Kevin Brennan (b.1993, Ireland) is an artist based in London and a graduate of The Royal Academy Schools and The Slade School of Fine Art. Brennan’s practice focuses on filmmaking, encompassing video installations, short films, and feature length films. His work explores ideas surrounding technological evolution and its impact on human relations.
Drawing from cinematic genres, as well as visual language from internet culture and video games, Brennan’s films suggest a shift in human ontology and identity, tracing the fragility and disintegration of empathy in the digital age.
Exhibitions and Screenings
2024
Transmediale, Berlin
BelDocs, Belgrade
Architecture & Design Film Festival, New Zealand
Academia Film Olomouc
DOCVILLE – International Documentary Film Festival, Leuven
SunChild International Environmental Festival, Yerevan
2023
ECOCINE International Environmental and Human Rights Film Festival
Science New Wave Film Festival, New York
Architecture and Design Film Festival, New York, Chicago, Toronto
2022
Galway Film Fleadh, Galway, Ireland
Catalyst Film Festival, Limerick, Ireland
Mayo International Film Festival, Mayo, Ireland
Liberation DocFest, Dhaka, Bangladesh
London Short Film Festival, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
2020
Spirit Shop, Lisbon (Group)
2019
AHMD x Hoi Polloi, Ace Hotel, London, UK (Group)
Murmurations, Candid Art Trust, London, UK (Group)
Soiee Buffet, Canalside Studios, London, UK (Group)
2018 Radiant Love, Discothek Melancholie, Berlin, Germany (Solo)
SET, Mason’s Yard, London, UK (Group)
AHMD, Bloc, London, UK (Solo)
Drop Everything, Inis Oírr, Ireland (Solo)
Coded Encounters, Galeria Graça Brandão, Lisbon, Portugal (Group)
Awards
2024 – Film Project Award, Arts Council Ireland
2023 – Agility Award, Arts Council Ireland
2023 – Documentary Development Fund, Screen Ireland
2022 – Film Project Award, Arts Council Ireland
2021 – Documentary Development Fund, Screen Ireland
2021 – Begin Together Arts Fund, Bank of Ireland
2020 – Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council Ireland
2020 – COVID-19 Artist Award, Arts Council Ireland
2017 – Graham Roberston Scholarship, University College London (UCL)
Education
Royal Academy Schools – Postgraduate Fine Art
Slade School of Fine Art (UCL) BA Fine Art
Edinburgh College of Art – Foundation