SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Ian Wieczorek is a visual artist working in painting, lens-based media and installation.
He has exhibited widely in group/selected shows in Ireland (including EVA International, RHA Annual Exhibition , RUA Annual Exhibition, COE Claremorris Open Exhibition; CCA:RDS Collective Contemporary Art) and internationally, with participation in group/curated shows in N. Ireland, Wales, Germany, France, Portugal, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China. He has staged solo exhibitions (16 to date) in Ireland, N. Ireland, UK, Czech Republic, and online. Public/commissioned art works include Sepulchre and Everything That Rises Must Converge (Ireland ), and IUXTA and 00040 (France).
Wieczorek has also devised and curated a number of shows in Ireland, and has undertaken residencies in Ireland, UK, France and Austria.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Solo Exhibitions
One Day : 40 Sunrises, Museum of Ireland - Country Life, Turlough, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
One Day : 40 Sunrises, online exhibition (supported by an Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Covid-19 Crisis Response Award)
Traverse, Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland
Blurred Visions, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Transgress, Ballina Arts Centre, Co. Mayo, Ireland
SOFT TRUTHS, Galerie Katakomby, Centrum Experimentálního Divadla, Brno, Czech Republic
Other Lives, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland
Out of the Electric Mist, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Co. Mayo, Ireland
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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Commissions/Large Scale Works/Installations
00040, Larroque, Tarn, France (in association with Larroque Arts Festival LAF2016)
IUXTA, Larroque, Tarn, France (in association with Larroque Arts Festival LAF2015)
Everything That Rises Must Converge, FIND, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Alice Maher & Aideen Barry)
Sepulchre, Greenway Sculpture Trail 2012, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
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Group/Joint/Selected Exhibitions
Root and Branch, Mission Gallery, Swansea, Wales; W.I.R. 111Dorfkirche Meierstorf, Germany
Cairde Visual 2022, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Falling In Love Outward, GIAF Galway International Arts Festival/Clifden Arts Festival, Interface Inagh, Co. Galway, Ireland
192nd RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
Lacuna Festival, Parto Cerebral, Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
Wish You Well, Karin Weber Gallery, Central, Hong Kong; This is not a Cafe, Tainan, Taiwan
Mayo Artists Show 2021, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Eamonn Maxwell)
Mirrored Journey, 29th EU-Japan Fest, online exhibition (curated by Kazuhiro Yajima and Violeta Ivanova)
Yield, McGings, Westival 2021, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
191st RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
Self Portrait International Edition, Artbank, online exhibition (curated by Jingjing Shi)
Distance, Lacuna Festival (online), Lanzarote Canary Islands, Spain
Bring the Mind Home, Artlink Saldanha Gallery, Forth Dunree, Donegal, Ireland (curated by Kaitlynn Webster)
Reopening, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Winter Exhibition 2020, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Westival Virtual Gallery, Westival, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland (online)
190th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
139th RUA Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast, N. Ireland
LOST, Lanzarote Art Festival, Parto Cerebral, Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
Winter Exhibition 2019, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Brittle / Fragile, Westival Gallery, Westival, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
An Enduring Mystery, Interface Inagh, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland
Lanzarote Arts Festival, Parto Cerebral, Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
Surface/Support, LAF2019, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France (curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay)
189th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
Surveillé·e·s, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Ireland (curated by Nora Hickey M’Sichili & Linda Shevlin)
Winter Exhibition 2018, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Lower Austria Culture Prize 2018, NÖ Dokumentationszentrum für moderne Kunst, St. Pölten, Austria
Incomplete Nature, Detroit Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden (curated by Alannah Robins)
Incomplete Nature, Interface Inagh, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland (curated by Alannah Robins)
I AM, McGings Bar, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Surveillé·e·s, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France (curated by Nora Hickey M’Sichili)
North West Open 2018, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
Harmonie, LAF2018, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France (curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay)
The Gathering, King House, Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle, Co. Roscommon (curated by Paul McKenna)
Cairde Visual, The Model, Sligo, Ireland
Program Your Retroactive Wish, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, N. Ireland
188th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
EVA International, Limerick, Ireland (curated by Inti Guerrero)
Aluminium, GMIT Castlebar Campus, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Made of Mayo, Ballinrobe Racecourse, Co. Mayo, Ireland (selected by Patrick T. Murphy)
Winter Exhibition 2017, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Mayo Artists Show 2017, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Catherine Marshall)
AONTACHT, The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland
Surface Tension, Detroit Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden (curated by Alannah Robins)
Surface Tension, Interface Inagh/Clifden Arts Festival, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland (curated by Alannah Robins)
250 Works, McGings Bar, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Summer Group Show, Custom House, Westport, Co. May, Ireland
Around the House, Green Fuse Gallery, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
COE2017, Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Tom Morton)
Boundaries & Borders, LAF2017, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France (curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay)
IMPRESSIONS 2017, Galway International Arts Festival, Galway, Ireland
Facing West, King House, Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle, Co. Roscommon (curated by Paul McKenna)
Cairde 2017, The Model, Sligo, Ireland
The Artbox.Project Basel 1.0, Art Basel 2017, Basel, Switzerland
Crazy Jane, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Archiving Activism, The Model, Sligo, Ireland; Aras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Breda Burns)
Wooden Web, The House of Arts, Brno Czech Republic (curated by Josef Danek)
Winter Show, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
North West Open 2016, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
The Inexpressible, LAF2016, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France (curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay)
North by Northwest, King House, Boyle Arts Festival 2016, Boyle, Co. Leitrim, Ireland (curated by Paul McKenna)
Cabinet of Wonders, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
186th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
Vector, Cultúrlann Sweeney, Kilkee, Co Clare, Ireland (curated by Will O'Kane)
Winter Show, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Mayo Artists Show 2015, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
COE15, Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co. Mayo (curated by Brian Cass)
Tradition/Innovation, LAF2015, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France (curated by Prof. Kenneth Hay)
Cairde Visual, Cairde Arts Festival, Sligo Town, Co. Sligo, Ireland
185th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Association, Dublin, Ireland
The Selfie Show, MONA Museum of New Art, Troy, Michigan, USA (curated by Jef Bourgeau)
Impressions of W.B. Yeats, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo Town, Co. Sligo, Ireland
Landscape in Line, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Lonely Planet, Luan Gallery, Athlone,Co. Westmeath, Ireland
marginalia, QSS Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland (2-person show with Fergus Jordan)
Unplugged, Clifden Arts Festival 2014, Clifden, Co. Galway, Ireland (3-person show with Betty Gannon & Michael Gannon)
IN SITU, GMIT Castlebar Campus, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (with Amanda Rice, Joanna Hopkins & Betty Gannon)
COE14 Claremorris Open Exhibition, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Michelle Cotton)
LAF2014, Larroque Arts Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France
North West Open Exhibition 2014, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
FIND, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Exploring Spaces, Mid-Antrim Museum at The Braid, Ballymena, N. Ireland (curated by Marianne O'Kane Boal)
Winter Show, Custom House, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
20:20 VISION, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (curated by Linda Shevlin)
Furniture (pop-up show), All Sorts, Wexford Town, Co Wexford, Ireland (curated by Will O'Kane)
Ballyhaunis Open Exhibition, The Friary, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Small Talk, McGings Bar, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Catalyst Arts Cuture Night Poster Exhibition, Belfast Waterfront, Belfast, N. Ireland
Precursor, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, N. Ireland
Larroque International Art Festival, Larroque, Tarn, France
183rd RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin, Ireland
Drawing on the Back of an Envelope, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
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
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
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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
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)
Bellacorick: Impressions of a Place, Áras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet, Co. Mayo, Ireland (with Betty Gannon & Michael Gannon)
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
Happy Place, ArtMart Studios, Sligo, Ireland
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
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
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
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)
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)
Mayo Artists Show, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland (selected by Veronica Bolay)
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Curatorial Initiatives: Instigated/Devised Projects & Exhibitions
Imposed Geometries, Ballina Arts Centre, Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland
The Cabinet of Wonders #6, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
The Cabinet of Wonders #3/#4,/#5 Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
The Cabinet of Wonders #1/#2 Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Landscape In Line, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Shrouded Spirits (installation of photographs by Betty Gannon), McGing's Bar, Westport, Co Mayo, Ireland
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 (co-curated with Fintan Friel)
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Residencies
AIR-Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Larroque International Arts Festival LAF2018, Larroque, Tarn, S. France
Larroque International Arts Festival LAF2016, Larroque, Tarn, S. France
Larroque International Arts Festival LAF2015, Larroque, Tarn, S. France
Heinrich Böll Cottage, Achill Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Research Residency, GMIT Castlebar Campus Summer Residence Scheme, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Larroque International Arts Festival LAF2014, Larroque, Tarn, S. France
School of Design, University of Leeds, UK
Cill Rialaig, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Newbliss, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
Heinrich Böll Cottage, Achill Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland
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Grants/Awards
Arts Council Agility Award, The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Ireland
Arts Council Visual Arts Bursary, The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Ireland
Arts Counci Covid-19 Crisis Response Award, The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Ireland
AIR-Krems Residency Scholarship, Krems an der Donau, Austria
North West Open 2018 Award, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
LSC North West Open 2016, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland
Heinrich Böll Residency Award, Achill Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Tyrone Guthrie Mayo County Council Regional Bursary Award
Exhibition Assistance Award, Mayo County Council
Art-Related Experience
BA in Art & Design (Painting), GMIT @ Castlebar, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Freelance arts reviewer/commentator/writer (including The Visual Artists' News Sheet,Fugitive Papers, The Irish Times, Circa magazine, Arts West magazine (Editor), Céide magazine, Association of Artists in Ireland magazine, Sculptors Society of Ireland magazine; art catalogue essays (including Dermot Seymour, Chris Doris, Gary Robinson...)