BENJAMIN DE BURCA
CONTACT
Benjamin de Burca
55 Glandore Ave
Belfast BT15 3FD
N. Ireland
Telephone: +49 (0)30 624 690
Mobile: +49 (0)17 666 410 221
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1973 born in Munich, Germany
Lives and works in Belfast. Currently on a self-arranged residency in Berlin.
Education
2004 University of Ulster, Belfast, Masters in Fine Art
1995-99 Glasgow School of Art BA (Hons) Degree in Fine Art
Selected solo exhibitions
2009 'Re-Context' The Context Gallery, Derry, N. Ireland
2009 Title to be confirmed, Irish Embassy, Berlin, Germany
2009 Title to be confirmed, Project Space (GT) Belfast N. Ireland
2007 'Things would always be the same', The Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast, N.Ireland
2007 'Benjamin de Burca', The Third Space Gallery, Belfast , N. Ireland
2005 'Film and Racism', Studio Cinema (Belfast Film Festival) N. Ireland
2004 'There is No Place', Lloyd Jerome Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
2001 'Intra Lumina', Where the monkey sleeps, Glasgow, Scotland
Selected group shows
2009 'Konjunktionen' M3 Kunstlerhouse, Mengerzeile, Berlin, Germany
2007 'Things we might have missed' The Golden Thread, Belfast, N. Ireland.
2006 'The Seed of Zero' The Golden Thread, Belfast, N. Ireland
2006 '1% Fire' (collaboration with Miriam de Burca), G126 gallery, Galway, Ireland
2005 'Student Show', Catalyst arts, Belfast, N. Ireland
2004 'The Cult of Difficult', Project Ability, Glasgow, Scotland
2003 'DeBúrcaWestMcConnellClark', Lloyd Jerome Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
2002 'Sang Froid',La Miroitre, Paris, France
2002 'Gorilla Tactics', Jump Ship Rat, Liverpool, England
2001 'Radio Halo', Jodrell Bank observatory, Cheshire, England
2000 'Fourteen Story Bungalow', The Assembly rooms, Glasgow, Scotland
2000 'International young art ', Artlink (3 exhibitions), Tel Aviv, Chicago, Vienna
1999 'The Poster show', Gavin Brown Enterprise, New York, USA
Awards, competitions, commissions and other art related experience
2008 “Marks” commissioned Collaboration for CIRCA Art Magazin.
2008 “We Are Tourists”, documentary Film Project, Ardoyne, Belfast
2006-08 Co-Director of Catalyst arts, Belfast, N. Ireland
2006-07 Part Time Fine Art Lecturer, University of Ulster, Belfast, N. Ireland
2001 Political Caricaturist for The Independant on Sunday, Glasgow, Scotland
2001-04 Greater Easterhouse Arts Team (Community Based Art worker), Glasgow, Scotland
1999 'Flushworks' Glasgow city year of architecture and design, Scotland
Benjamin de Burca was born in Germany in 1975 and raised in Ireland. From 1995 to 1999 he studied painting at the Glasgow School of art and was awarded a BA (hons) in Fine Art specialising in painting. During this period de Burca also developed an interest in photography, which he has maintained throughout his artistic career.
After completing his degree, de Burca worked as a community based artist and was artistic coordinator / lead artist on an extensive range of projects which included adventure park design, animation, video media and advertisement projects, and the origination of an annual arts festival programme for the Greater Easterhouse area of Glasgow. He currently continues to work on outreach and cross community art projects in Belfast. As an artist, he feels it is vital to continue ones own practice, as much as it is to give back to the community and encourage a creative skills base to youth groups in less fortunate circumstances.
Before accepting a place on the Masters of Fine Art programme in the University of Ulster, de Burca had continued to exhibit his work both within the U.K. and internationally. These exhibitions have included a range of artistic expression including site specific installation, sculpture, photography, collage and painting.
After receiving a first class with distinction from the MFA program, de Burca completed two years as a co-director of the artist-led organisation Catalyst arts where he curated and installed a number of projects and exhibitions, wrote numerous articles for Irish press, made presentations in conferences and lectured in third level institutions in Ireland. He recently completed a commission for CIRCA, art magazine.
WORK
Detail from The Four Riders (part 4of4) | 2009 | aluminium foil reproduction prints, paper, pins | 60 x 90cm