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Curriculum Vitae
b.1970, Cardiff, living in Belfast since 1994.
Artist, [photography - performance - video], curator and writer
c/o gtGallery, 84-94 Great Patrick Street, Belfast. BT1 2LU
t. +44 (0) 28 90330920
e. richardspeter@hotmail.com
w. www.richardspeter.co.uk
Master of Philosophy [fine art] 1999, University of Ulster, York Street, Belfast
Bachelor of Arts [fine art] 1994, University of Wales, Howard Gardens, Cardiff
Solo Exhibitions
| 2007 | Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick upon Tweed |
| 2006 | Peter Richards, Studio Lipoli & Lopez, Rome Paused II,Carnegie Museum & Art Gallery, Larne |
| 2005 | Richards, curator F. Purg, ZDSLU gallery, Ljubljana, Portraits from a 50’s Archive, curator K. Downey, Belfast Exposed, Belfast, Paused, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast |
| 2004 | Live, live art, curator K.R. Huffman, Cornerhouse, Manchester Paused, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown |
| 2003 | Take two: little action, curator H. Mullholland, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast Recent Works, Droichead Art Centre, Drogheda |
| 2002 | Recent Works, (concurrent with show by Anthony Gormely) curator, S. Woods, Model Arts Centre/ Niland Gallery, Sligo |
| 2000 | Cartoons, Proposition Gallery, Belfast |
| 1999 | Another Something Other, curator Gail Prentice, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast Performance Lucida, curator James Kerr, Context Gallery, Derry Camera Lucida, The Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast |
| 1996 | Beyond Borders Plus, curator H. Mullholland , Context Gallery, Derry |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2007 | Tides,
Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh |
| 2006 | Dogs Have No Religion, curator R. Drury, Czech Museum of Fine Art, Prague I Confess, Interface, public sites & the Switchroom, Belfast Through Our Eyes, the Painting Center, New York Scoip 06: Dogs Have No Religion, Siamsa Tire, Tralee Exchange Places, curator B. Patterson Bbeyond, the BlackBox, Belfast Revolving Ambiguity, The Grove Gallery, Downpatrick Trans Art, curator A. Artezione, Place & public sites, Belfast |
| 2005 | The Nature of Things – A Long Weekend, curator H. Mullholland, Northern Irish Exhibition at the 51st Venice Biennial, Venice & Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast The Belfast Way, curator S. Edelsztein, Herzelyia Museum, Tel Aviv. Artistas del Belfast, La Sala Naranja, Valencia Open Relations II, curator B. Patterson, Bbeyond @ Catalyst Arts, Belfast |
| 2004 | Full Circle, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin McIntrye, Corry, Richards, The Saint Patrick Centre, Downpatrick. Rogues gallery. Catalyst Arts, Belfast. |
| 2003 | Think Over, curator B Kennedy, Rialto Sambrogio, Rome Periferias, curator V. Torren, Huesco, Spain 50:50, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin Return, The National Gallery, Goethe Institute, Dublin My Space, Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast |
| 2002 | contested space, two-person with Ian Charlesworth, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast Fix02, Catalyst Arts, Belfast Mills 2, Engine Room Gallery, Belfast 20/20, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin |
| 2001 | EVA, curator S. Hassan, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick Roam, Coed-Hills, Cardiff Its all over, again, Proposition Gallery, Belfast Place in the Market, curator B. Patterson, Bbeyond, Belfast Strangers Next Door, NBCAI, Touring- Exhibition, |
| 2000 | L'art dans le monde, Paris Musees, Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France The National Review of Live Art, selected by R. Ayers, The Arches, Glasgow The notice day in this factory is Thursday, Het Consortium, Amsterdam Bruce Barber, Peter Richards & Vallentin Torrens, curator J. Swidinski, Galeria Dzialan, Warsaw The notice day in this factory is Thursday, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast. the same as last year, Proposition Gallery, Belfast root2000, curator G. Dyson, Ferens Art Gallery & Hull Time Based Arts, Hull Interakcje 2000, curator J. Swidinski, Piotrkow Trybunalski & Wroclaw, Poland |
| 1999 | New Contemporaries99, selected by C. Christov-Bakargiev – S. Hiller – K. Tyson, South London Gallery & Liverpool Biennial. Through A Glass Darkly, curator P. Henson, Het Consortium, Amsterdam Perspective 99, curator P. Dodd, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast Multiples X3, selected by A. Fletcher, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin. |
| 1998 | ASHOWABOUTTIME, curator S. Tallent and L. Panting, Milch, London |
| 1997 | L’Evenement Oblique, two- person with Marie-Andre Rho, Tangente, Montreal European Couples and Others, Transmission, Glasgow Phooey, two-person with Dan Shipsides, The 3 Month Gallery, Liverpool Medium 4, ETNA Foundation, Sf. Gheorghe (Catalogue) Video Arts, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork Directors Show, Catalyst Arts, Belfast Splatter, a Catalyst Arts Project, Crawfordsburn The Last Minute, curator K. Henderson, Dundee Elastic Frontiers, Sheffield |
| 1996 | 2e Recontre International d’art Performance, curator R. Martel, Quebec Video Screenings, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork Pay & Display, Hull Time Based Arts, Hull. Flashpoint, The Globe Gallery, Tyne & Wear House Style, curator M. Wilson, The Bedroom Gallery, Belfast Fix 96, Catalyst Arts, Belfast |
Residences and Public Art Projects
| 2006 | ACNI New York - Artists Residency Program, New York |
| 2004 | Art on the Sea Front, Public Art Project, NBDC, Bangor. |
| 2000 | Artist in Residence, In you we trust, Cushendall Curfew Tower |
Collections
Arts Council of Northern Ireland |
Selected Bibliography
| 2006 | Dogs Have No Religion, exhibition catalogue. ISBN: 80-7056-138-6 www.britishcouncil.org/czechrepublic-arts-viusal-arts-dogs-have-no-religion.htm |
| 2005 | The Nature of Things, exhibition catalogue. ISBN: 0-9540086-1-8 www.britishcouncil.org/britishcouncil-arts-venicebiennale.htm Circa, issue 112, summer 2005, p38-49 The Belfast Way, exhibition catalogue. www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-arts-belfast-way.htm Justin McGuirck, the Belfast way, ICON, issue 023, 2005. Portraits from a 50’s Archive, catalogue. ISBN: 0-9524217-6-3. |
| 2004 | Arte Accion 2: 1978-1998, p337-338, production IVAM Institut d’art Modern Valencia 2004. ISBN 84-482-3714-5 |
| 2003 | Richard Read, Rome: Think Over at Rialto Santambrogio, Circa issue 106, pp78_79 |
| 2001 | Art Action 1958-1998, editions Intervention, p424-426. ISBN: 2-920500-1908 EV+A 2001 EXPANDED, exhibition catalogue, Gandon, ISBN: 09468646-12x Ar Grwydr: Roam, Coed Hills Rural Arts Space. www.recirca.com/backissues/c97/news.shtml |
| 2000 | Sofaer, Joshua, Conflict of Interest: Performance as a Spectator, Performance Research Journal, Volume 5.1, Spring ISBN: 0415241022, Routledge - 2000 Ce catalogue a ete realise a l’occasion de l’exposition L’art dans le Monde 2000, coedition de Paris Musees et Beaux Arts magazine. ISSN: 0757-2271 Collins, Phil, ‘Belfast II’, Circa, No.92, pp 44-45. Kennedy, Brian, ‘installaction/propos: Peter Richards’, Inter, No.75, pp 41-43. ‘Profile: Artist of the Month’, Artslink, March. |
| 1999 | Hanrahan, Suin, ‘Peter Rchards: Photographing Performance’, Source, No.20, pp30-31, Autumn. New Contemporaries 99, exhibition catalogue. ISBN: 0-951555685 MacWillam, Michael, ‘Perspective 99’, Live Art Magazine, Issue No27. Oct-Dec. McTigue, Eoghan, ‘Eventing Space’,Circa, No.88, pp 38-41, summer. Sofaer, Joshua, ‘Performance Lucida: Encounters with Peter Richards’, Live Art Magazine, Issue No. 25, May - July Weston, Gavin, ‘Another Something Other’, Sunday Times, 30th May Hill, Ian, ‘Exploring Performance Art’, Newsletter, 27th May Grigg, Jennifer.L., 'On The Walls in Belfast', Afterimage, Vol.26 No5, March/April Tallant, Sally, 'timetoshowup', Make, No 83, March - May Sverekova, Dr. Slavaka, Fortnight, December - January Chamberland, Richard, L'ART en ACTES: Quatorze petites choses,( Quebec: Inter), |
| 1998 | Sverekova, Dr. Slavaka, ‘Artaction’, Inter, No.72, pp 28. Weston, Gavin, 'Camera Lucida', Sunday Times, October 'Festival scene: Public Sightings', Artscene , Front Cover & pp13, October 'Root98 Lucida', Variant Vol.2 No.6, Autumn Marten, Blair, 'NI GULP' Circa, No.86, Winter Barham, Scott, 'Irish art deft, thoughtful', Winnipeg Free Press, August Biswas, Sharmila, 'Ambiguous Art?', Winnipeg Uptown, August 6th Gopnik, Blake, 'The texture of everyday living', The Globe and Mail, August 1st Guzek, Lukasz, 'Infusion, Skin Up, Fix', Circa 85, p41-43, Autumn |
| 1997 | Batani, Martine, 'L'art du direct', Montreal CAMPUS, Vol. XVIII No.2 Weston, Gavin, 'Video Cats', Circa No.80, summer, '2e Recontre International d'art', Inter, No67.27, '2e Recontre International d'art', Mix, spring Allen, Ben, 'Directors Exhibition', Artist Newsletter, march O Baoill, Ellis, 'Directors Exhibition', Circa, No.79, spring McKevitt, Jim, 'Directors Exhibition', Fortnight, February, |
Published Writing
| 2007 | Double Image : Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art , foreword, a Golden Thread Gallery Publication, 2005. ISBN: 978-0-9549633-8-5 Art and the Disembodied Eye: Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art , foreword, a Golden Thread Gallery Publication, 2005. ISBN: 978-0-9549633-5-4 Footnotes, editors Sarah Pierce and Julie Bacon, an Interface University of Ulster Publication; “Notations from an ongoing enquiry into aspects of representations of representations”, pp55-63. ISBN: 978-1-905902-02-6 |
| 2006 | The Soft Estate, Mike Hogg & Phillip Napier, exhibition catalogue foreword, a Golden Thread Gallery Publication, 2006. ISBN: 978-0-9549633-2-3 Icons of the North: Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art, foreword, a Golden Thread Gallery Publication, 2006. ISBN: 0-9549633-3-4 |
| 2005 | Post War – Pre Troubles: Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art, foreword, a Golden Thread Gallery Publication, 2005. ISBN: 0-9549633-1-8 Peter Richards, Circa No.111, Spring 2005 The Current State of Performance Art in Northern Ireland, Circa No.111, Spring 2005 Space: Architecture for Art, Inhabiting Space, p55-57, a Circa publication, ISBN: 0-9550319-0-7 |
| 2000 | ‘Belfast 2’, Circa No.94, winter 2000 |
| 1999 | ‘Artists’ Project: Peter Richards’, Circa No.91, spring 1999 ‘Installaction: Representation of Representations’ Inter Art Actuel, Quebec, No. 74. 1999. |
| 1997 | ‘On the Buses’(exhibition feature and front cover design), Artists Newsletter, Jan 1997 ‘Splatter’ Inter Art Actuel, Quebec, No.67, 1997 |
| 1996 | ‘On the sixth day, Mr. Burden?’, Source, Ireland, Summer 1996 ‘ Born 1993, Homeless: A brief history of Catalyst Arts, Inter Art Actuel, Quebec, No.66. 1996 |
