Tom Molloy
Biography
Born in Waterford, Ireland.
Lives and works in Ireland.
Tom Molloy is represented by Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
EDUCATION
1992
MA Fine Art National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland.
1987
BA Fine Art (Painting), National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
Aftermath, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin Ireland
2009
PERUGI artecontemporanea, Italy
Lucid, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Texas, USA
2008
the shape I’m in, Galerie Guy Bärtschi Geneva, Switzerland
Subplot, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Ireland
2007
Fall, Rubicon Gallery Dublin, Ireland
Lora Reynolds Gallery, Texas, USA
2006
Present Future, Arissima Turin, Italy (selected by Katerina Gregos)
2005
Yo Lo Vi, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland
Yo Lo Vi, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2004
Allegiance, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2002
Dead Texans, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Dead Texans, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland
2001
Ballyconnoe South, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Manifest Destiny, Moeller Fine Art, Berlin
Superfine, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York
Paper Trail v 5 Intimate Gestures, Judi Rotenberg Gallery Boston USA
Ouverture, Moeller Fine Art, Berlin (Inaugural exhibition)
Pulse New York, USA Art Fair (with Lora Reynolds Gallery (solo))
ArtBrussels, Belgium (with Rubicon Gallery)
2008
NOT TOO BAD (again), curated by Martina Gambillara and Andrea Perugi, PERUGI artecontemporanea, Italy
Modern Art. Modern Lives. Then + Now, Austin Museum of Art, curated by Dana Friis-Hansen.
FRAC (Fondo Regionale Arte Contemporanea) Italy, Inaugural Exhibition, curators Francesco Bonami, Christine Macel, Augustin Perez Rubio.
Touring to Arca, Chiesa di San Marco, Vercelli, Italy; Centro Culturale la Cittadella, in Boves, Italy & Fondazione Pistoletto/Cittadellarte, in Biella, Italy
M.A.P. at N.O. Gallery, Milan, Italy
Invited: TULCA 2008, Galway, Ireland, Curated by George Bolster
Exploration, Drogheda Arts Festival, Ireland. Curated by Ruairí Ó Cuív
Summer Group Exhibition, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Texas, USA
Pulse New York Art, Pulse Miami & ArtforumBerlin , Germany (with Rubicon Gallery)
2007
The Sleep of Reason, Crawford Open 2007, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Cartography, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Histoire de L’oeil, Galerie HO, Marseille, France
The Worst is / Not to Die in Summer, Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Germany
Pulse New York, USA (with Rubicon Gallery)
Pulse London, UK (with Lora Reynolds Gallery)
MACO Art Fair Mexico (with Rubicon Gallery)
2006
Irish American Awards (nominee), New York USA
This Ain't No Fooling Around, Rubicon Gallery Dublin (curated by Joseph R Wolin) – with Stephen Andrews, Marc Handelman, Josephine Meckseper, Steve Mumford, Barbara Pollack (& toured to Letterkenny Arts Centre, Donegal)
Arco, Madrid, Spain; Pulse, New York, USA & Pulse, Miami, USA (with Rubicon Gallery)
2005
Contemporary Art from Ireland, European Central Bank, Frankfurt Germany
Arco, Madrid, Spain & Art Cologne, Germany (with Rubicon Gallery)
Happy Holiday, exhibition, Rubicon Gallery Dublin, Ireland
2004
In the Time of Shaking, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Art Brussels, Belgium, Fiac Paris France & Art Cologne Germany (with Rubicon Gallery)
2003
Someone to Watch over me, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Portrayal, Model Niland Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
Recent Acquisitions, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin Ireland
Lineage (two person exhibition), Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
Public & Private Narratives, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin Ireland
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010
Brochure to accompany Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Exhibition, essay by curator Joseph R Wolin
New York Times, Review by Benjamin Genocchio, 14th March
2009
Arts Review, The Austin Chronicle, March 20, 2009, Rachel Koper review
Artist of the Week: Tom Molloy, phillips ART expert, Phillips de Pury & Company, March 2009, Shirin Najafi review
2008
Catalogue: Subplot with essay ‘the Politics of Seeing’ by Katerina Gregos. ISBN: 978-0-9555120-3-2. Published by Solstice Arts Centre
2007
ArtLies Magazine, No 55, pg 101, Risa Puleo review, Fall 2007
Irish Times, 12th September 2007, Aidan Dunne review
Modern Painters, December 2007, pg 97, Joseph R. Wolin review
2006
Modern Painters, June 2006 – emerging artist feature – Luke Clancy
Art in America, pg 49, At Pulse Art Fair, by Leigh Anne Miller
Sunday Times, review Cristin Leach, 23 April
Circa Issue 116, review by Gemma Tipton, Summer
Irish Times, review Eimear McKeith, 16th April
2005
Context Magazine, June/July issue, review by Jean Wainwright
Circa 113, pg 90 Autumn Issue 2005, review by Ciara Finnegan
The Visual Artist Newsletter VAN, January-February issue
Sunday Tribune, 30 October review by Eimear McKeith
Catalogue Yo Lo Vi, Tom Molloy, Essay ‘Passive Subversion’ by Alan Phelan and an interview with the artist and Jean Wainwright. ISBN: 0-95444291-9-2. Published by Limerick City Gallery of Art
2004
Allegiance brochure. Foreword by Joseph R. Wolin. Published by Rubicon Gallery Dublin
2003
Eye Candy, Radio Programme, produced by Kay Sheehy, RTE
2002
Irish Times, review by Aidan Dunne, 12th July
Sunday Times, review by Catherine Daly, 21st July
Aidan Dunne, Irish Times, 7/12
Dead Texans brochure. Foreword by Caroline Senior. Published by Rubicon Gallery Dublin
AWARDS
2008
RIAA Residency, Argentina
Arts Council of Ireland Bursary Award (multi annual)
2007
Culture Ireland Award (supporting exhibition in USA)
Arts Council of Ireland Bursary Award (one year)
2005
Arts Council of IrelandProject Grant
2004
Tony O’Malley Travel Award
Arts Council of Ireland Exhibition Award