Ailbhe Ní Bhriain

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain

*1978 Ireland
lives/works in Cork (photo by Helio Leon, 2016)

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain is an Irish artist working with film, computer generated imagery, collage, tapestry, print and installation. Ní Bhriain's work is rooted in an exploration of imperial legacy, human displacement and the Anthropocene. These intertwined subjects are approached through an associative use of narrative and a painstakingly crafted visual language that verges on the surreal. She sidesteps directive positions and familiar binaries, exposing instead the layers of ambiguity and contradiction embedded in these fraught issues. The resulting worlds she creates are at once idiosyncratic, irresistible and deeply unsettling. Her work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally and regularly involves collaboration with musicians and composers.

Ailbhe Ní Bhriain: biography pdf
Ailbhe Ní Bhriain: complete film and video list 2004–2022 (pdf)
Education
2005 – 2008
: PhD by Practice in Fine Art, Kingston University, UK, supervised by Louis Nixon & Elizabeth Price
2004
: MA (distinction) Fine Art, Royal College of Art, London.
2000
: BA (1:1) Fine Art, Crawford College of Art, Cork, Ireland.
1999
: Diploma (distinction) Fine Art, Crawford College of Art, Cork, Ireland.
Academic Appointments
2010 – ongoing
: Lecturer in Fine Art, MA Art and Process, Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork, Ireland.
2008 – 2010
: Lecturer in Fine Art, National College of Art & Design, (NCAD) Dublin, Ireland.
2007 – 2010
: Lecturer in Fine Art, Critical and Historical Studies, Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork, Ireland.
2004 – 2006
: Lecturer in Fine Art, Kingston University, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, UK.
Solo Exhibitions and Screenings
2025
: The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
: Lismore Castle Arts, Co Waterford, Ireland.
: An Experiment with Time, Kunsthal Gent, Ghent, Belgium (31.05.24–31.12.24).
2023
: Interval Two (Dream Pool), Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
: Interval One (Dream Pool), domobaal.
2022
: Inscriptions VI, Penthouse Margate, UK.
: An Experiment with Time, curated by Francis McKee and Alaya Ang, CCA Glasgow, Scotland.
2020
: Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Wisconsin, USA, curated by Shannon Rae Stratton.
: Inscriptions IV, domobaal.
: Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre, Whitechapel Gallery, curated by Gareth Evans with Dr. Sarah Hayden (Department of English, University of Southampton) in conversation with Ailbhe Ní Bhriain on Thursday 5 March 7–9pm.
2019
: Great Good Places, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork, Ireland, curated by Dawn Williams.
: Inscriptions (One Here Now), Visual, Carlow, Old Dublin Road, Carlow, Ireland; originally commissioned by Miranda Driscoll (One Here Now – The Brian O'Doherty/Patrick Ireland Project) curated by Emma Lucy O'Brien.
2018
: Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland curated by Clíodhna Shaffrey and Michael Hill. Talk: Francis McKee in conversation with Ailbhe Ní Bhriain at Temple Bar Gallery on Wednesday 23 January 2019.
: Inscriptions (One Here Now) solo exhibition as part of 'One Here Now, The Patrick Ireland/Brian O'Doherty Project' curated by Miranda Driscoll at Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Ireland.
2017
: Inscriptions, Galway International Arts Festival, directed by Paul Fahy, Galway, Ireland.
: Reports to an Academy, domobaal.
: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, The Dock, curated by Sarah Searson, Carrick–on–Shannon, Leitrim, Ireland.
: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Illuminations Gallery, curated by Aoife Tunney, Maynooth Unversity, Kildare, Ireland.
: The Passenger, New Irish Works (two–person presentation with Aisling McCoy) at The Library Project, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
2015
: Reports to an Academy, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, monograph publication with essay by Caoimhin Mac Giolla Léith and a live performance by Irene & Linda Buckley on Wednesday 25 November.
: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Drogheda Arts Festival in partnership with NeXus Arts, former Methodist Schoolhouse, Drogheda, Ireland.
2011
: Great Good Places, domobaal (publication).
2010
: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Galway Arts Centre, curated by Maeve Mulrennan, Galway, Ireland.
2008
: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, The Butler Gallery, curated by Anna O'Sullivan, Kilkenny, Ireland.
2007
: Aftermath, domobaal, London.
Group Exhibitions, Screenings, Biennials and Festivals (selection, since 2004)
2024
: LB03: Third Lahore Biennial, Lahore, Pakistan, 'Of Mountains and Seas' curated by John Tain (05.10.24–08.11.24).
: Suspense, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland (10.07.24–15.09.24).
2023
: Formes de la ruine, Musée des Beauxndash;Arts de Lyon, Lyon, France.
: Ground State – Fellowship Within the Uncanny, Lagos Photo Festival, Nigeria.
: Following Threads, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland.
: This Rural, Lismore Castle Arts, Ireland.
: Hollow Earth, curated by Hayward Gallery Touring, Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland.
: Carnegie Hall Citywide: Density 2036: part viii, Performance of Anfa, composed by Ann Cleare, commissioned and performed by flautist Claire Chase with screening of film works by Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, The Kitchen at Westbeth, New York, USA.
2022
: Hollow Earth: Art, Caves & The Subterranean Imaginary, Nottingham Contemporary, UK, curated by Hayward Gallery Touring (Travelling to RAMM, Exeter, 2023).
: 100 Years, Gagosian–Deitch Projects, Miami, USA, curate4d by Kay Pallister.
: 16éme Biennale de Lyon: Manifesto of Fragility, curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, Lyon, France.
: Images Are All We Have, PhotoIreland Festival 'History and Practice of Photography in Ireland', Dublin Castle, Ireland.
: The Space We Occupy (2), Solas Nua, Washington DC, USA, curated by Miranda Driscoll.
: The Golden Fleece Award: an exhibition of the work of over forty award winners to mark twenty one years of the Golden Fleece Award, curated by Aisling Prior at Solstice Arts Centre, Co. Meath, Ireland.
: Expanded, curated by Andrew Folan and Peter Brennan, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
: Mountain Language, curated by Megs Morley at Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland.
: A Nation Under The Influence: Ireland at 100, curated by Rosetta Beaugendre, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France.
2021
: Density 2036, Part VIII, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain's films 'Immergence' and 'Vanishing Point' accompanying the première of 'anfa', a new composition by Ann Cleare performed by flautist Claire Chase, The Kitchen, New York.
: The Space We Occupy, inaugural exhibition at Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street, New York, with George Bolster, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Neil Carroll, Colin Crotty, Katie Holten and Fiona Kelly, curated by Miranda Driscoll.
: 'Reports to an Academy' large–scale screening as part of Living Canvas at Wilton Park, Dublin 2, Ireland.
: The Narrow Gate of the Here–and–Now, IMMA: 30 Years of the Global Contemporary, Chapter 3: Social Fabric, curated by Georgie Thompson with: Bassam Al–Sabah, Louise Bourgeois, Sarah Browne, Rhona Byrne, Harold Cohen, Maureen Connor, Rachel Fallon, Ahree Lee, Ibrahim Mahama, Leanne McDonagh, Colin Middleton, Sibyl Montague, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Kathy Prendergast, West Tallaght Women's Textile Project, William Hogarth, Elinor Wiltshire; November 2021 to November 2022.
: Shiftings: Kian Benson Bailes, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Ursula Burke, Ruth Clinton, Maeve Coulter, Niamh Moriarty and Katharine West, curated by Aoife Banks, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland (includes online screening of 'Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre').
2020
: Towner International, selected by Polly Staple, Mike Nelson and Noelle Collins, Towner Eastbourne, UK.
: Bathyscaphe, outdoor screening event with Thomas Daveluy & Guillaume Lepoix, Carla Chan Ho–Choi, Jacques Perconte and Pierre Villemin, curated by Simon Guiochet, Conservatoire de Rennes, France, Musée des beaux–arts de Rennes, Brittany, France.
: Houlgate European Film Festival, 19th Edition, Houlgate, France.
: Double Estate: Works from the OPW State Art Collection and Pearse Museum Collection, curated by Davey Moor. A 64 page full–colour catalogue designed by Oonagh Young, with essays by Brian Crowley (Collections Curator, Pearse Museum and Kilmainham Gaol) and Davey Moor; Pearse Museum, St Enda's Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland.
: Oodaaq Festival #10, at various locations including LISAA (L’institut Supérieur des Arts Appliqués), Rennes & Musée des Beaux arts de Rennes, Brittany, France.
: Land of Some Other Order, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Angela Gilmour, Angie Shanahan, Ben Reilly, Bernadette Tuite, Carol–Anne Connolly, Darn Thorn, Deirdre O’Brien, Elaine Coakley, Fiona Kelly, Helen O’Shea, Luke Hickey and Sarah Long, curated by Paul McAree, Lavit Gallery, Cork, Ireland.
: Art Madrid 2020, curated by Simon Guiochet for Proyector Festival.
: Inscriptions (One Here Now): selected for Artists Film International 2020, screening at Galleries and Museums, inc:
: Artists' Film International, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Dominika Olszowy and Lisa Tan in exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery, London.
: Artists' Film International, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Raks Media Collective, Lerato Shadi and Yo Guo in exhibition at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland.
: Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas, USA.
: Belgrade Cultural Centre, Belgrade, Serbia.
: Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania.
: Centre for Contemporary Arts Afghanistan (CCAA), Kabul, Afghanistan.
: Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
: Galleria D'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy.
: Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA.
: Hanoi/DOCLAB, Hanoi, Vietnam.
: Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey.
: KWM artcentre, Beijing, Turkey.
: MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, Portugal.
: Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland.
: Video–Forum of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (N.B.K.), Berlin, Germany.
: Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong.
: Project 88, Mumbai, India.
: Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway.
: The Whitworth, The University of Manchester, UK.
2019
: L'Age d'Or International Art–house Film Festival (LIAFF), Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
: Cinesalotto, Villa Erba (summer house of Luchino Visconti) Cernobbio, Lago di Como, Italy, curated by Eleonora Diana.
: Backyard Sculpture, domobaal, organised by Neil Gall and David Gates.
: The Parted Veil, The Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland, curated by Chris Clarke and Fiona Kearney.
2018
: Out there Out Where Outside, Boston Manor House, Hounslow, London.
2017
: Houlgate European Film Festival, programme curated by Simon Guiochet, Normandy, France.
: Mythic Age, screening programme with Dakota Nanton, Shana Moutlton, Jake Mahaffy and Nadja Merena Vercin, curated by aCinema, Milwaukee, USA.
: Horizons Variables, three person exhibition with Magda Gebardt and Guillaume Lepoix at Les Ateliers de la Ville en Bois, Nantes, France, curated by L'île d'en face.
: Videoproject 17, at L'artothèque d'Angers, France, curated by L'Œil d'Oodaaq as part of the video art biennial Videoproject.
: Periodical Review 7, Pallas Projects, Dublin Gallery Weekend 2017, Ireland, selected by PPS and RGKSKSRG (Gavin Murphy, Mark Cullen, Rachael Gilbourne and Kate Strain).
: The Way of Objects, with Anthony Bodin, Samuel Buckman, Jimmie Durham, Rodrigo Cass, Michel Francois, Laura Gozlan, Max Hattler, Sinisa Ilic & Tina Gverovic, Pauline Payen, Babeth Rambault, Milos Tomic & Annegien Van Doorn, curated by Isabelle Henriot and Nyima Leray, Gallery Podroom, Belgrade, Serbia.
: 2116 – Forecast of the next century, The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, USA, curated by Caitlín Doherty, Fiona Kearney and Chris Clarke.
: Apertures, creating New, collecting Now, curated by Catherine Giltrap, The Arts Building Concourse, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
2016
: New Irish Works, PhotoIreland Festival 2016, Paris Photo, Espace Lhomond, Paris.
: Glissements (Landslides), Isabelle Hayeur (QB), Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, (IR), Anne–Charlotte Finel (FR), Yasmina Benabderrahmane (FR), curated by Chloé Dragna of La Vidéoteque (France) at the invitation of Virginia Lopez, director of PACA (Proyectos Artisticos de la Casa Antonio) at Museo del Ferrocarril de Asturias, Plaza Estaci´n del Norte s/n, 33212 Gijón, Spain.
: Clonmel Junction Festival, installation of 'Passages' curated by Mary Hickson, Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, Ireland.
: Festival Oodaaq screening of 'Passages' at l'Hôtel Pasteur, Rennes, France.
: ND4J, screening of 'Window' with newly commissioned music by Morgan Daguenet, Arno Bruil and Robin Poligné at La Chapelle du Conservatoire, Rennes and Le GriGri, Nantes, France.
: 2116 – Forecast of the next century, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University of Cork, Ireland, curated by Fiona Kearney, Chris Clarke and Caitlín Doherty from an idea developed with Emma–Lucy O'Brien, Curator at VISUAL, Carlow, Ireland.
2015
: 'Great Good Places I' at Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Villa de Leyva, Columbia.
: 'The Passenger' Solas Prize Shortlist, Gallery of Photography, Ireland.
: Experimenta 2015, screening of 'Window' Goethe Institut, Bangalore, India.
: Tulca Festival 2015, curated by Mary Cremin, with Anne Maree Barry, Rhona Byrne, Mark Clare, Carol Anne Connolly, Colin Crotty, Culturestruction, Christo, Jason Deans, Michelle Deignan, Caroline Doolin, Angela Fulcher, Tue Greenfort, Martin Healy, Louise Hervé & Chloé Maillet, Allan Hughes, Brian King, Barbara Knezevic, Clare Langan, Nevan Lahart, Richard Long, Ruth Lyons, Maggie Madden, Maria McKinney, Dennis McNulty & Ros Kavanagh, Seamus Nolan, Seoidín O'Sullivan, Owen Quinlan, Oswaldo Ruiz, Sayler Morris, Anaïs Tondeur & Jean–Marc Chomaz, Michael John Whelan, Galway, Ireland.
: Engage Arts Festival, with Cleary–Connolly, Fergus Byrne, Isabel Nolan and Patrick Michael Fitzgerald, Allin Insitute, Bandon, West Cork, Ireland.
: The Manchester Contemporary, domobaal.
: Passages, a collaborative work with Linda & Irene Buckley as part of Sounds from a Safe Harbour, a festival of music, art and conversation, curated by Bryce Dessner (The National) and Mary Hickson, Cork, Ireland.
: Plymouth Contemporary Open, selected by Helen Legg, Sam Thorne, Judith Robinson, Sarah Chapman, Chris Cook & Alan Schechner; Peninsula Arts Gallery, Plymouth UK (catalogue).Plymouth, UK.
: L'Œil d'Oodaaq, festival, 'Window' screened at three venues: Musée des Beaux Arts, Rennes, La Ville en Bois at Musée des Beaux Arts, Nantes, and La Grande Passerelle in Saint–Malo, Brittany, France.
: Thin Place, Jonathan Anderson, Adam Buick, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Christine Mackey, Flora Parrott, curated by Ciara Healy, at Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen, Wales.
2014
: 'Great Good Places I,II,III,IV' screening as part of Downstairs Dublin, The Irish Times at Culture Night, at Arts Council Ireland, Merrion Square, Dublin, Ireland.
: Art in the Home #2 York, by invitation from the Contemporary Art Society North.
2013
: Bonaj Lokoj, with Tereza Busková, András Cséfalvay, Jonás Gruska, Csilla Nagy, Laura Pawela, Ivan Svoboda curated by Katarína Slaninová and Vanda Sepová Prádelna Bohnice, Prague, Czech Republic.
: Coexist, with Gerard Byrne, Amanda Coogan, John Gerrard, Nevan Lahart, Sean Lynch, curated by Eamonn Maxwell at Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
: Flood/Ní Bhriain/Vari domobaal.
: The Poetry Project curated by Gemma Tipton and Patrick T. Murphy (RHA), an online project of poetry and video art commissioned for Ireland's presidency of the EU 2013; also screened at Kinsale Arts Week & RHA Dublin.
: Motion Capture: Drawing and the Moving Image, with Pierre Bismuth, Tacita Dean, Brian Fay, Tom Hackney, William Kentridge, Alice Maher, Henri Matisse, Henri Michaux, Susan Morris, and Denis Oppenheim, curated by Ed Krcma and Matt Packer, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, touring to Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
2012
: Crawford 100, curated by Clíodhna Shaffrey, with Raphael Llewellyn, Lana Shuks, Tom Dalton and Tina Darb O'Sullivan, CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery Cork.
: eva international 2012 – After the Future, curated by Annie Fletcher, Limerick, Ireland.
: Imprint, curated by Kate McMorrine, Kingston University, UK.
2011
: Irish Wave 2, curated by Fion Gunn, Siemens Art Space, Beijing, China.
: Void: Volume, with Maximillian le Cain & Vicky Langan, Jennifer Macklem, Vanya Lambrecht Ward, Shelby Woods, Roisin O'Sullivan, Lydia Holmes, Adrian Duncan, Sarah Lundy, Meadhbh O'Connor & Barbara Knezevic, curated by Sarah Lundy, Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland.
2010
: Futures 10, with Oisín Byrne, Rhona Byrne, Fiona Chambers, Damien Flood, Magnhild Opdol, curated by Patrick T Murphy & Ruth Carroll, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland.
: Postcards from the Celtic Tiger, curated by Peggy Sue Amison, with Martin Cregg, Jennifer Cunningham, Mark Curran, David Farrell, Sean Hillen, Maurice Galway, Sarah Iremonger, Max le Cain, Danny McCarthy, Ciara Moore, Harry Moore, Richard Mosse, Jackie Nickerson & Eoin O'Conaill, Xuhui Arts Museum, Hengshan Road, Shanghai, China.
: Kilruddery Film Festival with Grace Weir, John Latham and J. Tobias Anderson, Mermaid Arts Centre, Ireland.
: Bittersweet, with Franko B, Doug Dubois, Breda Lynch, John Kelly and others, Doswell Gallery, Cork (travelling).
: Sophisticated Boom Boom (in b&w), with Peter Linde Busk, Stephen Dunne, Lothar Götz, Heide Hinrichs, Steve Johnson, Sharon Kivland, Ansel Krut, Jeffrey TY Lee, Siân Pile, Felicity Powell, Mark Prince, Lizi Sanchez, Shaan Syed and Mhairi Vari, domobaal.
2009
: Time is a Sausage (A Show of Shows) Anisa Sarah Hawes, Anon, Ansel Krut, Benjamin Swaim, Charlie Tweed, Christopher Hanlon, Claudia Sarnthein, Denis Glaser, Eglé de Richemont, Eric Gill, Felicity Powell, Gerard Wilson, Gordon Cheung, Harald Smykla, Haris Epaminonda, Henry Krokatsis, Ian Homerston, James Brooks, Jeffrey TY Lee, John Strutton, Kim Noble, Lara Viana, Lee Edwards, Lucy Pawlak, Marcel Dinahet, Marino Marini, Matthew Wilkinson, Maurizio Anzeri, Mhairi Vari, Miho Sato, Neil Hedger, Nicolas Deshayes, Phyllida Barlow, Prunella Clough, Rachel Adams, Ron Haselden, Sharon Kivland, Siân Pile, Stephen Dunne, Steve Johnson, Susan MacWilliam, Tom Dale, Walter Swennen, Xanthe Mosley, domobaal.
: Skibbereen Arts Festival, County Cork, Ireland; screening of 'Immergence' and 'Residuum'.
: In Search of Utopia, with Michelle Browne, Dorothy Cross, Dennis Del Favero, Cao Fei, Louise Manifold, curated by Maeve Mulrennan, Nuns Island Theatre, Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Ireland.
: Margenes, Experimental Film Festival, curated by Esperanza Collada, La Enana Marron, Madrid, Spain.
: Darkness Visible, curated by Ann Mulrooney and Breda Lynch, with George Bolster, Andy Harper, Angela Huntbach, Breda Lynch, Alice Maher, Eoin Mc Hugh, Ann Mulrooney and Kate Street, Cavan Arts Office, touring to Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick, Ireland. (catalogue)
: Art Rotterdam, STAND projects, De Expeditie/Amsterdam, domobaal/London, Tatjana Pieters/OneTwenty/Gent.
: Cork Art Trail, Cork Film Centre screenings, various venues, Cork, Ireland.
: No End in Sight, with Max Hymes, Adam Thompson, Annabel Elgar, Richard Wathen and Simon Willems, Vegas Gallery, London.
2008
: Refuge, Annabel Elgar, Elina Brotherus, Hanna Brotherus, Lauri Astala at The Wapping Project, London.
: STAND, De Expeditie/Amsterdam, domobaal/London, Tatjana Pieters/OneTwenty/Gent at Villa La Tourelle, Oostende, Belgium.
: No Borders (Just N.E.W.S.*) 29 young artists from Europe, selected by the Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art, University of Cuenca, Spain.
: No Borders (Just N.E.W.S.*) CACT, Thessaloniki, Greece (catalogue).
: Darkness Visible curated by Ann Mulrooney, with Alice Maher, Breda Lynch, Eoin McHugh, Ann Mulrooney and others, Galway Arts Centre, Ireland (catalogue).
: No End In Sight, with Ruth Claxton, Max Hymes, Adam Thompson, Richard Wathen, Simon Willems, Galerie Polaris, Paris.
: 13+ Florence Lynch Gallery, New York, with Marcel Dinahet, Jaspar Joseph–Lester, Haris Epaminonda, Ron Haselden and others.
: The Garden of Eden has Vanished They Say, with Elizabeth Magill, Janet Mullarney, Kathy Prendergast, Walker & Walker, Oliver Comerford, John O'Connell and Gerda Teljeur, curated by Clíodhna Shaffrey, Cavan County Museum, Ireland.
: The Canvas is the Screen, with Jacco Olivier, Malcolm Le Grice, Jean–Luc Godard & Anne–Marie Miéville, curated by Berta Sichel and Céline Brouwez, touring to Sala Parpalló, Valencia, Unión Fenosa, La Coruña, Caixa Forum, Tarragona and Caixa Forum, Barcelona, Spain.
2007
: The Canvas is the Screen, with Jacco Olivier, Malcolm Le Grice, Jean–Luc Godard & Anne–Marie Miéville, curated by Berta Sichel and Céline Brouwez, Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, touring to CACT, Centre of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece.
: Preview Berlin, with Haris Epaminonda, Ansel Krut, Miho Sato, domobaal.
: Aftermath, Art Trail 2007, Cork, Ireland.
: Oyster Grit, with Daniel Gustav Cramer, Haris Epaminonda, Ansel Krut, Jeffrey TY Lee, Lucy Pawlak, Miho Sato, Mhairi Vari, essay by Rebecca Geldard, domobaal.
: Art Rotterdam, with Haris Epaminonda, Ansel Krut, Ron Haselden, domobaal.
: Drawing Breath, Jerwood Drawing Prize, 10 year anniversary prizewinners exhibition, touring to Gallery 1 National Art School, Sydney; NAFA Galleries, Singapore; Royal West of England Academy, Bristol; Robert Gordon Unviversity, Aberdeen.
2006
: Art Rotterdam, domobaal.
: Drawing Breath, Jerwood Drawing Prize, 10 year anniversary prizewinners exhibition, London, touring to Australia, Singapore, UK.
: Still in Motion, with Vishal Shah and Renata Kudlacek Leonard St. Gallery, London.
: Tekenlust, with Lauri Astala, Anthony Braxton, Katie Cuddon, Honoré d'O, Saara Ekström, Simon Faithfull, Jef Geys, Terike Haapoja, Fabrice Hybert, Minna Langström, Denisa lehocká, Pierre Malphettes, Dietmar Offenhuber, Lucie Renneboog, Pekka Sassi, Anke Schäfer, Liesbet Verschueren, Piki Verschueren, Kunsthalle Lophem, Bruges, Belguim.
2005
: Concourse Projection Series, curated by Clíodhna Shaffrey, Dunlaoighre, Dublin, Ireland.
: Peripheral Visions, curated by Nigel Rolfe and Cliodhna Shaffrey, European Capital of Culture International Video Selection, Cork, Ireland.
: FEM 5 Madrid, Spain.
: To be continued…/Jatkuu… curated by Brett Rogers & British Council, Taidehall, Kunsthalle Helsinki and MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
: Passing Through, curated by Patrick T. Murphy, with Linda Quinlan, Alice Maher, Maud Cotter, Yvonne McGuinness, Martin Healy and others, Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland (catalogue).
: International Video Festival, Bochum, Germany.
: 13+ (video exhibition) domobaal.
: Jerwood Drawing Prize, touring to: Birmingham, Hull, The Lowry Gallery, Manchester, winner: student prize award, for 'Immergence' (catalogue).
: Syncopations, I6 UK Artists, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
2004
: New Media Art Festival Seoul, Korea.
: Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London (catalogue).
: Tindell Effect Hackney, London (catalogue).
: Davis Langdon, selected show, Holborn, London.
: World Wide Video Festival, 2004 Amsterdam, Holland.
Essays, Press and Publications
2022
: La Biennale de Lyon met la capitale des gaules à l'heure contemporaine, Valérie Duponchelle and Béatrice De Rochebouët, published in Le Figaro 16.09.22
: Un apocalipsis tranquilo: otro fin del mundo es posible en la Bienal de Lyon, by Alex Vicente published in El País, Madrid, Spain 24.09.22
: Une Biennale forte en émotions, by Jean–Emmanuel Denave and Nadja Pobel, in Le Petit Bulletin: Lyon, 21.09.22
: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Front Cover and Profile in Art Monthly magazine, by Chris Clarke, issue no. 455, April 2022
: ArtForum Critics' Pick review of 'An Experiment with Time' curated by Francis McKee and Alaya Ang, CCA Glasgow, Scotland, by Calum Sutherland, 10 March 2022.
: Review: 'Time: A Single Basic Fact' Sarah Long visits Ailbhe Ní Bhriain's 'An Experiment with Time' at CCA, Glasgow, MAP Magazine April 2022.
: Review: 'An Experiment with Time' at Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, by Rachel Cronin, The List, Edinburgh, 2022.
: Snack Magazine, Glasgow; interview with Ailbhe Ní Bhriain during 'An Experiment with Time' by Zeo Fawcett pp. 24–27 issue 36, February 2022.
2021
: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain's Reports to an Academy: Treacherous Images and Animal Gazes, a text by Dr. Kirstie North published in Digital Art in Ireland: New Media & Irish Artistic Practice, edited by James O'Sullivan, published by Anthem, 2021.
2020
: Golden Touch, review by Deirdre McQuillan in The Irish Times, 19.04.20
: Inscriptions IV, review in Photomonitor magazine by Jon Stapley, 17.03.20
: Artfridge: interview with Mine Kaplangi, published 14 April 2020 artfridge.de
: Études irlandaises, interview with Caoimhín Mac Giolla Leith, issue 45–1, p.15–24
2019
: Inscriptions (One Here Now) an essay by Nathan O'Donnell on Ailbhe Ní Bhriain's exhibition Inscriptions (One Here Now) at Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, published in 'One Here Now, The Brian O'Doherty / Patrick Ireland Project' produced by Sirius Arts Centre & Paper Visual Arts, 2019
The Honest Ulsterman, feature, The Verbal Art Centre, Londonderry, http://humag.co at www.theverbal.co February 2019
2018
: RTÉ 1, Arena, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain interview with Seán Rocks, 14.02.19
: RTÉ Culture, Cristin Leach in 'Eyes peeled – eight artists to watch in 2019' https://www.rte.ie/culture/2019/0129/1026177-eyes-peeled-eight-artists-to-watch-in-2019/
: Lyric FM Culture File, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain interview with Aine Gallagher, presented by Luke Clancy. https://m.soundcloud.com/soundsdoable/culture-file-ailbhe-ni-bhriain
: H art Magazine, Begium, review of Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre at Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin by Roland Patteeuw, published 24.01.19.
: District Magazine Issue 005, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain interview with Aoife Donnellan.
: The Irish Times, Aidan Dunne review of Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 08.01.19
: Addendum, by Doireann Ní Ghríofa's poetic response to Ailbhe Ní Bhriain's exhibition 'Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre' at Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin.
2017
: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain's solo exhibition 'Inscriptions' curated by Paul Fahy at Galway Arts Festival, shortlisted for Irish Times Awards 2017.
: frieze.com, Periodical Review 7 at Pallas Projects, Dublin Gallery Weekend 2017, by Gemma Tipton.
: Irish Times Creative Ireland supplement, July 2017.
: Sunday Business Post (Ireland) 11 July 2017.
: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain at The Dock, Carrick–on–Shannon, by Kirstie North, Enclave Review 15, Spring 2017.
: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain at The Dock, Carrick–on–Shannon, 'Exile, Dereliction & the Authentic Image' Trish Brennan interviews Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Visual Arts Newsletter 2017.
: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain at The Dock, Carrick–on–Shannon, 'Shrouding to Make Visible' by Joanne Laws, May 2017.
: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain at The Dock, Carrick–on–Shannon, by Eamonn Maxwell, 'curator on a bike' May 2017.
2016
: On Art & Apocalypse by Doireann Ní Ghríofa, review of Reports to an Academy, published in gorse.ie 08.08.16.
: Abridged 0–14: Floodland, feature in poetry and art publication, February.
2015
: Reports to an Academy, review by Aidan Dunne, published in The Irish Times on 1st December 2015.
: Reports to an Academy, monograph publication with essay by Caoimhin Mac Giolla Léith, published by the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland.
: This is Tomorrow, Review of Thin Place by Rowan Lear, Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen, Wales, February.
: Thin Place (Catalogue), Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen, Wales, February.
2013
: The visible and the invisible in photographic works by Patrick Hogan, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain and David Creedon, A paper by Valérie Morisson delivered at The Spatial Imaginary symposium, University of Nantes, October.
2012
: A People's sense of belonging: Dislocation in Post Celtic Tiger art, A paper by Valérie Morisson, delivered at Art & Crises symposium, University of Caen, March 2012, published in Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, Winter.
: Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen Media, Motion Capture at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork reviewed by Jill Murphy, (issue 4) Winter.
: 'this is tomorrow' Motion Capture at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, reviewed by Ciara Healy, 15 November.
: The Works review of EVA International – After the Future by Cristin Leach Hughes, RTE 1, 7 June.
: Enclave, a review of Crawford 100 at the Wandesford Quay Gallery by Fergal Gaynor, Issue 6.
: Motion Capture: Drawing and the Moving Image (catalogue) Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland.
: Paper Visual Art Journal (Limerick Edition), Great Good Places at EVA International reviewed by Sean O'Sullivan.
: Irish Times:' EVA's brawn feels familiar in Limerick' by Aidan Dunne, Monday 11 June.
: Billion #38, After The Future reviewed by James Merrigan, Friday 15 June.
: Artforum, Gemma Tipton in Scene and Heard.
: RTE Radio 1, Arts Tonight, Vincent Woods, Aidan Dunne, Gemma Tipton on EVA Limerick.
2011
: Visual Artists News Sheet, Great Good Places at domobaal reviewed by Jacqui McIntosh, Nov/Dec Issue.
: Great Good Places, a set of four chapbooks, with 34 stills from video, domobaal editions.
: Circa Magazine, Ireland, review of 'Futures 10' by Dr Paul O'Brien, NCAD Dublin (issue no 131).
: Abridged 'Nostalgia is a loaded gun', art and poetry magazine, Derry, Ireland, January/February issue.
2010
: 'Future forecast' a review written by Aidan Dunne of Futures 10 at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Irish Times, Dublin, 4 September.
: 'Future forecast' Ruth Carroll on Futures 10 at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Irish Arts Review magazine, Autumn 2010 issue.
2008
: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, review by Aidan Dunne of solo show at the Butler gallery, Kilkenny, Irish Times.
: Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, review by Eimear McKeith of solo exhibition at The Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland, Circa, Autumn Issue.
: Darkness Visible, a review by Fergal Gaynor of Darkness Visible at the Galway Arts Centre, Circa, Winter issue.
: Aftermath, review of Ailbhe Ní Bhriain's solo show, 2007, by Maximilian Le Cain, Experimental Conversations an online journal of cinema and video.
: Faqmag, online publication (www.faqmagazine.net)
: Palimpsest, by Clíodhna Shaffrey, essay for Butler Gallery solo exhibition.
: Review by Brendan Maher, of Ailbhe Ní Bhriain's solo exhibition at the Butler Gallery Kilkenny, Ireland, Start, Arts and Culture of the South East, Summer issue.
: No Borders (Just News*) exhibition catalogue, AICA, Paris.
2007
: TankTV, intraveloving (www.tank.tv)
: Cork Art trail catalogue.
: The Trembling Image, by Jonathan Miles, essay for Ailbhe Ní Bhriain's solo exhibition 'Aftermath'
2005
: Bochum Film Festival, catalogue.
: Artists Newsletter (UK) November.
: To be continued…/Jatkuu… exhibition catalogue, British Council.
: Peripheral Visions, exhibition catalogue.
: Passing Through, exhibition catalogue, Glucksman gallery, Cork, Ireland.
: Syncopations, exhibition catalogue, Wetterling gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
2004
: Jerwood Drawing Prize, catalogue.
: World Wide Video Festival catalogue.
2001
: Louis Le Brocquy and the Tain, New Hibernian Review, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, USA (quarterly journal).
Awards and Prizes
2023
: Arts Council of Ireland, Visual Arts Project Award.
2022
: Cork City Council Artist's Bursary Award.
: Culture Ireland Funding Award.
2021
: Arts Council of Ireland, Visual Arts Bursary Award.
2020
: Golden Fleece Award 2020.
: Arts Council Ireland, Visual Arts Project Award.
: Culture Ireland Funding Award.
2019
: Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre: Winner, Global Shorts 2019 Film Competition, Los Angeles, Special Mention Category.
: Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre: Award of Excellence: Experimental Category, The Best Shorts Competition.
: Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre: Winner, L'Age D'Or, International Arthouse Film Festival, Best Experimental Film.
: Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre: Finalist, New York, Cinematography Awards, Experimental Film Category.
: Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre: Winner, Florence Film Awards 2019, Best Experimental Film.
: Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre: Winner, Top Shorts Film Festival 2019, Experimental Film Category, Honourable Mention.
: Arts Council Ireland, Visual Arts Bursary Award.
: Cork City Council Ireland, Visual Arts Bursary Award.
2018
: Arts Council Ireland, Individual Artists Bursary Award.
2017
: Arts Council Ireland, Open Call Award (with Sirius Arts Centre).
: Visual Arts Project Award 2017, awarded by The Arts Council of Ireland.
: Culture Ireland Funding Award.
2016
: Visual Arts Bursary Award 2016, awarded by The Arts Council of Ireland.
2015
: Solas Photography Award (shortlisted for 'The Passenger' series).
: Cork City Council Individual Artist Bursary.
2014
: Arts Council Ireland Project Award.
2013
: Cork City Council Individual Artist Bursary.
: Culture Ireland Funding Award, as part of International Culture Programme.
2010
: Arts Council of Ireland, Visual Artists Bursary Award.
2009
: Artist in Residence, Cork Film Centre 2007–9.
2007
: Cork City Council Artist's Development Bursary.
2005
: Bochum Film Institute Award.
2004
: Jerwood Student Prize for Drawing.
: Cork Film Centre Video Art Award.
: Alf Dunne Award, MA Show, Royal College of Art.
: Tim Mara Award, MA Show, Royal College of Art.
: Augustus Martin Award, MA Show, Royal College of Art.
2003
: Linklaters Award, Interim Show, Royal College of Art.
2002
: Cultural Exchange Award, Newfoundland travel grant.
2000
: Crawford Student of the Year Award, Cork Institute of Technology.
: Mercier Thesis Award, Cork Institute of Technology.
: Moving Image Award, Cork Film Centre.
: Cork Printmakers Bursary.
: Arts Council Travel Award.
1999
: Mercier Seminar Paper Award, Cork Institute of Technology.
Public Collections
Dallas Museum of Art
Artissima Collection, Lyon, France
Musée des Beauxndash;Arts de Lyon, Lyon, France
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Arts Council Ireland
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
OPW (Office of Public Works) Ireland
Commissions
2019
: Philosophy by Postcard, to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Iris Murdoch, commissioned by An Post and In Parenthesis.
2018
: Inscriptions (One Here Now) solo exhibition as part of 'One Here Now, The Patrick Ireland/Brian O'Doherty Project' curated by Miranda Driscoll at Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Ireland.
2015
: Passages a collaboration with composers Linda Buckley and Irene Buckley, commissioned by Mary Hickson and Bryce Dessner as part of Sounds from a Safe Harbour Festival.
2013
: 'Mirrors of Earth' a seven–part large format, cinema–quality, HD video work commissioned by Dublin Sound Lab for Kaija Saariaho's composition 'Maa' premiered by Finnish National Ballet in 1991, performed as a full concert production at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland (Arts Council of Ireland Music Project Award)
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