DAVID HAUGHEY / b.1979
David Haughey is an artist living and working in Belfast, in the North of Ireland. He graduated from Ulster University in 2001, BA (Hons) Fine Art and has shown work in Venice, at La Casa Di Corto Maltese (2011), as well as the Royal Ulster Academy Annual exhibition (2014), and at Void Gallery, Derry, in an exhibition curated by Turner Prize winner Mark Wallinger (2015). David presented a solo exhibition of painting titled “According To Our Historians A Meteorite Fell Hissing" at The Ulster University Art Gallery during January and February 2017. David successfully defended his PhD thesis in April 2021 at The Belfast School of Art, his research explored time and the image in the context of expanded fine art practices, with a particular focus on video and the exhibition. His research and practice has defined a space between the conventions of painting, photography, cinema, installation and digital media. As a teacher, lecturer and tutor with more than 15 years experience, David has worked with students of all ages, teachers, and technical staff and is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. David is a member of QSS Studios.
EDUCATION
PhD - Ulster University (2021) BA/Hon’s Fine Art - Ulster University (2001) Foundation Art & Design - BIFHE (1998)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021 - ‘We Moved Along, One Behind the Other’ Solo Exhibition. Art Arcadia, Derry, Northern Ireland.
2020 - ‘It Crystallises Into a Monad’ Solo Exhibition. QSS Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2019 - ‘QSS at The Arches Centre’ Group Exhibition. QSS Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2019 - ‘Progressions’ Group Exhibition. Ulster University Art Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2018 - ‘Leviathan’ Group Exhibition. Curated by Gregory McCartney. Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown, Northern Ireland.
2018 - ‘A Brand New Darkness’ Group Exhibition. Curated by Gregory McCartney. Galway Arts Centre, Ireland.
2018 - ‘INTRO’ Group Exhibition. QSS Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2017 - ‘Substance to Shadows’ Group Exhibition. Curated by Feargal O’Malley. Ulster University Art Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2017 - ‘Interiority’ Group Exhibition. Curated by Zavier Ellis. Charlie Smith Gallery, London, England.
2017 - ‘According To Our Historians A Meteorite Fell Hissing.’ Solo Exhibition. Seacourt Centre For Contemporary Printmaking, Bangor, Northern Ireland.
2017 - ‘According To Our Historians A Meteorite Fell Hissing.’ Solo Exhibition. Curated by Feargal O’Malley. Ulster University Art Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland. EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
2016 - ‘Symbiosis.’ Group Exhibition. Cultural Centre Vanha Paukku, Finland.
2015 - ‘Horse’ - Group exhibition, curated by Mark Wallinger & Maoliosa Boyle. Void Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland.
2014 - ‘RUA’ - Group exhibition. Royal Ulster Academy at the Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2014 - ‘Monsters Of Ulster’ - Group exhibition, curated by Factotum/Vacuum. Black Box, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2011 - ‘Lets Visit The Arts Centre’ - Solo Exhibition, & Book with The MAC & Factotum. La Casa Di Corto Maltese, Venice, Italy.
2009 - ‘Signal To Me’ - Digital extrapolation of Samuel Beckett’s QUAD. With Dr. Peter Rosser and performance of work by Arne Nordheim. Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2007 - ‘Fantasy’ - Solo Exhibition, curated by Factotum/Vacuum. Black Box, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2006 - ‘Choir’ - Group exhibition, curated by Factotum/Vacuum. Black Box, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
SELECTED WRITING
2019 - ‘Once A Day Every Day All Day Long’ - Catalogue essay for an exhibition by Locky Morris. Commissioned by F. E. McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge, Northern Ireland. READ HERE
2019 - ‘New Territory’ - Essay for an exhibition by Lee Stitt. Commissioned by Ulster University Art Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland. READ HERE
2018 - ‘The Earthly and the Uncharted’ - Essay for an exhibition by Stuart Calvin. Commissioned by Ulster University Art Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland. READ HERE
2018 - ‘Abiogenesis, My Home, Our Home’ - Essay for an exhibition by Richard Lloyd Lewis. Commissioned by Baby Forest, Cork, Ireland. READ HERE