GRANT IRISH
P.O. Box 23752, Oakland, California 94623
PUBLIC ART
2014 Tower Lofts Association, Jack London Square, Oakland, CA
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2002-2004 Craft Showcase, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA
SOLO AND TWO PERSON SHOWS
2013 Metal X Two, The Atrium, 600 Townsend, San Francisco, CA
2006 Grant Irish Bronze, Giorgi Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2005 Dead to Me, On Sixth Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Grant Irish Vessels, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2015 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair (represented by ten472 Contemporary Art)
2015 LA Art Show (represented by ten472 Contemporary Art)
2014 CONTEXT, Art Miami (represented by ten472 Contemporary Art)8
2014 Sculpture in the Garden, Filoli, Woodside, CA
2011 Relaunch Part II, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2010 Mettle, Marijke's Grove at Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa Rosa, CA
2010 Bronze Show, GUMP'S, San Francisco, CA
2010 Project Wrecking Ball, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2008 Five Years, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2007 - 2008 Featured Artisans, DeYoung Museum Store, San Francisco CA
2007 Modern Bronze, The Atrium, 600 Townsend, San Francisco, CA
2006 Bay Area Bronze, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2005 Greetings From City of Paris, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Spring Garden, Filoli, Woodside, CA
2005 Fountains, GUMPS, San Francisco, CA
2004 Fly in the Ointment, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2004 Bay Area Sculpture, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2004 California Transformation, GUMPS, San Francisco, CA
2004 A Medium for Living, DEN, San Francisco, CA
2004 11th Anniversary Show, Dunn Mehler Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
2004 TechnoOrganic, Record Street Café Gallery, Reno, CA
2003 Gods of Art & Wine, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2003 The Creep Show, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2003 Grand Opening, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2003 Trash to Treasures, Overload Studios, Oakland, CA
2003 Craft, American Craft Council, Baltimore, MD
2002 - 2005 Craft, American Craft Council, San Francisco, CA
2002 New Works, Record Street Café Gallery, Reno, CA
2001 7-11, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 The Fire Garden, The Crucible Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2000 Anniversary, Gallery23Ten, Oakland, CA
2000 City of Paris, Exhibit of Bronze, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
EDUCATION
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA (1993-1995)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007 - present Chief Assistant to sculptor Brian Wall, Oakland, CA
2002 - present Grant Irish Studio, Oakland, CA
1998-2003 Studio Assistant to sculptor Archie Held, Richmond, CA
1995 Finishing and patina, Artworks Foundry, Berkeley, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
San Francisco: Architecture & Design, p. 116 (teNeues 2005)
American Art Collector, Vol. 1, Book 1, p. 156 (Alcove Books 2004)
“The Art of Giving,” San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Nov. 16, 2003, p. 18
“Feast of Fire,” SF Weekly, Jan. 26, 2002, Vol. 18, No. 51, p. 11
“Into the Crucible,” SF Weekly, June 27-July 3, 2001 ,Vol. 20, No. 21, p. 15
“Gallery23ten” Urban View, Jan. 19–Feb. 1, 2000 Vol. 1, No. 22, p. 21