Justin Larkin
Justin Larkin (b. 1984, Dublin, Ireland) is an artist living and working between Hong Kong and Ireland.
Using a variety of media and techniques including painting, sculpture, print, and installation. Themes of time and place and the relationship between nature and technology are explored in his work. Playing with a sense of narrative that never reveals itself, the works are often imbued with a sense of uncertainty or a quite emptiness.
Larkin earned his B.F.A. in 2009 from the National College of Art & Design, Dublin, followed by his M.F.A. in 2012 from the Royal College of Art, London.
Solo Exhibitions
2018
The Final End, Odd One Out Gallery, Hong Kong
2013
Scenery, Royal Hibernian Academy, Ashford Gallery, Ireland
2010
Justin Larkin Solo Exhibition, The Joinery Gallery, Ireland
Duo Exhibitions
2020
Passing Time, ACO Gallery, Hong Kong
Group Exhibitions
2019
Why Print 2, Openground, Hong Kong
Everything is in everything, Sirius Arts Centre, Ireland
Kinshù, CfSHE Gallery, Tokyo
Hong Kong Fine Print, HART Hall, H Queen’s, Hong Kong
Loving Ex Libris: An Exhibition on International Bookplates, Lee Shau Kee
Library, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2018
20:20 Print Exchange, Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, HKBU, HK
2017
AIMPE, Awagami Factory, Japan
Artmatch Group 22nd Annual Exhibition, JCCAC Gallery, Hong Kong
Odd One Out Gallery, Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong
2016
Winter Open Exhibition, RUA Red, Ireland
Small…far away, Molesworth Gallery, Ireland
Work from Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Contemporary art
collection, Ireland
2015
Home, DLR Lexicon Gallery, Ireland
2014
Art in the Eastside Billboard Project, Northern Ireland
2013
Stamp, RUA Red, Ireland
Play: Winter Exhibition, London Print Studio, London
2012
Reincarnation, London Print Studio, London
2011
Three farmers on their way to a dance, The Joinery, Ireland
Show RCA. Royal College of Art, London
Folio, Royal Shakespeare Company, UK
CMYOK! Café Gallery, London
2010
Impressions, Galway Arts Centre, Ireland
Anything I can do you can do better, Café Gallery Projects, London
MMX, Royal College of Art, London
2009
Secret Postcard, Royal College of Art, London
Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy, Northern Ireland
Royal Dublin Society Student Art Awards Exhibition, RDS, Ireland
National College of Art and Design Degree Show 2009, Ireland
This Must Be the Place, The Irish Museum of Contemporary Art, Ireland
2008
Impressions, Galway Arts Centre, Ireland
Winter Salon, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios 25th Anniversary
Exhibition, Ireland
Royal Ulster Academy of Arts, 127th Annual Exhibition, Ireland
Royal Dublin Society Student Art Awards Exhibition, , Ireland
Panto-Philia, The Cross Gallery, Ireland
Art Swap, Monster Truck/Royal Hibernian Academy, Ireland
Big Foot, Monster Truck/RHA, Ireland
2007
The Big Store, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Ireland
2006
PRINT IS DEADly, Monster Truck Gallery and Studios, Ireland
Publications
2020 Passing Time
2012 A buyers guide to Irish Art, 7th edition
Future Works, Aldgate press, pp20-21
2008 Royal Ulster Academy of Arts 127th Annual Exhibition Catalogue, p.52
Display Magazine, Issue One, The Perfect System, pp.9-12
2007 Irish Independent, Saturday 15 December 2007, How to avoid a bear pit
when buying gifts, p.22
Awards
2017 Awagami International Minature Print Exhibition, Special mention
2012 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council funding
2011 London Print Studio Emerging Artist Award
2010 Short listed for the 20/21 art prize, Royal College of Art
2009 Axa Award, NCAD Degree Show, 2009
2008 Royal Dublin Society “Freyer Award” RDS Student art awards
Collections
Cristiano Varella Memorial Foundation, Brazil
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council art Collection, Ireland
Department for Culture, Media & Sport, Government Art collection, UK
Elke and Harold Einsman, London, UK
London Print Studio, UK
Office of Public Works, State Art collection, Ireland
Paul Mc Guinness, Principle Management Limited, Ireland
Royal College of Art, Printmaking Archive, UK
