Email: dunnen@staff.ncad.ie
Neil Dunne
BA, MFA
Assistant Lecturer
Neil Dunne is an artist and Educator based in Dublin, Ireland. His education in print spans a variety of mediums and substrates, deriving from research on urban semiotics and cityscape. Dunne was awarded the 2015-2017 scholarship for his MFA from NCAD. After obtaining his MFA, He operated out of Pallas Projects and studios exhibiting regularly nationally and internationally. Neil Has worked in a variety of studios nationally and internationally and has worked professionally with large scale creative development projects. Dunne was nominated for the Savilles art prize in 2018 and participated in a variety of residency programs most notably A two-week outreach with St. Patrick's Mental Hospital and in 2022 a funded research residency with HANGAR in Lisbon.
Neil Dunne’s practice is a fundamental exploration of printmaking and paint, his work delves into the processes and records the interactions and effects they have on one another. Using urban space as a point of research, his work creates tension among processes to engage with the ideologies, materiality and visual language presented in the built environment. Dunne’s style of painting evolved from practical research and studies of urban space, his techniques expand on urban semiotics and the sub-cultural movements of graffiti. His paintings delve into the fabric of our cities exploring buffed graffiti, political slogans and obscure remnants of buildings. His highly abstracted style, at times, incorporates more representational features that develop from a series of studies and experiences. The expressionist brush strokes and use of spraypaint produce a very distinct visual language and the introduction of silkscreen imagery relates to the repetitive nature of the medium. Dunne’s more recent body of work uses the motif alongside his matured style and his constant nod to street culture is a joining thread throughout his practice. Dunne is currently represented by Hang Tough Contemporary in Ireland.
2022: HANGAR, Lisbon
2017: Damn Fine Minds, St Patricks University Hospital
2016 - 2017: Kennedy Wilson Clancy Barracks Studio Residency
2015: MART Project Space 2,
Solo
BOMB, Hang Tough Gallery, 2021
OUTLIER, SO Fine, Dublin, 2020
CLANDESTINE, Damn Fine, Dublin, 2017
FLOOD INTERPRET, Basic Space, Dublin, 2015
Selected Group
Familia, Dublin Atelier Now, 2022
Dublin Is, Dublin, Hang Tough Contemporary 2022
Paipear, Hang Tough Contemporary, 2022
Constants and Variables, Lisbon, April 2021
The Ireland Fund, Singapore, March 2021
FIRST DAYS OF AN ART WORLD, as part of Galway/Circuit 2020, 126 Gallery, 2020
The Decameron, New Release Gallery, New York, 2020
Spent Rent, Dublin (Opening suspended due to COVID-19)
Making Art: Printmaking, Draiocht, Dublin 2020
Artform, Dunmore East, 2019
VUE Art Fair 2019, RHA Gallery,
Dublin Painters and Makers - SO Fine Art, Dublin, 2019
Ode to Urbanity, MART, 2019
Pairs, RARE Gallery, Curated by Sophie Murphy, 2018
VUE Art Fair 2018, RHA Gallery, Dublin,
MAKE READY, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin, 2018
REDEX, curated by SOPHIE MURPHY, Dublin, 2018
Freedom, MART, Dublin 2018
SO Fine Art Winter Show, Dublin, 2017
Law Library, Annual showcase, Dublin, 2017
VUE Art Fair, RHA, Dublin, 2017 Discovery, The Tara Building, Dublin, 2017
MFA Graduate Showcase, NCAD, 2017
New Release, SO Fine Art, Dublin, 2017
Tara X IVERNA, The Tara Building, 2017
Young III, SO Fine Art, Dublin, 2017
The Ideas of North, So Fine Art, Dublin, 2016
Collective memory, Strand II, Celine Gallery, Glasgow, 2016
Collective memory, Brooklyn, New York, 2016
Hand Luggage, GSA/NCAD/Wave-Particle group show, The Laurieston Arches, Glasgow
Fear, Temple Bar Galleries and Studios, 2016
UCD/NCConference, UCD science centre, Dublin, 2016
Young II, SO Fine Art, Dublin, 2016
Perennial, Fumbally Exchange, Dublin, 2016
VUE Art Fair 2015, RHA, Dublin. 2015
Saw Dust curated by Francis Fay, MART Project Space. 2015
Hong Kong Graphic arts fiesta, HKOP, Hong Kong 2014
