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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