Garrett Phelan

Garrett Phelan is an artist based in Dublin, Ireland. He is an artist that develops an art practice through site-specific projects that include; independent FM radio broadcasts, sculptural installations, photography, drawing, film, publications, text ephemera and animation.

Life and work

In 1994 he began producing art. He worked mainly in the area of Sound/Radio and Art from a visual arts perspective but usually incorporated photography and video into the work. He co-produced the intermittent independent FM Art Radio station entitled A.A.R.T. – Radio in 1994.[1] This was broadcast from the Irish Museum of Modern Art in a group survey exhibition entitled 'From Beyond the Pale'. He has continued to work independently on creating large scale FM/online radio broadcast experiments, other FM radio projects include; Black Brain Radio,[2] HEED FM[3] and FREE THOUGHT FM.[4][5]

Since 1997 he has exhibited in Ireland and internationally, most recently at the Douglas Hyde Gallery, The National Gallery of Ireland. He has also exhibited at Proa Fundacion, Buenos Aires, Argentina; the 11th Lyon Biennial, France; 4th Auckland Triennial, New Zealand; SMART Project Space, Amsterdam; ICA, London; Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh; Kunstverein, Hannover; Art Statements, Basel 39; Manifesta 5.[6]

Work Examples

  • THE GOLDEN BANDSTAND - Sculpture[7]
  • FREE THOUGHT FM - Archive (2019)[8]
  • FREE THOUGHT FM, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (2019)[9]
  • I HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE SO NEAR, National Gallery of Ireland, Ireland (2017/2018)[10]
  • THE HIDE PROJECT, Fingal County Council, Dublin, Ireland (2017 -)[11]
  • HEED FM - ARCHIVE (2017)[12]
  • A VOODOO FREE PHENOMENON, The Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland (2015)[13]
  • OUR UNION ONLY IN TRUTH, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland (2013)[14]
  • NEW FAITH LOVE SONG Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (2012)[15]

References

  1. ^ "A.A.R.T. - RADIO CD. Track 1. Nigel Rolfe - 'Text for Radio.', by Crocodile Records". Crocodile Records. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  2. ^ "TBG&S".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Irish Times Article".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ CULTURE FILE. "RTE".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Dublin. "Totally".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Manifesta 5. Bienal europea de arte contemporáneo Donostia - San Sebastián". m5.manifesta.org. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  7. ^ "The Golden Bandstand - Sculpture". ggda.ie. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  8. ^ "FREE THOUGHT FM". FREE THOUGHT FM. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  9. ^ "Garrett Phelan - FREE THOUGHT FM (Gallery 1)". The Douglas Hyde Gallery. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  10. ^ "Garrett Phelan: I HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE SO NEAR | National Gallery of Ireland". www.nationalgallery.ie. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  11. ^ "The HIDE Project | THE HIDE PROJECT a 21st century functional monument". www.thehideproject.com. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  12. ^ "HEED FM". HEED FM. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  13. ^ Project Arts Centre (27 April 2015). A VOODOO FREE PHENOMENON - Project Arts Centre. Retrieved 20 March 2026 – via YouTube.
  14. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  15. ^ "NEW FAITH LOVE SONG". IMMA. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
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