b. 1995
based in Manchester, UK
Contact: jpa.orourke@gmail.com
instagram: @joeor_
sign up to my mailing list for occassional updates and news
CV
Education
2014- 2017 University of Edinburgh BA (Hons) Painting (First Class)
2016 Hungarian University Fine Art
2013-2014 Manchester School of Art
Foundation Diploma Art & Design (Distinction)
Teaching and other professional experience
Teaching Fellow in Fine Art (Painting), Edinburgh College of Art, 2023-2024
Visiting Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University, 2023
Associate Lecturer in Fine Art, Manchester School of Art, 2022- 2023
Associate Lecturer in Fine Art, Bolton University 2023
Curator at Bankley Gallery 2020- present
Lecture to Edinburgh College of Art painting students, 2021
Teaching Assistant, Manchester School of Art, 2018- 2019
Lecture at Walker Art Gallery, 2018
Awards and funding
Waverton Art Prize, shortlisted, 2024
ACE Project grant as part of Bankley Gallery curatorial projects, 2023
ACE DYCP grant, 2021
John Moores Painting Prize 2018, prize-winner (jurors: Lubaina Himid, Monster Chetwynd, Jenni Lomax, Bruce Mclean, Liu Xiaodong)
George Jackson Hutchinson graduating award for outstanding painting, 2017
Residencies
PADA Studios, July 2021, Lisbon, Portugal
Forthcoming
Solo show, CBS gallery, Liverpool, date TBA
Solo show, Paradise Works, Salford, date TBA (sign up to mailing list for updates)
Solo and duo exhibitions
Half Awake, duo exhibition with Parham Ghalamdar, Bankley Gallery, Manchester, 2022
The Hole, 2017, Bankley Gallery, Manchester
GIANTS, 2017, TENT Gallery, Edinburgh
Curator (independent projects and as part of Bankley Gallery)
Bankley Exchanges #1 and #2, 2023, Manchester
Bankley Gallery Open Call 2023, Manchester
Bankley Gallery Open Call 2022, Manchester
Bankley: 30 Years of Artist Led, 2022, Manchester
Painters Posting Paintings, ongoing projects 2019-2021, touring exhibition: Edinburgh College of Art, CASS Art Manchester, Brockley Gardens Gallery London, plus online exhibitions
Places I want to be, 2018, PS Mirabel, Manchester
Group Exhibitions
2024
In Demand Mcr presents: Summer Exhibition, Seesaw Space, Manchester
Waverton Art Prize, Boisdale of Canary Wharf, London
2023
Precious Little, Murama Gallery, Marple
You’ll like this exhibition because you’re in it!: an East Manchester Open, Longsight Art Space, Manchester
SHUFFLE, Make CIC, Liverpool
The sound of glass, Rag Gallery, Manchester
2022
In Demand Mcr presents: Firestarter, Wilsons Den, Manchester
Gutug, Asylum Studios, Suffolk
Nothing happens in a recognisable order, The Crypt St Giles Church, London
Food for thought, Oceans Apart Gallery, Salford
BEEP Painting Biennial, Elysium Gallery, Swansea
Sinking Feeling, Open House Hackney, London
PaintTalk Presents: I'll Be Your Mirror, Alice's Oyster Bar and Gallery, London
2021
AROUND ABOUT, PADA Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2020
John Moores Painting Prize China, Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, China
Young Contemporary Artist Award, The Biscuit Factory Gallery, Newcastle
2019
TWO FOLD, OA Studios Manchester
HANG OUT, Bankley Gallery, Manchester
Friends of fuzzy memory, CASS ART, Manchester
The Super Brain, curated by PSMirabel, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
2018
Scenius, curated by Catflap, Bunker Gallery, Manchester
JAWS, Limbo space, London
John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
C'est De La Peinture! New work by 24 painters from the UK and USA, Bankley Gallery, Manchester
Bankley Open Call, Bankley Gallery, Manchester
TWICE as NICE, PS Mirabel, Manchester
Hotel Drawings, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe
2017
Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show
2016
Aura Exotic, Atelier Pro Arts Galéria, Budapest
Press
PADA studios ‘long range studio visit’ interview with Brendan Sullivan, 2022
There Are No Choices Without Chances: An exhibition text written by Matt Retallick on the occasion of Half Awake, an exhibition of paintings by Joe O’Rourke and Parham Ghalamdar, 2022
Corridor 8 review of Half Awake, 2022
Concrete review of Half Awake, 2022
Sinking Feeling, press release by Sofia Hallstrom, 2022
Corridor 8, interview with Joseph O’Rourke, John Moores Prize Winner
by Callan Waldron-Hall, 2018
with sir Peter Blake at the John Moores Painting Prize
© All work copyright of the artist
based in Manchester, UK
Contact: jpa.orourke@gmail.com
instagram: @joeor_
sign up to my mailing list for occassional updates and news
CV
Education
2014- 2017 University of Edinburgh BA (Hons) Painting (First Class)
2016 Hungarian University Fine Art
2013-2014 Manchester School of Art
Foundation Diploma Art & Design (Distinction)
Teaching and other professional experience
Teaching Fellow in Fine Art (Painting), Edinburgh College of Art, 2023-2024
Visiting Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University, 2023
Associate Lecturer in Fine Art, Manchester School of Art, 2022- 2023
Associate Lecturer in Fine Art, Bolton University 2023
Curator at Bankley Gallery 2020- present
Lecture to Edinburgh College of Art painting students, 2021
Teaching Assistant, Manchester School of Art, 2018- 2019
Lecture at Walker Art Gallery, 2018
Awards and funding
Waverton Art Prize, shortlisted, 2024
ACE Project grant as part of Bankley Gallery curatorial projects, 2023
ACE DYCP grant, 2021
John Moores Painting Prize 2018, prize-winner (jurors: Lubaina Himid, Monster Chetwynd, Jenni Lomax, Bruce Mclean, Liu Xiaodong)
George Jackson Hutchinson graduating award for outstanding painting, 2017
Residencies
PADA Studios, July 2021, Lisbon, Portugal
Forthcoming
Solo show, CBS gallery, Liverpool, date TBA
Solo show, Paradise Works, Salford, date TBA (sign up to mailing list for updates)
Solo and duo exhibitions
Half Awake, duo exhibition with Parham Ghalamdar, Bankley Gallery, Manchester, 2022
The Hole, 2017, Bankley Gallery, Manchester
GIANTS, 2017, TENT Gallery, Edinburgh
Curator (independent projects and as part of Bankley Gallery)
Bankley Exchanges #1 and #2, 2023, Manchester
Bankley Gallery Open Call 2023, Manchester
Bankley Gallery Open Call 2022, Manchester
Bankley: 30 Years of Artist Led, 2022, Manchester
Painters Posting Paintings, ongoing projects 2019-2021, touring exhibition: Edinburgh College of Art, CASS Art Manchester, Brockley Gardens Gallery London, plus online exhibitions
Places I want to be, 2018, PS Mirabel, Manchester
Group Exhibitions
2024
In Demand Mcr presents: Summer Exhibition, Seesaw Space, Manchester
Waverton Art Prize, Boisdale of Canary Wharf, London
2023
Precious Little, Murama Gallery, Marple
You’ll like this exhibition because you’re in it!: an East Manchester Open, Longsight Art Space, Manchester
SHUFFLE, Make CIC, Liverpool
The sound of glass, Rag Gallery, Manchester
2022
In Demand Mcr presents: Firestarter, Wilsons Den, Manchester
Gutug, Asylum Studios, Suffolk
Nothing happens in a recognisable order, The Crypt St Giles Church, London
Food for thought, Oceans Apart Gallery, Salford
BEEP Painting Biennial, Elysium Gallery, Swansea
Sinking Feeling, Open House Hackney, London
PaintTalk Presents: I'll Be Your Mirror, Alice's Oyster Bar and Gallery, London
2021
AROUND ABOUT, PADA Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2020
John Moores Painting Prize China, Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, China
Young Contemporary Artist Award, The Biscuit Factory Gallery, Newcastle
2019
TWO FOLD, OA Studios Manchester
HANG OUT, Bankley Gallery, Manchester
Friends of fuzzy memory, CASS ART, Manchester
The Super Brain, curated by PSMirabel, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
2018
Scenius, curated by Catflap, Bunker Gallery, Manchester
JAWS, Limbo space, London
John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
C'est De La Peinture! New work by 24 painters from the UK and USA, Bankley Gallery, Manchester
Bankley Open Call, Bankley Gallery, Manchester
TWICE as NICE, PS Mirabel, Manchester
Hotel Drawings, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe
2017
Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show
2016
Aura Exotic, Atelier Pro Arts Galéria, Budapest
Press
PADA studios ‘long range studio visit’ interview with Brendan Sullivan, 2022
There Are No Choices Without Chances: An exhibition text written by Matt Retallick on the occasion of Half Awake, an exhibition of paintings by Joe O’Rourke and Parham Ghalamdar, 2022
Corridor 8 review of Half Awake, 2022
Concrete review of Half Awake, 2022
Sinking Feeling, press release by Sofia Hallstrom, 2022
Corridor 8, interview with Joseph O’Rourke, John Moores Prize Winner
by Callan Waldron-Hall, 2018
with sir Peter Blake at the John Moores Painting Prize
© All work copyright of the artist