Declan Byrne - Artist Curriculum Vitae

Declan Byrne - Artist Curriculum Vitae
2024
'The 143rd Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition', Ulster Museum, Belfast
'Nightmares, Dreams & Visions', Ballina Fringe Festival, Co. Mayo and 'Shepherd Maudsley', Boston, USA
'Postcards For Palestine' Arcade Studios, Belfast
2023
'Print International Biennale', Tŷ Pawb, Wales
'142nd Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition', Ulster Museum, N.Ireland
'Prose To Print', BPW Gallery, Belfast
‘Schengen’, Valentiny Foundation, Luxembourg
2022
‘Brace For Impact’, The National, Belfast
‘45 Years Of Belfast Print Workshop’, BPW Gallery, Belfast
‘6X6’, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, New York
2021
‘If They Come For Me In The Morning, They Will Come For You In The Night’, Solo Exhibition, Belfast Print Workshop
‘Annual Members Exhibition’, BPW Gallery
2019
‘30 Years Flax Art Studio’, Havelock House, Belfast
2018
‘Borders & Boundaries: The Blurred Edges of Decolonisation’, ArtVentures Gallery, Arkansas, USA
‘Those Actual Words’, Framewerk Gallery, Belfast
‘True/False, Fake/Real’, Espacio Gallery, London
2017
‘By The Time I Get To Phoenix’, Seacourt, Bangor
‘Impressions Print Biennale’, GMIT, Galway
‘Testing’, Catalyst Arts Gallery, Belfast
2016
'Seditious Types - Legacy of the printers of 1916', National Print Museum, Dublin
‘Two For Many’, Pollen Studios, Belfast
‘51st Irish Antique & Art Fair’ RDS, Dublin
2015
’20:20 Exhibition Launch’, Salford, Manchester (touring exhibition)
‘Seacourt Annual Members Exhibition’, SPW, Bangor
‘Two For Many’, Array Studio, Town Hall, Co. Cavan
‘Us Against Us’, The National, Belfast
‘Belfast Open Studios’, InCube, Array Studios, Belfast
‘Éirí Amach na Cásca’, Féile an Phobail, St. Mary’s University College, Belfast
‘Seacourt Summer Printsale’, SPW, Bangor
’20:20 Print Exchange’, BPW Gallery, Belfast
‘KPMG heART of HOPE’, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
‘A Fierce Light Under Dark Skies’, The Merchant Hotel, Belfast
2014
‘Printed History’, Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart
‘People We Know’ [3 painters], Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick
‘Song & Print’, Ulster Hall, Belfast
‘Breed’ Contemporary Art Including Banksy, Paul Insect, Stanley Donwood, BPW Gallery, Belfast
‘International Mini Print’, Seacourt, Bangor
‘Hot Off The Press’, Gormleys Fine Art, Belfast
2013
'QSS Christmas Salon', Queen Street Studios, Bedford St, Belfast
'BPW Annual Members Print Exhibition', BPW Gallery, Belfast
'Array Studio Exhibition', InCube, Kings Street, Belfast
'132nd Royal Ulster Academy', Ulster Museum, Belfast
'War On Want NI Annual Art Aid', Ross's Auction House Belfast
'University of Ulster Artist-In-Residence Exhibition', Belfast
'48th Antiques, Art & Design Fair', Royal Dublin Society, Dublin
2012
'Art Aid 2012', River House, Belfast
'BPW Annual Members Show', Belfast Print Workshop, Belfast
'20/20 Print Exchange', Hotbed Press, Manchester, UK, (Touring) Neo:Gallery, Bolton, Art House,
Wakefield, West Yorkshire Print Workshop, The Bluecoat and The Print Shed, Hereford.
'Northern Irish Printmakers', Lessedra Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria [curated: Janet Preston]
'Affordable Art Fair', London, UK
'MFA Degree Show', University of Ulster, Belfast
'Open Art Annual Exhibition', The Glebe Gallery, Donegal, Ireland
'University Multiplies & Editions', University Gallery, Belfast [curated: Hugh Mulholland]
'Portfolio Exchange', Belfast Print Workshop, Belfast, Editions Gallery, Liverpool [selected by Neil
Shawcross & Bill Penney]
'Line Of Scrimmage', University of Ulster, Belfast [curated: Ben Crothers]
'¥€$ ¥€$ ¥€$', Glass Box, University of Ulster, Belfast
2011
'130th Royal Ulster Academy', Ulster Museum, Belfast
'Contemporary Art & The Moving Image 2', Queens Film Theatre Belfast
'Bolivia House', Ailesbury St. Belfast
'Every One Thing', Platform Arts, Belfast
'Relief', Belfast Print Workshop, Belfast
2010
'Station Project 3', in association with Platform Arts, Former RUC Police Station, Queen St. Belfast
'129th Royal Ulster Academy', Ulster Museum, Belfast
'200', Canvas Gallery, Stranmillis, Belfast
'Arts Society of Ulster Annual Exhibition', Merville House, Newtownabbey
'Emerging V Established', St. Anne's Sq. Belfast
'Graduate Show', University of Ulster, Belfast
'Invasion of Future Artists', Belfast Print Workshop, Belfast
2009
'128th Royal Ulster Academy', Former Bank building, Belfast
'Big Draw', Victoria Square, Belfast
'Exchange: Printmaking/Works on Paper', Georgian College, Canada
'Botanic Arts Festival', Belfast
'Cry of the City', [two-person show/curator], No Alibis Bookstore, Botanic Ave, Belfast
Awards & Residencies
2014
Arts Council of Northern Ireland SIAP Award
2013
Royal Ulster Academy Printmaking Award sponsored by Nicholson & Bass
2012
Artist in Residence, University of Ulster, 2012-2013
2010
Castle Upton Gallery/Arts Society of Ulster Graduate Award, Belfast
Belfast Print Workshop Graduate Award, Belfast
Catalogues/Publications
45 Years Of Belfast Print Workshop, 2022
Pressing Matters, Issue 18, 2022
Féile an Phobail catalogue, featured article pg54-56, 2015
NIMFA Northern Ireland Muslim Family Association, 2015
War On Want NI Annual Exhibition catalogue, 2012
MFA Graduate Exhibition catalogue, 2012
Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition Catalogue 2009, 2010, 2011 & 2013
Public & Private Collections
Bullitt, Belfast
The Dirty Onion, Belfast
The National, Belfast
Dara Birnbaum, New York, USA
Pinsent Masons, Belfast
University of Ulster Permanent Collection, Belfast
Southern Regional College, Newry
Membership of Professional Organisations
Royal Ulster Academy
Flax Board Of Trustees Member
Newry Chamber Of Commerce 2022 - Present
Catalyst Arts 2012-2013
Array Studios 2012-present
Belfast Print Workshop Board of Trustees 2011-2012
Visual Artist Ireland 2010-Present
Digital Arts Studios 2011-2014
Belfast Print Workshop 2007-Present
Seacourt Print Workshop 2015-2018

Selected Artwork

Here's an example of an aquatint etching I completed in 2013 which went on to win the Nicholson & Bass Printmaking Award at the Royal Ulster Academy. 'Kent Street' uses hard-ground, soft-ground, spit-bite and aquatint intaglio techniques on copper plate and took approx. one month to create. Drawing on copper using a needle and painting on a rosin-coated plate using ferric chloride creates a rich, textured image ranging from subtle gradients to rich, deep blacks. The etching was printed using Hawthorn Extra Dense Black ink onto 310 g/sm Somerset Satin paper.





'Pervisum' video installation (Platform Art, 2011)
2xCRT broadcast monitors, 2-channel sound,
steel construction
4:3 aspect ratio
9min looped