NORMAN MOONEY
(Ireland, 1971)
EDUCATION
Norman Mooney was born in Dublin Ireland in 1971. He studied at the Crawford College of Art and Design in Cork and completed his BFA at the National College of Art in Dublin in 1992. He then received the distinguished honor of participating in the Third Degree program at the Irish Museum of modern Art from 1992 to 1993. In 1994 he relocated to New York City and has been exhibiting locally and internationally for more than 16 years. Recent exhibitions include, “1, 2, 3 Volume” at the Siqueiros Museum in Mexico City, Beyond Borders in Abu Dhabi, Close your Eyes at Martine Chaisson in New Orleans and “Wall Flowers” at Causey Contemporary in New York.
Norman makes works that are at once physical and metaphysical. His works explore the elemental and cyclical synergies of nature. Materiality, pattern, scale and experience are key concerns within his practice. Norman makes sculpture, interior and exterior installations, drawings and works on paper, his methodology is one of experimentation and process with materials such as smoke, glass, steel and resin.
BFA - National College of Art and Design - Dublin - 1992
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Marso Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2012 Works on Paper, Sasha Wolf Gallery, New York, NY, USA
New Work, Waterhouse and Dodd Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Close Your Eyes, Causey Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2011 Close Your Eyes, Martine Chaisson Gallery, New Orleans, USA
2010 Wall Flowers - Causey Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2009 Carbon Drawings, Sasha Wolf Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2008 Absence and Presence, Causey Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2007 New Work, Workspace11, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2002 Haystacks, Joe Lassiter Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
2000 Walls, The Robert Lehman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
1993 Installation, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
2010 - present
2010 - present
The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, USA, Amber Star No.1
The Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Windseeds
The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, USA, Lead Column No.4
The Claridge Collection, Quebec, Canada, Sun No.1
The Geoff Isles Collection, New York, NY USA Glass Wall #3, permanent installation
Double Seven, New York, NY, USA Fire, permanent installation
Argent Ventures, Collection, New York, NY, USA Lead Column 1,2 And 3, and Transparency.
2014 Meeting In Brooklyn, Alden Biesen, Belgium.
2013 Color + Form + Function, Collectors Contemporary, Singapore
Scintilla, Molesworth Gallery, Dublin Ireland.
2012 Stars, Heller Gallery, New York, NY, USA
A City Sorrow Built, Masters Pelavin, New York, NY, USA
Boys with Toys, Causey Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY, USA,
Particles and Waves, Iliad Contemporary, New York, NY, USA
2011 On the Edge: Statements in Black and White, S Cube Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, USA
1, 2, 3 Volume, Polyforum Siqueiros Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
Windseeds, Waterhouse and Dodd, Beyond Borders, Abu Dhabi Art
Uncommon Ground, Bridge Gardens, Bridge Hampton, New York
Traces, Emilia Cohen Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
A Field Guide To Getting Lost, Pelavin Gallery, New York, USA
2010 Star, Art Prize, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Fire Works, Hunterdon Art Museum, New Jersey, USA Unseen, MOSI, Tampa, Florida, USA
Art on Paper, Monmouth Museum, New Jersey, USA
Non-Objectif Art, Robert Goff Gallery, New York, USA
2009 ArtPrize, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Falling Short of Knowing, Collectors Contemporary, Singapore (in conjunction with Causey Contemporary New York)
2008 Falling Short of Knowing, Milk Gallery, New York, NY, USA (in conjunction with Causey Contemporary New York),
Tilted Balance, Collectors Contemporary, Singapore
2007 New Work, Workspace11, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Discussions in Contemporary Sculpture, The Dock, Leitrim, Ireland
Bridge Art Fair, Chi Contemporary, London, Miami, New York, USA
2006 Grafica Americana, Sala de Exposicion, Cordoba-Spain
2004 American One, A YN, Madrid, Spain
2003 Light and Illusion, Green Street Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2001 Glass Cultures, Brooklyn Federal Court House, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2000 Annual Show, Royal Hibernia Academy, Dublin, Ireland
Glass Express, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
From Lake Erie to Now, Islip Museum of Art, Islip, NY, USA
1999 Untitled, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
1998 Section 33, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
1997 Rising Tide, Foundation Gallery, New York, NY, USA
The New York Biennial of Glass, Robert Lehman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Brooklyn Artists, 495 Gallery, NY, USA
Summer Show, The Algiers Gallery, New Jersey, USA
1995 Small/Large Works, Slowinski Gallery, NY, USA
1993 Eleven More, Brownes Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Group Show, The Accidental Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Installation, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
1992 Sculpture in Context, Fernhill Sculpture Gardens, Wicklow, Ireland
Context and Experience, The Accidental Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS & INSTALLATIONS
AWARDS
The Third Degree Programme
The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland, 1992-1993