Contact
Gareth McConnell Studio / Sorika Ltd
Studio 15/17 Victor House
282 Richmond Rd
London
E8 3QS
Biography
Gareth McConnell (b.1972, Northern Ireland) is an artist and publisher living in London. He is founder and editor-in-chief of Sorika (est. 2013) an ongoing collaborative art project and print sales company. His work has been featured and written about in internationally recognised art and news publications such as Aperture, Frieze, The Guardian / Observer and The New York Times and has been included in major survey art shows. He has collaborated with diverse brands such Chloe, Jo Malone and Sports Banger. He has organised events and spoken about his work at numerous academic and cultural institutions including Tate Modern, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London and The National Portrait Gallery, London. His work is in collections both public and private including the British Council and UBS. Recent solo shows include To The Beat Of The Drum, Ulster Museum, 2021 and The Brighter the Flowers, The Fiercer the Town, Seen Fifteen, 2022
Books
Details Of Sectarian Murals, 2023/24
Paramilitaries, 2023
The Horses, Sorika, 2023
The People Deserve Beauty, Sorika | Sports Banger, 2023
To The Beat Of The Drum, Sorika, 2022
The Dream Meadow, Sorika, 2020
Sex, Drugs & Magick, Sorika, 2015
Close Your Eyes, SPBH Editions, 2014
Gareth McConnell: Contemporary Photographers Monograph, Steidl, 2004
Back2Back, All Change, 2004
Wherever You Go, Lighthouse, 2002
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As publisher / editor / collaborator
Smiler, Mark Cawson & Neal Brown, Sorika, 2015
Looking For Looking For Love, Tom Wood, Sorika, 2014
A New Concise Reference Dictionary and Glossary of Usage Terms And Subjects In Contemporary Art, Neal Brown, Sorika, 2014
Horse Latitudes, Chris Wilson, Sorika, 2013
Selected Texts
Details of Sectarian Murals: Abstraction as Survival Strategy and Utopic Appeal, Sarah Allen, 2023
The People Deserve Beauty, Matt Williams, 2023
The Horses, Neal Brown, 2022
To The Beat Of The Drum, Sean O’Hagan, 2022
The Meaning Of Flowers, Neal Brown, 2022
Get Born, Go to school, Go to work, And die, Niall Griffiths, 2014
Where Strangers Take You By The Hand, Matthew Collins, 2014
Sex, Drugs & Magick, Sean O’Hagan, 2014
Acetate 2, Chris Wilson, 2011
Community Service, Tom Morton, 2005
Gareth McConnell, David Chandler, 2004
Gareth McConnell, Alison Green, 2004
It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Bleeding, Simon Pooley, 2004
On And Off Drugs, Neal Brown, 2004
Art As Irritant, Suzanne O’Shea, 2001
Carrickfergus, Susan McKay, 2001
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