Manifest’, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown
‘The Gradual Materialization of Essence’, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
2006
Synthesis, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo
New Paintings, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
2005
Formacopia, Galway Arts Centre, Galway
2003
Lines of Desire, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
Lines of Desire, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
2002
New Paintings, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
2001
Shrine, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
2000
Keepsakes, Streedagh beach, Co. Sligo
1999
Immeasurable, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin;
New Works, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
1998
New Works, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork
Paintings 1991-1998, Model Arts Centre, Sligo
1997
New Paintings, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1996
Excavations, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
Excavations, Context Gallery, Derry
1995
Urban Revisions, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1993
City Reformed, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
City Reformed, Limerick City Gallery Of Art
1992
Consummation, Orpheus Gallery, Belfast
Emigrant Landscape, Arts Council Gallery, Belfast
1991
Open Studio, P.S.1 Museum, New York
Emigrant Landscape, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
10,000 to 50 , Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Pure Optic Ray, Fred Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
The Bridge project, The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland
Pulse New York, New York (with Rubicon Gallery)
2007
Pulse Miami Art Fair with Rubicon Gallery Dublin
Art Forum Berlin (with Rubicon Gallery)
Wild Honey, Burren College of Art (curated by Michael Dempsey)
Painting in the Noughties, Letterkenny Arts Centre, Ireland
In and Out of Geometry, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
‘E.V.+A. 07’, Istabraq Hall, Limerick (Curator: Klaus Ottman)
Pulse New York, The Armoury, New York (with Rubicon Gallery)
Art Rotterdam, (with Rubicon Gallery)
2006
Synecdoche, with Patrick Michael Fitzgerald, Rubicon Gallery Dublin
Airmail, Yanigisawa Gallery, Saitama, Japan, curated by Richard Gorman
Pulse Art Fair New York and Cologne Art Fair Germany with Rubicon Gallery
Masters 25 years on, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
2005
An Leabhar Mór, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork
Art2005, London Art Fair (with Archeus Gallery)
2004
It’s Quiet in Here, Archeus Gallery, London
In the Time of Shaking, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Out of Context, Archeus Gallery, London
Off the Press, Graphic studio Gallery, Dublin
Graham Crowley & Ronnie Hughes & David Quinn, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen
2003
Colour Chart, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
Works on Paper, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
An Leabhar Mór, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Art Brussels, Art Fair, Belgium (with Rubicon Gallery)
2002
White Paintings, Five Sculptors: Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
No Object, No Subject, No Matter: Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
The Graeve Collection: Model and Niland Arts Centre, Sligo
Works on Paper: Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
Three painters: Eagle Gallery/Emma Hill Fine Art, London
The Public Eye: Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
ART 2002, London Art Fair (with Rubicon Gallery)
2001
3 Contemporary artists, Agnew’s Gallery, London
Twenty years (parts 1 and 2), Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
2000
Group Show, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
Seven Artists: Model and Niland Arts Centre, Sligo
Placing Art Colloquium: Model and Niland Arts Centre, Sligo
Colour codes; Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
Scóip 2000; Síamsa Tíre,Tralee (Adjudicators; Bill Crozier, Declan McGonagle)
Works on paper; Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
ARTBrussels, Brussels Art Fair, Belgium (with Rubicon Gallery)
1999
Perspective 99; O.B.G., Belfast (Adjudicator: Philip Dodd)
E.V.+A. 99; Limerick City Gallery (Adjudicator: Jeanne Greenberg)
Fantastic Overload; Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
Kingdom of Heaven; RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
ART 99, London Art Fair
Artissimo 99, Turin Art Fair, Palazzo Nervi, Torino
1998
Dublin/London, Jill George Gallery, London
New Graphic Works, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
E.V.+A. 98; Limerick City Hall (Adjudicator: Paul O’Reilly)
1997
Recent Acquisitions, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Itinerant Airmail, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
The Beautiful Junkshop; Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
Academy without Walls, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin (Selector: Aidan Dunne)
1996
Irish Days IV, Baltic Art Centre, Ustka, Poland
Art of the State, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork & Dublin Castle and touring
1995
E.V.+A. 95; Limerick City Gallery (Adjudicator: Maria de Corral)
New Irish Art ; Galerie Mönch, Berlin
Large Works on Paper, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
1994
E.V.+A. 94; Limerick City Gallery (Adjudicator: Jan Hoet)
I am History now; Itami Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
Beyond the Partitions; Touring venues throughout Ireland and Scotland
Small World; Galerie + Edition CAOC, Berlin
Large Works on Paper, Arts Council Gallery, Belfast
End of Nation States studio exhibition, Banff Arts Center, Canada
1993
B.P. Collection; The Barbican, London
I am History now; Orchard Gallery, Derry
E.V.+A.93; Limerick City Gallery (Adjudicator: Gloria Moure)
Belfast/Denver Exchange; Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast; EDGE Gallery, Denver
Large Works on Paper; Arts Council Gallery, Belfast
1992
Irish Contemporary Art Society Exhibition, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin
E.V.+A.92; Limerick City Gallery (Adjudicator: Lars Nittve)
Art without Expression; Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
1991
B.P. Young European Artists; B.P. Oil Europe, Brussels
International Studio Artists; P.S. 1 Museum, New York
1990
Crossing The Rubicon, Irish Life Exhibition Centre, Dublin
E.V.+ A. 90; Limerick City Gallery (Adjudicator: Saskia Bos)
Gallery Artists; Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1989
Belfast 9, I.L.E.C., Dublin;
Belfast 9, Slaughterhouse Gallery, London
SELECTED AWARDS
2006
Two month residency at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, Connecticut, U.S.A.
An Chomhairle Ealaíon Travel Award
Irish Artists’ Award’ for one month residency at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, U.S.A.
2005
One month residency, Vermont Studio Center, U.S.A.
2001
An Chomhairle Ealaíon Major Bursary
1997
3-month residency, Bemis Foundation, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A.
An Chomhairle Ealaíon/Aer Lingus Artflight (re.: above)
1996
An Chomhairle Ealaíon/Aer Lingus Artflight (re.: Irish Days Baltic Art Centre)
1995
EV + A ‘Open Award’ and ‘Exhibition Award’ (Adjudicator; Maria de Corral]
An Chomhairle Ealaíon Bursary
Arts Council N.I. Exhibition Bursary
1994
Awarded 10 week End of Nation States residency by the Banff Arts Centre, Canada
(assisted by the Irish Cultural Relations Committee and the British Council)
An Chomhairle Ealaíon/Aer Lingus Artflight (re.: above)
1993
Arts Council N.I. - Bursary
1992
An Chomhairle Ealaíon/Aer Lingus Artflight (re.: Trip to New York)
1991
Arts Council N.I. - Bursary
Aer Lingus - Award for shipment of work New York to Dublin.
1990 -1991
P.S. 1 Fellowship, 1 year residency at P.S.1 Museum of Contemporary Art New York
[Awarded jointly by the Arts Council N.I. & Ireland America Arts Exchange]
1990
Arts Council N.I. - Bursary
1989
Taylor Awards; Joint First Prize
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Allied Irish Bank, An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Ark Life Assurance, Arts Council of N. Ireland, Bemis Foundation,
Blackrock Hospice, B.P. Oil Europe, The British Council, Enniscorthy Credit Union, Environmental Protection Agency,
Finnegan Menton Property, Goldman Sachs UK, Graeve Collection, Irish Business & Employers Confederation,
ICS Ltd, Institute of Technology Tralee, Irish Contemporary Arts Society, Irish Life, Irish Museum of Modern Art,
Jefferson Smurfit Group PLC, Gordon Lambert, Limerick City Gallery, Monaghan County Museum,
National Collection of Contemporary Drawing, North Western Health Board, Office of Public Works (State Collection),
Gilbeys of Ireland, Sligo Municipal Collection, University of Ulster, Waterford Institute of Technology
and private collections Germany, Holland, Ireland, U.K. and U.S.A..
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