b. 1964. Lives and works in Dublin.
EDUCATION
1982 - 1987 National College of Art & Design, Dublin
EXHIBITIONS
Solo and 2 Person
2024 Our Elaborate Plans, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2018 Three Years Later, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2018 Proven Answers, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
2017 Dig? Connolly House, Dublin
2016 WI, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2013 Interiors, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2012 VOLTA NY 12, solo presentation, New York
2010 Fisherman's Widow, Cake Contemporary Arts, Kildare, Ireland
2009 OUR VICTORY, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2007 Stephen Loughman & Mark O'Kelly, Galway Arts Centre
2006 The Lake, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2004 Stephen Loughman, 26th Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil (selected w/ Desperate Optimists and Dennis McNulty by Valerie Connor, Irish Commissioner)
2003 Acvariu, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2001 2C Langdale Rd BN3 4HN, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2000 New Paintings, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
1998 Paintings, Jo Rain Gallery, Dublin
Group
2021 "Dubliners", 6th Biennial of Painting Zagreb, Croatia
2019 NÖ Kulturpreisträgerlnnen 2019 , NOEDOK St Pölten Austria.
2018 Legacies, VISUAL Carlow, Ireland
2018 Periodical Review #8, Pallas Projects, Dublin
2015 Hold to the Now, SLAG Gallery, New York, USA
2015 Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
2013 Exiles, The Lab, Foley Street, Dublin curated by Alison Pilkington
2012 Last, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
2010 Surface and Reality, Kilkenny Arts Festival, curated by Oliver Dowling 2010 Collecting the New, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
What Happens Next is a Secret, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin curated by Marguerite O'Molloy
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2010 |
Something tells me it's all Happening at the Zoo, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin Curated by Davey Moor |
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2009 |
ABOVE THE FOLD, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin |
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Summer Show, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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2008 |
Group Therapy, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin |
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Winter Salon, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin |
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TIMBUKTU, Palace Contemporary Projects, Dublin |
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2007 |
The BiG Store, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin |
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Martin Gale Selects, Fenton Gallery, Cork |
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2005 |
Contemporary Art from Ireland, European Central Bank, |
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Frankfurt New Territories, ARCO '05, Madrid (Curated by Enrique Juncosa) |
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2003 |
En Direct de Dublin, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France |
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2001 |
See it as it is, Draiocht, Blanchardstown, Dublin |
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Looking at Pictures, Laois Arts Festival |
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2000 |
Perspective 2000, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast (Selected by Lynne Cooke, Curator, Dia Centre for the Arts) |
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1999 |
EV+A 99, Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick (Selected by Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn) |
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1998 |
New Still Life, Jo Rain Gallery, Dublin |
AWARDS
2019 2018 2011 2006 & 2003 Arts Council Bursary
2000 Arts Council Travel Award
COLLECTIONS
Irish Museum of Modern Art, The Arts Council of Ireland, The Office of Public Works Dublin City University
Private Collections in Ireland, UK ,Spain and U.S.A
Residencies
Artist in residence in Atelierhaus Hannover for Expo 2000.
Air - Artist in Residence Krems Austria 2019.