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Mark Curran

Mark Curran is a researcher-activist and educator based in Berlin and Dublin.

Informed by visual anthropology and incorporating multi-media installation, he has undertaken a cycle of significant long-term projects critically addressing the predatory impact of migrations of global capital: Southern Cross (1999-2001), The Breathing Factory (2002-2006), Ausschnitte aus EDEN/Extracts from EDEN (2003-2009) and The Market (2010-2019). All three major bodies of work were premiered at Photo Museum Ireland (formerly Gallery of Photography). Installations include Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris (2014), Noorderlicht, Netherlands (2015 & 2019), Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto (2016), Athens Biennale (2017), Le Bleu du Ciel, Lyon (2017), Krakow Photomonth (2018), Ballarat Biennale, Australia (2019) and Museum of Capitalism (Oakland, 2017 & New York City, 2019).

Curran holds a practice-led PhD, Lecturer, BA (Hons) Photography and Postgraduate Supervisor, Institute of Art, Design & Technology (IADT), Dublin. Since 2011, he has been Visiting Professor, MA Visual & Media Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin. His work is held in the National Photography Collection at Photo Museum Ireland.

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Untitled, Gowning Room, Building 7, 11.02 a.m., Monday, November 11th 2003, (Leixlip, Ireland), from the series The Breathing Factory
Mark Curran, Untitled, Gowning Room, Building 7, 11.02 a.m., Monday, November 11th 2003, (Leixlip, Ireland), from the series The Breathing Factory

Details: Archival pigment inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Baryta, 60x70cm (paper size), uneditioned print, produced 2021, acquired for the National Photography Collection 2022.

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Artists Exhibitions

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In Our Own Image
25 June - 3 September 2022

Group Exhibition

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Photo Museum Ireland Collection
20 January - 26 March 2022
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