Exhibitions

Star Factory

Star Factory

‘Star Factory' is a collection of new work by Jonathan Brennan created in 2022-23. All works in the current show are woodblocks, i.e. the matrix used to create woodblock prints, yet here the pieces exhibited are the blocks themselves, coated in enamel paint to...

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Sense of Place

Sense of Place

‘Sense of Place’ opens Friday 14 October, 6-9PM (all welcome) and continues until 30 October (Fri-Sun 12-5PM or by appointment: info@jonathanbrennanart.com) at Vault Artist Studios. A new exhibition by multi-disciplinary artist Jonathan Brennan opens in the...

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Host

Host

'Host – an 8-steps journey from the outside in'“When we dream alone it is only a dream, but when many dream together it is the beginning of a new reality.” ― Friedensreich HundertwasserEight artists, four Dublin-based and four Belfast-based, came together to create...

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‘At an uncertain place, at an uncertain time…’

‘At an uncertain place, at an uncertain time…’

Jonathan Brennan, Charys Wilson, Chris Wilson.Preview 1.10.20. Continues until 29.10.20. Queen Street Studios (QSS) Belfast is delighted to present a three-person exhibition with Jonathan Brennan, Charys Wilson and Chris Wilson. All three artists are concerned with...

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Winter Papers

Winter Papers

In association with Galway City Arts Office, Engage Art Studios brings an exciting programme for these cold months ahead - WINTER PAPERS - This season the new gallery in Salthill showcases visual artists featured in Ireland’s leading arts anthology, Winter Papers. The...

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Alleys & Rivers of the East

Alleys & Rivers of the East

‘Alleys and Rivers of the East’ is a series of artworks by artist Jonathan Brennan on the theme of alleyways, greenways and rivers in East Belfast. Comprising works on paper and unique multi-photograph compositions, the exhibition will also feature Brennan’s short...

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Seeing Between the Lines

Seeing Between the Lines

A group exhibition featuring work by Lucy Turner, Eamonn McCrory, Linda McBurney, Penny Brewill, Jonathan Brennan and Judtih Logan. I exhibited some works from my #NorthbyNorth2018 series of works (Mountsandel Ferns, Nook of the Ferns, Lunula, Ballymoney and Bronze...

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The Atelier Exhibition

The Atelier Exhibition

The Belfast Print Workshop have spruced up their studio walls and print browsers with beautiful new work from our artist-members and now they would like to show it off. Tucked away on the top floor of the Cotton Court Building on Waring Street, BPW is a hidden gem...

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In Orbit

In Orbit

In a constant state of flux, let us see practice as process. In orbit we accentuate the transient, the never ending and the non-conclusive . Pushing towards a point of collapse we can capture the avenues of the inbetween. Now in its 26th year, Catalyst Arts is seeking...

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Animist

Animist

Holding a discarded object in a junk shop, exploring its contours, feeling the patina it has acquired over time and use, one feels that the object could tell a story. Imagining that story is fanciful, yet tempting and inevitable.In an increasingly digital world, we...

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Framewerk Xmas Show

Framewerk Xmas Show

Annual group show at Framewerk - I showed works from my Guadalupe & Other Hallucinations, North by North, and Alleys of the East series. 

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BPW Christmas Exhibition

BPW Christmas Exhibition

The exhibition will feature framed prints by BPW members - both the new and those who have been with the workshop since the beginning - working across range of techniques. Included were a selection of etchings, monoprints and screenprints, some from my North...

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Christmas : Present

Christmas : Present

An exhibition by emerging and established artists: an amazing array of wonderful artworks by artists you know and love, as well as those you may have yet to discover, and all for less than 250 pounds. A number of my works were included including Oranges (on the...

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Graphic Editions

Graphic Editions

Belfast Print Workshop in partnership with Prism Print International are pleased to present this exhibition showcasing ambitious and excellent work from across the spectrum of printmaking techniques. My work 'Mountsandel Ferns' (a screenprint) was chosen for...

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North by North

North by North

North by North is an exhibition of new work by multi-disciplinary artist Jonathan Brennan created specifically for the Riverside Theatre in Coleraine. Working in pen and ink, print, photography and digital, Brennan has been travelling around the ‘Causeway Coast &...

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Mandala

Mandala

‘Mandala’ is an exhibition of screenprints resulting from a collaboration with the Indian vocal group Siri and multidisciplinary artist Jonathan Brennan. Brennan attended several of the group's rehearsals: recording sound and image, discussing the music and words with...

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40³ Exhibition

40³ Exhibition

A comprehensive exhibition and series of participatory events: highlighting the extraordinary range of technique, imagery and vision of both past and current printmaking community. 40 Years, 40 Prints, 40 Printmakers is a testament to BPW’s printmaking facilities,...

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The Art of Printmaking

The Art of Printmaking

Delighted to have a work selected (Pink Knives) for this survey exhibition. 2017 year marks the 40th year of BPW, celebrations begin with an exhibition of over 50 selected prints from the membership and the BPW archive including work in lithography, etching,...

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Impressions – Open Biennale

Impressions – Open Biennale

Delighted to have 2 works accepted in this show: 'Sowing Teeth' and 'Polluting the Rivers with Severed Body Parts' (part of the 'Guadalupe & Other Hallucinations' series). The 'Impressions Open Biennale' is an exhibition that represents all that is happening in...

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Alleys of the East

Alleys of the East

‘Alleys of the East’ is a collection of recent images of alleys or entries in the east of Belfast by Jonathan Brennan. Is it also a video and a ‘zine. I think when you move to a new place, there’s a learning curve in terms of fitting in and adapting, however, on...

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Guadalupe & Other Hallucinations

Guadalupe & Other Hallucinations

‘Guadalupe & Other Hallucinations’ is an exhibition of 12 new linocut prints by artist Jonathan Brennan based on the book 'Guadalupe & Other Hallucinations' by the artist's brother.  “In 2016, my brother Dylan – a poet, academic and long-term Mexico City...

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Winter Artworks

Winter Artworks

Winter Artworks was a "extra special Xmas exhibition of winter themed artworks by established and emerging artists".  I was in good company - see the artists included:  Brian Ballard RUAJonathan BrennanCatherine DavisonCarol Graham RUATrina HobsonJoe...

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