Born in 1974 in Dublin, Ireland
Lives and works between Dublin, Ireland and Vienna, Austria

Education: 
 
2000-01   MSc Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland 
1998-00   MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 
                USA     
1994-97   BFA Sculpture, The Ruskin School of Fine Art 
                and Drawing, Oxford University, Oxford, UK  
 
 
Solo Exhibitions: 
 
2010      Thomas Dane Gallery, London, UK

2009      Directions: Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
              Animated Scene, The 53rd Venice Biennial, 
              Isola di Certosa, Venice, Italy 
              Oil Stick Work, Simon Preston Gallery, New York, 
              NY 
              John Gerrard, Knoedler Gallery Project, New York, 
              NY 
 
2008      John Gerrard / Joy Gerrard, Temple Bar Gallery and 
              studios, Dublin, Ireland 
  
2007      Dark Portraits, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria 
 
2006      Dark Portraits, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 
 
2003      New Work, The Gallery of Photography, Dublin, 
              Ireland 
 
2000      30 Seconds of Desire, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, 
              Chicago, ILL 

Group Exhibitions: 
 
2009      Infinitum, Palazzo Fortuny, Venezia, Italy (curated by                      Axel Verdoodt)

2008      Academia, La Chapelle de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts,
              Paris, France 
              Landscape 08, The Dock Gallery, Co. leitrim, Ireland 
              10,000 to 50, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 
              Dublin, Ireland 
              Singing the Real, Eigse, Carlow, Ireland 
              On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Hilger 
              Contemporary, Vienna, Austria 
              Into the Ether, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, NY
 
2007      Blown Away, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IlLL
              Are We There Yet, Elizabeth Foundation Gallery, NY
              Existencias, Musac - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo 
              de Castilla y Leon, Leon, Spain 
              Singing the Real, Iziko-SA National Gallery, 
              Cape Town, ZA 
              Equal, That Is, To The Real Itself, curated by Linda 
              Norden, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
              Landscapism, curated by Joseph Wolin, The Islip Art 
              Museum, East Islip, NY 
 
2006      Digital Tales, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporaneo 
              de Santiago de Compostela, Spain  
              Heavy Light, Quint Contemporary, California
              The Genius of Place, Art Museum of Western   
              Virginia, Roanoake, Virginia

2006      Present/Future, Artissima, Turin, Italy 
              4th Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Seoul 
              Museum of Art, South Korea 
              Code Blue, Millenium Art Museum, Beijing, China 
              Freeform, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland 
              Human Touch, Sala terrena, Salzburg, Austria 
              Digital Transit, Centro Cultural del Conde Duque,  
              Madrid, Spain   
  
2005      Simulcrum, Society for Contemporary Photography, 
              Kansas City, Missouri
              Climax, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, 
              Taichung, Taiwan 
              Eurojet Futures Anthology, RHA, Dublin, Ireland 
              The Institute of Potential Art + Failure, Carlow
              Visualise, Carlow, Ireland 
              Bring on the Clones, Vertex List, Brooklyn, New York
  
2004      Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK  
              Some Exhaust, Lehman Maupin Gallery,
              New York, NY
              Eurojet Futures, RHA, Dublin, Ireland 
              Selections from the New York Digital Salon, Kendall 
              College of Art Gallery, Michigan
              Passage of Mirage, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
              Flix, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 
              Touch and Temperature, Bitforms Gallery, New York

2004      Travelling To, Deborah Colton Gallery,
              Houston, Texas
              Digital Avant-Garde, American Museum of the Moving 
              Image, New York
              Selfish, SciCult Gallery, London, UK    
 
2003      Thy Neighbours Ox, Space Station 65, London, UK  
              The National Gallery, The Return Gallery, Goethe 
              Institute, Dublin, Ireland 
              EV+A 2003, Limerick City Art Gallery and other sites, 
              Limerick, Ireland 
              Portrayal, Model Arts Centre, Sligo Ireland  
 
 
Residencies: 
 
2005      Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada 
 
2004      Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz, Austria 
              Irish Arts Council Leighton Residency, Banff Centre 
              for the Arts, Banff, Canada 
    
2003      Siemens Residency, Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz, 
              Austria  
  
2002      Pepiniere Residency, Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz, 
              Austria

Awards and Grants: 
 
2005      Co-production Award, Banff Centre or the Arts,
              Banff, Canada 
 
2004      Siemens Artist in Residence Award 
              Irish Arts Council visual Artists Bursary 
              Projects Award, Irish Arts Council 
 
2003      Irish Arts Council Residency to Banff Centre for
              the Arts, Banff, Canada 
              Projects Grant, Irish Arts Council 
    
2002      Pepinieres Scholarship 
    
2001      Development Grant, The Gallery of Photography,
              Dublin 
 
2000      Irish Arts Council Postgraduate Art Scholarship