Cecily Brennan

2021-22	Who will Write the History of Tears. Artists on Women’s Rights. Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, Poland. Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie Curated by Magda Lipska, Sebastian Cichocki, Łukasz Ronduda "Who Will Write the History of Tears" is an exhibition about the relations between the female body and repressive laws. The title is borrowed from a work by the American artist Barbara Kruger and underlines the arduous process of women’s pursuit of their rights. The works presented in the exhibition strive to break through the impasse that has prevailed in the debate over abortion, to transcend the crisis of verbal and visual language. The aim is to wrest the topic of abortion from the control of political clichés. Archiwum Protestów Publicznych, Artists’ Campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment, Anne Maree Barry, Anna Beata Bohdziewicz, Andrea Bowers, Cecily Brennan, Tony Cokes, Cecelia Condit, Elektra KB, Rachel Fallon, Viola Głowacka, Guerrilla Girls, Patricia Hurl, Teresa Jakubowska, Anna Janczyszyn-Jaros, Maja Kleczewska & Łukasz Chotkowski, Dominika Kowynia, Barbara Kruger, Ewa Kuryluk, Alice Maher, Ana Mendieta, Fina Miralles, Mia Mullarkey, Małgorzata Mycek, Joanna Piotrowska, Luiza Prado de O. Martins, Paula Rego, Mariela Scafati, Agata Słowak, Elena Tejada-Herrera, Teresa Tyszkiewicz, Weronika Wysocka
2021-2022	The Narrow Gate of the Here and Now : Queer Embodiment Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin. Curated by Seán Kissane. IMMA presents the first chapter of The Narrow Gate of the Here-and-Now, IMMA: 30 Years of the Global Contemporary, a new Museum-wide exhibition showcasing the IMMA Collection to celebrate 30 years of IMMA. The first Chapter, Queer Embodiment, maps the context for the project, reflecting on the dramatic legislative changes that occurred in Irish society such as the decriminalisation of homosexuality (1993), provision of divorce (1996), marriage equality (2015) and the repeal of the Eighth Amendment (2018). These moments in the struggle for human rights find echoes across the globe, as grassroots movements continue to contest the impact of the State on the Body.
2020	'The Human Heart' Graphic Studio Gallery Group Show: 'The Human Heart', Graphic Studio Gallery with Alice Maher, Brian O Doherty and Andrew Folan.
2018	EVA international 2018 The Artists' Campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment Repeal! Procession. The Artists' Campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment founded in 2015 by artists Cecily Brennan, Alice Maher, Eithne Jordan and poet Paula Meehan took part in EVA International 2018 curated by Innti Guerrera. The Campaign's event, a Repeal! Procession through the streets of Limerick was one of the most art-historically significant contributions to the exhibition.
2018-2019	GAZE GAZE group show at the IMMA curated by Johanne Mullen. With works by Marina Abramovic, Stephan Balkenhol, Phil Collins, John Coplans, Dorothy Cross, Pauline Cummins, Albrecht Durer among others.
2016	Beyond the Pale: The Art of Revolution Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda Co. Louth. Curated by Anthony Haughey, Aoife Ruane and Pat Cooke. Cecily Brennan, John Byrne, Brian Cregan, Dorothy Cross, Mark Garry, Ori Gherst and Michael McLoughlin, and the third element is a series of commissioned essays by some of Ireland's leading critical commentators, including Fionna Barber, Justin Carville and Luke Gibbons.
2016	Patrons, Prizes and Paradigms The O’Malley Awards from the Irish American Cultural Institute, 1989 -2016 Tony O’Malley, Brian Maguire, Dorothy Cross, Carolyn Mulholland, Brian Bourke, Charles Brady, Camille Souter, Alanna O’Kelly, Barrie Cooke, Patrick Scott, Janet Mullarney, Kathy Prendergast, Charles Tyrell, Cecily Brennan, Paul Mosse, Alice Maher and Fergus Martin Bourn Vincent Gallery, University of Limerick.
2016	two birds - one stone Group show curated by artist Janet Mullarney at Farmleigh Phoenix Park, Dublin. Cecily Brennan, Dorothy Cross, Maud Cotter, Aleana Egan, John Gibbons, Tony Hill, Mary Kelly, Alice Maher, Eileen McDonagh, Locky Morris, Paul Mosse, Helen O’Leary, Niamh O’Malley, Adrian Paci, Rachel Parry, Alan Phelan, Kathy Prendegast, Linda Quinlan, David Quinn, Eddie Rafferty, Charles Tyrrell, Michael Warren and Daphne Wright .
2015	GLITCH Multi-media Festival Rua Red and MART With Adam Gibney, Anne Cleary & Denis Connolly, Bonnie Begusch, Brian Duggan, Cecily Brennan, David Stalling, Jonathan Mayhew, Katherine Nolan, Louise Brady, Marie Farrington, Mark Clare, Sam Jury, Stephanie Golden & Moya Clarken, Steven Maybury.
2015	UNSTRUNG film screening Unstrung will be screened as part of the Artists Resource Room at the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Co.Clare on the 24th of January 2015 Curated by Will O'Kane
2014	THE ARTIST'S EYE The Hunt Museum, Limerick Selected works from the A.I.B. Collection With Cecily Brennan, Sean Scully, Alice Maher, Dorothy Cross among others. Curated by Donald Teskey
2014	ON FLUX AND SAND Nida Art Colony with Satellietgroep, Lithuania
2014	DIRGE -Reflections on [Life and] Death Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art Cecily Brennan, Sophie Calle, Jim Campbell, Vija Celmins, TR Ericsson, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Spring Hurlbut, Rosemary Laing, Steve Lambert, Kesang Lamdark, Teresa Margolles, Kris Martin, Matt Mullican, Oscar Muñoz, Takashi Murakami, Mike Nelson, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Pedro Reyes, Dario Robleto, Guido van der Werve, Hannah Wilke, David Wojnarowicz Curated by Megan Reich
2013	STELLINGNAME Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, Amsterdam. Water, Land and Heritage With Francois Lombarts, Wim T. Schippers, Sylvie Zijlmans, Marie Lorenz, Diego Maclean, Arthur Kleinjan, Montserrat Rodríguez and Pé Okx Curated by Jacqueline Herrema at Satellietgroup.
2013	A.I.B COLLECTION N.U.I Maynooth. An exhibition of selected work from the collection of Allied Irish Banks. Cecily Brennan, Mark Francis, Louis le Brocquy, Rita Duffy and others.
2013	SKIN - AN ARTISTIC ATLAS R.H.A Gallery, Dublin. Robert Ballagh, Cecily Brennan, John Coplans, Barrie Cooke, Dorothy Cross, Marlene Dumas, Gwen Hardie, Mary A Kelly, Byron Kim, Sigalit Landau, Robert Mapplethorpe, Shirin Neshat, Nicholas Nixon, Dennis Oppenheim, Ariana Page Russell, Philip Pearlstein, Cara Philips, Jessica Robbins, Andres Serrano, Jeanne Silverthorne, Spencer Tunick, Hannah Wilke, The Wallace Collection RCSI. This exhibition has been made possible through the support of the Irish Skin Foundation. Curated by Patrick T. Murphy.
2013	Ingenious The Drawing Project. Dun Laoghaire. Louise Brady, Aidan Daly, Claire Burke, Cecily Brennan, Ross Nicholson, Erich King & John Belling, Keith Thornton & Roy Sweeney, Eoin O’Loughlin, Sheena Ludlow, Rupert Westrup, Roy Sweeney, Ciaran Quigley, Paul Comiskey and Thomas Quigley, Adrian Duncan, Peter Cabocky, Lynda Devenney, Matthew Slack, Fiona McDonald, Craig Cox, Marta Fenandez Calvo, Helen McGovern, Ailbhe O’Connor, The Image Machine, Sheena Ludlow, Paul Connolly,Geoffrey Perrin, Curated by Mark Joyce
2013	BODIES OF SILENCE Platform London. Curated by Giuilia Casalini. Video Screening as part of One Billion Rising Festival. With Sukran Moral, Pilar Albarracin, Regina Jose Gallindo, Linda Stupart, Monica K. Adler, Elisabetta di Sopra, Claudia Squitieri, Stella Rose Mc Donald and Hanae Utamara. http://www.obrartfest.co.uk/artists.html
2012	Living/Loss Exploring Illness in art Glucksman Gallery, Cork. Cecily Brennan, Martin Creed, Terry Dennett, Damien Hirst, Laura Potter, Mary Rose O'Neill, The Project Twins, Paul Seawright, Jo Spence, Thomas Struth, and supporting material from the Wellcome Collection Curated by Fiona Kearney.
2012	Into The Light Crawford Gallery Cork. Curated by Dawn Williams 60 years of the Arts Council of Ireland supporting the arts. Stephen Brandes, Cecily Brennan, Gemma Browne, Gerard Byrne, Michael Coleman, Diana Copperwhite, Margaret Corcoran, Gary Coyle, Dorothy Cross, Paul Doran, Brendan Earley, John Gerrard, Siobhán Hapaska, Martin Healy, Mark Joyce, Caoimhe Kilfeather, Nevan Lehart, Elizabeth Magill, Fergus Martin, Beatrice McMahon,Eoghan McTigue, Julie Merriman, Tom Molloy, Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Isabel Nolan, Mairead O’hEocha, Niamh O’Malley, Paul Seawright, David Timmons and Mark Clare
2012	At the Still Point Irish women artists working in film. Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland. Curated by Josephine Kelliher. With Vivienne Dick, Jesse Jones, Niamh O’Malley, Aideen Barry, Aine Phillips, Anita Groener, Tracy Hanna and Deborah Smith.
2012	f/ocal length Oriel Sycarth Gallery, Wales With Heather Phillips, Jessica Lloyd-Jones, Tracy Piper-Wright, Richard Smith and Yvonne Eckersley.
2012	Trans- Art Cavan Co.Cavan, Ireland With Alastair MacLennan, Aideen Barry, Amanda Coogan, Cliona Harmey, Philip Napier, Brian Connolly, Jenny Keane, Mark Cullen, anewspace (Maser, JOR, Canvaz, Morgan, Jonathan Lynn), Sally O'Dowd, Siobhan Harton, Maria Anastassiou, Leo Devlin, Chrissie Cadman, Patricia McKenna, Michael Mayhew, Elisa Haug, Hugh O'Donnell , Jessie Keenan, Karolina Raczynski , Aine Phillips, Carlotta Hestor,, Jane McCormick,, Philip Doherty, Vanessa Donoso Lopez, Anika Carpenter, Rita Duffy, Gabhann Dunne, Vanya Lambrecht-Ward, Laura O'Connor, Morgan O'Hara
2011	Pallas Periodical Review Pallas Projects Dublin With David Beattie, Morton Feldman, Bea McMahon, Seán Shanahan, John Smith, Mark Clare, Maeve Curtis, Gillan Lawler, Aidan Lynam, Fergal McCarthy, Not Abel, Carol Anne Connolly, Emma Houlihan, Andreas Von Knobloch, Nevan Lahart, Joseph Coveney, Michelle Considine, Barbara Knezevic, Colm Mac Athlaoich, Maggie Madden
2011	Fine Lines Contemporary Drawing Exhibition Limerick City Gallery of Art, Istabraq Hall, Merchants Quay, Limerick With David Lilburn / Peter Blodau / Janet Mullarney / Cecily Brennan / Jim Sheehy / Donal Teskey / Robert Janz / Colin Harrison / Anne Madden / Clodagh Emoe / Brian Fay / Tjibbe Hooghiemstra / Tom Fitzgerald / John Aiken / Niamh McCann / Marlies Appel / Ian Charlesworth / Stephen Brandes / Ciarán Lennon / Julie Merriman / Sam Walsh / Niamh O’Malley / Yuri Galperin / Sue Townsin / Sally Maidment / Nick Miller / Brian Maguire / Tom O’Brien / Brendan Earley / Melisa Cootes / Nigel Rolfe / Felim Egan / Seán Shanahan / Michael Farrell / Anita Groener / Joe Wilson / Walter Verling / Charles Tyrell / Laura McMorrow / Eline McGeorge
2011	Others' Stories Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast. With John Baucher, Cecily Brennan, Lisa Byrne, Lesley Cherry, Poshya Kakl and Franc Purg,
2011	Alive She Cried Galerie Zink, Berlin. A Film & Video Exhibition curated by Reynold Reynolds. with Mark Aschenbrenner, Rui Calçada Bastos, Marco Brambilla, Cecily Brennan, Sean Dack, Christoph Draeger, Rainer Ganahl, Moritz Hirsch, Patrick Jolley, Christóbal León & Joaquín Cociña, Eva Marisaldi, Bjørn Melhus, Johannes Nyholm, Jean-Gabriel Périot, Elodie Pong, Julian Rosefeldt, Iepe B.T. Rubingh, Sienna Shields, Pola Sieverding, Elisa Sighicelli, Stacey Steers.
2011	Dark Waters Station Project, Platform Arts, Belfast with Chloe Piene, Sue de Beer, Gabriela Fridriksdottir, Sigalit Landau, Anna Jermolaewa, Catherine Street, Irene Loughlin, Jenny Keane, Breda Lynch.
2011	Transmediale 2011 MMX Berlin (2011)
2010	Collecting the New Recent Aquisitions to the Collection. Irish Museum of Modern Art.
2009	Terror and the Sublime Art in an Age of Anxiety, Curated by Peter Murray and Dawn Williams. Crawford Gallery Cork.
2009	Isolated The Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast.
2008	Exquisite Bodies - Footnote Irish Museum of Modern Art
2008	Art in The Life World Old Swimming Pool Civic Centre, Ballymun, Dublin 9
2008	LOOP Video Festival Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona. Curated by Enrique Juncosa, Director IMMA
2007	Singing The Real Eigse Arts Festival, Carlow.
2007	(I'm Always Touched) By Your Presence, Dear Group exhibition of works acquired by the Irish Museum of Modern Art since 2003.
2007	Singing The Real curated by Patrick Murphy, (Director. Royal Hibernian Academy.) Iziko South African National Gallery, Capetown, South Africa
2007	Docklands Video Festival curated by Nigel Rolfe. Docklands Video Festival Dublin.
2007	Wexford Opera Festival with Camille Souter and Barrie Cooke, Brian, Garret Cormican and Shelly Souter. Wexford Opera Festival.
2005	Siar 50 50 years of the Contemporary Irish arts Society. Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.
2005	Moment in Time Temple Bar Galleries and Studios, Dublin.
2005	Rhyme and Resin Collaboration with poet Dennis O Driscoll. Poetry Ireland.
2005	The trouble with Talkies with Jitka Hanslova, Michel Khleifi, Eyal Sivan, Anthony Mc Call, Tibor Haja and Locky Morris. ADI Projects, London.
2005	Group Show Taylor Galleries, Dublin.
2004	Artists for Amnesty Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.
2003	Holy Show Portfolio of prints touring venues in Ireland.
2002	Something Else Irish Contemporary Art, touring to Helsinki , Turku and Oulu , Finland.
2002	4 printmakers Vangard Gallery, Cork.
2002	Holy Show Portfolio of prints for Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.
2002	Ditches and Stitches Touring exhibition organised by Irish Museum of Modern Art.
2001	Sean Mc Sweeney and Friends Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle Co. Roscommon.
2001	The Foley Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin.
2000	Primal Means Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick.
2000	Kingdom of Heaven RHA Gallery, Dublin.
1999	0044 - Irish Artists in Britain PS1 Gallery, New York. Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo , New York. Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast and Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork.
1999	Group Show Taylor Galleries, Dublin.
1998	Original Print Gallery Original Print Gallery, Dublin.
1998	Taylor Galleries Taylor Galleries, Dublin.
1996	Printed Matter Triskel Arts Centre, Cork.
1996	Gateway Aer Rianta Dublin.
1996	National Collection of Contemporary Drawing Limerick City Gallery. Model Arts Centre, Sligo.
1996	Group Show Taylor Galleries, Dublin.
1996	NCAD 250 Drawings 1746-1996 Taylor Galleries, Dublin.
1996	Arts Affaires Boulogne, Paris.
1992	Living Landscape Skibbereen Arts Centre, Cork.
1991	Images from Ireland European Commission. Brussels Graphic Studio Print Show, Project Arts Centre.
1991	21st International Exhibition of Painting Cagnes-sur-Mer, France.
1991	Nature and Culture Irish art of the Eighties. Douglas Hyde Gallery.
1991	A Special Place Arts Council Touring Exhibition.
1988	Dublin Millennium Billboard Project organised by Douglas Hyde
1988	Figurative Image Irish Museum of Modern Art.
1988	Group Show Taylor Galleries.
1988	Eighty European Painters Palais de Congres, Strasbourg, France, U.S.A. and U.S.S.R.
1988	Irish Women Artists (Contemporary Section) Douglas Hyde Dublin and Washington, USA .
1988	EDGE 10 Irish Painters Aorta Gallery, Amsterdam.
1986	Independent Artists Guinness Hop Store. Dublin.
1986	Allied Irish Banks Collection of 20th Century Art Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin.
1986	The Wicklow Connection Wicklow Arts Centre.
1986	The Bursary Show Temple Bar Galleries and Studios, Dublin.
1986	Figurative Image. Bank of Ireland.
1986	Personal Choice VA Ferguson Collection. Sligo Arts Centre.
1986	International Contemporary Art Fair Olympia London.
1985	Edinburgh/Dublin Edinburgh Festival. Scotland.
1982	The Collection of the Contemporary Irish Arts Society Contemporary Irish Arts Society, Dublin.
1982	Milwaukee Irish Celtic Festival Milwaukee USA.
1982	Irish Exhibition of Living Art Guinness Hop Store.
1982	University Collage The Collection of UCD Banque Nationale de Paris.
1982	Guinness Peat Aviation Awards Exhibition Douglas Hyde Gallery.
1982	Irish Art Week Franklin Furnace Gallery, New York.
1982	Black Church Print Studio Exhibition Project Arts Centre, Dublin.
1982	Figurative Image Bank of Ireland.
1982	Cibeal Cincise Kenmare, Co. Kerry.
1982	Independent Artists Douglas Hyde Gallery. Dublin.
1982	Graphic Studio touring exhibition.
1980	Independent Artists Municipal Gallery, Dublin.
1979	Limerick Limerick City Gallery. Pery Square.

Who will Write the History of Tears. Artists on Women’s Rights.

The Narrow Gate of the Here and Now : Queer Embodiment

'The Human Heart' Graphic Studio Gallery

EVA international 2018 The Artists' Campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment Repeal! Procession.

GAZE

Beyond the Pale: The Art of Revolution

Patrons, Prizes and Paradigms

two birds - one stone

GLITCH Multi-media Festival

UNSTRUNG film screening

THE ARTIST'S EYE

ON FLUX AND SAND

DIRGE -Reflections on [Life and] Death

STELLINGNAME

A.I.B COLLECTION

SKIN - AN ARTISTIC ATLAS

Ingenious

BODIES OF SILENCE

Living/Loss Exploring Illness in art

Into The Light

At the Still Point

f/ocal length

Trans- Art Cavan

Pallas Periodical Review

Fine Lines

Others' Stories

Alive She Cried

Dark Waters

Transmediale 2011

Collecting the New

Terror and the Sublime

Isolated

Exquisite Bodies - Footnote

Art in The Life World Old Swimming Pool

LOOP Video Festival

Singing The Real

(I'm Always Touched) By Your Presence, Dear

Singing The Real

Docklands Video Festival

Wexford Opera Festival

Siar 50

Moment in Time

Rhyme and Resin

The trouble with Talkies

Group Show

Artists for Amnesty

Holy Show

Something Else

4 printmakers

Holy Show

Ditches and Stitches

Sean Mc Sweeney and Friends

The Foley Collection

Primal Means

Kingdom of Heaven

0044 - Irish Artists in Britain

Group Show

Original Print Gallery

Taylor Galleries

Printed Matter

Gateway

National Collection of Contemporary Drawing

Group Show

NCAD 250 Drawings 1746-1996

Arts Affaires

Living Landscape

Images from Ireland

21st International Exhibition of Painting

Nature and Culture

A Special Place

Dublin Millennium Billboard Project

Figurative Image

Group Show

Eighty European Painters

Irish Women Artists (Contemporary Section)

EDGE 10 Irish Painters

Independent Artists

Allied Irish Banks Collection of 20th Century Art

The Wicklow Connection

The Bursary Show