Daniel Mc Keon
Condensed CV.
Daniel Mc Keon was born in Dublin Ireland in 1956. He now resides in Dublin working from a studio in the historic Henrietta Street area of Dublin 1. He attended Dun Laoghaire School of Art 1977 to 1979 and was an early member of the Visual Arts Centre Dublin 1977 to 1983.
Awards: Arts council of Ireland Materials / Equipment Award.
Art Flight Aer Lingus Travel award. The Arts Council of Ireland Studio Rental Assistance Grants. Publication grants for Response and Flux Exhibition Catalogues. Member Visual Artist Ireland.
Over the years I have exhibited in many Group Exhibitions:
Oireachtais 1982/4. Bank of Ireland Headquarters Dublin.
Independent Artist 25th Anniversary Exhibition 1985 Guinnes Hop Store Dublin.
1995 Boyle Arts Festival Co Roscommon. 1995 Wexford Artist Books.
Response:(Curator) multimedia exhibition Painting Sculpture Performance. Irish Life Centre Dublin.
1996 Open Plan Catalyst arts members exhibition Belfast.
Power House Art The Bolton Trust Dublin.
1998 SOS. Skerries Arts Festival (Invited Artist) Ardgillian Castle Skerries Co Dublin.
Flux 1997-1999 curated with artist Jackie Askew a multimedia touring exhibition. Kilkenny Town Hall. Droichead Arts Centre. South Tipperary Arts Centre.
Bank of Ireland Arts Centre Dublin. Exhibition of FLUX Painters.
Ramus Artcore Annual Exhibitions.1999 / 200/1.
2000 Art of the State Emerging Art .Touring Exhibition. Various Venues Irl / NI
Residency 2000/1 with Artcore at the Botanic Gardens Dublin resulting in an Artist Book Fantasy Botanic Gardens 2001.
2009 RHA 179th Annual Exhibition Dublin Invited Artist.
Solo Exhibitions:
1991 One Person Exhibition Droichead Arts Centre Co Louth.
1995 Altered States The Guinness Gallery Foxrock.
1998 Resonance with Jackie Askew Greannan Watermill Gallery Thomastown Co Killkenny. 2003-2006 New Works Studio View Henrietta Street Dublin.
2008 Autumn Exhibition.The Central Bank Dublin organised by Access to Art Gallery. Clyne Gallery Dublin 2010/11.
2013 Chroma. One Person Exhibition at The Courthouse Gallery Ennistymon County Clare. 7th June to 4th July 2013.
Selected Group Exhibitions
1997 Irish Scottish Art: Multimedia Exhibition in various locations through out the Town of Burgwedel Hanover Germany.
1996 / 1997 Claremorris Exhibition Claremorris and Hexham UK. 1998 Six Dubliners. Painting Performance Photography as part of Greenwich and Docklands International Arts Festival. APT Gallery Studios London UK.
2000 Henrietta Street Artists. Art Select Gallery Meeting House Square Temple Bar Dublin.
2003 Every Blooming Thing. National Botanical Gardens Gallery Dublin.
The Clyne gallery Opening ExhibitionDublin.
RHA. Annual exhibition 2013 . RHA Gallery Ely place Dublin 28th May to 17th August.
PRAXIS Artist Group: 2008/13 Various Collaborative online web based arts projects: Video - eBook - 100 Circles project - Blog. Hosted on the magazine Art Review site.
Round Table Postal Collage Project Curated by Marty McCutcheon 2013 / 2020
30 March to 13th April 2013. The Shuman Block Berkeley California USA 20th April to 25 May 2013 Ramon Tailor San Francisco CA USA. East Bay open studios Festival 1st-29th June 2013 Berkeley CA USA. and yearly to 2020.
2021 RTCP10. various locations CA. USA
Pluid Project 2021. Curated by Claire Halpin Madeleine Hellier ( A National Comfort Blanket ) 27th August to 5th September 2021. The Cowshed Gallery Farmleigh Estate Dublin: Following the exhibition artworks auctioned in aid of Pieta House Dublin Ireland.
Elmira65 RTCP10. George Waters Gallery Elmira College New York USA. 20th October to 30th November 2021. Berkeley Commonplace Initiative Curated by professsor Jan Rather.
2022 - Ranelagh arts Centre Dublin Ireland Summer Exhibition July 3rd to 26th August 2022
Round Table Collage Project RTCP11 Various venues and Berkeley Arts Centre 1275 Walnut Street Berkeley USA 10th to 18th September 2022.
Public Collection : Leinster House Dublin. OPW Office of Public Works. Great Southern Hotels.
Private Collections : Ireland - Germany - UK - France - USA - Russia - Estonia.
Member Visual Artist Ireland
Daniel Mc Keon : Statement 2020.
Daniel Mc Keon is a contemporary visual artist who uses Painting /Drawing /Artist books, ebooks / Video / Photography, but considers himself to be firstly a painter with a deep commitment to the medium. I have been a practicing artist since an early age where the studio plays a pivotal role. My studio is in the historical Henrietta Street area of Dublin1 for over 25 years along side many other artist who have found living and studio space on the street. My work usually involves creating different series of painting not in any signature style but using each group of works to go in a new direction of research and hopefully create innovative ways to go forward for myself and the viewer.
My present series under the working title of “Babble Unspoken Words Series” has come
about as my way of trying to deal with the increasingly fast paced world we live in with so many demand on our precious time from the virtual and social medium platforms we increasingly spend our valuable time on. The contemporary world with its endless noise in the form of cognitive overload and anxiety from media over saturation.
I find painting helps me navigate these issues and assimilated it into the work process. In the time of Pandemic Covid19 this is especially relevant as painting is what I call a slow time pursuit which through its intuitive nature can help us navigate these difficult times and help us reconnect to our self into a state of Being where the creative act is in the moment. I find that this very Human quality about painting the mind, hart, eye, hand coordination element is what is important at this junction. Through language and time made soundless using calligraphic marks building up many layers into the surface of the paintings. I follow mostly my intuition listening to my artistic inner voice to create my personal vision out of the world in which I inhabit.
Condensed CV.
Daniel Mc Keon was born in Dublin Ireland in 1956. He now resides in Dublin working from a studio in the historic Henrietta Street area of Dublin 1. He attended Dun Laoghaire School of Art 1977 to 1979 and was an early member of the Visual Arts Centre Dublin 1977 to 1983.
Awards: Arts council of Ireland Materials / Equipment Award.
Art Flight Aer Lingus Travel award. The Arts Council of Ireland Studio Rental Assistance Grants. Publication grants for Response and Flux Exhibition Catalogues. Member Visual Artist Ireland.
Over the years I have exhibited in many Group Exhibitions:
Oireachtais 1982/4. Bank of Ireland Headquarters Dublin.
Independent Artist 25th Anniversary Exhibition 1985 Guinnes Hop Store Dublin.
1995 Boyle Arts Festival Co Roscommon. 1995 Wexford Artist Books.
Response:(Curator) multimedia exhibition Painting Sculpture Performance. Irish Life Centre Dublin.
1996 Open Plan Catalyst arts members exhibition Belfast.
Power House Art The Bolton Trust Dublin.
1998 SOS. Skerries Arts Festival (Invited Artist) Ardgillian Castle Skerries Co Dublin.
Flux 1997-1999 curated with artist Jackie Askew a multimedia touring exhibition. Kilkenny Town Hall. Droichead Arts Centre. South Tipperary Arts Centre.
Bank of Ireland Arts Centre Dublin. Exhibition of FLUX Painters.
Ramus Artcore Annual Exhibitions.1999 / 200/1.
2000 Art of the State Emerging Art .Touring Exhibition. Various Venues Irl / NI
Residency 2000/1 with Artcore at the Botanic Gardens Dublin resulting in an Artist Book Fantasy Botanic Gardens 2001.
2009 RHA 179th Annual Exhibition Dublin Invited Artist.
Solo Exhibitions:
1991 One Person Exhibition Droichead Arts Centre Co Louth.
1995 Altered States The Guinness Gallery Foxrock.
1998 Resonance with Jackie Askew Greannan Watermill Gallery Thomastown Co Killkenny. 2003-2006 New Works Studio View Henrietta Street Dublin.
2008 Autumn Exhibition.The Central Bank Dublin organised by Access to Art Gallery. Clyne Gallery Dublin 2010/11.
2013 Chroma. One Person Exhibition at The Courthouse Gallery Ennistymon County Clare. 7th June to 4th July 2013.
Selected Group Exhibitions
1997 Irish Scottish Art: Multimedia Exhibition in various locations through out the Town of Burgwedel Hanover Germany.
1996 / 1997 Claremorris Exhibition Claremorris and Hexham UK. 1998 Six Dubliners. Painting Performance Photography as part of Greenwich and Docklands International Arts Festival. APT Gallery Studios London UK.
2000 Henrietta Street Artists. Art Select Gallery Meeting House Square Temple Bar Dublin.
2003 Every Blooming Thing. National Botanical Gardens Gallery Dublin.
The Clyne gallery Opening ExhibitionDublin.
RHA. Annual exhibition 2013 . RHA Gallery Ely place Dublin 28th May to 17th August.
PRAXIS Artist Group: 2008/13 Various Collaborative online web based arts projects: Video - eBook - 100 Circles project - Blog. Hosted on the magazine Art Review site.
Round Table Postal Collage Project Curated by Marty McCutcheon 2013 / 2020
30 March to 13th April 2013. The Shuman Block Berkeley California USA 20th April to 25 May 2013 Ramon Tailor San Francisco CA USA. East Bay open studios Festival 1st-29th June 2013 Berkeley CA USA. and yearly to 2020.
2021 RTCP10. various locations CA. USA
Pluid Project 2021. Curated by Claire Halpin Madeleine Hellier ( A National Comfort Blanket ) 27th August to 5th September 2021. The Cowshed Gallery Farmleigh Estate Dublin: Following the exhibition artworks auctioned in aid of Pieta House Dublin Ireland.
Elmira65 RTCP10. George Waters Gallery Elmira College New York USA. 20th October to 30th November 2021. Berkeley Commonplace Initiative Curated by professsor Jan Rather.
2022 - Ranelagh arts Centre Dublin Ireland Summer Exhibition July 3rd to 26th August 2022
Round Table Collage Project RTCP11 Various venues and Berkeley Arts Centre 1275 Walnut Street Berkeley USA 10th to 18th September 2022.
Public Collection : Leinster House Dublin. OPW Office of Public Works. Great Southern Hotels.
Private Collections : Ireland - Germany - UK - France - USA - Russia - Estonia.
Member Visual Artist Ireland
Daniel Mc Keon : Statement 2020.
Daniel Mc Keon is a contemporary visual artist who uses Painting /Drawing /Artist books, ebooks / Video / Photography, but considers himself to be firstly a painter with a deep commitment to the medium. I have been a practicing artist since an early age where the studio plays a pivotal role. My studio is in the historical Henrietta Street area of Dublin1 for over 25 years along side many other artist who have found living and studio space on the street. My work usually involves creating different series of painting not in any signature style but using each group of works to go in a new direction of research and hopefully create innovative ways to go forward for myself and the viewer.
My present series under the working title of “Babble Unspoken Words Series” has come
about as my way of trying to deal with the increasingly fast paced world we live in with so many demand on our precious time from the virtual and social medium platforms we increasingly spend our valuable time on. The contemporary world with its endless noise in the form of cognitive overload and anxiety from media over saturation.
I find painting helps me navigate these issues and assimilated it into the work process. In the time of Pandemic Covid19 this is especially relevant as painting is what I call a slow time pursuit which through its intuitive nature can help us navigate these difficult times and help us reconnect to our self into a state of Being where the creative act is in the moment. I find that this very Human quality about painting the mind, hart, eye, hand coordination element is what is important at this junction. Through language and time made soundless using calligraphic marks building up many layers into the surface of the paintings. I follow mostly my intuition listening to my artistic inner voice to create my personal vision out of the world in which I inhabit.