Biography
Conor Horgan is an acclaimed photographer, writer and award-winning filmmaker, known primarily for his portraiture. After completing an artist’s residency in the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris in 2017 he moved to the city for two years to fully experience the breadth of its photographic culture. Since returning and throughout the lockdowns he’s adopted new approaches to his practice and has moved into other areas of subject matter, mainly landscape and still life. This work has been well received, both by being supported with two Arts Council Agility Awards and being selected for several major exhibitions in 2021 and 2022. Post-State, a solo exhibition of his landscapes and found objects, was held in the Royal Hibernian Academy in October 2022. His work has been selected for the Royal Ulster Academy annual Open in 2021 and 2022, RHA Annual open in 2016, 2022 and 2023 and the Rua Red Open in 2023. Two of his works are in the OPW State Art Collection, three works are in the collection of the Little Museum of Dublin and many others are in private collections. He has recently been commissioned by the T.S. Eliot Foundation to produce a limited edition print to commemorate the centenary of The Waste Land.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 Post State, The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2021 En résidence, Permanent installation of portraits of artists-in-residence, Centre Cultural Irlandais, Paris
2015 Unpublished Dublin, The Little Museum of Dublin
1995 Portraits, The Gallery of Photography, Dublin
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 BOKEH, Exhibition of Contemporary Photography, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2024 Changing States: Ireland in the 21st Century, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin
2024 Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2024 Prism Inside, Íova Group, Tøn Gallery, Dublin
2023 Compendium, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
2023 Winter Exhibition, SO Fine Art Exhibition, Dublin
2023 A Community of Hope: Artists for Dublin Simon, Gormleys Fine Art Gallery, Dublin
2023 Decennium, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2023 HALFTONE Print Fair, The Library Project, Dublin
2023 First Biennial Exhibition, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation and Museum of Art, Mayo
2023 Vestige, T.R.A ce, Highlanes Gallery Summer Show, Drogheda
2023 Order/ Chaos – DLR Lexicon Open Show, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
2023 RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2023 Spring Open Show, Rua Red, Dublin
2022 RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2022 Christmas Show, The Library Project, Dublin
2022 RUA Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
2022 Still, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin
2022 Opening The Gates, Photo Ireland Festival, Dublin
2022 PROTEST!, The Gallery of Photography, Dublin
2022 Íova, Culture Night Show, Dublin
2022 HALFTONE Print Fair, The Library Project, Dublin
2021 RUA Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
2021 Someone’s Daughter Exhibition, Photo London
2021 Íova, Culture Night Show, Dublin
2020 One Hundred Views of Contemporary Ireland, PhotoIreland, The Library Project, Dublin
2016 HALFTONE Print Fair, The Library Project, Dublin
2016 RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2015 Greetings From Ireland, The Library Project at the City Assembly House, Dublin
2014 All You Need Is Love, The Copper House Gallery, Dublin
2014 One Hundred Views of Contemporary Ireland, PhotoIreland, The Library Project, Dublin
2011 Annual Show, Carriage Trade Gallery, New York
Funding Awards & Artist Residencies
2022 Arts Council Visual Arts Agility Award
2021 Arts Council Visual Arts Agility Award
2019 Language Bursary, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
2017 Artist-in-residence, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
Numerous residencies in the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland
Collections
Dún Laoghaire / Rathdown Municipal Art Collection
OPW State Art Collection
Little Museum of Dublin
Numerous private collections