Alan Bulfin (Born in 1986, Roscrea, Ireland)
alanbulfin[at]gmail.com
Lives in Seinäjoki, works in Seinäjoki Helsinki and Ireland, Finland
Education and Training
2011 M.A., Art in Public, University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
2009 B.A. Awarded a first class honours degree in Sculpture and Combined Media on 13th June 2009. Limerick Institute of Technology, School of Art and Design, Department of Sculpture and Combined Media, Limerick, Ireland
2004 Fetac (Art), portfolio course, Vocational School of Thurles, Ireland
Exhibitions
2019 Senses of Sustenance, Old fire station, Seinäjoki, Finland (up-coming)
2018 Growing a Language, Myymälä 2 gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2018 Collective Intelligence, KAOZ, Dimora OZ, Manifesta12 -collateral events, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
2018 Growing a Language, When Nothing Makes a Difference, Manifesta12 -collateral events, Foundation Orestiadi in Gibellina, Italy
2017 Collective Intelligence, Dimora OZ, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
2016 Correspondence Art Project, Curator professor Justin McKeown, Manchester University, UK
2015 Fight Night, Gaming the System Limerick, produced by These Animals, Red Hen, Limerick, Ireland
2015 Fight Night, together with Pii Anttila, Gaming the System, These Animals, Pikseliähky, Helsinki
2015 Yllätyskauppa, together with Pii Anttila, Taidelinja, HKL, Hakaniemi, Helsinki
2014 Olohuonenäyttely, Friday Fight Night, together with Pii Anttila, Yhteismaa, Helsinki, Finland
2013 UFF-performance, Perfo! -performance nights, Telakka Culture House, Tampere, Finland
2012 The Eternal Consequences’, Dimanche Rouge, Culture Factory Polymer, Tallinn, Estonia, 2012
2012 Unrequited Hatred, Curators Tadhg O’Cuirrin and Darren Barrett, The Shed Gallery, Adapt Galway, Ireland
2012 Break it! Media Art -evening, Curator Jussi Koitela, Mediamuseum Rupriikki, Tampere, Finland
2012 Some Possible Infinities that May Have Been Made by Dishwashers, Fafa’s Falafel, Helsinki
2011 Member’s Show, Catalyst Arts Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2011 Master’s Degree show, Art in Public, Ulster University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2011 Contemporary Art and the Moving Image, Queens Film Theatre, as part of the Belfast Film Festival, curated by The Empress Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2010 500N, Curator Stenczer Sári, Stúdió Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
2010 Fake, Curator Jan De Nys, The Stedelijk Museum, Aalst, Belgium
2010 re-public, curator Daniel Jewesbury, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2010 (ex)communicate, Curator Jerome Zodo, Jerome Zodo Contemporary Gallery, Milan, Italy
2009 Fix09, International Festival of Live Art, Eglangine Community Garden Project, Belfast
2009 Consider Yourself Lucky I’m Not Completely Naked, Curator Dave Callan, Monster Truck Gallery & Studios, Dublin, Ireland
2009 Truth, Contemporary Art Centre of Pispala, Hirvikatu 10, Curator Markus Petz, Tampere, Finland
2009 The Spectacle of the Everyday, Invited artist to the 10th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, Curator Hou Hanru, Lyon, France
2009 L.S.A.D 4th year Degree Show, Student-led curatorship, Limerick School of Art and Design, Limerick, Ireland
2008 Live @ Number 8, Curator Michele Horrigan, Bar number 8, Galway, Ireland
2008 Raucous, Curator Susan Holland, Barrington’s Hospital, Limerick, Ireland
2008 Too Early for Vacation, Ev+a 2008, Curator Hou Hanru, Belltable, Limerick, Ireland
2008 Tiger’s Eye −Film Festival, Curator Sean Taylor, University of Limerick, Ireland
2006 Weather Permitting, Curator Augustin O’Donoghue, Touring Exhibition, Ireland
2006 Give(a)way, Ev+a 2006, student collaborative, Curator Katerina Gregos, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Ireland
2005 Performance Night, Curator Oscar McClennan, Bakers Place, Limerick, Ireland
2005 Emergence, Curator Pj O’Connell, Thurles, Ireland
2005 Drawing Awards, Curator Charly Harpor, Limerick School of Art and Design, Limerick, Ireland
Publications & Awards
2015 Gaming the System, These Animals, Helsinki
2013 Some Possible Infinities, The Visual Artists’s New Sheet, Issue 6,November-December, 2012, Visual Artist Ireland
2010 Fake! Catalogue, The Stedelijk Museum, Aalst, Belgium
2009 The Spectacle of the Everyday, the 10th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art -catalogue, les press du reél, France
2008 Too Early for Vacation, Ev+a 2008 -catalogue, Gandon Editions, Ireland
2008 Ev+a 2008, OPEN Award Winner, Limerick, Ireland
Associate Galleries, Employment and Residencies
2019 Senses of Sustenance event manager, in association with Seinäjoki taidehalli and Pixelache festival, Finland (up-coming)
2019 Co-producer of Pixelache Festival 2019, Helsinki, Finland (up-coming)
2018 Producing Pixelkids, Pixelache festival 2018, with Seinäjoki taidehalli and Käsityökoulu Robotti, Helsinki and Seinäjoki (up-coming)
2018 Collective Intelligence, Collaborative Art Residency, Foundation Orestiadi in Gibellina, Italy
2018 Residency assistant/ technician trainee, HIAP, Suomenlinna, Helsinki
2017 Collective Intelligence, Collaborative Art Residency, Pixelache, Palermo, Sicily
2017 Technician, Pixelache Festival, Piknik Frequency, Suvilahti, Helsinki
2015 Co-curating, Gaming the System – public art happening, part of the Pixelache Festival, Helsinki
2014–15 Helsinki Creates Work, Artist working in city development projects, The City of Helsinki, Finland
2010 Jerome Zodo Contemporary Gallery, Milan, Italy. http://www.jerome-zodo.com/
2009 What the Future Holds, Radio Project Art Placement, Collaborative with radio producer Deirdre Melvin. Instigator of the project Maeve Mulrennan, Visual Arts Officer for Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland.
Artist’s Union
2017 Member of Piknik Frequency Ry, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Visual Artist Ireland
2009 Member of Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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