Gerard McGourty
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'Expressionist? Modernist? Contemporary Art? Perhaps, New Celtic Expressionism? None of the experts are really sure of how to categorise Gerard's work but they are unanimous in recognising its strength' - Sol Art Gallery
'Gerard was born in County Fermanagh and is one of the most interesting painters in Ireland today, broadly described as an expressionist or modernist painter. Gerard represented Ireland in the international biennial of contemporary art Florence in 2005. His international standing is acknowledged by a personal invitation from the French Painter Claude Pissarro, grandson of French Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro, to participate in the Salon d'Arts de La Rochelle' - McKenna Gallery (NI)
Exhibitions:
ART LONDON (October 2011)
Affordable Art Fair New York City (September 2011)
Donegal Art Fair (July 2011)
Frame: Art cycles (group show) – Kerry Bicycle Festival (May 2011)
Cork Cycling Festival – Bike Themed Art (group show) (July 2011)
Sol Art Gallery – solo show (May 2011)
RDS Art and Design Fair (May 2011)
No Grants Gallery, Temple Bar, Dublin: 'Sketches from a Winter Journal' – a solo show, opening a 2011 exhibiting season in NGG (February 2011)
Mill Theatre, Dundrum, co Dublin – solo show (planned: September 2011)
Millrace Gallery, Blackrock: Soiree: Celebrating 10 years in Blackrock, (October-November 2010), solo & group shows (1999-2009)
RDS ART Fair (with Bad Art Gallery): 5-7th November 2010
RDS Antiques & Fine Art Fair (26-28th November 2010)
London ART Fair (2007, 2009)
Paris ART Fair (2008)
Festival of the Masters Florida, US (2008)
RHA Annual Show (1993)
representing Ireland in the International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Florence, IT (2005)
Blue Leaf Gallery, Dublin: solo & group shows (2002-2010)
Sol Art Gallery, Dublin: solo & group shows (2007-2009)
McKenna Gallery, Armagh, NI: group shows (2009-2010)
Cherrylane Gallery: group shows (2006-2010)
Armagh Arts centre, NI: solo show (2006)