Gerard Byrne

Gerard Byrne has developed a reputation as one of the Ireland’s leading contemporary painters. His artwork has been exhibited in galleries in Dublin, London and Brighton, UK where he currently lives.
His extensive collection of work represents a great scope of versatility. He captures the impressions of nature, architecture and industrial landscape. When living in Dublin, he became almost inseparable with the docklands, were he was spending most of his time with large canvases (some over six feet high), and sometimes against changing weather conditions capturing the quintessential atmosphere of decay and regeneration.
He is also well known for his stunning floral pieces and large extravagant figurative works where he presents a human figure, or even an animal figure, in which he dares to delve into the mind of the spectator.
Although Gerrard’s artistic talent had been recognised from an early age, only in his early thirties he decided to devote himself solely to painting. He began painting professionally first in Berlin, then New York after which he eventually returned to his Dublin. In the early 2000s he bought a house in Dalkey, which was soon to become The Art House, a famous art home, where music nights, poetry readings,...

Self - thought artist

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
George Gallery, Dublin, 1989
People's Gallery, Berlin, 1990
George Gallery, Dublin, 1991
Browns Gallery, Dublin, 1991
Fortune Society, New York City, 1993
Guinness Hop Store, Dublin, 1994
Jo Rain Gallery, Dublin, 1995
Harrison Gallery, Dublin, 1996
Bridge Gallery, Dublin, 1997
Gorry Gallery, Dublin, 1998
Gorry Gallery, Dublin, 2000
Dalkey Arts Gallery, Dublin, 2001
Gorry Gallery, Dublin, 2003
Dalkey Arts Gallery, Dublin, 2004
Irish Fine Art, Dublin, 2005
Irish Fine Art, Dublin, 2006
Gallery 4, Dublin, 2007
Greenlane Gallery, Dingle, 2008
Gorry Gallery, Dublin, 2009
ART House, Dalkey, June 2012
ART House, Dalkey, August 2012
ART House, Dalkey, December 2012
ART House, Dalkey, February 2013
ART House, Dalkey, June 2013
The Gerard Byrne Studio, Dalkey, August 2013
The Gerard Byrne Studio, London, December 2014
Artists Open Houses Festival, Brighton, May 2016

RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
The Glasthule Gallery, Sandycove, Ireland, March 2015

Clerkenwell Design Week, Platform, Clerkenwell, London, May 2015

Chelsea Town Hall, Parallax Art Fair, Chelsea, London, February 2016

Menier Gallery, The Art of Regeneration, Southwark, London, April 2016

The Observer Building, Revolution Show,...