Blaise Drummond

Solo exhibitions

2011
Towards a Unified Theory of Everything, galerie Loevenbruck, Paris, France

 
2009
Kunstmuseen, Haus Lange, Krefeld
 
2008
Rest and be thankful,galerie Loevenbruck, Paris
The best I can do, Bloom projects, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
One day the Earth Shall be Ours, aliceday, Brussels
 
2007
The Bright Hours, galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf
Things to Make & Do , Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
Lake shore drive, Mary Goldman gallery, Los Angeles
 
2006
Trees of the worlds, Musée de l’Abbaye Sainte-Croix, France
A Field Guide, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris
Forest park, PERUGI artecontemporanea, Padua
 
2005
Adventures in Contentment, aliceday, Brussels
Western Parkway, Blancpainstepczynski, Geneva
Its So Hard to be a Saint in the City, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
 
2004
Garden City, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris
Art Brussels, Belgium (solo with Rubicon Gallery)
 
2003
What to Look for in Summer, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
 
2002
Stedelijk Museum, Aalst, Belgium
 
2000
City v Country, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
A Poetic Geography of Five Continents, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
 
1998
Untitled Monochrome Series, Andrew Mummery, London
1997
The Natural Order of Things, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
 
1996
A Short Discourse on Nature and Culture, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
 
1994
From the Frontier to Here, Carroll Gallery, Longford
 
 
Group exhibitions

2013
The future perfect artists from Ireland, Rubicon Projects Brussels
Projections vers d’autres mondes, Musée de l’abbaye Sainte-Croix, Sables d’Olonne, France

2012
Life in the Woods – Aspects of Escapism, JaLiMa Collection, Dusseldorf, Allemagne
Revelations: Seven artists under pressure, Atelier Michael Woolworth, Paris, France

2011
Architectures en lignes, Musée Régional d'Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sérignan, France

2010
Architectures en lignes, Musée Régional d’Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sérignan, France

 
2009
Unplugged, Michael Woolworth Publications, Paris, France
2009
Painting without painting – Current positions in post-action-painting, Kunsthalle Wihelmshaven
Pas nécessaire et pourtant indispensable, Centre d’art contemporain Meymac
galerie Loevenbruck, Paris
Verdure, salle d’exposition, Guyancourt
 
2008
Carnets d’inspiration, galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris
Ultra Brag, Südquaistrasse, Basel
Landscope, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, Salzburg
10,000 to 50, Irish Museum of Modern Art
 
2007                            
(I’m Always Touched) By Your Presence, Dear, Irish Museum of Modern Art
Wild Honey, Burren College of Art
Wood for the Trees and Falling Leaves, Gimpel Fils, London
Landescapism, Islip Art Museum, East Islip
 
2006       
Un homme à sa fenêtre, Musée des Beaux Arts de Nantes
Déjà 5 Ans Seulement, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris
Cross the line, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf
Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles
 
2005       
De Natura, Centre d’Art de Meymac, France
Out of Place-Works on Paper, Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles,
Happy Holiday, Rubicon Gallery Dublin
Est-ce bien de l’Art, Abbaye du Ronceray, Angers, France
A Moment in Time, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
The Happiest Country in the World, Dublin and Lorient
The Vernacular, Standpoint Gallery, London
Contemporary Art from Ireland, European Central Bank, Frankfurt
West, RHA Gallaher Gallery, Dublin
ARCO, Madrid and Art Brussels, Belgium Art Fair
Fiac Art Fair Paris and Art Cologne Germany
 
2004
John Moores 23, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Amnesty International, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Art Brussels, Belgium and Fiac Paris, Art Fairs with Rubicon Gallery
 
2002
No Object, No Subject, No Matter...,Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Art Brussels, Belgium Art Fair with Rubicon Gallery
 
2001                       
East International, Norwich Gallery
The Garden, Model Arts Centre, Sligo
Tiger Tiger, Fenton Gallery, Cork
A Focus on Drawing, Limerick City Gallery, Crawford, Temple Bar Gallery (Touring)
ART 2001, London Art Fair with Rubicon Gallery
 
2000
ART 2000, London Art Fair with Rubicon Gallery
ARTfutures, Contemporary Arts Society, London
NowHere, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
Public Arts Laboratory, Touring Exhibition, U.K
 
1999
ARTfutures, Contemporary Arts Society, London
ARTissima, Turin Art Fair with Rubicon Gallery
John Moores 21, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Utopias, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
Fantastic Overload, Rubicon Gallery
ART 99, London Art Fair
Away from Home, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
Starting a Collection, Art First, London
 
1998
Expanded View,Ikon Gallery Touring Show
Perspective, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
Return to Sender, Touring Exhibition of Irish Art in Australia
 
1997
John Moores 20, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Victor Treacy Memorial Award Show, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
Video Cats, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
 
1996
Born Wild(with Caroline McCarthy), Video Projection, Crawford
Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
Seven Views, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
Wet Paint, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
Five Painters, Model Arts Centre, Sligo
250 Years of Drawing at NCAD, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
 
 
Awards
 
2003
Nominated for the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award
 
2002
Public Art Commission for Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin
Commissioned Artist for Public Art and Planning Project with Longford County Council
 
2000
Irish Cultural Relations Committee Grant, Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin
 
1999
Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland
Public Arts Laboratory, Public Arts Research Commission awarded by Liverpool Design Initiative
 
1998
Award winner, Perspective, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
 
1996
Random Access Video Training Symposium, Sculptors’ Society of Ireland
Arts Council of Ireland Grant
 
1995
Residency, The Centre for Art and Nature, Catalonia
Irish Cultural Relations Committee Grant, Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin
 
1994
Very Special Commendation and Art History Prize, NCAD, Dublin
Best Student Award, Iontas, National Exhibition of Small Works
 
1993
Erasmus Exchange Scholarship to Glasgow School of Art
 
 
Collections
 
Fonds cantonal d’art contemporain (FCAC), Genève, Suisse
The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
The British Council
The British Government Collection
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Deutsche Bank/Morgan Grenfell
Irish Museum of Modern Art
Allied Irish Bank
Environmental Protection Agency
First National Building Society
Dublin Institute of Technology
School of Architecture, UCD
Limerick City Gallery of Art
Office of Public Works
 
 
Publications
 
2009
Text(e)s, Editions Loevenbruck, Paris
Blaise Drummond, Museum Haus der Lange, editor Martin Hentschel, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld
 
2008
The Upset - Young Contemporary Art, Gestalten, 95 jeunes artistes contemporains internationaux
Landscope, Le paysage et le dessin contemporain, Black Jack editions, Catalogue de L'exposition "Landscope", galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
 
2007
Le Musée de l'Abbaye de Sainte-Croix - Les Sables d'Olonne
Fondation BNP Paribas, Catalogue de la collection du Musée de l'Abbaye de Sainte-Croix, les Sables d'Olonne
 
2006
Trees of the world, Cahiers de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Cahier et lithographie réalisée par l'artiste sur les presses de Michael Woolworth (Paris) et intitulé "Carré de ciel bleu".
Blaise Drummond, Cahiers de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Catalogue de l'exposition "Blaise Drummond", Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Les Sables d'Olonnes
 
2005
By the Shores of Lake Eden catalogue, Rubicon gallery
 
2004
Some Mild Peril, Castlefield Gallery Publications, Manchester
           
2000
A Portable Hedge and Other Modest Proposals, Blaise Drummond, Portland, Maine
Published in an edition of 150 copies for the exhibition, A Poetic Geography of Five Continents at the Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
Public Arts Laboratory, CD-ROM, Liverpool
 
1996
A Short Discourse on Nature and Culture, Blaise Drummond, Dublin
Published in an edition of 150 copies.

Commissions

Commission for the Critical Care Unit at the Barts and the London Children's Hospital, 2012