b. 1964. Lives and works in Dublin

 

Paul Nugent lives and works in Dublin. Recent solo exhibitions include, Figures in Yellow Ochre Light and Other Paintings, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin (2024), OBSCURA, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin (2017), NIGHTSHADE, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin (2015), a solo presentation at VOLTANY, New York (2011). Selected group exhibitions include Many Worlds, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris (2017), Golden Record, Galway International Arts Festival, Galway Arts Centre (2017), Trove, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, curated by Dorothy Cross (2015), In Darkness Let Me Dwell, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan (2015), Prelude Speaker, Group show, Castletown House, OPW in partnership with Crawford Art Gallery (2013), Last, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College Dublin (2011). Nugent was awarded a residency at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris in 2005 and he has been the recipient of the Visual Arts Bursary, multi-annual award, The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon in 2004-2006 and 2008. His work is held in numerous public and private collections both in Ireland and internationally including the Office of Public Works, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and DCU (Dublin City University).


EDUCATION
BA Fine Art, National College of Art & Design, Dublin

 

EXHIBITIONS

Solo
2024 Figures in Yellow Ochre Light and Other Paintings, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2017 OBSCURA, Kevin Kavanagh. Dublin
2015 Solo Exhibition, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2011 Solo Presentation, VOLTANY, New York
2009 Remembrance Part I & II, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
Remembrance, Kerava Art Museum, Finland
2007 Vigil, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin
2005 Eternal, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
2004 Eternal, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2002 The Franciscan Series, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
1999 The Carmelite Series, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
1997 The Cardinal Series, Jo Rain Gallery, Dublin

 

Group
2024 Magic and Loss, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2017 Many Worlds, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
Golden Record, Galway International Arts Festival, Galway Arts Centre
2015 Trove, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, curated by Dorothy Cross
In Darkness Let Me Dwell, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan
Art Brussels, Paul Nugent, Stephen Loughman and Michael Boran, Brusssels
Last, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College Dublin
Group show curated by Davey Moor, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
2014 Instant Crush, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
Boyle Arts Festival, curated by Patrick T. Murphy, King’s House, Boyle
Unfold,Young Curators (from OPW collection), Red Rua, Dublin
2013 Prelude Speaker, Group show, Castletown House, OPW in partnership with Crawford Art Gallery
RHA Annual Show, Invited artist, Dublin
2012 Last, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College Dublin.
2011 The Painter, the Draughtsman, the Dealer and their Lovers, Voges Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
2010 VOLTA6, Basel, Switzerland
Invisible, {invited artist} Black Church Print Studio off-site, Dublin
Regarding Painting, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
What Happens Next is a Secret, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, curated by Marguerite O’Molloy
2009 Terror & Sublime: Art in an Age of Anxiety, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, curated by Peter Murray, Director
TULCA 2009, Galway Museum. 6 - 22 Nov 2009, curated by Helen Carey
Exploring a New Donation, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
2008 Representing Art in Ireland, Fenton Gallery, Cork
In the Mind’s Eye, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown;
Galway University Hospital;
Belfast Grand Opera House;
OPW Head Office, Dublin
There Not There, Crawford Gallery, Cork, curated by Dawn Williams
2005 Comharsana Beal Dorais (Neighbours), Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, curated by Catherine Marshall
New Territories, ARCO 05, Madrid, Spain, curated by Enrique Juncosa, Director, IMMA
2004 Views From an Island, Shanghai Gallery of Modern Art & the Millennium Monument Museum Beijing, China
In the Time of Shaking, Irish Artists for Amnesty, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, curated by Ciaran Benson
2003 Re-Imagining Ireland, University of Virginia, U.S.A, curated by Jill Hartz and Susan Bacik
2002 Eurojet Futures 02, R.H.A. Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, curated by Patrick Murphy, Director
En Visage, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, curated by Catherine Marshall
1999 Works from the Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
1998 A Collection in the Making, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, curated by Declan McGonagle

 

AWARDS
2006-2008 Visual Arts Bursary, multi-annual award, The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon
2004 Visual Arts Bursary, The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Awarded a residency at the Centre Cultural Irlandais Paris, France


COLLECTIONS
Office of Public Works
Irish Museum of Modern Art
DCU (Dublin City University)
Fidelity Insurance, Boston, USA
Private collections Ireland, Belgium, UK and USA