Norman Mooney was born in Dublin Ireland in 1971. He studied at the Crawford College of Art and Design in Cork and completed his BFA at the National College of Art in Dublin, 1992. He then received the distinguished honor of participating in the Third Degree program at the Irish Museum of Modern Art from 1992 to 1993. In 1994 he relocated to New York City and has been exhibiting locally and internationally for more than 20 years. Recent exhibitions include Lightscape at Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York, Nanhai Art Festival in Guangdong China, and Carolina Sardi & Norman Mooney at Waterhouse & Dodd in New York.
Norman makes works that are at once physical and metaphysical. His works explore the elemental and cyclical synergies of nature. Materiality, pattern, scale, and experience are key concerns within his practice. Norman makes sculptures, interior and exterior installations, drawings, and works on paper, his methodology is one of experimentation and process with materials such as smoke, glass, steel, and resin.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Blooms, Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn NY, USA
2021 "Flowers and Stars" Art and Science in Norman Mooney's
World, International Design Research Center at Institute of Taicang, Suzhou, China
2017 The Butterfly Effect – Gowanus Projects, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2015 What Happens Today Will Last Forever – Causey
Contemporary, New York, NY, USA
2014 In Sight – Marso Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2012 Works on Paper – Sasha Wolf Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2012 Stars – Waterhouse and Dodd Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2012 Close Your Eyes – Causey Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2011 Close Your Eyes – Martine Chaisson Gallery, New Orleans, USA
2010 Wall Flowers – Causey Contemporary, New York, NY, USA
2009 Carbon Drawings – Sasha Wolf Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2008 Absence and Presence – Ch’i Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2008 Norman Mooney New Work – Workspace11, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2002 Haystacks – Joe Lassiter Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
2000 Walls – Robert Lehman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
1993 Norman Mooney Installation – The Irish Museum of Modern
Art, Dublin, Ireland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Windseeds, Lightscapes, Chicago Botanical Gardens
2023 Homo Natura, Design Reaserch Centre, Shanghai, China
2022 Windseeds, Lightscape - Brooklyn Botanic Garden, NY, USA
2022 Nanhai Art Festival, Guangdong, China
2021 Carolina Sardi & Norman Mooney – Waterhouse & Dodd, New
York, NY, USA 2020 FROOTS – Yangtze Delta Institute, Taicang, China,
2020 August Muth & Norman Mooney – Waterhouse & Dodd, New York, NY, USA
2020 Uncommon Ground 4th Edition – C Fine Art – New York, USA
2020 Art Wynwood – C Fine Art – Miami, USA
2019 Forces – Tambaran2 & Tax Collection, New York, NY, USA
2019 Jackson Hole Fine Art Fair – ILIAD, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA
2019 FROOTS One docu: Craft and Art – FROOTS Gallery, Beijing, China
2019 CANTO XIX – Irish Historical Society, New York, NY, USA
2019 Contemporary Artists – Waterhouse & Dodd, New York, USA
2018 One: Craftsmanship and Art – FROOTS Gallery, Shanghai, China
2018 SOFA – C Fine Art, Chicago, IL, USA
2018 CANTO – Irish Historical Society, New York, NY, USA
2017 Out of Bounds – White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, USA
2018 Market Art + Design – C Fine Art, Bridgehampton, NY, USA
2018 Summer Season Exhibition – Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
2016 Off The Wall – White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, USA
2015 Visage – Collectors Contemporary, Singapore
2015 Paradise Syndrome – Pena Projects, New York, NY, USA
2015 Surface Tension – Molesworth Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2014 Meeting in Brooklyn – Alden Biesen, Antwerp, Belgium
2013 Color + Form + Function – Collectors Contemporary, Singapore
2013 Scintilla – Molesworth Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2012 Stars – Heller Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2012 A City Sorrow Built – Masters Pelavin, New York, NY, USA
2012 Boys With Toys – Causey Contemporary, New York, NY, USA
2012 Particles + Waves – Iliad Contemporary – New York, NY, USA
2011 On The Edge – S Cube Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, USA
2011 1, 2, 3 Volume – Polyforum Siqueiros Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
2011 Beyond Borders – Waterhouse and Dodd, Abu Dhabi
2011 Uncommon Ground – Bridge Gardens, Bridge Hampton, New York
2011 Traces – Emilia Cohn Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2011 A Field Guide to Getting Lost – Pelavin Gallery, NY, USA
2010 Stars – Art Prize – Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
2010 Fire Works – Hunterdon Art Museum, New Jersey, USA
2010 Fire Works – Hunterdon Art Museum, New Jersey, USA
2010 Art on Paper – Monmouth Museum, New Jersey, USA
2010 Non-Objectif Art– Robert Goff Gallery, New York, USA
2009 Falling Short of Knowing – Collectors Contemporary, Singapore
2008 Falling Short of Knowing – Milk Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2008 Tilted Balance – Collectors Contemporary, Singapore
2007 New Work– Workspace11, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2007 Discussions in Contemporary Sculpture – The Dock, Leitrim, Ireland
2007 Bridge Art Fair – Chi Contemporary, London, Miami, New York, USA
2006 Grafica Americana – Sala de Exposicion, Cordoba-Spain
2004 American One – AYN, Madrid, Spain
2003 Light and Illusion – Green Street Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2001 Glass Cultures – Brooklyn Federal Court House, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2000 Annual Show – Royal Hibernia Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2000 Glass Express – Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2000 From Lake Erie to Now – Islip Museum of Art, Islip, NY, USA
1999 Untitled – Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
1998 Section 33 – Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
1997 Rising Tide – Foundation Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1997 The New York Biennial of Glass – Robert Lehman Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, USA
1997 Brooklyn Artists – 495 Gallery, NY, USA
1997 Summer Show – The Algiers Gallery, New Jersey, USA
1995 Norman Mooney Small/Large Works – Slowinski Gallery, NY, USA
1993 Eleven More – Brownes Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1993 Group Show – The Accidental Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1993 Norman mooney Installation – The Irish Museum of Modern Art,
Dublin, Ireland 1992 Sculpture in Context – Fernhill Sculpture Gardens,
Wicklow, Ireland 1992 Context and Experience – The Accidental
Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
American Consulate, Guadalajara, Mexico, Butterfly Effect No..3
Nanhai Art Field, Guangdong China, Windseed and Butterfly Yangtze
Delta Institute, Taicang, China, Orange Glass Star.
Taikang Wuyuan Art Museum, Shanghai, China, Windseeds.
The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, USA, Amber Star No.1
The Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan,
USA, Windseeds. The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, USA, Lead Column No.4
The Claridge Collection, Quebec, Canada, Sun No.1
The Geoff Isles Collection, New York, NY USA, Glass Wall #3,
Double Seven, New York, NY, USA, Fire.
Argent Ventures, Collection, New York, NY, USA, Lead Column 1,2 And
3, and Transparency.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY CATALOGUES
Stars, Essay by Corban Walker, Published by Waterhouse and Dodd
Fine Art, 2012 Particles + Waves, Essay by Adam Brown, Published by
Iliad Contemporary NY, 2012 On the Edge: Statements in Black and
White, Essay by Frank White, Published by S Cube Gallery, 2011
1 2 3 Volume, Essay by Sofia Mariscal, Published by ECOH Gallery and
Polyforum Siqueiros Museum, 2011
Absence and Presence, Essay by Tracy Causey-Jeffery, Published by
Causey Contemporary, 2008
Falling Short of Knowing, Essay by Judy Kim and Lieven DeCauter
Interview by Bret Littman, Published by Causey Contemporary, 2008.
ARTICLES & REVIEWS ABOUT NORMAN MOONEY
Fahrenheit Magazine, “Rastros: Entre Lo Pasajero Y Lo Eterno”, April 2011
New York Spaces Magazine, “Focus: Seeing Red”, December – January
2011 Artdaily, “Sculptor Norman Mooney Places “Windseeds” at
Devos Estate”, September 2010 New York Times, Home, “All Show, and
Almost No Go”, October 2010
NY Art Beat, “A Brutal Sensitivity”, September 2008