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Her extraordinary work is challenging, provocative and always
visually stimulating. Coogan’s expertise lies in her ability to condense
an idea to its very essence and communicate it through her body. Her
work often begins with her own body and challenges the expectations
of the contexts. She was awarded the aib’s Art prize in 2004. She has
performed and exhibited her work extensively including The Venice
Biennale; Liverpool Biennial; PS1, New York; The Irish Museum of
Modern Art, Dublin; Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin; Van Gogh
Museum, Amsterdam; The marta Museum, Herford; The Whitworth
Gallery, Manchester; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Centre Culturel
Irlandais, Paris; and the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin.
Fergus Martin’s
most recent solo exhibition, Outside Inside, was held at
Green on Red Gallery, Dublin, in April/May, 2014. He currently has
work in the exhibition imma Collection: Conversations, at The Irish
Museum of Modern Art. During 2013, as part of the collaborative duo
Martin & Hobbs, he took part in exhibitions in Dublin – an installation
in the courtyard of The Irish Museum of Modern Art – and at bozar,
Brussels, to mark Ireland’s eu presidency. Martin & Hobbs also took
part in the 6
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Art in Melle, France.
In 2008/2009 Martin had a solo exhibition at Dublin City Gallery
The Hugh Lane. A book, Fergus Martin, was published on occasion of
that exhibition.
His work is included in the collections of The Irish Museum of
Modern Art, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Crawford Art Gallery,
Cork, Limerick City Gallery of Art, The Arts Council/An Comhairle
Ealaion, The Office of Public Works, The National Self-Portrait
Collection, as well as many private collections in Ireland and abroad.
Mark Garry
is among the most successful Irish artists of his generation,
working also as curator, writer, educator and occasional musician. His
work has been exhibited at museums and prestigious art venues in
Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, and at Art Fairs such as
Frieze, London. While he uses a variety of media and mechanisms
in his practice, including drawing, film making, writing papers, Mark
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