A site responsive practice has brought him to many projects and places both internationally and in Ireland. Recent residencies have seen him work in disparate locations from Antrim to Berlin and in eclectic settings from the coal mines of Roscommon to the roundabouts of Limerick city. Solo exhibitions in 2012 included LĂșcras, at Monster Truck Gallery Dublin, Partij voor Ierland, in Roodkapje Rotterdams WIP space, The Netherlands, and Bringloid V Colony, at The Black Mariah, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork.
Carl Giffney is a graduate of Irelands National College of Art and Design and the Irish Institute of Art, Design & Technology holding first class honour BA and MA degrees respectively. He also studied at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia before completing his post-graduate studies in 2011. In 2007, he co-founded The Good Hatchery, an experimental artist led initiative based in remote bog lands of north Offaly.
A site responsive practice has brought him to many projects and places both internationally and in Ireland. Recent residencies have seen him work in disparate locations from Antrim to Berlin and in eclectic settings from the coal mines of Roscommon to the roundabouts of Limerick city. Solo exhibitions in 2012 included LĂșcras, at Monster Truck Gallery Dublin, Partij voor Ierland, in Roodkapje Rotterdams WIP space, The Netherlands, and Bringloid V Colony, at The Black Mariah, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork.