Eilis McDonald
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Previous Exhibitions:
Solo:
2010: Rapture Heap. James Joyce st, Liberty Corner, Dublin, Ireland.
2007:
Reverse Psychology. Pallas Contemporary Projects, Dublin, Ireland.
Group:
Upcoming:
Grunge Texture. Xpace, Toronto. (curated by Steph Davidson)
Gradients / Inside the Internet Rainbow. Mastermind, Casablanca. (curated by Dora Moutot)
2012:
AUSJUNK: JUNK JET NET.HEART SHOW. Ausschank, Stuttgart. (by Junk Jet)
Bcc#7. Stadium Gallery, Chelsea, New York. (curated by Dave Harper and Karen Archey)
TRANSCEIVER: Part 1. Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska. (curated by Angeles Cossio and Jeff Thompson)
TRANSCEIVER: Part 2. Drift Station, Lincoln, Nebraska. (curated by Angeles Cossio and Jeff Thompson)
2011:
Xtravaganza VI, Monster Truck Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin.
Personal Navigation Assistant, TCB Art Inc., Melbourne. (curated by Louise Klerks)
BYOB Venezia. Padiglione Internet at the 54th Venice Biennale. (curated by Margherita Balzerani, Gloria Maria Cappelletti, Caroline Corbetta, Silvia Ferri De Lazara, Marina Fokidis, Elena Giulia Rossi, Valentina Tanni, Mara Sartore, Yvonne Force Villareal, Doreen Reemen, Jan Aman, Manuel Frara, David Quiles Guilló, Miltos Manetas, Lev Manovich, Angelo Plessas, Rafael Rozendaal, Domenico Quaranta, Francesco Urbano and Francesco Ragazzi.)
You remind me of a poem I can't remember... MonsterTruck Gallery for InFlux, at OccupySpace, Limerick. (curated by Davey Moor)
Offline. Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin. (curated by Rayne Booth)
Read/Write. 319 Scholes, New York. (curated by Caitlin Denny & Parker Ito)
2009:
Once Upon a Time in the West, Pixxelpoint 2009 - 10th International New Media Festival. Nova Gorica, Slovenia. (curated by Domenico Quaranta)
Mental Dynamics. Synchronicity Space, Los Angeles. (curated by Stephanie Davidson)
Save 4 Web. Xpace Gallery, Toronto. (curated by Stephanie Davidson & Leslie Predy)
It Goes On. Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin. (curated by Rayne Booth)
Contemporary Semantics Beta. Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam. (curated by Constant Dullaart)
Forms of Melancholy. Sego Art Center, Utah. (curated by C. Coy)
A4 Sounds. Joy Gallery, Dublin.
2007:
The Big Store. Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin. (curated by Alan Butler & Rayne Booth)
Cloud. Artist Installation Room, Hotel Ballymun, Dublin. (curated by Seamus Nolan)
I Hate Myself and Want to Die. 6 Lwr Ormond Quay, Dublin.
2006:
The Dirt Once Found in the Grooves. Ashford Gallery, Dublin.
Utopias. Eigse Arts Festival, Carlow. (curated by Cliodhna Shaffrey)
Going Blind. Ard Bia Gallery, Galway.
By Diverse Means We Arrive at the Same End. CHQ Georges Dock, Dublin.
2005:
Precaution. Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. (curated by Marguerite O'Molloy, Janice Hough & Johanne Mullan)
Offside Live II. Dublin City Gallery - The Hugh Lane, Dublin.
Guerilla Art. Grennan Mill, Thomastown, Kilkenny.
NCAD Degree Show. National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
28 Hands. Ard Bia Gallery, Galway.
Commissions:
2009 - 2010: Eilis McDonald - Rapture Heap. Commissioned through a Dublin City Council Per Cent for Art Scheme for Liberty Corner.
Commission curator; Aisling Prior.
Awards:
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios Project Studio, 2010 - 2011.
Arts Council of Ireland Travel & Training Award, 2010 (Level 5 @ Hammer Museum Los Angeles, September 2010)
Arts Council of Ireland Artist in the Community Scheme Research & Development Award (community of interest: Dump.fm)
Publications:
Numinous Objects. 2 page spread in Junk Jet n°5 °.° net-heart! issue, 2012. (Buy on Amazon or PayPal)
Dublin City Colouring Book. Eilis McDonald, 2008. 20 page lithographic print, edition of 2000. Commissioned by Culturstruction.
Kilruddery Colouring Book. Eilis McDonald & JoAnne Butler, 2008. 10 page photocopy print on recycled paper, edition of 100. For Kilruddery House Childrens Festival, 2008.
Going Blind. Eilis McDonald & JoAnne Butler, 2006. 18 page photocopy print on mixed papers and plastic, edition of 20. Artist book of collaborative drawings for exhibition.
Curatorial:
2012: Astral Projection Abduction Fantasy. NightScreen at Monster Truck Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin. (Standard Features HD.)
2009: The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths. Rapture Heap, Liberty Corner, Dublin.
2007: I Hate Myself and Want to Die. 6 Lwr Ormond Quay, Dublin. Co-curated with Jenny Brady
2006: Going Blind. Ard Bia Gallery, Galway. Co-curated with JoAnne Butler
Discography:
Togetherness. Munitions Family (band), 2008. mp3 distributed through Thumped.com
Darkest Africa. Tremors, 2006. EP released on Alcoholic Narcolepsy.
The Black Wind. Tremors, 2004. CD-R with limited edition 10" lino print cardboard sleeve released on Munitions Family.
Beyond Zombie. Tremors, 2003. 6 min track on "The Red Bridge" compliation released on Risc Records.
Press & Reviews:
28/04/11 'Internet Atrophy: '01 for all and all for 01' (Review of Offline at TBG+S), James Merrigan, Billion Art Journal.
14/07/10 'The Chill Zone' (Review of Serial Chillers in Paradise), Brian Droitcour, Rhizome.
01/04/10 'Rapture Heap v2.0 - Back 2 Reality (2010)', on Rhizome.
04/09/09 'The GIFs that keep on giving' (Save4Web at Xpace, Toronto), Dakshana Bascaramurty, The Globe and Mail.
08/07/09 'It Goes On' Review, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times.
01/06/09 'Opening the Chakras' on Rhizome.
10/04/09 'Best Link Ever! Forms of Melancholy...' on Art Fag City.
09/04/09 "On Sale!" (review of 'Forms of Melancholy' group show), Brian Droitcour, Rhizome.
26/02/09 "General Web Content: tumblr blogs", Ceci Moss and John Michael Boling, Rhizome.
31/01/09 'Lo-fi Wi-fi' on VVORK.
28/01/09 'Welcome to my Modern Fantasy' on Rhizome.
17/11/08 'Dublin City Colouring Book' review, Elaine Reynolds, Recirca.
10/11/08 'Return 2 VHS' on Rhizome.
16/10/08 'Dublin City Colouring Book' on RTE News2day (children's news on Irish national television station, RTE 2).
20/02/07 "Pallas in Wonderland...", Victoria Watson, Dublin Metro.
11/02/07 "Contemporary art finds a Pallas", Eimear McKeith, Sunday Tribune.
10/02/07 "The Peoples Pallas", Emma Cullinan, Irish Times Magazine.
27/01/07 "Portrait of the artist and her work", Sophie Gorman, Irish Independent.
01/01/07 "Newfangled", Totally Dublin Magazine.
03/08/06 'Tremors - Darkest Africa' Review, Scott McKeating, Stylus Magazine.
02/03/06 "Pallas, Dublin", Billy Leahy, The Village Magazine.
28/09/05 "Festival takes a subtle approach", Aiden Dunne, Irish Times.
02/09/05 The Village Magazine
13/09/05 Irish Museum of Modern Art
13/05/05 "Stars shine in student designs", Aidan Dunne, Irish Times.
Responses:
"The King of Reflections of girls is artist Eilis McDonald." - 'Sports' (Top Contributor), Yahoo Answers, September 2009.
'Kurt Cobain Hot Water Bottle Cover'. Bookmarked and tagged as "funny" & "art" by Cory Archangel on Delicious.com, 24/02/09
