Ailbhe Ní Bhriain
Born in County Clare in Ireland, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain studied at the Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork, the Royal College of Art, London and Kingston University, London, where she was awarded a PhD by practice in 2008. Her work has shown widely internationally, with exhibitions at Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin; Broad Museum, Michigan; Whitechapel Gallery, London; Hammer Museum, LA; Istanbul Modern, Turkey; and Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid among others.
Current exhibitions of her work include: The Narrow Gate of the Here and Now: Social Fabric, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; A Nation Under the Influence: Ireland at 100, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris; The Space We Occupy, Irish Arts Centre, New York; Expanded, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin; and Mountain Language, Galway Arts Centre, Galway. In December 2021 her films were screened at The Kitchen, New York as part of Claire Chase’s Density 2036 project, and in Wilton Park, Dublin as part of an ongoing outdoor installation curated by RHA Gallery and Dublin City Council. In 2022 Ailbhe Ní Bhriain will exhibit as part of the 16th Lyon Biennale: The Manifesto of Fragility, curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath.
Public collections of her work include Crawford Art Gallery, Cork; Trinity College Dublin; The Arts Council of Ireland; and Office of Public Works, Ireland. Ailbhe Ní Bhriain is represented by domobaal gallery, London. She is based in Cork, Ireland.