BIOGRAPHY OF BRYAN Mc CORMACK

Bryan McCormack was born in Ireland in 1972.

2011 :

CENTRE POMPIDOU, PARIS FRANCE
Preservation is life - Les sons de ma vie
Sculptural and sound installation over six floors of the museum.
(November, December 2011)

THEATRE DE L'OPPRIME, Paris Installation, Costume Design, Lighting Design and Direction of : Chromo Zone Y Theatre Play, Written by Veronique Fortuné,
Produced by Rain Dogs Theatre Compnay (July 2011)

PLATEAU 31, Paris Installation, Costume Design, Lighting Design and Direction of : Chromo Zone Y Theatre Play, Written by Veronique Fortuné,
Produced by Rain Dogs Theatre Compnay (April 2011)
Supported by the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (DRAC Ile-de-France), by the Région Ile-de-France, by the Conseil Général du Val-de-Marne, la Communauté d’Agglomération du Val-de-Bièvre and La ville de Gentilly.

THE NEW DIORAMA THEATRE LONDON and THE ORANGE TREE THEATRE LONDON, Wrote the play : "13 : 7 : MIDDLE RING" Rehearsed Reading (and performance) Directed by Henry Bell (January 2011)

 

2010 :

The International Festival of Valldemossa
Installation and sound exhibition
The Festivals of Valldemossa Society under the patronage of the Consell de Mallorca and the Institut Balear del Turisme (IBATUR) and with the support of the Government of the Balearic Islands and the Valldemossa Town Hall amongst others invited the artist to create an installation at the Chapter House of the Monastery of the F Chopin and G Sand Museum.
(August - September 2010)

WHEN JORIS IVENS MEETS HRAESVELGR,
Permanent exhibition of the sculpture.
Organised by CMN (Centre des Monuments Nationaux), DNSC (Domaine National de Saint Cloud), CNAP (Centre National des Arts Plastiques), FNAC (Fonds National d'Art Contemporain), DRAC (Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles), DIREN (Directions Régionales de l'Environnement). (sculpture)
Le Domain National de Saint Cloud, Parc Saint Cloud, Paris, France.
(May 2010 - Indefinitely)

 

2009 :

ART ÉLYSÉES, one-man show, (painting),
Under the theme "découvertes" (new discoveries), organised by Galerie Baudoin Lebon,
Paris, France. (October 22 - 29, 2009).

Sound Performance, Ear-Splitting Timbre (Live Performance) by Sougata Bhattacharya,
Vaisseau Le Club, Paris, France. (July 2009)

UNESCO, Paris, France. (Sound - Painting - Installation). ( February 2009 ).

 

2008 :

Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France.
(Group exhibition - painting). (December 2008)

Text and Voice for "When it all fell down", Experimental Electronic Performance by The Phantom at Placard XI Headphone Festival at La Generale en Manufacture, 6 rue Grande, Sevres, France. (sound performance). (12 July, 2008 ).

Text and Voice for "When it all fell down", Experimental Electronic Performance by The Phantom at Mini Placard Festival at La Generale en Manufacture, 6 rue Grande, Sevres, France. (sound performance). (28 June, 2008 ).

Text and Voice for "When it all fell down", Experimental Electronic Performance by The Phantom at Cassiopeia Club, Revaler Strasse 99
Berlin, Germany. (sound performance). ( 07 June, 2008 ).

Art Paris, Foire d'Art Contemporain, The Grand Palais, Paris, France.
Group Exhibition (painting) (April 3 - 7 , 2008)

2007 :

TYPEFACE/EXPO
Médiathèque, Saint-Anne, Guadeloupe.
Experimental Film "UP/DOWN/IN/OUT
Film by Nicolas Merault, Story and Music by Julien Civange
Text and Voice by Bryan Mc Cormack
(December 2007).

UNTITLED 2
Solo exhibition Galerie Colbert, Paris, France.
(installation). (May - July 2007)

UNTITLED 1
Solo exhibition Galerie Colbert, Paris, France.
(painting - sound performance). (January - February 2007)

 

2006 :

GROUP EXHIBITION
96 Gillespie Gallery, London, UK. Group Exhibition, Curators Pat Graham & Melanie Standage, with the artists : Daniel Higgs, Cynthia Connolly, Rich Jacobs, Butch Anthony, Ed & Deanna Templeton, Daniel Lefcourt, Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Kline, Tim Kerr, Cheryl Dunn, Angela Boatwright, Gee Vaucher, Bronwen Jones, Allison Schnackenberg, Pandora Vaughan
(painting) (July 2006).

IL VENTO, dal settecento al l'arte contemporanea
Castagneto Po Arti al Castello, Turin, Italy. Group Exhibition with the support of Turin Modern Art Museum (GAM), curator Elena Volpato. Also the artist was aided by the Foundation Joris Ivens.
(Sculpture - Film). (June - September 2006)

SEE NOTHING, HEAR NOTHING, KNOW NOTHING
Solo exhibition Galerie Christian Colas, Paris, France.
(installation - painting - sound). (March 2006)
(in collaboration with the musician, composer and producer Julien Civange).

 

2005 :

INTIMATE WHISPERINGS WHILE THE WORDS BREAK DOWN
Solo exhibition The Empire Gallery, London, UK.
(installation - painting - sound - performance) (October - Novembre 2005)
(in collaboration with the New York experimental musician Turkish Love Circus)

THE DIARIES OF JOHN DOE
Solo exhibition Galerie Colbert, Paris, France. (in collaboration with the musician, composer and producer Julien Civange).
(installation and sound). (May - July 2005)
Released experimental music album "The Diaries of John Doe", which was a follow-on from solo exposition in Galerie Colbert, produced and distributed by (Julien Civange) - Siliwood Music France. (July 2005)

LA MINIATURA DAL SETTECENTO AL VIDEO D'ARTISTA
Castagneto Po Arti al Castello, Turin, Italy. Group Video exhibition with the support of Turin Modern Art Museum (GAM), curator Elena Volpato, with the artists : John Baldessari, Bill Viola, Olivo Barbieri, Eva Marisaldi, Sara Rossi, Simon Sterling, Gary Hill, Francesco Barocco, Luca Rento, Henrik hakansson, David Claerbout, Bryan Mc Cormack, Luigi Meneghello, Marzia Migliora and Elisa Sighicelli. (June - September 2005)

2004 :

UNLEASHING THE IMPONDERABLE CONCEPTION OF IMMORTALITY ON THE MISGUIDES, SERVILE BURGEOISE
Solo exhibition The Foundation Castagneto Po Arti al Castello, Turin, Italy.
(installation) (May - July 2004)

LOOK INSIDE YOURSELF
Solo exhibition Galerie de Buci, Paris, France.
(painting). (March - April 2004)

2003 :

WHO ARE THE HEROES
Solo exhibition The Foundation Castagneto Po Arti al Castello, Turin, Italy.
(installation - sound - painting) (March - April 2003)

2001-2002 :

Film "Sue's Last Ride" : (co-scriptwriter for a film by Nicholas Elliott)
Amiens International Film Festival
Rotterdam International Film Festival
Portland Reel Music Film Festival.
Festival Cinénygma au Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Manchester (USA) Film Festival.
Chicago Underground Film Festival.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Fonds National d'Art Contemporain (FNAC)

The Foundation Castagneto Po Arti al Castello

Centre des Monuments Nationaux (CMN)

Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP)

Domaine National de Saint Cloud (DNSC)

Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles (DRAC)

 
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