Education

2016 MFA Fine Art, National College of Art and Design, Dublin (NCAD).

1998 BA(Hons) Photography, Nottingham Trent University, UK. .

Exhibitions

2023 - ‘Confessions’ : Lismore Castle Arts, Co. Waterford, curated by Rosa Abbott

2023 - ‘Summer School’, Temple Bar Galleries and Studios, Dublin.

2023 - ‘Queer na Nóg 4ever young’, Pallas Projects/Studios. (guest artist with Bog Cottage)

2023 - ‘Slabs II and Whispers’ (solo), Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow.

2023 - ‘How to be an Artist? (After Noel Sheridan)’, NCAD Gallery, Dublin, convened by Frank Wasser.

2022 - ‘Requiem For Raymo’, Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA), Dublin.

2022 - ‘Whispers (Moving Image/film) Gaze Film Festival, Dublin

2022 - ‘WEARETHEFETISHISTS’, (curated by James Merrigan) Garter Lane, Co. Waterford.

2022 - ‘Speech Sounds’, (curated by Iarlaith Ni Fhearois), VISUAL, Co. Carlow.

2022 - ‘Images Are All We Have’, (PhotoIreland Festival 2022), Dublin Castle.

2021 - ‘Slabs’ (solo), The Complex, Dublin.

2021 - ‘Love Letters To Cardinal Raymo’ (solo), Gorey School of Art, Co. Wexford.

2021 - ‘Queer As You Are’ - Luan Gallery, Athlone, Co. Westmeath.

2021 - ‘I Am What I Am’, Ballina Arts Centre, Co. Mayo.

2021 - ‘Portico’ (performance with Satin Shadow) The Complex, Dublin.

2021 - ‘A Reluctant Mirage – Games for Artists and Non-Artists – Archive’, NCAD Gallery, Dublin.

2021 - ‘Spring Group Show’, Solomon Gallery, Balfe St. Dublin.

2020 - ‘Dublin Art Book Fair’, Temple Bar Galleries and Studios, Dublin.

2020 - ‘Ceremony’, (2 person show with Ann Ensor) The Complex, Dublin.

2020 - CovidStoriesIreland, Lismore Castle Arts, Lismore, Co. Waterford.

2020 - Open Submission Exhibition 2020, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, Co. Louth.

2019 - Winter Group Show’,​ Solomon Gallery, Balfe St. Dublin.

2019 - ‘Small Night Zine – ARRANGEMENTS’, Pallas Projects and Studios, Dublin.

2019 - ‘Silver / Celebrating 25 years of the Kevin Kavanagh Gallery,’ Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin.

2019 - ‘Life in Still Life’ ​Hollywood Library, Hollywood, Co Down.

2019 - ‘Life in Still Life’ ​Burnavon Theatre, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone.

2019 - ‘Host’ (Child Naming Ceremony) Temple Bar Galleries, Dublin.

2019 - ‘Car Boot Art Fair 2019’ ​Russborough House, Co Wicklow.

2019 - ‘Summer Group Show’,​ Solomon Gallery, Balfe St. Dublin.

2019 - ‘BODY TALK / SKIN TAGS’ (in collaboration with Ella Bertilsson), Black Church Print Studio, Temple Bar, Dublin.

2019 - ‘Spring Group Show’, Solomon Gallery, Balfe St. Dublin.

2018 - Periodical Review #8, Pallas Projects and Studios, The Coombe, Dublin 8.

2018 - Winter Open, Rua Red, Tallaght, Co. Dublin.

2018 - PeripheriesOPEN 2018, Gorey School of Art, Gorey, Co. Wexford.

2018 - ‘Remains’, Pallas Projects and Studios, The Coombe, Dublin 8.

2017 - PeripheriesOPEN, Gorey School of Art, Gorey, Co. Wexford.

2017- Winter Group Show, Solomon Gallery, Balfe St. Dublin 2.

2017 - Dublin Art Book Fair, Temple Bar Galleries and Studios, Dublin 2

2017 - Soul Noir, festival of the dark arts, North Great Georges St. Dublin 1.

2017 - Livestock, The Complex, Dublin 2.

2017 - Summer Group Show, Solomon Gallery, Balfe St. Dublin 2.

2017 - 'The Waiting Room', Artbox, 3 James Joyce St. Dublin 1.

2017- Easter Group Show, Solomon Gallery, Balfe St. Dublin 2.

2017- RUA: Highlights from the 2016 RUA annual show, Solomon Gallery, Balfe St. Dublin 2.

2017 - ‘Little Flowers’, deAppendix, 30 Ardagh Grove, Blackrock, Co. Dublin

2016 - 'Hahahahahahahaha', Mart, Dublin.

2016 - 'Excess Baggage', Laurieston Arches, Glasgow

2016 - '135th Annual Exhibition', Royal Ulster Academy of Arts, Belfast

2016 - 'Still', Curated by Annemarie Kilshaw, The Complex, Dublin

2016 - 'Collective Memory (the past and futures is ours)', Curated by Anna Bauer & Benjamin Lee Sperry, Bushwick Studios, Brooklyn, New York

2016 - 'Pull the Rug Out from Under the Carpet', Curated by Lynda Phelan, Abbey Street, Kilkenny

2016 - 'Residues' MFA Show, 101-103 James St. Dublin 8

Reviews/Text/Talks

2023- Temple Bar Galleries and Studios: Performing Conversations: Panel talk on performativity with Jaki Irvine, Sarah Pierce, Lisa Freeman and Atoosa Pour Hosseini.

2023 - Museum of Literature Ireland: First Fridays, Artist Talk with Lily Cahill.

2023 - Lily Cahill. ‘The Beast I Knew Best’ essay to accompany Slabs II.

2022 - RTÉ Culture, In The Picture: Austin Hearne’s Requiem For Raymo at the RHA.

2022 - smallnight.org, PROCESS, WITHOUT END, AMEN: TOWARDS AUSTIN HEARNE.

2022 - Lily Cahill, ‘Why Can’t You Just Live For Me?’, essay to accompany Requiem For Raymo.

2021 - ART Monthly (UK), ‘Queering the Museum’ by Joanne Laws, September 2021.

2021 - The Visual Artists’ News Sheet, ‘Whispers in the Aisles’ by Austin Hearne.2021 - RTÉ Culture, ‘Whispers in the Aisles, artist Austin Hearne on his new film Whispers’.
2021 -Lily Cahill ‘I Could Put My Arms Around Every Boy I See’, Essay to accompany Whispers.

2021 - Ultraviolet Art Talks, interview with Satin Shadow, June 2021.

2020 - https://periphery.space/austin-hearne-peripheries-2021

2018 - The Irish Times, ‘Pallas Periodical Review: a lively look at the state of Irish contemporary art’. By Aidan Dunne.

2018 - The Gloss Magazine, ‘The Best: Irish Floral Artists’.

2017 - The Irish Times, 'Sheep thrills and earthly pleasures: this weeks art highlights' by Gemma Tipton

2017 - The Visual Artists' News Sheet, 'I am a Painter' by Austin Hearne

2017 - https://www.rte.ie/culture/2017/0314/859766-in-the-picture-austin-hearne/

2017 - Circa Art Magazine, Review of 'Still' at The Complex http://circaartmagazine.website/this-matters-now/el-putnam-law-of-inertia/

2016 - billionjournal.com, Fugitives #2 Video Review by James Merrigan

2016 - The Irish Times 'Visual Art: Anxious, formidable work at graduate shows' by Aidan Dunne