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.

 

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