1967
Born in Liverpool, UK
Lives and works in County Longford, Ireland.
Education
1998 MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art, London
1994 BA Fine Art & History of Art (1st Class), National College of Art and Design, Dublin
1989 MA Philosophy and Classical Art, University of EdinburghGroup exhibitions (selection)
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Kunstmuseum, Haus Lange, Krefeld
2008
Rest and be thankful, galerie Loevenbruck, Paris
The Best I can do, loom Projects, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
One Day The Earth Shall be Ours, aliceday, Brussels
2007
The Bright Hours, galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf
Things to Make & Do , Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
Lake shore drive, Mary Goldman gallery, Los Angeles
2006
Trees of the worlds, Musée de l’Abbaye Sainte-Croix, France
A Field Guide, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris
Forest Park, Perugi artecontemporanea, Padua
2005
Adventures in Contentment, aliceday, Brussels
Western parkway, Blancpainstepczynski, Geneva
It’s so hard to be a Saint in the City, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
2004
Garden City, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris
Art Brussels, Belgium
2003
What to Look for in Summer, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
2002
Stedelijk Museum, Aalst, Belgium
2000
City v Country, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
A Poetic Geography of Five Continents, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
1998
Untitled Monochrome Series, Andrew Mummery, London
1997
The Natural Order of Things, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
1996
A Short Discourse on Nature and Culture, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
1994
From the Frontier to Here, Carroll Gallery, Longford
Group Exhibitions
2010
Architectures en lignes, Musée Régional d’Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sérignan, France
2009
Unplugged, Michael Woolworth Publications, Paris, France
Painting Without Painting - Current positions in post-action-painting
Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven, Allemagne
Pas nécessaire et pourtant indispensable, Centre d’art contemporain Meymac
galerie Loevenbruck, Paris
Verdure, Guyancourt
Painting without Painting. Current Positions in Post-Action Painting, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven,
2008
Carnets d’inspiration, Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris
Landscope and Gerwald Rockenschaub, Villa Emslieb, Salzburg
Landscope, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzbourg, Autriche
Landscope, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Ultra Brag, Südquaistrasse, Basel
I’m always Touched By Your Presence, Dear Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
2007
Landescapism, Islip Art Museum, East Islip
2006
Le Corbusier, Musée des Beaux Arts de Nantes
Déjà 5 Ans Seulement, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris
Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf
Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles
2005
De Natura, Centre d’Art de Meymac, France
Out of Place-Works on Paper, Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles
Happy Holiday, Rubicon Gallery Dublin
Est-ce bien de l’Art, Abbaye du Ronceray, Angers, France
A Moment in Time, Temple Bar Gallery, Dubin
The Happiest Country in the World, Dublin and Lorient
The Vernacular, Standpoint Gallery, London
Contemporary Art from Ireland, European Central Bank, Frankfurt
West, RHA Gallaher Gallery, Dublin
ARCO, Madrid and Art Brussels, Belgium Art Fair
Fiac Art Fair Paris and Art Cologne Germany
2004
John Moores 23, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Amnesty International, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Art Brussels, Belgium and Fiac Paris, Art Fairs with Rubicon Gallery
2002
No Object, No Subject, No Matter..., Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Art Brussels, Belgium Art Fair with Rubicon Gallery
2001
East International, Norwich Gallery
The Garden, Model Arts Centre, Sligo
Tiger Tiger, Fenton Gallery, Cork
A Focus on Drawing, Limerick City Gallery, Crawford, Temple Bar Gallery (Touring)
ART 2001, London Art Fair with Rubicon Gallery
2000
ART 2000, London Art Fair with Rubicon Gallery
ARTfutures, Contemporary Arts Society, London
NowHere, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
Public Arts Laboratory, Touring Exhibition, U.K.
1999
ARTfutures, Contemporary Arts Society, London
ARTissima, Turin Art Fair with Rubicon Gallery
John Moores 21, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Utopias, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
Fantastic Overload, Rubicon Gallery
ART 99, London Art Fair
Away from Home, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
Starting a Collection, Art First, London
1998
Expanded View, Ikon Gallery Touring Show
Perspective, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
Return to Sender, Touring Exhibition of Irish Art in Australia
1997
John Moores 20, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Victor Treacy Memorial Award Show, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
Video Cats, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
1996
Born Wild (with Caroline McCarthy), Video Projection, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
Seven Views, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
Wet Paint, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
Five Painters, Model Arts Centre, Sligo
250 Years of Drawing at NCAD, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
Awards
2003
Nominated for the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award
2002
Public Art Commission for Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin
Commissioned Artist for Public Art and Planning Project with Longford County Council
2000
Irish Cultural Relations Committee Grant, Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin
1999
Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland
Public Arts Laboratory, Public Arts Research Commission awarded by Liverpool Design Initiative
1998
Award winner, Perspective, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
1996
Random Access Video Training Symposium, Sculptors’ Society of Ireland
Arts Council of Ireland Grant
1995
Residency, The Centre for Art and Nature, Catalonia
Irish Cultural Relations Committee Grant, Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin
1994
Very Special Commendation and Art History Prize, NCAD, Dublin
Best Student Award, Iontas, National Exhibition of Small Works
1993
Erasmus Exchange Scholarship to Glasgow School of Art
Collections
The British Council
The British Government Collection
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Deutsche Bank/Morgan Grenfell
Irish Museum of Modern Art
Allied Irish Bank
Environmental Protection Agency
First National Building Society
Dublin Institute of Technology
School of Architecture, UCD
Limerick City Gallery of Art
Office of Public Works
Publications
2009
Blaise Drummond, Museum Haus der Lange, editor Martin Hentschel, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld
2004
Some Mild Peril, Castlefield Gallery Publications, Manchester
2000
A Portable Hedge and Other Modest Proposals, Blaise Drummond, Portland, Maine, 2000. Published in an edition of 150 copies for the exhibition, A Poetic Geography of Five Continents at the Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
Public Arts Laboratory, CD-ROM, Liverpool, 2000
1996
A Short Discourse on Nature and Culture, Blaise Drummond, Dublin, 1996. Published in an edition of 150 copies.
Selected Bibliography
Il gioco di Parigi, Luca Arnaudo, e-art magazine, Anno 11, edizione No.11
Blaise Drummond, Garden City, Paris Art, Caroline Pillet, September 2004
Beaux Arts, Judicael Lavrador, September 2004
2003
Blaise Drummond: What to Look for in Summer, Catherine Leen, The Sunday Times, 04.05.03
Blaise Drummond at the Rubicon Gallery, Billy Leahy, In Dublin, April 2003
Blaise Drummond, Rattlebag, RTE Radio 1, 25.04.03
2001 “Architecture into Paint”, Circa, Vol. 97, Autumn 2001
2000
Blaise Drummond, Art Review, Vol. LII, March 2000
1999
Gondolas are optional, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, 28.09.99
Reflections on a less-than-perfect world, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, 18.08.99
Away from Home, Robert Clark, The Guardian, 23.01.99
1998
Perspective ’98, Ian Hill, The Irish Times, 27.10.98
Perspective ’98, Angela Murray, The Sunday Tribune, 01.11.98
Return to Sender, Noel Sheridan, Circa, Vol. 84, Summer 1998
1997
La cage aux folles, Adrian Searle, The Guardian, 11.11.97
Moores scores, William Feaver, The Observer, 09.11.97
Fashionable flotsam, David Lee, The Spectator, 22.11.97
Blaise Drummond, Brian Fallon, The Irish Times, 18.03.97
Blaise Drummond, Aidan Dunne, The Sunday Tribune, 22.03.97
Seven Go..., Circa, Spring 1996
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