1955

Born Co. Galway , Ireland .

1974 -78

National College of Art and Design, Dublin .

1983-86

Director, Project Arts Centre, Dublin .

1991

Elected member of Aosdana.

1993-97

Chair, Visual Arts Committee, Dept of Foreign Affairs, Ireland .

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007

Cadere, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co. Cork

2007

Unstrung, Taylor Galleries , Dublin

2005

Balancing, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast

Hero's Engine, Taylor Galleries , Dublin

2003

Heat (with additional work) Taylor Galleries , Dublin

Heat, Nuova Icona, Venice

2001

Bandaged Heart . Taylor Galleries , Dublin

1996

To Contain. Taylor Galleries , Dublin

1992

Cecily Brennan. Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin ; Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork ; Limerick City Gallery.

1988

The Iceland Work. Taylor Galleries , Dublin .

1984

Paintings from a Rhododendron Garden . Taylor Galleries , Dublin .

1982

Paintings and Drawings . Project Arts Centre, Dublin .

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007

I'm Always Touched) By Your Presence, Dear : Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin .

Singing The Real Capetown National Gallery, South Africa , curated by Patrick Murphy, Director. Royal Hibernian Academy .

Docklands Video Festival Dublin curated by Nigel Rolfe

Wexford Opera Festival , with Camille Souter and Barrie Cooke, Brian, Garret Cormican and Shelly Souter.

2005

2004

2003

2002

Something Else. Irish Contemporary Art, touring to Helsinki , Turku and Oulu , Finland .

4 printmakers. Vangard Gallery, Cork .

Holy Show . Portfolio of prints for Chester Beatty Library, Dublin

Ditches and Stitches. Touring exhibition organised by Irish Museum of Modern Art .

2001

Sean Mc Sweeney and Friends. Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle Co. Roscommon.

The Foley Collection. Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin

2000

The Challenge of Power. Limerick City Gallery; West Cork Arts Centre

Primal Means. Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick .

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 .

Group Show. Taylor Galleries , Dublin

1998

Original Print Gallery, Dublin .

Taylor Galleries , Dublin

1996

Printed Matter. Triskel Arts Centre, Cork .

Gateway. Aer Rianta Dublin

National Collection of Contemporary Drawing Limerick City Gallery; Model Arts Centre, Sligo

Group Show . Taylor Galleries .

NCAD 250 Drawings 1746-1996. RHA Gallery, Dublin .

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.

21 st International Exhibition of Painting. Cagnes-sur-Mer , France

Nature and Culture. Irish art of the Eighties. Douglas Hyde Gallery.

A Special place. Arts Council Touring Exhibition

1988

Dublin Millennium Billboard Project. organised by Douglas Hyde

Figurative Image. Irish Museum of Modern Art

Group Show . Taylor Galleries .

Eighty European Painters. Palais de Congres, Strasbourg , France , U.S.A. and U.S.S.R

Irish Women Artists . (Contemporary Section) Douglas Hyde Dublin and Washington , USA .

EDGE, 10 Irish painters. Aorta Gallery, Amsterdam .

1986

Independent Artists. Guinness Hop Store. Dublin

Allied Irish Banks Collection of 20 th Century Art. Douglas Hyde Gallery.

The Decade Show. Guinness Hop Store.

The Wicklow Connection. Wicklow Arts Centre.

The Bursary Show. Temple Bar Galleries and Studios.

Figurative Image. Bank of Ireland .

Personal Choice. VA Ferguson Collection. Sligo Arts Centre.

International Contemporary Art Fair. Olympia London

1985

Edinburgh/Dublin. Edinburgh Festival. Scotland

Figurative Image. Bank of Ireland .

1982

The Collection of the Contemporary Irish Arts Society

Milwaukee Irish Celtic Festival. Milwaukee USA

Irish Exhibition of Living Art. Guinness Hop Store.

University Collage . The Collection of UCD. Banque Nationale de Paris.

Guinness Peat Aviation Awards Exhibition. Douglas Hyde Gallery.

Irish Art Week. Franklin Furnace Gallery , New York

Black Church Print Studio Exhibition. Project Arts Centre, Dublin .

Figurative Image . Bank of Ireland .

Cibeal Cincise. Kenmare, Co. Kerry.

Independent Artists. Douglas Hyde Gallery. Dublin

Graphic Studio touring exhibition.

1979

Independent Artists . Project Arts Centre, Dublin

AWARDS

2006

Arts Council Bursary

2005

BG2 award, Ballymun Regeneration Project, Dublin .

2004

Project Award. The Arts Council

2003

3 Year Studio, Temple Bar Galleries and Studios

2002

Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht

1998

Arts Council Bursary

1990

Arts Council Bursary

1988

Arts Council Bursary

1984

Grumbacher Artists Brushes Award

1982

Arts Council Bursary

COLLECTIONS

The Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaion; University College Dublin; Bank of Ireland; Allied Irish Banks; Allied Irish Investment Bank; Algemene Bank Nederland; Contemporary Irish Art Society; Crawford Gallery, Cork; Irish Museum of Modern Art; Industrial Development Authority, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland; Life Association Ireland; Office of Public Works; St. Patrick's Hospital, Dublin; V.A.Ferguson; Ronald Tallon; Murray O'Laoire; John Meagher; P.J.Murphy; Stokes, Kennedy, Crowley; Limerick Contemporary Arts Society; National Collection of Contemporary Drawing; Limerick City University; University College Dublin O'Reilly Hall; University College, Galway; Boyle Civic Trust

Select Bibliography: Books and catalogues

Siar 50 : Irish Museum of Modern Art. Essay by Campbell Bruce (2005)
In the time of shaking : Irish artists for Amnesty International. (2004)
Contemporary Diversity 2 Macroom, Co.Cork (2004)
Something Else Catalogue with essays by Maija Koskinen, Valerie Connor and Declan Mc Gonagle (2002)
Holy Show Graphic Studio, Chester Beatty Library (2002)
The Challenge of Power. Limerick City Gallery; West Cork Arts Centre. Essay by Shiuin Hanrahan
Ditches and Stitches : Irish Museum of Modern Art (2000)
0044 Irish Artists in Britain ; Essay by Peter Murray (1999)
The Whoseday Book: Irish Hospice Foundation (1999)
Primal Means: Belltable Arts Centre Limerick (1999)
When Time Began to Rant and Rage: Figurative painting from Twentieth Century Ireland. Ed: James Steward (1998)
AIB Art: AIB collection of Modern Irish Art, Essay by Frances Ruane (1995)
Cecily Brennan Douglas Hyde Gallery, Essays by Penelope Curtis and Luke Gibbons (1991)
23 rd Festival International de la Peinture, Cagnes-sur-Mer , France (1991)
Irish Women Artists by Joan Fowler, Douglas Hyde Gallery, (1987)
The School Show: Introduction by Martin Drury, Arts Council Touring Exhibition (1986)
16e Festival International de la Peinture , Cagnes-sur-Mer , France (1984)

Reviews and articles

Art Monthly, Issue No 306 Unstrung: The Shadow of Despair. Feature article by Jaki Irvine. May 2007
Aidan Dunne The Irish Times 14 th March, 2007
Contemporary Magazine Valerie Connor No.76 October 2005
Circa Magazine Siobhan Mullen No.113 Autumn 2005
1+1+1 Issue 2, Summer 2005 edited by Graham Ellard, Lisa Panting and Anne Tallentire for Double Agents.
Aidan Dunne Irish Times 10 th May 2005
Billy Leahy The Village 22-28 th December 2005
The Village Ormeau Baths Gallery 8-14 July 2005
Marianne Hartigan Under the Skin The Sunday Tribune,18 th May, 2003
Aidan Dunne The Ticket The Irish Times 8 th May, 2003
Marianne Hartigan, Art's in the Bag in Boyle, Sunday Tribune, 5 th August, 2001
Aidan Dunne Sean Mc Sweeney and Friends Irish Times, July 25 th , 2001
Aidan Dunne, Damage Limitation, 6 th March 2001
Medb Ruane, Nerves of Steel, The Sunday Times Magazine, 4 th March, 2001
Aidan Dunne No national identity please, We're Irish Irish Times 9 th February, 2000
Jo Allen in conversation with Peter Murray, International Code Circa Magazine, 1999
Art Bulletin: 0044 travels to the USA June/July 1999
Evening Echo July 20 th , 1999
AAI Journal: Primal Means August, 1999
Mark Ewart Primal Means Irish Times 13 th August, 1999
0044 Not your grandmother's Ireland . The Scene, New York 10 th October, 1999
Simon Says, New York . June 1999
The Challenge of Power Circa Magazine, June 1999
Medb Ruane Cecily Brennan Taylor Galleries , The Sunday Times 2 nd June 1996
Brian Fallon, Irish Times, 31 st May 1996
Aidan Dunne, Circa Magazine, Cecily Brennan Taylor Galleries No.77 1996
Declan Hassett Cork Examiner 14 th April, 1992
Hilary Pyle Cork Examiner, 8 th April 1992
Aidan Dunne Top 25 Art Achievements Sunday Tribune 29 th December 1991
Aidan Dunne Sunday Tribune 19 th November, 1991
Cara Magazine June 1990
Valerie Shanley, Woman's Way 7 th June 1991
Aidan Dunne Sunday Tribune Ist January 1989
Brian Fallon, Irish Times, 21 December 1988
Interview with Mary Finan Sunday Independent 3 February, 1988
88 for 88 Image Magazine, Dublin January 1988
Ray Comiskey The year ahead, 1 st January 1987 The Irish Times
John Hutchinson Irish Arts Review , Dublin Vol. 3 No. 3 Autumn 1986
Brian Fallon The Irish Times 30 th August 1986
Hilary Pyle The Arts Council Bursary Show. Irish Times 27 th May 1986
John Hutchinson In Dublin , Dublin , April, 1985 Issue No. 228
Best of the Year, Irish Times Dublin , December, 1985
Brian Fallon, Irish Times, Dublin , December, 1985
Ciaran Carty Sunday Independent 21 st April, 1985
Aidan, Dunne, Overview, Magill Magazine, Dublin , 18 April, 1985
John Meany, Interview with Cecily Brennan, Circa Magazine, Dublin November, 1982
Niamh O'Sullivan, Cecily at the Project, Sunday Tribune, 18 th March, 1982
Aidan Dunne, Review of Project Arts Centre Show. Irish Times, March 1982
John Hutchinson, Young Artists: Cecily Brennan Irish Times 23 rd July 1982
Harriet Cooke Cecily Brennan at the Project. 16 th March, 1982
Little and Large Sunday Press 14 th March, 1982
Ciaran Carty Big can be beautiful too Sunday independent, Dublin 14 th March 1982

SELECTED WORKS

2010

Black Tears

2007

Unstrung

2005

Balancing

2005

Hero's Engine

2001

Bandaged Heart