Mitchell-Innes & Nash
David Godbold
Biography
DAVID GODBOLDBorn 1961 UK
Lives & Works in Dublin, Ireland.
2007 PhD, Art History, National College Art & Design, Dublin.
1984 BA, Fine Art, University of London, Goldsmiths' College.
1980-81 Norwich School of Art & Design.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:
2007
The Hales Gallery, London, The advance of unreason
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, The unReliable narrator
2006
Pallazo Carlo V. Benevento, Italy, Everthing is nothing by itself
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, More darkness,
Galerie Klüser 2. Munich, The last broadcast before nightfall
2005
Galerie Kusseneers, Antwerp, The decline of organized religion and the rise, and rise of reality TV
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Once it was a lie, Now it’s the truth…
2001
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Social Anxiety (and other [un]related) Disorder[s]
Rhodes+Mann, London, After a Few Drinks
2000
Central Connecticut State University Gallery, USA, Wall Drawings
1999
Galerie Nathalie Pariente, Paris, David Godbold - Works 1989-99
1998
The Orchard Gallery, Derry, A Native / Settler Debate
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, The Answer Garden
1996
Nathalie Parienté, Art Moderne et Contemperain, Paris, The Abel Badheart Project
Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London, Abel Badheart:Stranger than Fact
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Abel Badheart:@ 1 With Nature
1995
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Abel Badheart’s (ABEL BADHEART'S) Secret Pictograph (& other [un]related works)
1994
First Site, The Minories, Colchester. U.K., David Godbold: Selected Works -1988-93
1992
Orchard Gallery, Derry, Selected Works. 1988 -1992.
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, The Last Kiss
Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales, Selected Works. 1988-1992
An Intimate Relationship. Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin.
The beginning of an intimate relationship. Kerlin Gallery, Dublin.
1991
Irving Galleries, Sydney, ICON (Modern Mythologies)
Codes for Dark Days.
Casa Parrochiale, Carignano, Italy.
Terrazza Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, ICON (Modern Mythologies)
1990
Flaxman Gallery, London, Codes for Dark Days
Artmet Gallery, Sydney, Studies for Songs
1989
The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Campbelltown, 1989 – 90, Songs Divine & Moral
City Art Gallery, Perth Institute for Contemporary Art and Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart.
Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London, Songs Divine & Moral
1988
The Photographers' Gallery, London, The Fall Guy
Diorama Arts Trust, London, Photographic Works, 1983-85
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2006
Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Palermo, Eretica
Chung King Project, Los Angeles & The Drawing Room, London, Flip
Cultureel Centrum Hasselt, Belgium, BeTEKEN II
Galerie Kusseneers, Antwerp, Mind Matter # 1
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Drawings & works on paper
Nassauischer Kunstverien, Wiesbaden, Germany, Rewind
Gallery Artists, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
2004
Kunstmuseum, Thun, Switzerland, Reanimation
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, A Time for Shaking
2003
Richmond Museum, Virginia, Re-Imagining Irish Visual Art
2002
British School at Rome, Visual Arts, 2002
Glass Box, Paris, Multiples VI
Galerie Nathalie Pariente, Paris, Le temps des rires et des chants
2001
Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Multiples VI
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Works on Paper
Draíocht, Dublin, Adeste
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, EnVisage
2000
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Gallery Artists
Rhodes+Mann, London, Fusion
Clocktower Gallery, New York, Clockworks - PS1/MoMA International Studio Program Exhibition
PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, PS1/MoMA International Studio Program, Open Studio,
1999
The Ark, Dublin, Adeste
Artspace, Sydney, Living Here Now – Art & Politics
1998
Galerie Nathalie Parienté, Paris, Art / Société / Politique
Sydney College for the Arts, Australia, Driving Up & Down the Walls
Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin. Adelaide Festival, Return To Sender
Gallery, ACCA Melbourne, IMA Brisbane, Artspace Sydney,
Darwin Arts Association.
1997
Arthouse, Dublin, Digital Dimensions
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Gallery Artists
Crawford Municpal Art Gallery, Cork, Cannons of Art
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Anon.
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Selected Works from the IMMA Collection
1996
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Gallery Artists
1995
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Gallery Artists
Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London, Cabinet Works
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Gallery Artists
Bravin Post Lee Gallery, New York, Country Code
An Edinburgh City Museums Touring Exhibition, The Borrowed Image
Jason & Rhodes Gallery, London, New Territories
1994
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Recent Acquisitions
Limerick City Art Gallery, EV+A '94
1993
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Gallery Artists
1992
Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Denmark, Europaeisk Kunst
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Gallery Artists
Limerick City Art Gallery, EV+A '92
1991
Limerick City Gallery, EV+A '91
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Gallery Artists
1990
New Academy, London, Sign
1989
Mystfest, Catolica, 1989 – 90, Ghost -Illusions of the Real
1989
The Photographers' Gallery, London, Machine Dreams
Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania, Tableaux Mourant
Flaxman Gallery, London, Homage to the Square
1988
Pomeroy/Purdy Gallery, London, Fragments from False Houses
Whitechapel Gallery, London, Whitechapel Open
1984
Christies, London. (Pick of the New Graduate Art) Christies Inaugural
1983
Institute for Contemporary Art, London, New Co
Artist Exhibitions
David Godbold - April 14 - May 25, 2007Artist Images

Damned emotions
2007
Ink and computer print out on tracing paper, laid over found paper
11 5/8 by 8 1/4 in. 29.5 by 21 cm

Peace man!
2006
Ink and compuetr print out on tracing paper, laid over found paper
11 1/2 by 8 1/4 in. 29.2 by 21 cm

Come to MoM[m]A
2006
Ink and computer print out on tracing paper, laid over found paper
11 5/8 by 8 1/4 in. 29.5 by 21 cm

Teenage sex pest
2007
Ink on tracing paper over found paper
15 7/8 by 11 9/16 in. 40.2 by 29.4 cm

Laughter is good
2007
Ink on tracing paper over found drawing
16 1/2 by 11 3/8 in. 41.8 by 29 cm

A victory for common sense
2006
Ink on tracing paper over found paper
11 5/16 by 7 1/2 in. 28.7 by 19.1 cm

...and finally
2006
Ink and computer print out on tracing paper, laid over found paper
6 by 4 3/16 in. 15.2 by 10.6 cm

Exit
2007
Ink and computer print out on tracing paper, laid over found paper
11 5/8 by 8 3/16 in. 29.5 by 20.8 cm

F.I.N.E.
2006
Ink and computer print out on tracing paper, laid over found paper
9 5/8 by 8 1/4 in. 24.4 by 21 cm

No sounds
2007
Ink on tracing paper over found paper
16 1/16 by 11 3/8 in. 40.8 by 28.9 cm

When I'm drunk
2006
Ink on tracing paper over found paper
9 5/16 by 8 1/4 in. 23.7 by 21 cm

The private torment of celebrity culture
2006
Ink on tracing paper over found paper
11 3/8 by 8 3/8 in. 28.9 by 21.3 cm

Devilman
2006
Ink on tracing paper over found paper
8 1/4 by 11 5/8 in. 21 by 29.5 cm

The Trap is set
2006
Ink on tracing paper over found paper
8 1/4 by 11 5/8 in. 21 by 29.5 cm

Things go dark
2007
Ink on tracing paper over found paper
11 5/8 by 16 1/2 in. 29.5 by 41.9 cm

A Chasm of forgetfulness
2007
Ink on tracing paper over found paper
11 5/8 by 16 1/2 in. 29.5 by 41.9 cm

Flowers and Christmas lights
2006
Ink on tracing paper over found paper
8 1/8 by 11 11/16 in. 20.6 by 29.7 cm

Everything is nothing (study for wall drawing)
2006
Ink and pencil on paper
19 3/4 by 27 3/4 in. 50.2 by 70.5 cm.

The advance of unreason (study for wall drawing)
2007
Ink, pencil and collage on paper
19 3/4 by 27 3/4 in. 50.2 by 70.5 cm

The Advance of Unreason
2007
Acrylic, pencil and self-adhesive wall text (Wall drawing)
Dimensions variable
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