Aleana Egan
Born in Dublin, Ireland, 1979
Lives & works in Dublin, Ireland
Education
2003-1999 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Painting, Glasgow School of Art
1999-1998 Stillorgan Senior College, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
Forthcoming / Current Exhibitions
2015
‘Shapes From Life,’ The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (July)
‘Out there, thataway,’ CCA Derry-Londonderry, Derry (August)
Solo Exhibitions
2015
‘light on a leaf,’ Galerie Konrad Fischer, Berlin
2014
‘There are all sorts of lives,’ Mary Mary, Glasgow
2013
‘The Sensitive Plant,’ Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
2012
‘day wears,’ The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
2011
‘nature had an inside,’ Mary Mary, Glasgow
‘Aleana Egan (At intervals, while turning),’ The Drawing Room, London
2009
‘Sunday Night,’ Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
‘Space for the man whose keys I rescued,’ Art Basel Statements, Basel
2008
‘War Atlas Yachting & Nautical Cuttings,’ Mary Mary, Glasgow
‘We sat down where we had sat before,’ Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
2006
Mary Mary, Glasgow
2005
‘Doldrums,’ Mary Mary Project Space, Glasgow
2003
Assembly Gallery,’ Glasgow
2002
Collaborative work with John Egan, Assembly Gallery, Glasgow
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015
‘Contemporary Drawings,’ Kettles Yard, Cambridge, curated by Drawing Room
2014
‘Dukkha,’ Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
‘Vestibule,’ outdoor work commission, Merrion Square, Dublin
‘Deep One Perfect Morning,’ Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
2013
‘The Line of Beauty,’ The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
‘Several Species of Small Furry Animals gathered Together in a cave and grooving with a Pict,’ Veneklasen/Werner, Berlin
Francesco Arena / Aleana Egan / Rudolf Polanszky, Kadel Willborn, Karlsruhe
Aleana Egan / Lucia Nogueira / Bojan Sarcevic, Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh
‘Drawing : Sculpture,’ The Drawing Room, London
2012
‘A Reader of Materials and a Writer of Forms,’ MOT International, Brussels
‘Drawing : Sculpture,’ Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds
‘All humans do,’ White Box, New York
2010
‘The Alchemy of Material,’ Landesmuseum Muenster, Germany
‘Arrivals & Departures Europe,’ Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona
‘Leopards in the Temple,’ Sculpture Center, New York
2009
‘About Premises and Promises,’ Galerie Andreas Huber, Vienna
‘Jerwood Contemporary Painters,’ PSL, Leeds (Project Space Leeds)
‘Green Light,’ Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Jerwood Contemporary Painters 2009, Jerwood Space, London
Working Space, Dublin
‘Nina Canell / Aleana Egan / Marzena Nowak,’ Konrad Fischer Galerie, Dusseldorf
2008
‘Heavy Metal,’ Kunsthalle zu Kiel
‘Transformational Grammers,’ Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan
abc - art berlin contemporary, Berlin (with Galerie Sandra Buergel)
Gracelands Festival, Ireland
5th Berlin Biennale, Berlin
‘Scala Paradisi,’ Schurmann, Berlin
‘Wilkommen to reality,’ Galerie Sandra Buergel, Berlin
2007
‘Eccentric Growth,’ Galerie Sandra Buergel, Berlin
‘Our affects fly out of the field of human reality,’ Galerie Sandra Buergel, Berlin
2006
Peaton House, Cove, Argyll & Bute
Mantua Arts Festival, Ross Common, Ireland
2005
‘Take it further (Part 2),’ Andrew Mummery Gallery, London (curated by Gyonata Bonvicini)
Flounder 2, Amsterdam
2004
Aleana Egan / Lee O’Connor, Mary Mary project space, Glasgow
GSS Gallery, Glasgow
2003
Royal Scottish Academy, City Arts Centre, Edinburgh
2002
Group Show, Mitte, Berlin
2001
Aleana Egan / Robert Hardy, Assembly Gallery, Glasgow