A selection of exhibitions / performances / installations from 1999 - 2023.

17 WAYS TO A BETTER YOU (2022) - Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Ireland.

‘17 Ways To A Better You’ exhibition at the Droichead Arts Centre in Drogheda. It ran from 26th November 2022 - 4th March 2023.

"17 Ways To A Better You" explores the impact of self-help books, click bait quick fix articles, being bombarded with advertisements and unattainable images particularly on social media promising a better life if we obey their message. The work is largely compiled of imagery from adverts from the 1950's to the present day, in a freshly fucked-up, pop art and contemporary style.

For years we have had a fascination with self-help books, gurus, enlightenment and more recently podcasts and what they promise. An obsession with trying to find happiness, build a better life and be the best us we can be. So “17 Ways" is a look into a world of promises and relief from life and yourself.

We explore this through the imagery of advertisement and social media because there is a connection with people's perceived and aspirational happiness in the 1950s before the onset of mass advertisement.

What we are being sold as something that will make you happier is actually making people more unsatisfied with their lives. We now have an abundance of self-help and quick fix lists to help you out of it.

"17 Ways To A Better You" is the first Adrian+Shane exhibition in Ireland in over a decade.

CONNECTION (2020) - Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Ireland

CONNECTION is an evolving art project and exhibition. Droichead Arts Centre invited 6 artists to draw/paint directly on the gallery walls, each artist spending a day in residence in the gallery.

The exhibition ran from July 28th - September 19th 2020.

PASSION FOR TASCHEN (2018) - National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.

Adrian+Shane were invited by the National Gallery of Ireland to do some live printmaking at the Passion for Taschen event on Thursday 23rd August 2018. The event to celebrate the launch of the new giant David Hockney art book.

VAIN FAIRY (2017) - Mutuo Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.

'Vain Fairy' took place at Mutuo Gallery, Barcelona, Spain. It ran from 30th November - 23rd December 2017.

An exciting collection of new work by pop art duo Adrian+Shane, exploring our obsession with social media and creating unrealistic online personas. Removing blemishes, adding filters, hiding any unpleasant reality. Presenting a perfect, plastic version of ourselves. Everyone is wearing a mask. Online you can be who you want: “Public Figure”, “Model”, “Influencer”, “Celebrity”, “Pop star”.
We are living in our devices, through our devices. Our online persona is now consuming the real us. The boundaries between real and fake are gone. If there is no one watching us are we real?

DRESS YOU UP (2017) - MAFA Gallery, London, England.

On the 2nd of March 2017, MAFA Gallery in London became the venue for a new type of art exhibition format. The ‘show’ was performed by a group of seven Chelsea College MA Fine Art students and selected guest artists including Adrian+Shane.

The evening combined an interactive live streaming experience inviting the audience to share the performances digitally, many of which are enacted remotely.

The artists aim to destabilize the current repose of the traditional white gallery space by creating a new cyber reality whilst highlight the ubiquitous preoccupation with our mobile phones and digital devices.

Adrian+Shane's performance saw the art duo ripping pages from a bible and attaching them to each others bodies, while standing in front of a projected film of the pair kissing and provocatively licking a statue of Jesus. They then proceeded to paint a large penis in black paint onto one another. Followed by the word "SIN" in bright red paint.

ZOO (2016) - Dublin Fringe Festival, Filmbase, Dublin, Ireland.

ZOO was an installation / performance / exhibition.

We invited the public to join forces with us in collaborating on this art experiment using social media for inspiration. Running as part of Tiger Dublin Fringe 2016, ‘ZOO’ ran from 19th to 22nd September, at Dublin’s city centre art space, Filmbase.

Created as an immersive live experience, offering viewers a rare chance to watch the duo at work either in person or via online streaming. ‘ZOO’ provides members of the public with a way of watching and working with Ireland’s leading pop artists, Adrian+Shane. Encouraged to bring along any belongings which the artists will in turn use as inspiration for their latest artwork ­ whether this be an old toy, items of clothing or novelty telephones, where these personal items may be used in photographic self portraits created in their own studio by the artists, which has been opened to the public for the first time.

WHEN I WALK IN YOUR SHOES (2014) - Westbank Gallery, London, England.

In 2014 we were invited by The Amy Winehouse Foundation to be part of an exhibition in honour of the late music icon. Alongside an impressive list of artists at the Westbank Gallery in Notting Hill, London. Each artist was given a pair of Converse trainers and asked to use them to create an artwork inspired by Amy Winehouse. We made this piece titled 'Amy's Heart' depicting a golden sacred heart with black hair woven through the eyelets.

We also created a triptych titled 'Pin Up' - three pop inspired paintings using spray paint and screen print on paper, depicting Amy Winehouse as a 1950's style pin up glamour model. One of these artworks was auctioned at the Amy Winehouse Foundation Ball to raise funds for the charity. Another was purchased by An Taisce Lú (Louth County Council art collection).

EDGING (2011) - Galería Artevistas, Barcelona, Spain

In 2011 Galería Artevistas invited Adrian+Shane to exhibit in their beautiful gallery space located in the heart of the gothic district of Barcelona. Titled ‘EDGING‘, the show was comprised of spray painted and stencilled, colourful works on canvas. The exhibition ran from 5th August to 4th September 2011.

BLOW (2010) - AOD Gallery, Limerick, Ireland.

‘BLOW’ was an exhibition of vibrant, spray painted canvases at the AOD Gallery in Limerick city centre that opened in the Autumn of 2010. The exhibition ran from 14th to 21st October 2010.

OFF THE WALL (2001) - Crawford Gallery, Cork, Ireland.

‘OFF THE WALL‘ was a sight specific installation at the Crawford Gallery in Cork, for the Crawford OPEN 2 group exhibition. Covering the entire floor space of the room with a giant black and white defaced self-portrait, incased in an oversized boardgame, which featured pop culture references, images, poetry, movie quotes and song lyrics. The exhibition ran from 14th December 2001 to 26th January 2002.

SENSATION BY DEPRIVATION (1999) - Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Ireland.

'SENSATION by Deprivation' was our debut exhibition. It ran for a month during the summer of 1999 at the Droichead Art Centre in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland.

Our first exhibition was an ambitious, humorous, pop inspired collection of work, which comprised of painting, photography, sculpture and a projection installation.