Maeve Brennan
Maeve Brennan is an artist and filmmaker based in London. Her practice explores the historical and political resonance of material and place. Working across moving image, installation, sculpture and printed matter, her works excavate layered histories, revealing the unseen structures that determine our lived environment.
Recent solo exhibitions include Stanley Picker Gallery, London; Chisenhale Gallery, London; Spike Island, Bristol; The Whitworth, Manchester. Brennan’s work was featured in British Art Show 9 (2021-22) and her films have been screened internationally at International Film Festival Rotterdam; FILMADRID; Sheffield Doc Fest and Sonic Acts, Amsterdam. She received the Jerwood/FVU Award (2018), Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists (2021) and was the Stanley Picker Fine Art Fellow (2019–22). She was awarded the Sainsbury Scholarship at the British School at Rome (2023) and is currently in residence at Somerset House Studios, London.
Portrait of Maeve Brennan. Photo by Amy Gwatkin
Video: Interview with Maeve Brennan, 2024
Video: An Excavation (2023), excerpt
Maeve Brennan, An Excavation (2022), installation shot by Andy Keate. Commissioned by Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University
Maeve Brennan, An Excavation (2022), film still. Commissioned by Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University
3. Maeve Brennan, Staged Fragments (2022), installation shot by Andy Keate. Commissioned by Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University
Video: With Horses (2023), excerpt
10. Maeve Brennan, With Horses (2023), film still. Commissioned by E-WERK Freiburg
Video: Listening in the Dark (2018), excerpt
6. Maeve Brennan, Listening in the Dark (2018), film still. Commissioned by Jerwood/FVU Award 2018
8. Maeve Brennan, Listening in the Dark (2018), installation shot. Commissioned by Jerwood/FVU Award 2018
Video: The Drift (2017), excerpt
12. Maeve Brennan, The Drift (2017), film still. Commissioned by Chisenhale Gallery, London; Spike Island, Bristol; The Whitworth, Manchester; Lismore Castle Arts, Lismore
12. Maeve Brennan, The Drift (2017), film still. Commissioned by Chisenhale Gallery, London; Spike Island, Bristol; The Whitworth, Manchester; Lismore Castle Arts, Lismore
