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  • Towner International 2020

    Biennial exhibition with Adam Chodzko, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Alexi Marshall, Arpita Shah, Ayo Akingbade, Benedict Drew, Carla Wright, Ian Land, Jack Shearing, Joe Packer, Jonathan Baldock, Julia Crabtree and William Evans, Maeve Brennan, Marianne Fahmy, Mohammed Sami, Mu-Tien Tammy Ho, Omar Vega Macotela, Paul Becker, Rita Evans, Ryan Orme, Saskia Olde Wolbers, Sherko Abbas, Stuart Middleton.
    Selected by Polly Staple, Mike Nelson and Noelle Collins.
    Towner Eastbourne, UK.
    06.10.20 - 10.01.21

     
  • RHA Annual Exhibition

    Invited Artist, 190th RHA Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.
    13.10.20 - 12.12.20
    POSTPONED (works viewable online)

     
  • Houlgate European Film Festival

    19th Edition, Houlgate, France
    14.10.20 - 20.10.20

     
  • Double Estate

    Works from the OPW State Art Collection & Pearse Museum Collection, curated by Davey Moor. A 64 page full-colour catalogue designed by Oonagh Young accompanies the show. This includes essays by Brian Crowley (Collections Curator, Pearse Museum & Kilmainham Gaol) and Davey Moor.
    Pearse Museum, St Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin
    19.09.20 – 23.12. 20

    All-day opening reception 19.09.20, 9.30 am – 5pm
    (POSTPONED)

     
  • Bathyscaphe

    Outdoor screening event with Thomas Daveluy & Guillaume Lepoix, Carla Chan Ho-Choi , Jacques Perconte and Pierre Villemin, curated by Simon Guiochet.
    Conservatoire de Rennes, France.
    03.10.20, 2pm - 12 midnight

     
  • Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre

    Solo exhibition at the John Michael Kohler Arts Centre, Wisconsin, US, curated by Shannon Rae Stratton.
    05.08.20 - 02.11.20

     
  • Oodaaq Festival #10

    Various locations including LISAA (L’institut Supérieur des Arts Appliqués), Rennes & Musée des Beaux arts de Rennes
    15.05.20 - 17.05.20 (POSTPONED UNTIL OCT/NOV 2020)

     
  • Golden Fleece Award

    Ailbhe Ní Bhriain announced as the overall winner of The Golden Fleece Award 2020

     
  • Artists' Film International

    Ailbhe Ni Bhriain, Dominika Olszowy and Lisa Tan in exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery, London.
    24.03.20 - 26.05.20 (RESCHEDULED DATES: 14.07.20 - 16.08.20)

     
  • Artists' Film International

    Ailbhe Ni Bhriain, Raks Media Collective, Lerato Shadi & Yo Guo in exhibition at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork.
    23.03.20 – 26.04.20 (RESCHEDULED DATES: 30.06.20 - 27.08.20)

     
  • Land of Some Other Order

    Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Angela Gilmour, Angie Shanahan, Ben Reilly, Bernadette Tuite, Carol-Anne Connolly, Darn Thorn, Deirdre O’Brien, Elaine Coakley, Fiona Kelly, Helen O’Shea, Luke Hickey and Sarah Long, curated by Paul McAree, Lavit Gallery, Cork.
    14.03.20 – 11.04.20

     
  • Shortlist - Golden Fleece Award

    The Golden Fleece Award shortlist of artists and makers qualifying for the 2020 Award are: Laura Fitzgerald (painting / installation / video), Pierce Healy (jewellery / engraving), Ailbhe Ní Bhriain (film / photography / installation), Annemarie Reinhold (sculpture / jewellery) and Kathy Tynan (painting). The Award will be announced at a ceremony at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Ely Place, on 25 March 2020. The prize fund for 2020 is €30,000, making the Golden Fleece Award one of the most generous art prizes in Ireland.

     
  • Incriptions of an Immense Theatre

    Solo screening event at Whitechapel Gallery, London, curated by Gareth Evans.
    Following the screening Dr. Sarah Hayden (Department of English, University of Southampton) will be in conversation with Ailbhe Ní Bhriain and composer Susan Stenger.
    05.03.20, 7-9pm

     
  • Art Madrid 2020

    Curated by Simon Guiochet for Proyector Festival.
    26.02.20 - 01.03.20

     
  • Artists' Film International

    Inscriptions (One Here Now): selected for Artists' Film International 2020, screening at Galleries and Museums, inc:
    : The Whitechapel Gallery, London
    : Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas, USA.
    : Belgrade Cultural Centre, Belgrade, Serbia.
    : Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania.
    : Centre for Contemporary Arts Afghanistan (CCAA), Kabul, Afghanistan.
    : Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland.
    : Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    : Galleria D'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy.
    : Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA.
    : Hanoi/DOCLAB, Hanoi, Vietnam.
    : Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey.
    : KWM artcentre, Beijing, Turkey.
    : MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, Portugal.
    : Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland.
    : Video–Forum of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (N.B.K.), Berlin, Germany.
    : Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong.
    : Project 88, Mumbai, India.
    : Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway.
    : The Whitworth, The University of Manchester, UK.
    Selected by Crawford Art Gallery, Cork.

     
  • Inscriptions IV

    Solo exhibition at Domobaal Gallery, London.
    14.02.20 – 21.03.20

     
  • Philosophy by Postcard

    A commission by An Post & In Parenthesis to respond to the philosophy of Iris Murdoch, marking the centenary of her birth.

     
  • Cinesalotto 2019

    Screening of Great Good Places, Villa Erba (summer house of Luchino Visconti) Cernobbio, Lago di Como, Italy, curated by Eleonora Diana.
    04.10.19 - 06.10.19

     
  • Backyard Sculpture

    with Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Alice Wilson, Alison Wilding, Andrew Curtis, Andrew Logan, Aubrey Haskard, Benjamin Houlihan, Brendan Reid, Carl D'Alvia, Carol Robertson, Cathy De Monchaux, Chantal Powell, Clare Mitten, Dan Knight, David Gates, Derek Jarman, Derrick Guild, Drew Edwards, Eduardo Paolozzi, Edward Chell, Eric Bainbridge, Finn Thomson, Gavin Turk, Ian Dawson, International Lawns, Jack Lavender, James Rielly, Jen Binnie, Jock McFadyen, Joel Tomlin, John Chilver, Lothar Götz, Matt Calderwood, Matt Hale, Maud Cotter, Mel Kendrick, Mhairi Vari, Michelle Segre, MillsPower, Neil Gall, Neil Zakiewicz, Nicky Hirst, Peter Laszlo Peri, Phyllida Barlow, Rachel Adams, Richard Woods, Roger Ackling, Rosa Nguyen, Rupert Ackroyd, Simon English, Stefan Löffelhardt, Tash Kahn, The Rural College of Art, Trevor Sutton.
    Curated by David Gates and Neil Gall, Domobaal Gallery, London.
    21.06.19 – 20.07.19

     
  • Great Good Places - Event

    Dawn Williams in conversation with Ailbhe Ní Bhriain
    Crawford Art Gallery, Gibson Gallery.
    07.05.19, 1pm

     
  • The Parted Veil

    Commemoration in Photographic Practices
    with Dervla Baker, Lian Bell, Lisa Butterly & Lisa McCormack, David Creedon, Adrian Duncan, Cáit Fahey, John Halpin, Roseanne Lynch, Tom Molloy, Vukasin Nedeljkovic / Asylum Archive, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Miriam O’Connor, James Parkin, Alan Phelan, Amelia Stein and Mhairi Sutherland.
    Curated by Fiona Kearney and Chris Clarke, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork.
    13.04.19 - 30.05.19

     
  • Great Good Places

    Solo exhibition of Great Good Places at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland.
    Curated by Dawn Williams.
    22.03.19 - 09.06.19

     
  • Inscriptions (One Here Now) - Event

    Tadhg O'Sullivan in conversation with Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, VISUAL Carlow.
    16.03.19, 3pm

     
  • Inscriptions (One Here Now)

    Solo exhibition at VISUAL, Carlow, Ireland. Work commissioned by Miranda Driscoll (One Here Now - The Brian O'Doherty/Patrick Ireland Project) and curated by Emma Lucy O'Brien.
    09.02.19 - 19.05.19

     
  • Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre - Event

    Francis McKee in conversation with Ailbhe Ni Bhriain
    Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin.
    23.01.19, 5.30pm

     
  • Inscriptions of an Immense Theatre

    Solo Exhibition at Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin. Curated by Clíodhna Shaffrey and Michael Hill.
    13.12.18 - 09.02.19

     
  • Inscriptions (One Here Now)

    Solo Exhibition as part of One Here Now, The Brian O'Doherty / Patrick Ireland Project, curated by Miranda Driscoll.
    Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Cork.
    03.11.18 - 27.01.19

     
  • Out There, Out Where, Outside

    Group exhibition curated by Beth Collocci, Sarah Dwyer & Constance Slaughter.
    With Matthew Burrows, Sarah Dwyer, Anna Perreira, Robert Rush & Constance Slaughter at Boston Manor House, London, UK.
    07.09.18 - 14.10.18

     
  • Periodical Review #7

    Group exhibition with Gareth Anton Averill, Ursula Burke, Alan Butler, Dennis Dinneen, Jason Ellis, Paul Hallahan, Jesse Jones, Barbara Knezevic, Ruth E Lyons, Christopher Mahon, Sibyl Montague, Aine McBride, Eleanor McCaughey, Melissa O'Flaherty, Sonia Shiel, Isadora Epstein and Benjamin Stafford, Donal Talbot, Eimear Walshe, Tom Watt and Tanad Williams.
    Selected by PPS & RGKSKSRG
    (Gavin Murphy, Mark Cullen, Rachael Gilbourne & Kate Strain)
    Pallas Projects, Dublin, Ireland
    25.11.17 - 20.01.18

     
  • Mythic Age

    Screening programme with Dakota Nanton, Shana Moulton, Jake Mahaffy and Nadja Merena Vercin
    curated by aCinema, Milkwaukee, USA.
    01.12.17

     
  • Houlgate European Film Festival

    Programme curated by Simon Guiochet, Normandy, France.
    18.10.17 - 24.10.17

     
  • Horizons Variables

    Three person exhibition with Magda Gebardt and Guillaume Lepoix at Les Ateliers de la Ville en Bois, Nantes, France. Curated by L'île d'en face.
    22.09.17 - 02.10.17

     
  • VIDEOPROJECT 2017

    Group exhibition at L’artothèque d’Angers, France, curated by L’Œil d’Oodaaq as part of the video art biennial Videoproject.
    21.09.17 - 18.11.17

     
  • Reports to an Academy

    Solo Exhibition at Domobaal Gallery, London.
    15.06.17 - 22.08.17

     
  • Inscriptions

    Solo Exhibition as part of Galway International Arts Festival Festival, Ireland.
    Festival Gallery, Galway.
    17.07.17 - 30.07.17

     
  • The Way of Objects

    Group exhibition with Anthony Bodin, Samuel Buckman, Jimmie Durham, Rodrigo Cass, Michel Francois, Laura Gozlan, Max Hattler, Sinisa Ilic & Tina Gverovic, Pauline Payen, Babeth Rambault, Milos Tomic & Annegien Van Doorn at Gallery Podroom, Belgrade, Serbia, curated by Isabelle Henriot & Nyima Leray.
    06.07.17 - 27.07.17

     
  • Ailbhe Ni Bhriain

    Solo exhibition at The Dock, Carrick–on–Shannon, Leitrim, Ireland, curated by Sarah Searson.
    08.04.17 – 27.05.17

     
  • Synecdoche: Artwork and Oeuvre

    Presentation as part of Constellation Talks Series at Trinity College Dublin.
    Ailbhe Ni Bhriain, Margaret Corcoran, Alan Phelan & Blaise Drummond.
    Trinty Long Room Hub
    29.03.17 - 6.30pm

     
  • ‘APERTURES – creating New, collecting Now’

    Exhibition of new acquisitions from the Trinity College Dublin collection, curated by Catherine Giltrap.
    The Arts Building Concourse, Trinity College Dublin.
    March - May 2017

     
  • Ailbhe Ni Bhriain

    Solo exhibition at Illuminations Gallery, Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland, curated by Aoife Tunney.
    20.02.17 -10.03.17

     
  • The Passenger

    New Irish Works, a two–person presentation with Aisling McCoy
    The Library Project, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland.
    02.02.17 – 17.02.17

     
  • Visual Arts Project Award 2017

    Awarded by The Arts Council of Ireland

     
  • 2116 - Forecast of the next century

    Curated by Caitlín Doherty, Curator and Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs, Broad Art Museum, with: Amanda Coogan, Maud Cotter, Gary Coyle, Eleanor Duffin, Damien Flood, Siobhán Hapaska, Ramon Kassam, Sam Keogh, Ruth Lyons, Eoin McHugh, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Mairead O'hEocha, Niamh O'Malley, Darn Thorn, Lee Welch, and the Centre for Genomic Gastronomy. 2116 has been organised in collaboration with the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork, Ireland.
    Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, USA
    November 2016 – May 2017

     
  • Paris Photo

    with PhotoIreland, Espace Lhomond, Paris.
    10.11.16 - 13.11.16

     
  • Glissements (Landslides)

    Isabelle Hayeur (QB), Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, (IR), Anne–Charlotte Finel (FR), Yasmina Benabderrahmane (FR), curated by Chloé Dragna of La Vidéoteque (France) at the invitation of Virginia Lopez, director of PACA (Proyectos Artisticos de la Casa Antonio).
    Museo del Ferrocarril de Asturias, Plaza Estación del Norte s/n, 33212 Gijón, Spain
    06.10.16 – 30.10.16

     
  • Culture Night 2016 (The Arts Council)

    Four screen video installation 'Great Good Places' staged by the Arts Council of Ireland from their collection.
    The Arts Council, 70 Merrion Square, Dublin.
    6-9 pm September 16th, 2016 (Artist's Talk: 7pm).

     
  • New Irish Works

    Selected for PhotoIreland by an international panel of 23 professionals, New Irish Works 2016 brings a selection of 20 projects and 20 photographers representing the diverse range of practices coming from Ireland. New Irish Works 2016 is a year long project of 10 presentations and 20 publications.
    Selected artists:
 Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Aisling McCoy, Caitriona Dunnett, Dara McGrath, Daragh Soden, David Thomas Smith, Eanna de Freine, Emer Gillespie, Enda Bowe, Jan McCullough, Jill Quigley, Kate Nolan, Mandy O’Neill, Matthew Thompson, Miriam O’Connor, Noel Bowler, Robert McCormack, Roseanne Lynch, Shane Lynam, and Yvette Monahan.

     
  • Galway International Arts Festival

    Ireland's Physical Identity - Our Lived Environment
    A discussion on how bricks and mortar, light and shade of Ireland inform our national identity. With Gary Boyd, John Gerard & Ailbhe Ni Bhriain.
    Aula Maxima, NUIG, Galway, Ireland
    5pm, 17.07.16

     
  • Clonmel Junction Festival

    Installation of Passages
    Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, Ireland.
    Curated by Mary Hickson.
    04.07.16 - 11.07.16
    (Live opening performance by Irene & Linda Buckley, 6pm, 04.07.16.)

     
  • Festival Oodaaq

    Installation of Passages
    'L'hotel Pasteur', Rennes, France.
    18.05.16 - 22.05.16

     
  • Visual Arts Bursary Award

    Awarded by The Arts Council of Ireland, 2016.

     
  • ND4J

    Screening of Window with newly commissioned music by Morgan Daguenet, Arno Bruil and Robin Poligné.
    La Chapelle du Conservatoire, Rennes: 01.04.16
    Le GriGri, Nantes: 08.05.16

     
  • 2116 - Forecast of the next century

    2116: Forecast of the next century
    curated by Fiona Kearney, Director, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, and Chris Clarke, Senior Curator, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, with: Amanda Coogan, Maud Cotter, Gary Coyle, Eleanor Duffin, Damien Flood, Siobhán Hapaska, Ramon Kassam, Sam Keogh, Ruth Lyons, Eoin McHugh, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Mairead O'hEocha, Niamh O'Malley, Darn Thorn, Lee Welch, and the Centre for Genomic Gastronomy. 2116 has been organised in collaboration with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, MI, USA.
    Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork, Ireland
    23.03.16 – 03.07.16

     
  • Reports to an Academy - Publication

    Monograph publication with essay by Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith.
    Designed by Oonagh Young and published by RHA, Dublin, 2016.

     
  • Abridged 0-14: Floodland

    Feature in poetry and art publication, issue 0-14, February 2016.

     
  • Reports to an Academy - Solo Exhibition

    Solo Exhibition, RHA, Dublin, Ireland.
    17.11.15 – 20.12.15

     
  • Reports to an Academy - Live music intervention

    Improvised electronic performance by Linda & Irene Buckley in response to the work 'Reports to an Academy'.
    RHA Dublin.
    6.30pm, 25.11.15

     
  • TULCA 2015

    with Anne Maree Barry, Rhona Byrne, Mark Clare, Carol Anne Connolly, Colin Crotty, Culturestruction, Christo, Jason Deans, Michelle Deignan, Caroline Doolin, Angela Fulcher, Tue Greenfort, Martin Healy, Louise Hervé & Chloé Maillet, Allan Hughes, Brian King, Barbara Knezevic, Clare Langan, Nevan Lahart, Richard Long, Ruth Lyons, Maggie Madden, Maria McKinney, Dennis McNulty & Ros Kavanagh, Seamus Nolan, Seoidin O’Sullivan, Owen Quinlan, Oswaldo Ruiz, Sayler Morris, Anaïs Tondeur & Jean-Marc Chomaz, Michael John Whelan

    Curated by Mary Cremin
    November 13th-29th, Galway, Ireland.

    tulcafestival.com

     
  • Experimenta International Film Festival, 2015

    International Competition Selection, Goethe Insitute, Bangelore, India.
    November 25th – 29th, 2015.

    experimenta.in

     
  • Solas Photography Prize 2015

    Shortlisted for The Passenger series, November 2015.

    solasprize.com

     
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Villa de Leyva

    Outdoor Screening, Villa de Leyva, Colombia
    13.11.15 - 16.11.15

    festivaldecinedevilladeleyva.org

     
  • Bathyscape