About

Rich Gilligan is a photographer from Dublin working globally on a wide range of projects.

 

Clients/Publications

iD, The New York Times, Adidas Originals, H&M, The New Yorker, Carhartt WIP, Fjallraven, Vans, Domino Records, Rough Trade, DFA, Pentagram, T Magazine, The Last Magazine, Nylon, Monster Children, Dazed & Confused, Port Magazine, Thread, The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Prestel, Monocle, Time, KesselsKramer, Thrasher.

Books

Time/Line (Self Published) 2008 – Sold Out
DIY (1980 Editions) 2012 – Sold Out
Rituals (AAD) 2014 – Sold Out
Burnside (Driftwood) 2014 – Sold Out
DIY (Prestel) 2014 – Available here
Town (The Salvage Press) – 2018 – Available here
All Sorts of Impossible Things (Driftwood Editions) – Available here
The First Draft (Driftwood Editions) – 2025-  Available here

Solo Exhibitons

The First Draft, Draiocht, Dublin, 2025 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