PASCAL UNGERER
Pascal Ungerer is a visual artist from Cork, Ireland. His painting practice explores spatial cultures with a particular focus on peripheral topographies and speculative future landscapes. In 2016 he received a BFA from The MTU Crawford College of Art & Design and in 2018 he completed a scholarship funded MFA at Goldsmiths University London.
He has exhibited work at The Saatchi Gallery (London), Roman Road Gallery (London), The Visual Centre for Contemporary Art (Ireland), CICA Museum (South Korea), Blackburn Museum (UK) and The Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre (Ireland); where he held his solo show ‘Speculative Artefacts’ in 2023.
He has received funding awards and bursaries from The Arts Council of Ireland, Cork County Council, Cork City Council, Culture Ireland and Goldsmiths University London.
CURRICULUM VITAE
https://www.instagram.com/pascal.ungerer/
Education & Qualifications
2018 Goldsmiths University London, MFA Fine Art
2016 Crawford College of Art & Design, BA Honours Fine Art
2004 City & Islington College, London, HND Photography
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Artlink Fort Dunree, (forthcoming)
2023 The Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre
2022 GOMA - Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford
2022 Gallerie Burgerstockersenger, Zurich, Switzerland
2022 Custom House Studios & Gallery, Mayo
2021 The LHQ Gallery in association with Cork County Council
2021 The Prism Contemporary, Curated by Alex Zawadzi, Blackburn, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions & Screenings
2023 The Robert Walters UK New Artist of The Year, The Saatchi Gallery, London
2023 FUTUROPIA, The Peoples Museum, Culture Night, Limerick
2022 Group show curated by The Catherine Hammond Gallery, Bantry, Cork.
2019 'Vanishing Point', SUBURBINALE Film Festival 2019, Austria
2019 'Vanishing Point' London Experimental, The Islington Metal Works
2019 'Industrialised': Art in Manufacturing in the Gallery, Blackburn Museum, UK
2019 Experimental Film and Video 2019, CICA Museum, South Korea
2019 'Vanishing Point', Soloris Film Festival, Nice, France
2018 'Of Memory' Damer House & CAGE Gallery, LOOP Festival, Barcelona
2018 'Binary/Non-Binary', GESTE 2018, Paris
2018 'Apophenia' curated by Alix Janta-Polczynski, Roman Road Gallery, London
2018 'Beyond the Standard Model', curated by Almanac Projects London
2017 Deptford X - Art Festival, Deptford, London
2017 'Other Fiction' - group show at Lewisham Art House, London
2017 The Solo Award'- Cello Factory/Chiara Williams Contemporary
2017 The Creekside Open, selected by Jordan Baseman, A.P.T Gallery, London
2017 'Edge of Place', USB Shuffle 5, Abteilung fur Alles Andere, Berlin
2015 'The Lives of Others', curated by Jason Esterhazy, FotoIstanbul, Turkey
2015 'Personal Mythologies', curated by Helio Leon, TACTIC, Cork Photo
2014 'Eigse', VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow Arts Festival
2014 'Pretty Vacant', group show in association with Seize International, Budapest
Awards & Bursaries
2023 Robert Walters UK New Artist of The Year, Saatchi Gallery, London, (Finalist)
2023 Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award
2022 Culture Ireland Funding
2021 Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award
2020 Cork City Council Arts Office Individual Artist Bursary Award
2020 Cork County Council A.I.R at the Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre
2019 The Sunny Art Prize (Finalist)
2018 Cork City Council Arts Office Individual Artist Bursary Award
2018 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, (Shortlisted)
2017 Arts Council of Ireland Travel and Training Award
2017 The SOLO Award, with Chiara Williams Contemporary, (Finalist)
2016 Goldsmiths Masters Scholarship
2016 Goldsmiths MFA Fine Art Fee Waiver Award
2016 Goldsmiths Excellence Award
2016 Alliance Francaise de Cork Solo Exhibition Award
2015 Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize (Finalist)
Residencies
2024 A.I.R, JOYA, Spain (forthcoming)
2023 A.I.R, Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre
2021 A.I.R, Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre
2020 Project Residency at Backwater Artist Studios, Cork
2020. Cork County Council A.I.R at the Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre
2019 A.I.R, JOYA, Spain
2019 A.I.R, Auxiliary Project Space, Stockton, UK
Artist Talks & Presentations
2023 Artist talk at The Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre
2022 Artist talk at the Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford
2021 Artists talk for D.I.T MA students at the West Cork Arts Centre
2021 Artist talk for The MTU Crawford College of Art and Design
2020 Presentation of work: Marginal Habitats, The Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre
2018 Presentation for Habda Rashid & Whitechapel Gallery Patrons at Goldsmiths
2018 Presentation of Work: Homeward Bound, Foto Istanbul
Press
Quiet Lunch 04.12.18
The Irish Examiner
Murze Magazine, Issue 4
Wotisart Magazine # Portfolio 11