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David Jacques

Public Art / Exhibitions / screenings

2022
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool UK ‘Refractivepool’
‘Reel Work May Day Labor Film Festival’ Santa Cruz USA
Port of Hamburg Kunstfestival ‘betweenebbandflow’ filmprogramm Germany

2021
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool UK John Moores Painting Prize
Kulturfolger Arts Space, Zurich Switzerland “Ghost Ship’
Stadsbiblioteket, Göteborg Sweden ‘The Length of a dot is one unit’

2020
Complex Arts Centre, Dublin Ireland 'Crossings'

2018
Museum of Contemporary Art, Panama City, Panama. ‘Strata, Rocas, Polvo, Estrellas’
York Mediale 2018 UK ‘Strata, Rock, Dust, Stars’
SKLAD & The Ancient Baths, Plovdiv Bulgaria ‘Digital Ecologies’
Corner College, Zurich Switzerland ‘Hinterland part 2’

2017
Triskel Christchurch, Cork Ireland ‘Oil is the Devil’s excrement’ (solo)
Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool ‘Public View’

2015
Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool ‘Modern History Vol.1’
The Tetley, Leeds 18th International Contemporary Artists Book Fair

2014
Galerie Display, Koln Germany (solo)
Storey Institute Lancaster & UCLAN Preston for 'In Certain Places'
MMU Manchester School of Art for the Whitworth Art Gallery

2013
Tate Liverpool ‘Art turning Left’
MIA @ The Armory Centre for the Arts, Pasadena USA
17th International Video Festival VIDEOMEDEJA, Novi Sad Serbia
The Minories’ Artists’ Films Programme at Colchester Film Festival
Kunstverein Horn, Austria 'Corpus Mercatorium' (group)
The Cutting Room ‘Open Film Call’, Nottingham Playhouse UK
WNDX Film Festival, Winnipeg, Canada
The Lab Film Festival (Sheffield Fringe Remix) London
Sheffield Fringe. BLOC Projects Sheffield UK
GHost @ Central St Martins College of Art & Design, London

2012
Kirche St. Theodor, Koln Germany (solo)
ShanghART, Shanghai China & Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
15th Antimatter Film Festival, Victoria BC Canada
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York UK

2011
Walker Gallery, Liverpool 'The Irlam House Bequest' (solo)
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool ‘Democratic Promenade’
2010 Liverpool Art Prize UK
Northern Art Prize, Leeds UK

2009
Contemporary Art Norwich. EAST International 09
Northern Print Biennale, Newcastle
EASTvideo, screenings at various venues across the UK
Trafo Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 'EASTgoesEAST'
Royal College of Art, London 'Por Convencion Ferrer' (solo)

2008
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool 'Next up'

2005
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork Ireland 'As if in a dream dreamt by another' (solo)
The Model & Niland Arts Centre, Sligo, Ireland 'As if in a dream dreamt by another' (solo)
Galerie Gulliver, Cologne, Germany 'Allotment

2004
Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin Ireland 'As if in a dream dreamt by another'

2003
Bury City Gallery 'A plea to somewhere else'
Museum of Liverpool Life 'As if in a dream dreamt by another' (solo)

2001
Lichtof der VHS Cologne, Germany 'As if in a dream dreamt by another'
The Gasyard, Derry, Ireland 'As if in a dream dreamt by another' (solo)

2000
Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester 'As if in a dream dreamt by another' (solo)

1998
Galerie Berners Cologne, Germany 'Das Ich und die Gesellschaft' (solo)

1994
Clwyd & N.W. Arts 'touring exhibition' Asturias Spain
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall 'Pageant' (solo)
Liverpool University, Senate House 'Recent Work' (solo)

1993
North West Arts Board, Liverpool 'Recent Work' (solo)

1992
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool 'A pool of signs'

1991
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (solo)

Selected Public / Site Specific Artworks

2019 Hillsborough Memorial & Archive. Exterior painted artwork, enamel on steel RMT National Education Centre Darlington
2011  Robert Tressell Centenary, 87-95 Dale Street Liverpool. Large scale Bannerwork (solo)
2009 Mural workshop 'Bidder' EASTproject 5. Gallery at Norwich University College of the Arts (group)
2008 ‘Cities on the edge’ Liverpool Biennial. 3 billboards with Alan Dunn
2006 11 Banners ‘Some Cobh Non-Natives’ Cobh Public Library
2005-06 100 Banners & embroidered works with St Joseph’s Primary School ‘One hundred flowers to bloom’ Dublin Port Terminus, Ireland
Projections & stage design ‘Bang on’ Dublin Aids Alliance theatre production, Liberty Hall Dublin
2003 National Concert Hall Dublin 'A celebration of the life of Victor Jara' Backdrops
2001 New Zealand House, Newz Bar Liverpool ‘Some Liverpool Radicals ’ series of 8 large-scale paintings
2000 Liverpool Billboard Project Billboard ‘1911 General Transport Strike’ (group) Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art Bannerworks (group)
1990-2013 Numerous Trade Union Bannerworks (solo)

Bibliography and Interviews

critical reflections on place’ Practicing place publication, (Art Editions North) with Les Roberts

2018
www.metamute.org ’Oil is the Devil’s excrement’ on-line

2017
‘How finding oil can be a country’s downfall’ Irish Times review Gemma Tipton 4/4/17.
‘An exploration of oil as the Devil’s excrement’ Irish Examiner review Ellie O’Byrne. RTE Radio1 ‘Arena’ interview Sean Rocks 4/4/17.

2013
www.outcasting.org ‘The Irlam House Bequest’ on-line.

2011
www.soanyway.org ‘The Irlam House Bequest’ on-line. Sky Arts ‘Northern Art Prize’ (TV broadcast 25 mins). AP Engine. On-line interview & 'North Canada - English Electric' Gary Thomas 13/1/11.
Exhibition catalogue ‘EASTgoesEAST. Soanyway on-line arts magazine ‘The Irlam House Bequest’. Art Monthly ‘Democratic Promenade’ review. David Briers.

2009
EAST International 2009. Exhibition catalogue ('Por Convencion Ferrer') Northern Print Biennale 2009.
Exhibition catalogue 'Free for all' article featuring 'Some Liverpool Radicals'. The Guardian. Mike Morris 27/6/09
'East International plays fast and loose with the truth'. The Guardian. Adrian Searle 20/7/09

2008
'Sklave, geld, musik und fussball' interview, Die Wochenzeitung WOZ Germany. Pit Wuhrer.
'Por Convencion Ferrer - The North West of England, Anarcho-Syndicalism & Time Travel' Liverpool University Press.
'On the edge of passion' (film, 52 minutes) presenter. Director: Thierry Aguila, French production for 'Cities on the edge'

2006
'Allotment' CONTEXTS arts & practice in Ireland journal 'The art of moving on' The Sunday Tribune supplement Ireland, Gary Culliton.
'100 Flowers to bloom' Helen O'Donohue Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin Port Authority publication.

2005
‘Fluchtlinge verwachsen mit der neuen heimat’ exhibition review Kolner Stadt-Anzieger. Jurgen Kisters

2004
‘As if in a dream dreamt by another’ feature FACTO magazine, Bryan Adams
‘As if in a dream dreamt by another’ Contexts – arts & practice in Ireland Journa.l,
‘As if in a dream dreamt by another’ Katrina Goldstone, Exhibition catalogue Ireland

2000
‘The Beautiful North’ presenter, 5 part series (Granada Television).

1999
Liverpool Billboard Project, catalogue.

1998
‘Das Ich und die Gesellschaft’ feature Jurgen Kisters ‘8 Days a Week’ exhibition programme.
‘Meschen im Halbdunkel’ exhibition review Jurgen Kisters Kolner Stadt-Anzieger.

1994
‘Gift for the grotesque in images of modern mayhem’ exhibition review, Steve Brauner Liverpool Daily Post.

1991
‘11 Painters painting’ feature, (Granada Television). ‘Strongholds’ interview, (B.B.C. Radio Ulster).

1990
‘The New’ feature (Granada Television).

Awards / Residencies

Collected Works