David Quinn was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1971. He lives and works in Shillelagh, County Wicklow. He has been exhibiting his work regularly since 1995.
Recent solo shows include: Verse, Rossicontemporary, Brussels (2020); David Quinn, Gana Art Hannam, Seoul (2019); Paintings, Yanagisawa Gallery, Tokyo (2018) and New Paintings, Purdy Hicks, London (2018).
‘Artists make art not because they have knowledge they want to “express” but because they want to discover or learn something through the practice of art. Communion and contemplation, then, are disciplines not merely for viewers but also for artists as they make their work.’ - Daniel A. Siedell
Solo Exhibitions
2020 verse, Rossicontemporary, Brussels, Belgium
2019 new work, Gana Art Hannam, Seoul, Korea
paintings, Amaneya Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan
2O18 paintings, Yanagisawa Gallery, Saitama, Japan
paintings, Rossicontemporary, Brussels, Belgium
paintings, WCAC, Skibbereen, Ireland
new paintings, Purdy Hicks, London, England
2O17 undersong, Taylor Galleries, Dublin, Ireland
new work, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Ireland
2O16 Start, Saatchi Gallery, London w/ Gibbons&Nicholas
blank, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2O15 seam, Taylor Galleries, Dublin, Ireland
2O14 dunkelbunt, Taylor Galleries, Dublin, Ireland
2O12 pewter, Taylor Galleries, Dublin, Ireland
d-esque, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2O11 murmur, Taylor Galleries, Dublin, Ireland
2O1O margin, Taylor Galleries, Dublin, Ireland
2OO6 new work, Taylor Galleries, Dublin, Ireland
2OO4 lost and found, Blue Leaf Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2OO3 new work, 412 Harold's X Road, Dublin, Ireland
2OO1 new work, Daintree, Dublin, Ireland
2OOO new work, Side Door, Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
1999 new work, SDCC HQ, Ireland
new work, Melt, Dublin, Ireland
new work, Jute, Dublin, Ireland
1998 paintings, Cross Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1997 new work, Maudespace, Sydney, Australia
1995 charlie pelican one show belly, Head, Dublin, Ireland
Group Exhibitions
2O20 London Art Fair w/ Purdy Hicks
2O19 Buildings are like Birds, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
London Art Fair w/ Purdy Hicks
2018 PULSE Miami w/ Purdy Hicks
VUE Art Fair w/ Taylor Galleries
SOLO SHOW Seoul w/ GanaArt
KIAF 2O18 Seoul w/ Purdy Hicks
Contemporary Istanbul w/ Gibbons & Nicholas
Art Brussels w/ Rossicontemporary
London Art Fair w/ Purdy Hicks
2O17 Changing Group Show, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
VUE Art Fair, Dublin w/ Taylor Galleries
PULSE Miami w/ Purdy Hicks
KIAF 2O17 Seoul w/ Purdy Hicks
London Art Fair w/ Purdy Hicks
Dirty Filthy Paintings, BSA Project Space, Australia
Small, Purdy Hicks, London
2O16 CONTEXT Miami w/ Gibbons & Nicholas
Art on Paper New York w/ Gibbons & Nicholas
VUE Art Fair, Dublin w/ Taylor Galleries
CONTEXT New York w/ Gibbons & Nicholas
Changing Group Show, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
Two Birds / One Stone, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin
Island, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
2O15 VUE Art Fair, Dublin w/ Taylor Galleries
2O14 The New Space, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
VUE Art Fair, Dublin w/ Taylor Galleries
White Hours, Studio Apothiki, Paphos, Cyprus
2O13 RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin
Éigse, VISUAL, Carlow
VUE Art Fair, Dublin w/ Taylor Galleries
Gallery Friends, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2O12 Proper Nouns and Adjectives, Fenderesky Gallery
VUE Art Fair, Dublin w/ Taylor Galleries
2O12 Marathon Irish, Dialogue, London
Group Show, The Engine Room Gallery, Belfast
Oak, Killenure Castle, Co. Tipperary
2O11 VUE Art Fair, Dublin w/ Taylor Galleries
2O1O Éigse 3O Year Retrospective, VISUAL, Carlow
2OO9 Fís, invited artist, NOVAS, Liverpool
2OO8 Fís, invited artist, NOVAS, Liverpool
Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon
2OO7 Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon
Fear Not, Íontas, Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo
RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin
2OO6 Emerging Artists, Eigse, Carlow
2OO3 RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin
Éigse, Carlow
2OO2 Éigse, Carlow
Awards and Residencies
2O17 Arts Council Visual Arts Bursary
2O15 Tony O'Malley Studio Residency Award
2O14 DLR Professional Development Grant
2O12 DIT Portland Row Studio Award
2OO6 Ballinglen Arts Foundation
2OO6 Mountjoy Prison (Artists in Prison Scheme)
Selected Bibliography
2O2O Review of YAN group show, Irish Times, Aidan Dunne
2O18 Best Shows This Week, Irish Times, 10 Mar, Aidan Dunne
Seamless, Susan Campbell, Irish Arts Review, Spring
David Quinn, émergent magazine, Issue 2
David Quinn, Wall Street International magazine
2O17 What Lies Beneath, Sunday Independent, Niall MacMonagle
Best Shows This Week, Irish Times, 18 Sep, Aidan Dunne
Visual Artists' Newssheet, Critique, Roisin Russell
Best Shows This Week, Irish Times, 1 Sep, Gemma Tipton
2O16 David Quinn, Catalogue Essay, Riann Coulter
Visual Artists' Newssheet, May, Review, Iain Griffin
2O15 What Lies Beneath, Sunday Independent, Niall MacMonagle
2O14 RHA Newsletter, Summer 2O14, pgs. 18-19 & 28
2O1O Irish Times, 2nd June, Review, Aidan Dunne
Purdy Hicks
25 Thurloe Street
London SW7 2LQ
England
Telephone: +44 (O)2O 74O1 9229
Email: contact@purdyhicks.com
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Gana Art
28, Pyeongchang 30-gil
Jongno-gu
Seoul 03004
Korea
Telephone: 02-720-1020
Email: info@ganaart.com
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Rossicontemporary
Rivoli Building ground floor #17
690, chaussée de Waterloo
BE-1180 Brussels
Belgium
Telephone: +32 486 31 OO 92
Email: rossi@rossicontemporary.be
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Taylor Galleries
16 Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
Telephone: +353 (O)1 676 6O55
Email: taylorgalleries@gmail.com
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Yanagisawa Gallery
Urawa City
Japan
Email: yana.t@nifty.com
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Gibbons & Nicholas
Ciara Gibbons
Telephone: +353 (0)86 8127161
Email: info@gibbonsnicholas.com