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Matthew Brennan is based out of New York City with a studio located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. He was trained at Pratt Institute and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts With Honors. Since 2005, his drawings, paintings and sculptures have been exhibited in shows throughout the country. Brennanʼs artistic practice is rooted in drawing and he has been an active member of the figure drawing community within NYC. Aside from personal exhibition, his work has been printed in the New York Times and he has completed many prop and puppet fabrication jobs for clients including The Jim Henson Company, Puppet Heap and The New York City Opera. These build based jobs help him think dimensionally and this greatly adds to the way he composes and constructs within a drawing. Brennan had his first solo show in April of 2018 where he showcased four years of drawings based on the inspiration of fish and music translated to human movement. Currently, his new body of work includes bodies engaged in state change and transmutation.
Matthew Brennan, (b. 1983, US)
Mbwebhouse@gmail.com / Matthewbrennanart.com
Education
Pratt Institute, Bachelor of Fine Arts, With Honors, 2005
Solo Exhibition
2018
The Pulse of the Flow, The Living Gallery Outpost, NYC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
The Value of Space, The Living Artist, Queens, NY
2020
Go Figure, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
Spruce Art Residency Exhibition, The Clark Gallery, Indiana, PA
2019
National Open Juried Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Behind the Shrubs II, The Good Life Garden, NYC
Magnitude Seven, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Oh
Offscreen Exhibit, Ground Floor Gallery, NYC
24 Hour Drawing Marathon Exhibition, Binghamton University Art Museum, Binghamton, NY
2017
9th Annual Figure Drawing & Painting Exhibition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, PA
A Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
Bushwick Open Studios, Space 776 Gallery, NYC
BYOART, The Living Gallery Outpost, NYC
Behind The Shrubs, The People’s Garden, NYC
2016
Photoville, Brooklyn Bridge Park, NYC
2015
House Fest 2, 845 Lafayette Ave., NYC
Light Up Reverse, Reverse Space, NYC
2014
Holiday Salon, Reverse Space, NYC
House Fest, 845 Lafayette Ave., NYC
2013
Reflections and Recollections, Rabbithole Gallery, NYC
Showcase, Vaudville Park, NYC
2012
Black Out, Loom Gallery, NYC
Still a Machine After All These Years, Loom Gallery, NYC
America Without Borders, Five Myles Gallery, NYC
Go Figure!, 950 Hart St. Gallery, NYC
Obsession, Fireproof East, NYC
2011
You’re Unlucky Too, 436 Jefferson St., NYC
Love Hurts, 950 Hart Street Gallery, NYC
2009
N400, White Rabbit, NYC
Torapote; ride it!, Destination Art Space, NYC
The Body Politic, Jungle Space, NYC
2008
Paint It!, MF Gallery, NYC
Residency
2021
The Spruce Arts Winter Session Residency, Online
2020
The Spruce Art Residency, Indiana, PA
2013
Studio Residency, Vaudeville Park Performance Space, Brooklyn, NY
Public Mural & Commercial Space Exhibitions
2014
Indoor Mural, Silent Barn, NYC
2013
Print Show, Gimmee Coffee, NYC
Outdoor Mural, Little Skips Coffee Shop, NYC Print Show, Pine Box Rock Shop, NYC
2012
Para-Projections:
Sound/Sculpture Installation, Fireproof East, NYC
2011
Rollin’ Ghosts: Skateboard Show, Life Cafe, NYC
Client Based Fabrication
2015 to 2022
Puppet Fabrication, Puppet Heap, NJ
2014
Prop Fabrication, Jim Henson Workshop, NYC
2013
Prop and Scenic Fabrication, Sleep No More, NYC
2012
Prop Fabrication, New York City Opera, NYC
2011 to 2012
Prop and Scenic Fabrication, Jerard Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2009 to 2011
Puppet Fabrication, Puppet Heap, NJ