DENIS BUCKLEY

27/08/64 Born Killarney, Co Kerry, Rep of Ireland

EDUCATION

1977-1981 St Brendan's Seminary Killarney

1982-1985 Limerick School of Art and Design

SOLO (Painting/Drawing)

1995 All this Work, St James the Great Institute London

1995 Flow, The Bancroft Library, London

1997 Beautiful Paintings, St James the Great Institute London

2008 BRIGHTNESS MOST BRIGHT, Muckross Gallery Killarney, Ireland

2010 THE FALLEN MAN IS HERO NOW, Norden Farm Centre for the Arts Maidenhead

GROUP (Painting/Drawing)

1984 All & Ten Sorts, Limerick, Ireland

1987 Haringey Open, London

1987 Gallery Open, Young Unknowns Gallery, London

1995 Image & Challenge The Securities Investment Board, London

2009 Salisbury Arts Centre Open 2009 - Drawing

 ACTION

1997 WALK GOOD FRIDAY, City of London

1998 JOYOUS ACTS, Streets of London

1998 TOUCHING THE GROUND, Weavers Fields London

1999 DYING AGAIN ON THE WEST COAST OF IRELAND, Glenbeigh, Co Kerry, Ireland

1999 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ACTOR IS OVERRATED The Beckett Festival, Barbican Centre, London

1999 A SMILE IS A WORK OF ART, Fax to the London Times letters page

ENGAGED ART ACTION

2000 ONE HOUR SITTING IN SILENCE FOR PEACE, Albert Memorial, Hyde Park, London,

16/06/00 UP DOWN IN THE CITY, City of London.

2000 BRINING IT ALL BACK HOME, Outside the venues of importance to Irish London

2000 I AM NOT ALONE, Outside the Protest and Survive exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery.

2001 A GRAVE DUG FOR FREEDOM, Void Gallery London

2001 AGAINST NOTHING FOR PEACE, Mayday March London.

2001 YOU I LOVE YOU, East End Collaborations, Queen Mary and Westfield University London.

2001 THE ART OF CHANGING, Shunt Cabaret, Battersea Arts Centre October Fest.

2001 PEACE IN OURSELVES PEACE IN THE WORLD, Peace march, Central London

30/01/02 A DAY OF SILENCE, Outside MI6, the Houses of Parliament, Tate Modern.

2002 YOU I LOVE YOU, The Arches, The National Review of Live Art Glasgow

2002 YOU I LOVE YOU, Streets of Glasgow, National Review of Live Art

2002 SUIT OF RECOGNITION, Email action, UK

2002 LOOK AT ME NOW, Art Works in Mental Health National Touring Exhibition June/September

2002 THERE IS NO DEATH ONLY SUFFERING, Streets of Brighton Festival

2002 A PRAYER FOR THE LIVING, Observable Occurrences London

2002 A NEW BOOK OF PRAYER, VTO Gallery London 

2002 FULL OF EAST END PROMISE, Pleasure Unit London

2002 I AM COMING, The Big Stage Coleg Gwent CrossKeys Wales

2002 MINDFUL WALKING, Swains Green Environmental Festival Epping

2002 A LOVE LETTER TO LIVERPOOL, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art

2002 WHAT WE CAN'T REMEMBER, East End Live, 291 Gallery London

2002 THINGS TO BE REMOVED, Camden Mental Health Day London

2002 LOVE LETTERS TO THE UNSEEN, Bacchanalia Brighton

2002 LIKE I KNOW, Shunt Cabaret London

2002 THINGS TO BE REMOVED, Tunbridge Wells Winter Festival

2002 WHAT WE CAN'T REMEMBER, The Long Night Cardiff Wales

2003 CAN YOU HEAR ME? Torture Garden London

2003 THINGS TO BE REMOVED, Brighton Festival

2003 LETTERS TO AMERICA, London, ABC No Rio New York, Chashama Theatre Window Project New York

2003 THINGS TO BE REMOVED, Glasgow Summer in the City Festival

2004 TRANSFORMATION COMMUNICATION, Triple Decker London

2004 THE BLACK BOX, The Sell Out, Seen Live Art Festival Leicester

2004 THE BLACK BOX, Torture Garden London

2004 THE BLACK BOX, Hat Factory Luton

2004 MIND LET THIS MAN PASS, Streets of Dublin, Bloomsday, Ireland

2004 THINGS TO BE REMOVED, Glastonbury Festival

2004 A ROSE FOR JACK DOYLE, Out of Time, London

2004 THINGS TO BE REMOVED, Green Spaces Festival London

2004 THE RIGHT TO THINK, 7&7is, Liverpool Live, Liverpool Biennial, Bluecoat Art Centre 

2005 HOME, In Full View, City Arts Centre Dublin Ireland

DENIS BUCKLEY

2006 THE STATE LIES TRIAL, Sensitive Skin, Future Factory, Nottingham, UK

2006 THE STATE LIES TRIAL, Performance Studies International Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, UK;

2006 THE BLACK BOX, Come Together, The Royal Court, London

2006 JACK DOYLE SINGS, London International Workshop Festival

2008, BRIGHTNESS MOST BRIGHT, Project Once Off, Killarney Summerfest, Ireland

2008, BRIGHTNESS MOST BRIGHT, The People's Republic of Shunt, Shunt Arches London

2009 BRIGHTNESS, BBC Big Screen, Swindon Festival of Literature Swindon

2010 BRIGHTNESS Linenhall Art Centre, Mayo, Ireland

2010 WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR REVOLUTION, The Potential of Vacancy, Curated by Sinead McCann, Dublin Ireland 

2010 I AM COMING N16, Distance Festival, Stoke Newington International Airport London

2010 BRIGHTNESS Under the Radar, Brisbane Festival Brisbane Australia

2010 BOHOLA MEN Tulca Season of Visual Art Galway Ireland

2011 BOHOLA MEN Live Words Whitechapel Gallery London

2011 BOHOLA MEN Sprint Festival, Camden People's Theatre London

2011 BOHOLA MEN SEAN-NOS Rich Mix London with Pat Connolly

2011 SEARCHING FOR THE UNIMAGINED CONSICENCE OF MY RACE 6 week engagement with Mermaid Art Centre Wicklow Ireland, Exhibiton, performance, film
FILM&VIDEO

2001 YOU I LOVE YOU, 9min The National Review of Live Art, Glasgow, Editor Nik Kennedy

2002 LOOKING WESTWARD, 3.38min, Editor Nik Kennedy

2004 A ROSE FOR JACK DOYLE, 9min Out of Time London, Editor Nik Kennedy

2006 THE STATE LIES TRIAL, Sensitive Skin Nottingham, Editor Nik Kennedy

2007 STATIONS OF THE WAY 4.04min, Editor Nik Kennedy,

2007 TRUCKS: STORIES IN MOVEMENT, 3min, Editor, Nik Kennedy

2008 BRIGHTNESS MOST BRIGHT, 60mins, Editor, Tony Murphy

2009 MONUMENT TO THE HOUSE FIRE DEAD, 8.30mins, Editor, The Artist

2010 BRIGHTNESS, 30mins, Editor Nik Kennedy

2010 BOHOLA MEN 30mins, Editor The Artist

2011 SEARCHING FOR THE UNIMAGINED CONSCIENCE OF MY RACE 22mins Editor Tony Murphy

RESIDENCIES

2002-2004 Artist in Residence, Bethnal Green Working Man's Club London

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

2004 WHY ARE MEN ANGRY, Supported by Arts Council England

2005 ENGAGED ART ACTION AND INSTITUIONS, Supported by Arts Council England

WRITING

2004 THE BALLAD OF CONELEUS MEARA, People Show 116

2005-2006 ENGAGED ART ACTION AND INSTITUIONS

2007 EMPIRICALLY YOURS, (www.johnmoriarty.info/biography/tributes.php)

2008 BRIGHTNESS MOST BRIGHT, Original Text

2010 BOHOLA MEN, Original Text

CURATION

2002 OBSERVABLE OCCURENCES, Festival of Social Intervention, London

ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS

2001 Article, The Metro London

2001 Article, The Hackney Gazette London

2001 Article, The Hackney Gazette London

2001 "How to find the coolest art in the capital", Richard Dorment Daily Telegraph

2002 Interview, The Kingdom Newspaper Ireland

2004 "An Art of Insurrection: Bucking the trend". Soloarte Art and Fashion Magazine

2004 Radio Merseyside,

2004 The Dubliner Magazine.

2005 Irish Examiner

2005 RTE Radio Ireland

2008 Radio Kerry

2009 BBC Radio Wiltshire

2010 RealTime Arts Australia

2010 Time Off Brisbane Australia

2011 Robert Elms Show BBC Radio London

2011 East coast FM Ireland

OTHER WORK

1986 Community Arts Worker, Brent Council, 1986

1986-87 Freelance Community Arts Worker, London

1987-1995 Set Builder, The People Show Performance Company

1996-2004 Devisor/ Performer, The People Show Performance Company

1997 People Show Building Show

1998 People Show104

1998 People Show 106

2000 People Show Building Show

2001 People Show 109

2002 People Show 112 Film, Director Jessica Worrall

2004 People Show 116

2005 Glasgow Radiance Festival, Director Rob Kennedy

2007 People Show 118, UK National Autumn Tour

2008 Inter-View, Sinead Mc Cann MFA Final Exhibition National College of Art Dublin, Ireland

2009 Pernod-Ricard Party, Les Embiez France

2009 Art Car Boot Sale Brick Lane London

2009 Robin Hood (2010), Director Ridley Scott, Assassin

2010 La Boca Tango, The Big Dance London, Director Adriana Pegorer

Denis Buckley,

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London E2 6NB.

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