Martin Cregg is an Irish photographer and educator living in Dublin. He is Coordinator of Photography at Pearse College of Further Education in Dublin.
He has been nominated for the Prix Pictet Prize 2010 & 2016 by Photo Museum Ireland.
He has exhibited in Ireland and Internationally Represented by Heillandi Gallery (Switzerland) and The Copper House (Dublin): Represented by Heillandi Gallery (Switzerland) and The Copper House (Dublin); Roscommon Arts Centre (2018); Illuminations (2014); PhotoIreland (2013); Les Rencontres d’Arles (July 2012); the Natural History Museum in Leeuwarden (July 2012); Postcards from The Celtic Tiger (Shanghai, 2010); Photo Museum Ireland (formerly Gallery of Photography) (2008). He is represented by Heillandi Gallery (Switzerland) and The Copper House (Dublin).
Cregg is a member of the International Reflexions Masterclass – presenting work in Basel, Paris, Venice and Lugano in 2010-2011. In 2010 he was also commissioned to work and exhibit in the ‘Foreign eyes on Frysland’ project – as one of the six international photographers to explore the region. Further, in 2011 his ‘Photo Course‘ project was shortlisted for the FOAM Talent Call. In 2016 his book MIDLANDS was shortlisted for the Kassel Fotobook & Photobook Bristol and is in a number of collections internationally.
His latest work The Plot (2022) is an exploration of the undercover Intelligence war between the IRA and British Agents which occurred within the context of the Irish War of Independence. His work has been purchased by the National Photography Collection at Photo Museum Ireland.
Details: Archival pigment inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Baryta, 50x60cm (paper size), uneditioned print, produced 2021, acquired for the National Photography Collection 2022.
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