


이안 힐리(Ian Healy, 아일랜드 코크 출생, 에든버러 거주·작업)는 회화적 제스처가 지닌 고유한 에너지를 탐구하는 화가이다. 크로퍼드 예술·디자인 대학(Crawford College of Art & Design)에서 수학한 그는 1990년대부터 얼굴, 사물, 혹은 모호한 형태 등 서사보다 ‘그려진 모티프’의 존재감에 집중하는 작업을 전개해왔다.
힐리는 친숙한 것이 낯설고 불안하거나 유머러스한 것으로 전환되는 순간을 포착하고자 한다. 종종 실용적인 제목을 갖는 그의 작품들은 즉각적인 감각을 중시하며, 색과 빛, 붓질의 부드러움 혹은 거침이 이야기가 아닌 분위기를 만들어낸다. 최근 몇 년 동안 그는 자신의 가족을 작품 속에 적극적으로 등장시키며, 이 친밀함에서 새로운 진정성을 발견하는 한편 지속적으로 미술사적 참고를 작업에 반영하고 있다.
Degree in Fine Art Painting, Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork, Rep. of Ireland 1988-92
2022 Parade, Mothflower.com
2021 Ye, Galerie Youn, Montreal, Canada
2020 Contraband, Galerie Youn, Montreal, Canada
2018 Bridge II, Cloud Cucko Land Gallery, Here East, London (curated by Alice Herrick and Gavin Turk)
2017 The Bridge, Herrick Gallery, London
Side Show, Studio One Gallery, London
In The Pink, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh
2026 “Le sentiment du déjà” Galerie PJ, Metz, France.
2025 Canal Boat Contemporary, London
Delphian Gallery online
2024 Papier Vol.2, Delphian Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2023 Papier, Delphian Gallery, Linge, France
2022 Character, Mothflower Youniverse, Galerie Youn, Montreal, Canada
2021 Mothflower group show
2020 The Spirit of Togetherness, Galerie Youn, Montreal
No borders, Arthou Lucid abnormalities, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
2018 Pulse Miami beach, Galerie Youn, Montreal
‘Slightly seared on the reality grill’, Unit 5 Gallery, London, curated by Jérémie Magar Galina Munroe & Sarah Gilbert ArtMaze Magazine, Summer Edition
2017 ‘Paint a Vulgar Picture’, Sluice Biennial, with Studio One Gallery, London
Floorr Magazine interview Issue 11
‘Painting [Now]’, Studio One Gallery, London
‘Pop’, Herrick Gallery, London
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London
Pleat Gallery interview
2016 DOK Artist Space, Edinburgh
‘Fly’ @VAS, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Featured in Fresh Paint Magazine, October
Wilson Williams Gallery Solo Award shortlist
Biscuit factory, Newcastle
‘Converge’ @VAS, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2015 SSA, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Blackcube Collective Annual, Gayfield Creative Spaces, Edinburgh
Newave Gallery, Aberdeen
Patriothall Gallery – Ian Healy & Derek McGuire, Edinburgh
2013 Scottish Society of Artists, RSA, Edinburgh
2010 Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork
NewbloodArt, London
2007 ‘Bona Fide’ Patriothall Gallery Edinburgh, with Lynn Ahrens, Vakho Bugadze, Mikheil Gogrichiani, Mikheil Shengelia, Caroline Walker
2005 Embassy Gallery Edinburgh
Arc Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
2004 Compass Gallery Glasgow
2023 Plural Contemporary Art Fair, Galerie Youn, Montreal, Canada
2022 Art Toronto fair – Galerie Youn, Montreal, Canada
Foirepapier Papier Contemporary Art Fair – Galerie Youn, Montreal, Canada
2021 Papier Art Fair @foirepapier – Galerie Youn, Montreal, Canada
2019 Papier Art Fair @foirepapier, Galerie Youn, Montreal
2004 London Art Fair (Compass Gallery)
Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Rep. of Ireland
AWARDS
S.S.A. Prize Winner 2000
Arts Council of Ireland Cultural Relations, Irish department of Foreign Affairs
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