Darek Fortas

2017

Biography

b. 1986, Zory, Poland

2014 – 2016 MA Fine Art Photography, Royal College of Art, London
2007 – 2011 BA (Hons) Photography, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin


Recent Exhibitions

Solo:
2016 ‘Skene’, RUA RED, Dublin
2012 ‘Coal Story’, Now Art Festival, Galeria do Palácio Porto
2012 ‘Coal Story’, The Copper House Gallery, Dublin

Group:
2015 ‘Focal Point’, Unit 24, London
2014 ‘MAC International’, Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast
2013 ‘Labour and Lockout’, Limerick City Gallery of Art
2014 ‘184th Annual Exhibition’, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2014 ‘Expansive Traces’, Ormston House, Limerick

Awards and Residencies:
2016 Dodgers & Royal College of Art Graduate Award, London
2016 RUA RED Gallery Solo Exhibition Award, Dublin
2015 Travel and Training Award, The Arts Council of Ireland, Dublin
2015 Royal College of Art, Fine Art Bursary Award, London
2015 Royal College of Art, HEFCE Bursary, London
2014 Camera Clara Prize, Fondation Grésigny, Paris
2014 Adam Mickiewicz Institute Grant, Warsaw
2014 MAC International 2014 Art Prize, Belfast (shortlisted)
2014 Royal College of Art, HEFCE Bursary, London
2013 Adam Mickiewicz Institute Grant, Warsaw
2012 Visual Art Project Award, Arts Council of Ireland, Dublin
2012 Culture Ireland, International Culture Programme Grant, Dublin
2012 The Foam Paul Huf Award nominee, Amsterdam
2011 Dublin Institute of Technology Medal, Dublin
2011 Propeller Fine Art Award, Dublin

Structure X, 2016, From the series Skene, 2016 –, Handmade C-type print from large-format negative, 140 x 120 cm

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