by jabrenna | Oct 1, 2026 | Uncategorised
Over the summer, I was asked by the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queens to create a work based on the leafy square that adjoins the centre’s landmark building in south Belfast. When the centre opened its new building in 2024, this square on Mount Charles was unveiled...
by jabrenna | Oct 1, 2026 | Uncategorised
Some thoughts, questions, and notes-to-self after participating in Immersive Arts UK’s symposium ‘The Big Thing’ in Llandudno… At the beginning of September, I attended (as an Immersive Arts ‘Explore’ awardee) Immersive Arts UK’s...
by jabrenna | Sep 30, 2026 | Uncategorised
The 145th Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Northern Ireland’s longest-established open exhibition of contemporary visual art opens to the public on Sunday 18 October 2026 at the Ulster Museum Belfast. I’ll be showing the work above, ‘Lagan...
by jabrenna | Sep 17, 2026 | Uncategorised
I am delighted to be taking part, for the second time, in Leo Boyd’s latest iteration of his ‘Time of the Signs’ exhibition of artist-made and artist-modified street signs. The show opens on 1 October, for Late Night Art Belfast, at Vault Artist...
by jabrenna | Sep 17, 2026 | Uncategorised
Ahh the Fleadh, the Belfast Fleadh – were you there? I’ve never seen Belfast so lively, so fun, so full and so mad. It was so good – it was genuinely emotional. I’m even tearing up as I write about it. I think my favourite thing was watching...
by jabrenna | Sep 17, 2026 | Uncategorised
‘Amergin’ is a video poem collaboration with poet, and my brother, Dylan Brennan. The work transposes the mythological first poet of Ireland to the semi-desert settings of northeastern Mexico. Loosely inspired by the fascinating story of Irish soldiers in 19th Mexico,...
