Artsy

Armando Marino

Born 1968 / Cuba
16 March 2021

Eamon O’Kane

Works by Artist

Available Works

CV

See available works on our gallery shop

EGELUNDSHOP.COM

EAMON O’KANE

Eamon O’Kane was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and lives in Denmark and Norway. He has received various awards including the Taylor Art Award and a Fulbright Award, and has had exhibitions in international galleries and museums such as the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles; the Sheldon Art Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska; the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin; and Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden, Germany. Eamon O’Kane is Professor of Visual Art at The Art Academy, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen, Norway. 

EDUCATION

2001 MFA (Design Technology) Parsons School of Design, New School University, New York, USA.
1998/99 Research Fellowship (Painting), Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Edu.,England.
1998 Master of Fine Art Degree (With Distinction), University of Ulster, Belfast.
1996 B.A. Joint Honours Degree in History of Art and Fine Art Painting, (First Class Honours), N.C.A.D. Dublin.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2026 Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland.
2025 Høyersten Contemporary, Bergen, Norway.
2025 The Model and Niland, Sligo, Ireland.
2025 Open Studio Series, Studio Forum, KMD, Bergen, Norway.
2024 Ballina Arts Centre, Ireland.
2024 Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue).
2024 Galerie Andres Thalmann, Zurich, Switzerland (catalogue).
2023 Edward Cella Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
2023 ILLU, Ilulissat, Greenland.
2023 Source Arts Centre, Thurles, Ireland.
2023 Norske Grafikere Galleri, Oslo, Norway.
2023 Høyersten Contemporary, Bergen, Norway.
2023 Galerie Andres Thalmann, Paris, France.
2022 Trykkeriet, Bergen, Norway.
2022 Model Arts Centre, Sligo, Ireland.
2021 Galerie DGV, Svendborg, Denmark.
2021 Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France (with Cecilia Danell).
2020 Galerie Andres Thalmann, Zurich, Switzerland (catalogue).
2020 Norwegian Sculpture Society, Oslo, Norway.
2020 arebyte on screen, arebyte Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
2019 Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, Germany.
2019 Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue).
2019 Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork, Ireland.
2019 Funen Art Museum, Odense, Denmark.
2018 Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Ireland.
2018 Galerie DGV, Svendborg, Denmark.
2018 M100, Odense, Denmark.
2018 Rochester Art Center, Minnesota, USA.
2017 Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland.
2017 LNM Gallery, Oslo, Norway.
2017 Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Ireland.
2017 Kunstgarasjen, Bergen, Norway.
2016 Josef Filipp Galerie, Leipzig, Germany.
2016 Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
2016 Rochester Art Center, Minnesota, USA.
2016 Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2015 The Model Arts Centre, Sligo, Ireland.
2015 Galerie DGV, Svendborg, Denmark.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2026 Play Power, Sainsbury Centre for the Arts, Norwich, United Kingdom.
2026 The Rugby Collection Eighty Years in the Making, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, United Kingdom.
2026 House of Galleries, Frankfurt, Germany with Galerie Andres Thalmann.
2026 Art Herning, Denmark with Galleri Agnes.
2026 More than Meets AI, The Sonnenschein and Albright Galleries, Lake Forest College, Illinois, USA.
2025 Vestlandsutstillingen, Jugendstilsenteret og Kube, Ålesund, Norway.
2025 Christmas Exhibition, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway.
2025 Art Paris, with Galerie Andres Thalmann.
2025 Summer Exhibition, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2025 Compassionate Communities, Studio Forum, KMD, Bergen, Norway.
2024 Imagine Peace, Studio Forum, KMD, Bergen, Norway.
2024 Microcosmos, JOY Forum, KMD, Bergen, Norway.
2024 Art Paris, with Galerie Andres Thalmann.
2024 Summer Exhibition, Galerie DGV, Denmark.
2024 Group Exhibition, Galleriet Agnes, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2024 Summer Exhibition, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2024 Summer Exhibition, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland.
2024 More than Meets AI, Rom 61, Studio Forum, CDN, Bergen, Norway.
2024 On Architecture, Bernhard Knaus Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany.
2024 Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2024 Positions Art Fair, Berlin, Germany.
2024 ArtSalon, Zurich, Switzerland.
2023 Group Exhibition, Høyersten Contemporary, Bergen, Norway.
2023 Group Exhibition, Galerie Andres Thalmann, Zurich, Switzerland.
2023 XMAS 23, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark (+2013–2022).
2023 Summertime 23, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark (+2013–2022).
2023 More than Meets AI, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, California, USA.
2023 Life, Death, Rebirth, Høyersten Contemporary, Bergen, Norway.
2023 Wildmedia Wired Wilderness, online exhibition, Winona State University.
2023 A Path Is a Thought Stretched Out in Time and Space, University Museum Arboretum, Bergen, Norway.
2022 Pattern Nature, Edward Cella Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, USA.
2022 Art Paris, with Galerie Andres Thalmann.
2022 Printmaking 1996–2023, Norske Grafikere Galleri, Oslo, Norway.
2022 Tracing Rhythm, Rom 61, Bergen, Norway.
2022 Wood Block Laboratory, Solstice Arts Centre, Ireland.
2021 Unneland, Eliasson, O’Kane, Aldea Centre for Contemporary Art, Bergen, Norway.
2021 Wild Childhood, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria.
2021 Group Show, M100, Odense, Denmark.
2021 Dig It Up and Put It in a Bag, University Museum, Bergen, Norway.
2021 Art Paris, with Galerie Andres Thalmann.
2021 New Arrivals, Galerie Andres Thalmann, Zurich, Switzerland.
2021 Matter Gesture Soul, University Museum, Bergen, Norway.
2020 Body, Memory and Repetition, Matter Gesture Soul, The EAA Exhibition, Budapest, online.
2020 XMAS 20, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2020 Bauhaus, The Dollhouse, Netherlands.

SELECTED AWARDS, RESENDENCIES AND OTHER 

2020 SPIRE Fund grant, University of Bergen
2020 Meltzer Fund Grant, University of Bergen
2020 Norwegian Arts Council Grant
2018 Culture Ireland Grant
2017 Bergen City Council Grant
2015 Norwegian Arts Council Grant
2015 Arts Council of Ireland Touring Grant
2015 Culture Ireland Grant
2011 Imagine Ireland: Culture Ireland Grant
2010 Culture Ireland Grant
2008 Culture Ireland Grant
2008 Residency, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France
2008 Residency, Guest Studio, Gæsteatelier Hollufgård, Odense, Denmark
2007 Finalist, Celeste painting prize, London
2006 Short-listed for AIB Prize, Ireland
2006 Derek Hill Foundation Scholarship, British School at Rome
2006 Residency, British School at Rome, Italy
2005 EV+A Open Award (selected by Dan Cameron)
2005 Vermont Studio Center, USA
2004 Artist’s work programme, IMMA, Dublin, USA
2002 Short-listed for PS1 International Fellowship to New York, Arts Council of N. Ireland
2002 Short-listed for SCA-ART Award, Mannheim, Germany
2002 Short-listed for Golden Fleece Award, Dublin
2002 Residency, Tilburg Art Academy, Holland
2001 Short-listed for PS1 International Fellowship to New York, Arts Council of N. Ireland
2000 Media-Play-Off (workshop and conference), Bertelsmann Pavillion, Planet M, Hannover Expo, Hannover
2000 Artflight Award, Aer Lingus & Arts Council of Ireland
2000 General Art Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2000 KPMG Award, Oireachtas 2000 Art Exhibition, Dublin
2000 Text/Context, collaborative web site with Jack Sal for Hannover Expo 2000, Hannover

SELECTED COLLECTIONS 

Bank of America Collection, Zurich, Switzerland

Deutsche Bank, Germany

Burda Museum, Baden Baden, Germany

Limerick City Gallery (National Drawing Collection)

FORTIS, Frankfurt

DUBLIN 98FM Radio Station

Microsoft, World Product Group Ireland

Bank of Ireland Collection

Irish Contemporary Arts Society

Country Bank, New York, USA

Office of Public Works: Department of Agriculture

and the Office of the Attorney General

P.M.P.A. and Guardian Insurance

Donegal County Library

UNIBANK, Denmark

ASPEN RE, London

NKT Danmark

Arts Council of Ireland

HK, Denmark

Den Danske Bank, Denmark

Letterkenny Institute of Technology

Dundalk Institute of Technology

Crawford Muncipal Gallery, Cork, Ireland.

Rugby Art Gallery and Museum

Waterfront Hall, Belfast City Council

Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France

Sydfyns Elforsyning, Denmark

Dansk AvisTryk, Denmark

Kunstforeningen Gentofte, Denmark

Model Arts Centre and Niland Collection, Sligo, Ireland

Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, UK

Odense City Council, Denmark

Museum of Fine Arts, Brest, France

Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle, Ireland