About
Rich Gilligan grew up in Dublin, Ireland fascinated with skateboarding and music. He began making his own zines as a teenager and worked as a skate photographer for a variety of publications worldwide. He now shoots a wide range of commissioned projects while continuing to pursue his personal work. Rich is currently based in NY. You can learn some more about his work in this talk he presented at OFFSET festival in Dublin 2019.
Clients/Publications
The New York Times, Adidas, H&M, The New Yorker, Carhartt WIP, Fjallraven, Vans, Domino Records, Rough Trade, DFA, Pentagram, T Magazine, iD, The Last Magazine, Nylon, Monster Children, Dazed & Confused, Port Magazine, Thread, The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Prestel, Monocle, Time, KesselsKramer, Thrasher.
Books
Solo Exhibitons
DIY, Belfast Photo Festival, 2016
Doomsday x Rich Gilligan Exhibition, Doomsday, Melbourne, Australia. 2015
DIY, Journées Photographique Bienne, Switzerland, 2015
Rituals, Drop Everything Biennale, Inis Oirr. 2014
Second Skin, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny. 2014
DIY, Galway Arts Festival. 2013.
DIY, Street Machine/Copenhagen Photo Festival. 2013
DIY, Carhartt WIP Gallery, Munich, Germany. 2013
DIY, Nacht Der Museen, Dusseldorf, Germany. 2013
DIY, Beach Gallery, London. 2012DIY, Copper House Gallery, Dublin. 2012
DIY Book Launch, Le Bal Bookstore, Paris. 2012
Architecture Alive, RHA Gallery, Dublin. 2012
Postcards from the edge, Ireland Literature Exchange, Dublin. 2011
Common Ground, G.H Mumm Gallery, Dublin, 2011
Time/Line, Plane/Site Gallery, Dublin. 2009
Bye Bye Polaroid, Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin. 2008
A rush and a push and the land is ours, Circus Gallery, Dublin. 2008
The long way home, CIDE Gallery, London. 2005
The long way home, Projekts Gallery, Manchester. 2005
Group Exhibitions
Beyond View, Belfast Exposed, Belfast, 2018.
Brainstrom, Goodspace, Sydney, Australia. 2015
DIY, Dali International Photography Festival, China. 2015
F.T.L.O, Bottleneck Gallery, NYC. 2014
Burnside, The Library Project, Dublin. 2014
Sidewalk Surfing – The Art & Culture of Skateboarding, Everhart Museum of Natural History and Art, Pennsylvania. 2013
Raka Ror, Malmo, Sweden. 2013
4 Bothies, Innishark. 2013
Transitions, Art Park Gallery, Byron Bay, Australia. 2013
Showcase Select Award, Gallery of Photography, Dublin. 2012
CMYK, XVY Gallery, Los Angeles. 2012
Finding Fragments, PhotoIreland Festival, South Studios, Dublin. 2012
Finding Fragments, MFA exhibition, University of Ulster, Belfast. 2012
THREAD, Gallery of Photography, Dublin. 2012
Labyrinth, Four Corners Gallery, London. 2012
Common Ground, G.H Mumm Gallery, Dublin, 2011
Format Perspective, Gallerie Michael Janssen, Berlin. 2011
Public Domaine, La Gaite Lyrique, Paris. 2011
Bare Bones, Red Gallery, London. 2010
Close to a world below, Scion Gallery, Los Angeles. 2010
Laundry, South Studios, Dublin. 2010
Home, PhotoIreland Festival, Dublin. 2010
Last night’s Taxi Driver, Tomorrow’s Lover ,Maurice Einhardt Neu Gallery, London. 2010
Drawers, South Studios, Dublin. 2010
Bare Bones, Maurice Einhardt Neu Gallery, London. 2009
Town & Country, Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin. 2009
Screen if you wanna go faster!!!, Old Shoreditch Station, London. 2008
GD4PhotoArt – Photography meets Industry, Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna. 2008
TweakerFreaker, Slam City Skates, London. 2008
Much to answer for, much to give, Jaguar Shoes, London. 2008
All That Remains, Schirman & De Beauce, Paris. 2008
Big Foot, Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin. 2008
Welcome to everywhere, Craze Gallery, London. 2008
All That Remains, Auto Italia, London, 2007
Le Boxx, Sapelbaddsparken, Malmo, Sweden. 2006
Units Moved, Renegade City – The Architecture Foundation, London, 2006
Square-One, Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin, 2006
Piccoli Gardens, Florence, Italy. 2004
Eisteddfod, Newport, Wales. 2004
UWCN Documentary Photography, Old Truman Brewery, London. 2004