About

Joseph Heffernan b.1987 is an Irish artist based between Dublin and Cork.
Email:- josephheffernan33@gmail.com
086-0819323
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 member of Sample Studios, Cork when it opened in 2011 and has exhibited widely in Ireland. Solo shows include There were Strange Gatherings, RHA Gallery, Dublin (2020). Recent group shows include Borderland/Memento(2 Person), 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 Backwater Artists, Cork and an associate member of Sample Studios, Cork. Prizes include the 2020 Contemporary Irish Arts Society Award for a Work of Distinction.
Education
2013- 2016           NCAD, Dublin – MFA(Painting)
2005 -2009          CIT Crawford College of Art and Design – Hons BA
2004-2005           Colaiste Stiofain Naoife – Art and Design – Foundation
Solo  Exhibitions
2020  There were Strange Gatherings, RHA Gallery, Dublin
Group  Exhibitions
Forthcoming    190th Annual RHA Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
2019   A way out of the Valley, RUA RED Cafe, Dublin
2019   189th Annual RHA Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
2019   56th Annual Open, Lavitt Gallery, Cork
2019   Cahoots, A4 Sounds, Dublin
2018   3rd Annual Members Show, GOMA, Waterford
2018   188th Annual RHA Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
2018   Programme your Retro-Active wish, Catalyst Arts Centre, Belfast
2018   Borderland/Memento, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford ( 2-Person Show)
2017   Sample Studios Annual Members Show, BOI, 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
Selected Press 
2020   Irish Arts Review, Curious Encounters by Michael Waldron, Spring 2020, Vol. 37, Issue 1
2019   Arena, RTE Radio, 22nd May 2019,  Review of the 189th RHA Annual Open by Declan Long
2019   Irish Independent, What Lies Beneath:Crusade by Niall MacMonagle, May 26th 2019
2016   The Irish Times, Visual Art : Anxious Formidable work at Graduate shows by Aidan Dunne, June 2016
Prizes
2020   Contemporary Irish Arts Society Award for a Work of Distinction