John Gerrard
Born 1974, Dublin, Ireland
Lives Dubln, Ireland + Vienna, Austria

1994-97 BFA Sculpture, The Ruskin School of Fine Art and Drawing, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
1998-00 MFA The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
2000-01 MSc Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Solo Exhibitions

2009 John Gerrard, Simon Preston Gallery, NY, USA, (upcoming)
2009 John Gerrard Project, Knoedler Gallery Project Space, NY, USA (upcoming)
2008 John Gerrard / Joy Gerrard, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2007 Dark Portraits, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
2006 Dark Portraits, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2003 New Work, The Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland
2000 30 Seconds of Desire, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, USA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
Academia, la Chapelle de l'Ecole des beaux-Arts, Paris, France (curator : Axel Vervoordt)
Landscape 08, The Dock Gallery, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
10,000 to 50, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Singing the Real, Eigse, Carlow, Ireland
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, hilger contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Into the Ether, Bryce Wolkowtz Gallery, New York, USA

2007
Blown Away, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL , USA
Are We There Yet, Elizabeth Foundation Gallery, NY, USA
Existencias, Musac - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon, Spain
Singing the Real, Iziko-SA National Gallery, Cape Town, , ZA
Equal, That Is, To The Real Itself (curated by Linda Norden) Marian Goodman Gallery, NY, USA
Landscapism , The Islip Art Museum, (curated by Joseph Wolin) East Islip, NY, USA

2006
Digital Tales, The Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea in Santiago de Compostela. Spain
Heavy Light, Quint Contemporary, California, USA
The Genius of Place: Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoake, USA
Present Future, Artissima, Turin, Italy
4th Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea
Code Blue, Millenium Art Museum, Beijing, China
Freeform, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
Human Touch, Sala Terrena, Salzburg, Austria
Digital Transit, Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain

2005
Simulcrum, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, USA
Climax, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
Eurojet Futures Anthology, RHA, Dublin, Ireland
The Institute of Potential Art + Failure, Carlow Visualise, Carlow, Ireland
Bring on the Clones, Vertex List, Brooklyn, New York, USA

2004
Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK
Some Exhaust, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, USA
Eurojet Futures, RHA, Dublin, Ireland
Selections from the New York Digital Salon, Kendall College of Art Gallery, Michigan, USA
Passage of Mirage, Chelsea Arts Museum, New York, USA
Flix, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Touch and Temperature, Bitforms Gallery, New York, USA
travelling to : Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
Digital Avant-Garde, American Museum of the Moving Image, New York, USA 
Selfish, SciCult Gallery, London, UK

2003
Thy Neighbours Ox, Space Station 65, London, UK
The National Gallery, The Return Gallery, Goethe Institute, Dublin, Ireland
EV+A 2003, Limerick City Art Gallery and other sites, Limerick, Ireland
Portrayal, Model Arts Centre, Sligo, Ireland

Residencies
2005 Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
2004 Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz, Austria
2004 Irish Arts Council Leighton Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
2003 Siemens Residency, Ars Electronica FutureLab, Linz, Austria
2002 Pepiniere Residency, Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz, Austria

Awards and Grants
2005 Co-production Award, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
2004 Siemens Artist in Residence Award
2004 Irish Arts Council Visual Artists Bursary
2004 Projects Award, Irish Arts Council.
2003 Irish Arts Council Residency to Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff Canada.
2002 Pepinieres Scholarship
2003 Projects Grant, Irish Arts Council
2001 Development Grant, The Gallery of Photography, Dublin.
1999 Irish Arts Council Postgraduate Art Scholarship
1998 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Trustee Scholarship

Festivals
2006 Smoke Tree II @ Darklight, Dublin, Ireland
2006 Smoke Tree III @ Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
2005 The Ladder @ Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
2004 Watchful Portrait (Caroline) @ Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
2003 Portrait Diptych @ Ars Electronica Festival, AEC Centre Exhibition, Linz, Austria