George Bolster

Born in Cork, Ireland 1972
Lives and works in London

Education
1994 1997 Chelsea College of Art, London, UK
1995 Hochschule Der Kunst, Berlin, Germany

Solo Exhibitions
2008 Chiesa Dei Miracoli, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork City, Ireland
2005 Eye of the Needle, Pallas Heights Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2001 Faux Life, 291 Gallery, London, UK

Group Exhibitions
2007 Urban Gothic, Broadstone XL, Dublin, Ireland; Urban Gothic, Café Gallery Projects at Dilston Grove, London, UK; Drawing 200, The Drawing Room, London, UK.
2006 Flip, Chung King Project, Los Angeles, USA (curated by The Drawing Room; Urban Gothic, Quartair Contemporary Art Initiatives, The Hague, Netherlands; I.D. Check, Robert Smith Lab Gallery, Manhattan, USA (curated by Matt Garrison); Everything Must Go, VTO Gallery, London, UK (curated by Jari Lager); Multiplicity, Context Gallery, Derry, Ireland.
2005 Passing Through, Glucksman Gallery, Cork curated by Patrick T Murphy; Claremorris Open 2005, Mayo Ireland selected by Andrea Schlieker;
E+VA, Limerick City Gallery, Ireland curated by Dan Cameron; Drawing 200, The Drawing Room, London, UK; Damaged Collateral, Context Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland; Me, Myself, My Emotions, Tastes like Chicken Art Space, Brooklyn, NY; Bling Bling Ka-ching, Pickled Art Centre, Beijing, China.
2004 Multiplicity, Fota House Museum, Cork City, Ireland; Abra Cadaver, Here Arts Centre, New York, USA.
2003 Brewster Project, Brewster, New York, USA; Certain Conditions, The Waterfront Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2002 Cinch, 291 Gallery, London; Additions, St. Mary Magdelene Church, London; No Sleep Til Hammersmith, Central Space, London, UK.
2001 Record Collection, VTO Gallery, London, UK (travelling) The International 3 Gallery, Manchester; Forde Espace D‚art Contemporain, Geneva.
1998 Motherload, City Racing, London

Publications
2008 High on Christ, Triskel Arts Centre solo publication essay by Denise Markonish.
2007 Pallas Heights 2003-2006, Book essay by Elyse Gonzales Asst. Curator ICA Philadelphia, ISBN 978-0-9554819-0-1
Urban Gothic, essay by Charles Darwent art critic for The Independent, Arts Council of England ISBN 978-0-9548290-1-8
2006 Celeste Art Prize, London, UK; /Seconds, Online Publication, University of Leicester
2005 Passing Through, Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland; COE 2005, Claremorris, Ireland; Abridged Issue 2, Derry, Ireland; EV+A 2005, Gandon Editions.
2004 Multiplicity, Fota House and Gardens, Cork ISBN 0-9548290-0-X
2003 Certain Conditions, Waterfront Gallery, Belfast
2002 Space Cooks, Space Studios, London; Additions, C.A.P. London
2001 Fauxlife 291 Gallery, London. ISBN No. 0-9539800-0-6.

Awards
2007 Awards for Artists, Arts Council of England
Cill Rialaig Residency Award
2006 Travel and Mobility Award, Irish Arts Council
2004 Publications Assistance Award, Irish Arts Council