Richard Gorman, Emotional Geometry
Chigasaki City Museum of Art, Japan
7 April - 2 June 2019
A solo exhibition of paintings by Richard Gorman.
Richard Gorman
Richard Gorman, Echo Delta, 2020, oil on linen, 100 x 100 cm / 39.4 x 39.4 in
Richard Gorman, Echo Zulu, 2020, oil on linen, 100 x 100 cm / 39.4 x 39.4 in
Richard Gorman, Charlie Charlie, 2020, oil on linen, 170 x 340 cm / 66.9 x 133.9 in
Richard Gorman, Romeo Papa, 2020, oil on linen, 150 x 150 cm, 59.1 x 59.1 in
Richard Gorman, Quebec, 2020, oil on linen, 220 x 220 cm / 86.6 x 86.6 in
Richard Gorman, Oscar Foxtrot, 2020, oil on linen, 170 x 170 cm / 66.9 x 66.9 in
Richard Gorman, Victor X-Ray, 2020, oil on linen, 170 x 170 cm / 66.9 x 66.9 in
Richard Gorman, Yankee Delta, 2019, oil on linen, 80 x 80 cm / 31.5 x 31.5 in
Richard Gorman
rust spin 2018
oil on linen
150 x 150 cm / 59.1 x 59.1 in
Richard Gorman
tilt cobalt 2017
oil on linen
150 x 150 cm / 59.1 x 59.1 in
Richard Gorman
Juliet 2020
gouache on handmade echizen kozo washi paper
72 x 59 cm / 28.3 x 23.2 in framed
Richard Gorman
Foxtrot 2020
gouache on handmade echizen kozo washi paper
72 x 59 cm / 28.3 x 23.2 in framed
Richard Gorman
Cog Three 2019
gouache on handmade echizen kozo washi paper
72 x 59 cm / 28.3 x 23.2 in framed
Richard Gorman
Cog Four 2019
gouache on handmade echizen kozo washi paper
72 x 59 cm / 28.3 x 23.2 in framed
Richard Gorman
Snug One 2008
oil on linen
170 x 170 cm / 66.9 x 66.9 in
Richard Gorman
Shuffle 2009
oil on linen
300 x 300 cm / 118.1 x 118.1 in
Richard Gorman, Buzz and Hum
Limerick City Gallery of Art,
9 February – 16 April 2017
Richard Gorman
CASA
Castletown House
30 May - 30 September 2016
Richard Gorman
Iwano
Kerlin Gallery
16 March – 7 May 2016
Richard Groman
KIN
9 May - 27 July 2014
The MAC, Belfast
Richard Gorman
Kozo
Kerlin Gallery
20th January - 25th February 2012
b. 1946, Dublin, Ireland.
A gifted colourist, Richard Gorman is best known for his paintings and works on paper exploring the dynamic interplay between geometric forms. The artist’s work has been greatly influenced by his frequent and extended trips to Japan – for over 25 years, he has visited the family-run Iwano paper factory in Echizen to produce his handmade kozo washi paper. Produced on both a monumental and intimate scale, these paper works offer a delicacy and fragility in counterpoint to his more robust oils on canvas. Both strands of Gorman’s practice draw their power from the compositional tension between increasingly prominent and boldly simplified blocks of colour, often with a subtly playful or humorous undertone.
Gorman has exhibited widely and regularly since the mid-1980s, especially in Dublin at Kerlin Gallery, and also in London, Milan and Tokyo. Frequent and extended visits to Japan have notably influenced his working methods and materials, most memorably in a series of highly successful large-scale works executed on handmade washi paper that he produced in western Japan in 1999, 2003 and 2008.
Recent solo exhibitions include: dalkey, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (2020); Keijo, Chigasaki Museum, Japan (2019); Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (2016, 2012, 2006, 2003); KAN, Assab One, Milan (2015); KIN, The MAC, Belfast (2014); Richard Gorman, Painting and Prints, Mitaka City Gallery of Art & Ashikaga City Museum of Art Japan (Both 2010); Shuffle, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (2009); Oeuvres nouvelles, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris (2007); Paintings and Paper Works, Koriyama City Museum of Art Koriyama, Japan (2002); Big Blue, Mural Koriyama City Museum of Art Fukushima, Japan (2002); Nine Paintings, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin and Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, (2001); Made in Japan, Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick, Ireland (2000) and Mitami City Gallery of Art and Mitaka City Art Foundation, Japan (1999). Recent group exhibitions include: Der Spiegel Galerie, Cologne; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; and 'A Measured Quietude', an exhibition of contemporary Irish drawings, which toured the Berkeley Art Museum, California and The Drawing Centre, New York.
Gorman's work is represented in many collections, both public and private in Europe, the UK, Ireland and Japan including New York Public Library, Deutsche Bank and The Ulster Museum.
In 2014, Gorman became the first Irish artist to design a carré scarf for luxury fashion house Hermès. Gorman’s designs are used in the Hermès Autumn/Winter 2015 menswear collection and featured in an Hermès window display at the iconic Japanese department store Isetan, Shinjuku, Tokyo, from October 2015.
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Richard Gorman
dalkey 2
16 June - 15 August 2020
Richard Gorman
dalkey
6 March - 9 April 2020
Richard Gorman
Iwano
16th March - 7th May 2016
Richard Gorman
Kozo
20th January - 25th February 2012
GROUP SHOW SUMMER 2010
Gallery Artists
23 July - 04 September 2010
Celebrating 20 Years
An exhibition of new work by Kerlin Gallery Artists
28th April - 24th May 2008
SUMMER GROUP SHOW 2007
20 July - 05 September 2007
SUMMER GROUP SHOW 2006
18 August - 30 September 2006
Richard Gorman
Flyer
14 July - 12 August 2006
WINTER GROUP SHOW 2006
Gallery Artists
19 December - 07 January 2006
SUMMER GROUP SHOW 2005
Gallery Artists
12th August - 3rd September 2005
Richard Gorman
homerun
10 January - 08 February 2003
Richard Gorman - Keijo
Richard Gorman - CASA
Richard Gorman
December 2016
Richard Gorman - KAN
Richard Gorman
2015
Richard Gorman in Buzz and Hum
West Cork Arts Centre, Co Cork
13 January – 21 February 2018
Two-person exhibition with Samuel Walsh.
Richard Gorman, Buzz and Hum
Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland
9 February – 16 April 2017
Two-person exhibition with Samuel Walsh. A publication will be made available.
Richard Gorman, Kan
ASSAB ONE, Milan, Italy
28 November – 18 December 2015
Solo exhibition
An exhibition of paintings from Richard Gorman's new series KAN opens at ASSAB ONE, Milan on 28 November.
Richard Gorman for Hermès
Window Installation, Hermès, Isetan Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
From 20 October 2015
Installation
As part of his ongoing collaboration with the French fashion house Hermès, Richard Gorman has designed a window installation for the brand's shopfront in the iconic Japanese department store Isetan Shinjuku.
Richard Gorman for Hermès
Collaboration
Richard Gorman’s powerful compositions and inimitable colour in a magnificent encounter with the world of Hermès. An encounter which produced four bold silk carrés. The design also featured in the menswear AW15 show where it was used on men’s shirts. Now based in Milan, Gorman will be in Dublin next Wednesday opening the RDS Library Speakers.
The talk is free, but booking is essential – tel 01-2407254 or email librarydesk@rds.
Dorothy Cross, David Godbold, Richard Gorman, Stephen McKenna & Kathy Prendergast, 'Meditation on Plates'
Casino Marino, Dublin
12 July - 31 October 2014
The Office of Public Works will present an exhibition 'Meditation on Plates: Inspired by Lord Charlemont's Casino' in one of Ireland's most highly regarded historic buildings, the Casino at Marino, Dublin.
A group of almost 40 esteemed Irish and international artists, designers and architects was invited to respond to the Casino building, some of its ornamental elements or surroundings in a personal drawing. The artists' drawings have been transferred onto porcelain plates and reproduced in a limited edition of 18 plates per artist. The resulting collection is rich in its variety of interpretations and the quality and beauty of the work.
Richard Gorman, KIN
The MAC, Belfast
9 May - 27 July 2014
Richard Gorman has spent the past twenty years refining his vision of, and his fluency, in paint. He has chiselled out a compositional language and tonal spectrum that are his own. He insists that his paintings mean no more or no less than what they are.
Hermés
Richard Gorman
Feburary 22, 2015
The Irish Times
The celebrated Irish painter and the historic French luxury brand have joined forces to collaborate on a carré scarf, the first time an Irish artist has been invited to work on such an exchange.
-Deirdre McQuillan