Stella Brennan

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Stella Brennan
Born1974 (age 49–50)
Auckland, New Zealand
Education University of Auckland
Known for installation art

Stella Brennan (born 1974) is a New Zealand artist, curator, and essayist.

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Background

Brennan was born in 1974, in Auckland, New Zealand. [1] She graduated from the University of Auckland with an MFA in 1999. She currently lives in Auckland. [2]

Career

Brennan is a mixed media installation artist. She utilises a variety of materials including found objects, video projection, and sculpture. Her work explores concepts of space and time between individuals and address issues such as industrialisation, colonialism, and technology. [2]

Brennan has published as an art critic and appeared in ArtAsiaPacific, the New Zealand Listener and Art New Zealand. She has also worked as an essayist for artists Patricia Piccinini and Ann Veronica Janssens. [2]

In 2001 Brennan was the artist in residence at Artspace Sydney and in 2004 she was the inaugural Digital Artist in Residence at the Department of Screen and Media Studies at University of Waikato. [3] In 2007 she received a fellowship at Apex Arts in New York. [4]

Brennan is a co-founder of Aotearoa Digital Arts [2] and was co-editor, with Su Ballard, for the Aotearoa Digital Arts Reader. [5]

In 2006 she was a finalist for the Walters Prize, with her installation Wet Social Sculpture, first shown at St Paul St Gallery, Auckland. [6]

Work by Brennan is held in the collection of the Chartwell Collection in the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. [7]

Brennan is represented by Trish Clark Gallery. [2]

Exhibitions

Brennan has exhibited widely in New Zealand and internationally in Australia, Asia, North America, Europe. [2]

Curated exhibitions

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References

  1. ↑ "Brennan, Stella". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Stella Brennan". Trish Clark Gallery. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 "The Physics Room - Exhibitions by Stella Brennan and Joanna Langford". The Big Idea. 29 April 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "New York City Fellow - Stella Brennan". Apex Art. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  5. ↑ Brennan, Stella; Ballard, Su (2008). The Aotearoa Digital Arts Reader. Aotearoa Digital Arts and Clouds. ISBN   9780958278997.
  6. ↑ "The Walters Prize 2006". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Stella Brennan". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Exhibitions". Starkwhite. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Stella Brennan Memory Hole". Trish Clark. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Stella Brennan – every room i have ever been in / Suzie Gorodi – Finding My Feet (4/10/12 – 27/10/12)". Audio Foundation. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Truth + Fiction". Trish Clark Gallery. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "Stella Brennan Black Flags". Trish Clark. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

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