B.1953
Hughie O'Donoghue's subjects are history, memory and myth. At the heart of his work is the reimagining of individual lives such as the hardship of itinerant Irish labourers or the experience of his father in the Second World War.
Hughie O'Donoghue
1953
Born Manchester, England
1982
MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London, England
1984-85
Artist in Residence, National Gallery, London, England
2000
Artist in Residence, St. John's College, Oxford, England
2005
Honorary Doctorate, National University of Ireland, Ireland
2006
Art Commissioning Panel, Imperial War Museum, London, England
Selected solo exhibitions
2009
Hughie O'Donoghue. Pharos, James Hyman Gallery, London
2008
Hughie O'Donoghue: The Geometry of Paths, James Hyman Gallery, London
2007
Hughie O'Donoghue: Last Poems, Michael Janssen Gallery, Berlin, Germany
O'Donoghue:On the Rapido: Prints, University Gallery and Baring Wing,
Hughie O'Donoghue, University of Northumbria, Newcastle
2006
Hughie O'Donoghue: Souvenir of St Valery, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
O'Donoghue: The Deep, The Fairgreen Gallery, Galway & Aras-eanna, Inis-oirr (Galway Arts Festival)
2005
Hughie O'Donoghue: The Drunkenness of Noah, Purdy Hicks Gallery
O'Donoghue: Parable of the Prodigal Son, Fenton Gallery, Cork
2004
Hughie O'Donoghue: Fiume, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
O'Donoghue: Crucifixions, Duiske Abbey, Graiguenamanagh and Callan Friary, Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland
2003
Hughie O'Donoghue: Painting Caserta Red, Imperial War Museum London; Imperial War Museum North Manchester
O'Donoghue: Postcard from Milan and other prints, Purdy Hicks Gallery
2002
Hughie O'Donoghue: Course of the Diver, Purdy Hicks Gallery
O'Donoghue: Course of the Diver, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich
2001
Hughie O'Donoghue: Naming the Fields, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
O'Donoghue: Navigation, Mayo General Hospital
2001-03
Hughie O'Donoghue: Richer Dust, Carborundum Prints and Related Paintings and Drawings 1995-2000, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Djanogly Art Gallery, University of Nottingham; Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal; Victoria Art Gallery, Bath; Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
2000
Hughie O'Donoghue: Musik alter Zeiten (Ancient Music), Galerie Helmut Pabst, Frankfurt
O'Donoghue: Smoke Signals, Purdy Hicks Gallery
1999
Hughie O'Donoghue: Niobe's Children, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich
O'Donoghue: Episodes from the Passion, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
O'Donoghue: Corp, Paintings and Drawings of the Human Body 1984-1998, Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester
1998-99
Hughie O'Donoghue: Corp, Paintings and Drawings of the Human Body 1984- 1998, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Crossing the Rapido: An Italian Campaign 9 October 1943-29 April 1998 Purdy Hicks Gallery
1997
Hughie O'Donoghue: Via Crucis, Haus der Kunst, Munich
O'Donoghue: A Line of Retreat, Purdy Hicks Gallery, Paintings & Carborundum Prints
O'Donoghue: A Line of Retreat, Galerie Helmut Pabst, Works on Paper
O'Donoghue: A Line of Retreat, Galerie Karl Pfefferle & Rubicon Gallery, Carborundum Prints
Hughie O'Donoghue: Via Crucis, selected works, James O'Donoghue & Co. Gallery, Kilkenny, Carborundum Prints, Cartwright Hall, Bradford
1995
Hughie O'Donoghue:Eigse, Carlow, Ireland
1994
Hughie O'Donoghue: A Painted Passion, Atlantis Gallery, London
1993
Hughie O'Donoghue: 13 Drawings from the Human Body, Jill George Gallery, London
1991
Hughie O'Donoghue, Kilkenny People Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
O'Donoghue, Galerie Helmut Pabst
1989
Hughie O'Donoghue: Crow Paintings, ARCO '89 ICAF, Madrid, Spain
O'Donoghue: Fires, Fabian Carlsson Gallery, London
1987
Hughie O'Donoghue, Galleria Carini, Florence
1986
Hughie O'Donoghue, Fabian Carlsson Gallery, London
1985
Hughie O'Donoghue, National Gallery, London
1984
Hughie O'Donoghue, Air Gallery, London
Selected group exhibitions
2011
Beyond the Human Clay, James Hyman Gallery, London
2010
Modernist Realism. The School of London from Anderews to O'Donoghue, James Hyman Gallery, London
2008
Violence and Sensation: Francis Bacon and the Remaking of Appearance, James Hyman Gallery, London
2007
Then and Now. Works on Paper by Tony Bevan, Glenys Johnson and Hughie O'Donoghue, James Hyman Gallery, London
Always Touched by your Presence, Dear - New Acquisitions, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
2006-7
Bodies of Water Victoria Art Gallery; Southampton City Gallery
2006
Multiple Choice - An Exhibition of Contemporary Printmaking, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, Kettering
Inspiration, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendall
2005
Eye of the Storm, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Prints, University Gallery, University of Northumbria, Newcastle
International Graphic, Biennale
2004
Views from an Island, Contemporary Irish Art from the collection of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Millennium Monument Museum, Beijing: Shanghai Art Gallery
2003
Past Memory/Present Feeling, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA, USA
Prints, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Journey, Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester
2000
Geschichte und Erinnerung Kunst der Gegenwart (History and Memory in Contemporary Art), Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Centuries of Genius, European Master Printmaking, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Artist's Century, Masterworks and Self Portraits of 20th Century Irish Artists, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
Times of Our Lives: Endings, Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester
1999
Graphic! British Prints Now, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
1998-2000
When Time Began to Rant and Rave: Figurative Painting from 10th Century Ireland, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; University of California Art Museum, Berkeley; Grey Art Gallery &
Study Centre, New York; University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbour
1997-98
Last Dreams of the Millennium: The Re-emergence of British Romantic Painting, University Art Gallery, California State University, Stanislaus; Main Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton; University of Hawaii
1996
Andata e Ritorno: British Artists in Italy 1980-96, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
1995-96
John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 19, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1995
Famine, Claremorris, Ireland
1994
Credo, Purdy Hicks Gallery
, Kettles Yard Cambridge and tour
1992
The Figure Laid Bare, Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London
Man, The Form and the Spirit, Connaught Brown, London
Open Exhibition, Part I (invited artist), Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
British Artists, Galleria de'Serpentini, Rome
and Hell, Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London
1991
Ten Artists in Residence, National Gallery, London
1990
Drawing Show II, Jill George Gallery, London
1989
Ways of Telling, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales
'89, Cleveland UK 9th International Drawing Biennale (Prizewinner)
1988
The Romantic Tradition in Contemporary British Painting, Sala de
, Murcia; Circulo de Belles Artes, Madrid; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
and Beyond, Cleveland Gallery, Middlesbrough
Show I, Jill George Gallery, London
1987
New Year New Work, Fabian Carlsson Gallery, London
Territori dell'Arte: Europa/America, Francavilla al Mare, Italy
1986-87
Open Exhibition, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1986
Works on Paper, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London;
Show, Galleria Carini, Florence, Italy
1984
10 Years at Air, Air Gallery, London
1982-83
Open Exhibition, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Selected Collections
Arts Council
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Ashmolean Museum of Art, Oxford, England
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, ENgland
British Museum, London, England
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, England
Cleveland County Museums, Middlesbrough, England
Djanogly Art Gallery, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, England
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England
Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield, England
Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, Scotland
The Imperial War Museum, London, England
The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Mayo General Hospital
The National Gallery, London, England
St John's College, University of Oxford, England
Trinity College, Dublin, Irealnd
Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
University of Michigan, Museum of Art, Ann Arbour, USA
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, England
Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, Manchester, England
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA
Selected Publications
Hamilton, J., O'Donoghue, H., Hughie O'Donoghue: painting, meomry, myth, Merrell Publishers Ltd., 2003.
Hartley, C., Hughie O'Donoghue: Richer Dust; Carborundum Prints and Related Paintings and Drawings 1995-2000, Fitzwilliam Museum et al & Purdy Hicks Gallery, 2001.
Hughie O'Donoghue: Carborundum Prints, Arts, Museum and Libraries Division, City of Bradford Metropolitan Council, 1997.
Hughie O'Donoghue: Paintings and Drawings 1983-1986, Fabian Carlsson Gallery, 1986.
Hyman, J., (ed.), Hughie O'Donoghue: Parables, James Hyman Gallery, 2008.
McGonagle, G., O'Donoghue, M., Corp: Paintings and Drawings of the Human Body 1984-1998, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 1998.
O'Donoghue, H., Hughie O'Donoghue: Crossing the Rapido, Purdy Hicks Gallery, 1998.
O'Donoghue, H., Fallon, B., A Line of Retreat: Etappen des Ruckzugs, Purdy Hicks Gallery, 1997.
O'Donoghue, H., Fires, Fabian Carlsson Gallery, 1989.
O'Donoghue, H., Hughie O'Donoghue: Episodes from the Passion, RHA - Gallagher Gallery, 1999.
O'Donoghue, H., Hughie O'Donoghue: Course of the Diver, Galerie Karl Pfefferle & Purdy Hicks Gallery, 2002.
O'Donoghue, H., Richer Dust: Carborundum Prints and Related Paintings and Drawings 1994-2000, Purdy Hicks Gallery, 2001.
O'Donoghue, H., (illus.), The Testament of Cresseid, Enitharmon Editions, 2004.