Education
1998-2001: Diploma (hons) in fine art sculpture, Dunlaoghaire Institute of Art and Design, Dublin.
2003–2004: Degree (hons) in fine art painting and sculpture, Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork.
Awards and Residencies
2024 - Resident at DNA, Provincetown, MA, USA.
2017, 2018 - Resident at DNA, Provincetown, MA, USA.
2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2022 - Resident at Cill Rialaig, Ballinskelligs, Kerry Ireland.
2005 - Resident at Mantua Art Project, Roscommon, Ireland, awarded bursary by Roscommon County Council.
2004 - Resident at Van Morey Studio, Snug, Tasmania, Australia.
2003 - Awarded Eli Lily Acquisition Prize. Selected for RDS Annual Student Awards.
2002 - Resident at Brookfield Studios, Margate, Tasmania, Australia.
Solo Exhibitions
2026 - HOMEOSTASIS, Espronceda Center for Art, Barcelona.
2024 - LUCA, TØN, Dublin, Ireland.
2023 - No Rush, Plataforma2, Barcelona, Spain.
2021 - 12 Solcs i 7 Aradas, Casino de Vic, Catalunya, Spain.
2020 - Thicket, Galleria Uxval Gochez, Barcelona, Spain.
2018 - Algoritm, Espronceda Center for Art, Barcelona, Spain.
2017 - For All in Tents and Porpoises, Origin gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
2016 - Der Handshuh, Das Kapital, Berlin, Germany.
2015 - The Reconfigured Beast, Museu Maritím de Barcelona, Spain.
2012 - The Vagabond goes to the Sea, Origin gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
2008 - Cave, Cibercentro, La Lila, Oviedo, Spain. ‘A Manual on Tidal Arrangements,’ Urban Retreat Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
2006 - What Remains, Urban Retreat Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
2006 - We the Navigators, Origin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
Group Exhibitions
2026 - Rojo que te Cojo, Baixada 6, Barcelona.
2025 - La Banda, Tappeto Volante, New York, USA. Pastoral: Refuge and Redemption, Readymade, Orleans, USA. Panorama, Uxval Gochez, Barcelona.
2024 - Trading Cards 2, Field of Play, Brooklyn, NY, USA. A Shovelful, DNA, Provincetown, MA, USA. Depictions, Uxval Gochez, Barcelona, Spain.
2023 - Just LX, contemporary art fair Lisbon, Portugal
2021 - Fluctoplasma, Westwerk, Hamburg, Germany.
2020 - Oasis, Osaka and Tokyo, Japan.
2019 - Oasis, Toledo, Spain.
2018 - Song for Wampanoag, AMP Gallery, Provincetown, MA, USA. Oasis, Toledo, Spain.
2017 - Echo Locate, DNA, Provincetown MA, USA. L'illa d'Art, Safia Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain.
2016 - Iomramh, Espronceda Centre for Art and Culture, Barcelona, Spain. VUE, RHA Dublin, Ireland.
2015 - Kunstepunkte, Studio 369, Dusseldorf, Germany. Art Cosmos, Espronceda Centre for Art and Culture, Barcelona, Spain.
2014 - Spring, Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin.
2013 - Creative Connexions, Sitges, Spain.
2011 - Start, group show of original art posters, Dublin.
2010 - Art for Haiti, De Veres, Dublin. ‘Nau 1 Now,’ Barcelona, Spain.
2009 - Pols, Gracia Arts Project, Barcelona. Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon, Ireland. ‘Bolivar meets Morales,’ Cerka’l Festival, Piera, Catalonia, Spain.
2008 - Landed, The Backloft, Dublin. Strange Fish, Bold Art Gallery, Galway, Ireland. Royal Hibernian Academy annual exhibition, Dublin.
2007 - Céad, 411 Gallery, Shanghai, Beijing and Hangzhou, China.
2006 - 6 x 6, 411 Gallery, Hangzhou, China. A Wake, Mantua Arts Project, Roscommon, Ireland.
2005 - Living Artists, Berkley Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland. End of year, Broadstone Studios, Dublin, Ireland.
2004 - Art Trail, Cork, Ireland. CCAD Degree Show, Cork, Ireland. Big Green Shed, Margate, Tasmania, Australia.
2003 - Annual Student Awards, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, Ireland.
2001 - High Tide, Mt. Wellington Sculpture trail, Tasmania, Australia.
Collections
Cork Institute of Technology, Carlow Institute of Technology, Eli Lilly Ireland, Irish Teachers Union, Boyle Civic Trust, Office of Public Works Dublin, Mexican Embassy Ireland, Office of Public Works, Ireland. Private collections worldwide.
Reviews
’Young artists who work beyond the Pale,’ Aidan Dunne, Irish Times, 25/06/04
‘Art optimism on Misery Hill,’ Ros Drinkwater, Sunday Business Post, 18/02/07
‘Currachs and optimism on the horizon in Redden’s inspirational exhibition,’ Andrea Smith, Sunday Independent, 21/09/08
‘Mark Redden,’ Virginia Casielles, Oviedo Cultura y Congresos, Spain, 17/11/08
‘Irish Artist and boat-builder,’ Nicola Thornton, Metropolitan Barcelona, 24/02/10
‘An Irish woman’s dairy,’ Lorna Siggins, Irish Times, 21/09/10
‘First Person,’ Lisa Brady, Sunday Business Post,' 08/01/12
'El irlandés que susurraba a los barcos,' Meritxell M. Pauné, La Vanguardia, 09/03/16
'El solc d’un irlandès a Catalunya', Jordi Vilarrodà, El 9 Nou, 17/09/21
Bibliography
Meditación con remos en Barcelona, Ana Sánchez, El Periódico, 16/08/2024
Earth Day: 11 Irish visions of the future, Gemma Tipton, The Irish Times, Dublin, 21/04/2023
What lies beneath: Oysters by Mark Redden, Niall MacMonagle, Irish Independent, Dublin, 21/06/2020
The art of boatbuilding, Donnchadh Tiernan, Metropolitan Barcelona, 11/07/2017
El irlandés que susurraba a los barcos, Meritzell Pauné, La Vanguardia, Barcelona, 09/03/2016
Remar a contracorriente, Olga Merino, El Periódico, Barcelona, 18/02/2016
First Person, Lisa Brady, Sunday Business Post, 08/01/12
An Irish woman’s dairy, Lorna Siggins, Irish Times, 21/09/10
Irish Artist and boat-builder, Nicola Thornton, Metropolitan Barcelona, 24/02/10
Mark Redden, Virginia Casielles, Oviedo Cultura y Congresos, Spain, 17/11/08
Currachs and optimism on the horizon in Redden’s inspirational exhibition, Andrea Smith, Sunday Independent, 21/09/08
Art optimism on Misery Hill,’ Ros Drinkwater, Sunday Business Post, 18/02/07
Young artists who work beyond the Pale, Aidan Dunne, Irish Times, 25/06/04
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