SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Ian Wieczorek was born in England, moved to Co. Mayo, Ireland in 1992.
BA in Fine Art at GMIT, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, completed in 2008.
Art practice based primarily in painting and drawing, and more recently curation.
Since 2003 has exhibited widely in group/selected shows in Ireland (including Undertow (curated by Alice Maher and Aideen Barry) 2011/12; CCA:RDS Collective Contemporary Art 2010 (curated by Helen Carey); COE/Claremorris Open Exhibition 2009; and IONTAS 2005), N. Ireland, Germany (Kornhäuschen, Aschaffenburg, and turn-berlin gallery, Berlin), France (La Station, Nice), Portugal (Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra) and China (411 Galleries, Hangzhou, China Central Academy of Fine Art Gallery, Beijing and Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai).
Commissioned to create Sepulchre, a large-scale sculpture/intervention based in a derelict cottage as part of the Mayo Greenway Sculpture Project 2012.
Eighth solo show at the University of Leeds School of Design (November 2012).
In recent years has curated a number of shows, and instigated BLINK, the Visual Art Programme and Art Trail for Westport Arts Festival 2010.
Based in Custom House Studios in Westport, Co. Mayo since 2007.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Solo Exhibitions
Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Co. Mayo, Ireland (forthcoming, August 2013)
Fragments, Corridor Gallery, University of Leeds School of Design, Leeds, United Kingdom
trace, The Market Place Arts Centre, Armagh City, Co. Armagh, N. Ireland
Citizens of the State of Mediacy, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
UNFIXING, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland
DIS / locate, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
convergence, Upstairs Gallery, Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny, Ireland
interstitial, Patrick Street Gallery, Cork City, Co. Cork, Ireland
Intervention/Reinvention, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
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2007
Curation/Devised Shows
Drawing on the Back of an Envelope, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Things That Matter, McGings Bar, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Double Vision, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Seen/Unseen, McGings Bar, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
BLINK, Westport Arts Festival Visual Art Programme & Art Trail, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
My RoolaBoola , Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
FIRST FIX, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2012
Group/Selected Exhibitions
Winter Show 2012, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Watching the River Flow - Irish Artists, Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra, Portugal (curated by Sean Walsh)
Studio Artists Group Show, Custom House, The Quay, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Sepulchre, Greenway Sculpture Trail 2012, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Sunshine & Precipitation / De la Pluie et du Beau Temps, La Station, Nice, France
Everything ( ), HIVE Gallery, Waterford, Ireland
Undertow, The Lab, Dublin 1, Ireland (curated by Alice Maher & Aideen Barry)
126 Members Show, 126 Gallery, Galway, Ireland
2011
Undertow, Ormston House Gallery, Limerick, Ireland (curated by Alice Maher & Aideen Barry)
Winter Exhibition 2011, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Invited, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Open Art, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
Open Season 2011, The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
Mayo Artists Show, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Things That Matter, McGings Bar, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
POHO: Painting on Household Objects, The Higher Bridges Gallery, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, N. Ireland (curated by Diane Henshaw)
The Academy Project, The Academy, Dublin 2, Ireland (curated by Liubov Kadyrova)
Divine Creation, Catalyst Arts Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland
2010
Winter Exhibition, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Open Art Exhibition, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
Put A Lid On It, Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland (curated by Siobhán McGibbon and Zulaikha Engelbrecht)
Trasna, Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland
CCA:RDS Collective Contemporary Art, RDS, Dublin 4, Ireland (curated by Helen Carey)
Ballyhaunis Open Exhibition, The Friary, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Eye Candy, Wright Gallery, The Quay, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Seen/Unseen, John McGing’s Bar, High Street, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
DOUBLE VISION, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
NEXT, Wright Gallery, The Quay, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Renewal, Wright Gallery, The Quay, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
The Wright Artists (inaugural show), Wright Gallery, The Quay, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Bellacorick: Impressions of a Place, Aras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet, Co. Mayo, Ireland (3-person show, with Betty Gannon & Michael Gannon)
Happy Place, ArtMart Studios, Sligo, Ireland
2009
Custom House Studios Group Show, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Open Art, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
Inspiring Word, Westport Arts Festival, John McGing’s, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
COE2009, Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Tom Morton)
Samhlaíocht Gallery, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland (2-Person Show, with Niall McCormack)
WHAT IS EUROPE?, Kornhaeuschen, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Intersection Correlation, turn-berlin, Berlin, Germany (curated by Jan Hughes & Brian Hackney)
Traces, Spectrum Art Group, Castlebar Library, Castlebar, Co.Mayo, Ireland
Skart Posted 4: Private TALK - PUBLIC Space, St Peter's Market, Cork City, Co. Cork, Ireland
Annual G126 Members Show, G126, Galway; Catalyst Arts, Belfast, N. Ireland
Custom House Artists Show, Sea Shore Sky Gallery, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2008
Mandala Gallery, Roscommon Town, Co. Roscommom, Ireland
Westport Arts Festival 2008 Art Trail, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Original Print Exhibition, The Livingstone Gallery, Westport , Co. Mayo, Ireland
The Reekview Bar, Westport Arts Festival 2008, John McGing's, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Fintan Friel)
Boyle Arts Festival Open Exhibition, Boyle, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
The Lost Summer, Youghal Visual Arts Festival 2008, Youghal, Co. Cork, Ireland
Badge Art Show, Mantua Project, Co. Roscommon, Ireland
Daybreak, Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Spectrum, Town Hall Gallery, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland
G126Members Show, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, N. Ireland; G126, Galway City, Co. Galway, Ireland
2007
Custom House Artists Show, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Mayo Artists Show, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (selected by Veronica Bolay)
Art exhibition , World Congress for Suicide Prevention, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Westport Arts Festival Art Trail, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Boyle Arts Festival Open Exhibition, Boyle, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
Youghal Visual Arts Festival 2007, Youghal, Co. Cork, Ireland
FIRST FIX, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Céad in China, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai ; 411 Galleries, Hangzhou ; China Central Academy of Fine Art Gallery , Beijing , China (curated by James Ryan)
Claremorris Art Exhibition, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland
2006
Ballyhaunis Art Exhibition, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Enniskillen Visual Arts Open, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, N. Ireland (curated by Diane Henshaw)
UNIQUE, Quench, Galway City, Co. Galway, Ireland (curated by Catherine Crowley)
The Livingstone Gallery, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Moments , Youghal Visual Arts Festival 2006, Youghal, Co. Cork, Ireland
Better than the Real Thing, Four Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (curated by Regina Gleeson)
2005
IONTAS , Sligo Art Gallery , Sligo, Ireland (curated by Teresa Millet)
6x6 For Ireland, 411 Galleries, Hangzhou; Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai;
China Central Academy of Fine Art Gallery , Beijing , China (curated by Karen Loughrey)
The General View, Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Mayo Artists Show, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (selected by Veronica Bolay)
2003
Mayo Artists Show, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (selected by Veronica Bolay)
2002-8
From
1994
Art-Related Experience
BA in Art & Design (Painting), GMIT @ Castlebar, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Freelance arts reviewer/commentator/writer: The Irish Times, Circa magazine, Arts West magazine (Editor),
Céide magazine , Association of Artists in Ireland magazine, Sculptors Society of Ireland magazine,
Visual Artists Ireland Newssheet, etc; various art catalogue essays
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Residencies
Cill Rialaig, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Newbliss, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
Heinrich Böll Cottage, Achill Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Grants/Awards
Cill Rialaig, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Tyrone Guthrie Mayo County Council Regional Bursary Award
Exhibition Assistance Award, Mayo County Council
Visual Arts Adjudication
North West Artists Show 2002
Sligo Art Gallery First Solo Show Award 2001