Biography – Group Shows
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.
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.