Work
The Tiger, the Canary & the Heartless Heartbeat
About
KevinGaffneY
Biography
Kevin Gaffney is a visual artist based in London. His work has been shown in exhibitions and film festivals internationally, and solo exhibitions at RUA RED (South Dublin Arts Centre), 126 (Galway), and The Lab (Dublin). He graduated from the Royal College of Art's MA Photography & Moving Image in 2011.
In 2012, Gaffney was awarded the Little White Lies Award from the London Short Film Festival. In 2011, he was awarded a bursary from the Arts Council of Ireland and an Honorary Mention from the Startpoint Prize for Emerging Artists, Czech Republic. In 2011 he was also awarded, with his collaborator Sally-Anne Kelly, the Grand Prix from the Sapporo Biennale art competition to create a new project, Leaving a Vacuum in which Compasses and our Internal Navigation Systems Fail to Work, in Hokkaido for presentation at the Biennale in Japan, 2014.
Education
- MA Photography & Moving Image, Royal College of Art, London. 2009- 2011.
- BA Fine Art (First Class Hons.), Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin. 2004 - 2008.
Awards
2012 Little White Lies Award from 9th London Short Film Festival.
Arte Laguna Prize, finalist in video art.
2011 Grand Prix for the Sapporo Biennale Competition, Japan.
Artist Bursary Award, Arts Council of Ireland.
Honorary Mention for Startpoint Prize for Emerging Artists, EU.
Shortlisted for the Red Mansion Awards, China.
2010 Arts Council of Ireland Travel & Training Award.
2008 South Dublin County Council Artists Bursary Award.
European League of Institute of the Arts E'3 Film Award.
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Leaving a Vacuum in which Compasses and our Internal Navigation Systems Fail to Work, Sapporo Biennale, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Japan.
2011 The Unnameable (w/ Sally-Anne Kelly), Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre, Ireland.
2008 The Black Plum, Artisit? @ 126, Galway, Ireland.
2007 What's Behind Your Eye? (with Cotillion), The Lab, Dublin City Council, Ireland.
Publications
2012 The Unnameable, solo publication, limited edition of 200.
Forms of Imagining No.2, Project Arts Centre.
2011 Startpoint Prize for Emerging Artists. ISBN: 978-80-87164-80-8
Hard Cover; Image Perspectives, Royal College of Art & Black Dog Press. ISBN: 978-1907-317-415 2010
Wandsworth Art Newspaper, commissioned feature, September issue.
Group Exhibitions/Screenings
2012 Big Screen, Latitude Festival, Southwold, Suffolk, UK.
Drop Everything, Áras Éanna; Inis Oírr Arts Centre, Co. Galway, Ireland.
Startpoint, National Technical Library, Prague, Czech Republic.
The Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenale, Venice, Italy. Supported by Culture Ireland.
The London Short Film Festival. Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London.
Startpoint: Selected, Gavu Cheb Gallery, Czech Republic
2011 The Brighton Film Festival, Cinecity, the Nightingale.
Startpoint Prize for Emerging Artists, Wannieck Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic. Supported by Culture Ireland.
Showtime, Central Saint Martins, The Cochrane Theatre, London.
Islington Exhibits, Rowan Arts Trust, Old Fire Station, London.
I'm Not a Poet, Total Kunst Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Cinematique, British Film Institute, IMAX Theatre, London.
FEST; International Film Festival, Portugal.
SHOW 2011, Royal College of Art Graduate Show, Battersea, London.
Approaching Art by Leaving Art Behind- 9 Days the Museum Disappears, Sapporo Pre-Biennale, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Japan.
Work in Progress Exhibition, Royal College of Art.
2010 Battle of Ideas, Royal College of Art.
Album, Wolstenholme Creative Space, Liverpool Biennale Independents.
Mainland, 126 @ E:vent Gallery, London.
2009 Darklight Film Festival, Light House Cinema.
2008 Best in Show, The Digital Hub, Crane St, Dublin 1.
E'3 Film @ Prix Europa Film commissioned by E'3 Film and the European League of Institutes of the Arts, Berlin.
2006 All Shook Up. TULCA, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway.
Performances
2008 The Black Plum. Artist Performance Series, Project Arts Centre, Temple Bar, Dublin.
Residencies
2012 Started, Startpoint Prize residency programme, Prague, Czech Republic.
2011 Cill Rialig Project, Cill Rialig Arts Centre, Co.Kerry, Ireland.
Collections
National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
FX Buckley & Michael Burns, private collection.