Garrett Phelan

Garrett Phelan (born 1965) is an artist from Dublin, Ireland. His art takes the form of site-specific drawing projects, FM radio broadcasts, sculptural installations, photography and animation.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Life and work

Phelan was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1965.^{[citation needed]} He received most of his education as an artist by working in gallery administration and exhibition installation, before he became an artist himself.^{[citation needed]} He was assistant director of the Hendrick's Gallery in Dublin from 1986 to 1988. He was Gallery and Studio Director of Temple Bar Gallery and Studios from 1988 to 1991. From 1991 to 1995 he was supervising technical mediator at the Irish Museum of Modern Art.^{[citation needed]}

In 1994 he began producing art himself. He worked mainly in the area of sound/radio and art from a visual arts perspective but usually incorporated photography and video into the work. He co-initiated the first high-end formal sound workshops in Ireland for visual artists in collaboration with the Sculpture Society of Ireland and Bowe Lane Recording studios.^{[citation needed]} He co-produced the first dedicated intermittent independent FM Art Radio station in Ireland entitled A.A.R.T. – Radio in 1994.^{[citation needed]} This was broadcast from the Irish Museum of Modern Art in a group survey exhibition entitled 'From Beyond the Pale'. He continued to work independently on creating large scale FM/online radio broadcast experiments. Some of his projects include Black Brain Radio,^[4] HEED FM,^[5] and Free Thought FM.^[6]^[7]

In 1997 Phelan began working solo. Since then he has exhibited widely in Ireland and internationally.

Selected solo exhibitions

FREE THOUGHT FM - Archive (2019)^{[citation needed]}
FREE THOUGHT FM, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (2019)^{[citation needed]}
I HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE SO NEAR, National Gallery of Ireland, Ireland (2017/2018)^{[citation needed]}
HEED OFFICE, Ireland (2017)^{[citation needed]}
THE HIDE PROJECT, Fingal County Council, Dublin, Ireland (2017 -)^{[citation needed]}
HEED FM - ARCHIVE (2017)^{[citation needed]}
HEED FM, ART 2016, The Arts Council of Ireland, Ireland (2016)^{[citation needed]}
A VOODOO FREE PHENOMENON, The Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland (2015)^{[citation needed]}
OUR UNION ONLY IN TRUTH, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland (2013)^{[citation needed]}
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (2012)^{[citation needed]}
Context Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland (2011)^[8]
SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands(2010)^{[citation needed]}
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland (2008)^{[citation needed]}
Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland (2008)^{[citation needed]}
Art Statements; Art Basel 39, Switzerland (2008)^{[citation needed]}
Kunst Radio, ORF Radio, Austria (2008)^{[citation needed]}
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, United Kingdom (2008)^{[citation needed]}
Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland (2006)^{[citation needed]}
Firstsite, Colchester, United Kingdom (2006)^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Dunne, Aidan (5 December 2003). "Seeing a pattern". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
^ Connolly, Maeve (1 September 2009). "Garrett Phelan". Artforum International. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
^ Dunne, Aidan (30 July 2012). "Interrupting Life with a Message of Love". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
^ "TBG&S". Archived from the original on 22 December 2017.
^ Tipton, Gemma (28 October 2016). "Talk radio for the anti-snowflake generation". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
^ Phelan, Garrett (15 April 2019). "Inside Free Thought FM - bringing art to the airwaves". RTÉ.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
^ O'Higgins, Jack (5 April 2019). "Sound underpinnings: Garrett Phelean - Free Thought FM". Totally Dublin. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
^ McDaid, Brendan (10 November 2010). "Exhibit centres on acclaimed radio DJ". The Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

External links

Garrett Phelan Official website

[1] Dunne, Aidan (5 December 2003). "Seeing a pattern". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

[2] Connolly, Maeve (1 September 2009). "Garrett Phelan". Artforum International. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

[3] Dunne, Aidan (30 July 2012). "Interrupting Life with a Message of Love". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

[4] "TBG&S". Archived from the original on 22 December 2017.

[5] Tipton, Gemma (28 October 2016). "Talk radio for the anti-snowflake generation". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 May 2023.

[6] Phelan, Garrett (15 April 2019). "Inside Free Thought FM - bringing art to the airwaves". RTÉ.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2023.

[7] O'Higgins, Jack (5 April 2019). "Sound underpinnings: Garrett Phelean - Free Thought FM". Totally Dublin. Retrieved 27 May 2023.

[8] McDaid, Brendan (10 November 2010). "Exhibit centres on acclaimed radio DJ". The Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

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