Born 1974 in Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
Currently lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Email: ciarafinnegan@gmail.com
EDUCATION AND AWARDS
2000 - 2001 University of Limerick MSc Interactive Media Ireland
1993 - 1997 University of Ulster Bachelor of Fine Art (First Class Honours) N. Ireland
2006 Arts Council of Ireland Individual Artist Bursary
2005 Arts Council of Ireland New Commissions Award
2005 Arts Council of Ireland Travel Bursary
1998 – 1999 Arts Council of Northern Ireland PS1 International Fellowship, PS1 Centre for Contemporary Arts, New York
1997 – 1998 Flax Art Studios Graduate Residency Program, Belfast
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS
2009 Social Turkey, Noughties but Nice, LCGA, Touring Exhibition, Ireland
2009 Switch + Little Switch, Visual Force, GTG, Belfast, N. Ireland
2009 ZOO, Circa Salon, Thisisnotashop, Dublin, Ireland
2009 ZOO and Language Acquisition in Young Males,
Isolated, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland
2008 Switch, Children’s Film Circus, The Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
2008 Language Acquisition in Young Males, Buddha Lounge, Darklight Festival, Dublin, Ireland
2006 Social Turkey, ev+a 2006 give(a)way, Limerick, Ireland
2005 The Limerick Singer Ensemble, Excursions Performance Festival, Limerick, Ireland
2005 The Lodz Singer Ensemble, SiteAtions, Lodz, Poland
2005 Guanabenz 6X6 for Ireland, Showcase, 411 Galleries, Hangzhou, China
2005 Training Rhythm-a-ning, Waltons School of Music, Dublin, Ireland
2004 STORMont Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland
2003 Le Mons & Track Record, The Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland
1998/1999 EX: An enquiry into the role and action of a screen extra, NYC, US
1998 Switch, Arte Television France/Germany, Stuttgar Filmwinter, Video Experimental, Zurich, Videonale 8, Bonn (Switch is distributed by LUX, London).
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Isolated Exhibition catalogue. ISBN 97-0-9557469-3-2 Published by the Golden Thread Gallery, 2009
Noughties but Nice Exhibition catalogue. ISBN 0-9553668-9-5/ 978 0-9553668 Published by Limerick City Gallery of Art, 2009
Visual Force - Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art Exhibition catalogue. Essay by Dr. Slavka Sverakova, ed. Sarah McAvera, ISBN 978-0-9557469-6-3 Published by the Golden Thread Gallery, 2009
Fresh - Re-imagining the Collection Exhibition catalogue. ISBN 0-9553668-0-1 Published by Limerick City Gallery of Art, 2006
ev+a 2006 give(a)way Exhibition Catalogue ISBN 978 0946846 917 Designed and Produced for ev+a by Gandon Editions, 2006
Sverakova, Dr Slavka, Four Single Works of Art, Circa Issue No. 128, Summer 2009 ISSN 0263-9475
Watson, Grant, ev+a, Flash Art International, Vol. XXXIX, No. 248, May/June 2006
O'Brien, Paul, ev+a 2006, Circa Issue No. 116, Summer 2006
Halkett, Sinead, Dublin and Derry: Rhythm-A-Ning at Waltons New School of Music and Context Gallery, Circa Issue No. 113, Autumn 2005
Weston, Gavin, Video Cats, Circa Issue No. 80, Summer 1997
PUBLISHED WRITING
Young People's Guide to the Permanent Collection ISBN 0-9544291-5X 0-9480371-56 Published by Limerick City Gallery of Art & Gandon Editions, 2004
Artists Talk to Camera Open ev+a 2007 - Educational DVD, documenting OPEN ev+a 2007 in five interviews with the curator and a selection of international artists. Published by Limerick City Gallery of Art, 2007
Leapin' Laverys! Animating LCGA's Permanent Collection - Educational DVD, Published by Limerick City Gallery of Art and Limerick Education Centre, 2006
Circa online: Interview with Siobhan Tattan
http://www.recirca.com/cgi-bin/mysql/show_item.cgi?post_id=4724&type=articles
Circa Print Edition:
Aidan O'Sullivan LSAD Degree Show, Circa Issue No. 121, Autumn 2007, ISSN 0263-9475
Tom Molloy at LCGA, Circa Issue No. 113, Autumn 2005
Jack Donovan/Tom Fitzgerald at LCGA, Circa Issue No. 110, Winter 2004
ev+a 2004 "Imagine Limerick", Circa Issue No. 108, Summer 2004, ISSN
Mark O'Kelly (and Sarah Pierce) at LCGA, Circa Issue No. 112, Summer 2005