About

Joseph Heffernan b.1987 is an Irish artist based between Dublin and Cork.

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He received his BA Honours in Fine Art from the Crawford College of Art and Design in 2009 and later went on to study Painting as a Masters student at NCAD Dublin, which he completed in June 2016. He was a founder member of Sample Studios, Cork and has exhibited widely in Ireland. Recent group shows include Borderland/Memento, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford (2018) The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart, Mayfield Arts Centre, Cork (2017) The End, SOMA Contemporary, Waterford (2016), We are all nonetheless under the influence of Gravity, NCAD Annex, Dublin (2015) and Between here and there, Pallas Projects, Dublin (2014). He is currently a studio member of Sample Studios, Cork and an associate member of Catalyst Arts, Belfast.

Education

2013- 2016 NCAD, Dublin – MFA(Painting)

2012- 2013 Colaiste Stiofain Naoife – Creative Ceramics

2005 -2009 CIT Crawford College of Art and Design – Hons BA

2004-2005 Colaiste Stiofain Naoife – Art and Design – Foundation

Exhibitions

2018 Borderland/Memento, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford

2017 Sample Studios Annual Members Show, Bank of Ireland, Patrick St. Cork

2017 The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart, Mayfield Arts Centre, Cork

2017 GOMA Annual Members Show, GOMA, Waterford

2017 This is not a FAS Building, Mallow Arts Festival, Mallow

2017 Incognito, Solomon Fine Art, Dublin

2017 Farrago, Rogue Gallery, Waterford

2016 The End, SOMA Contemporary, Waterford

2016 NCAD MFA Showcase, NCAD Annex, Dublin

2015 Breaking Sensations, Hive Gallery, Waterford

2015 We are all nonetheless under the influence of Gravity, NCAD Annex, Dublin

2014 Between here and there, Pallas Projects, Dublin

2012 Christmas Exhibition, Sample Studios, Cork

2011 Members Exhibition, Sample Studios, Cork

2011 Invited Artists Exhibitions, Duhallow Arts Festival, Kanturk, Cork

2010 Lost Things, Couch Gallery, Cork

2009 Site 46, Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork

2009 Fledglings, Lavitt Gallery, Cork

2008 Blank Space, James Barry Exhibition Centre, Cork

2008 30, Old ESB Building, Coburg St, Cork

2005 Blueprint, Colaiste Stiofain NAoife, Cork