“Through intense labor, tireless research, and critical irony, Patrick Brennan has developed a vastly robust body of work that brims with imagination, craftsmanship, and a critical eye on American contemporary life. His fierce, highly complex, and often disquieting pieces question the ways in which we relate to the world and to each other. Relevant topics like war, religion, the organization of cities, consumerism, and waste, populate his imagery. Most recently, Artificial Intelligence has found its way into his work in a prominent way: the use of technology as a material itself radically pushes the boundaries of what sculpture can mean, and convey, in this day and age.”
- statement jointly written by the graduate department faculty of Massachusetts College of Art and Design
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Selected Exhibition History
“Emergence” Exhibition, May 2023 – Copley Society of Art
“Intersections” Exhibition, June 2023 – Piano Craft Gallery
“Fresh Faces” Exhibition, January 2022 – Abigail Ogilvy Gallery
“Ardor” Exhibition, February 2022 – Bromfield Gallery
“New Language: Contemporary Abstraction” Exhibition, October 2023 - Gallery 263
“Landscape Of Our Minds” Exhibition, January 2023 - Laconia Gallery
“Our Choice, Our Voice” Exhibition, August 2022 – Kayafas Gallery
Fay Chandler Emerging Art Exhibition at Boston City Hall, September 2022– Scollay Square Gallery
“The Myth of Normal” Exhibition (in collaboration with Richard Streitmatter-Tran) 2023-2024 – MassArt Art Museum
Additional Exhibitions
“Marginalia” Group Exhibition, June 2024 – Behind VA Shadows Gallery
2024 Thesis Exhibition, curated by Lisa Tung – MassArt x SoWa Gallery
“Emergence” Thesis Exhibition, curated by Darci Hanna – Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2023 Duo pop-up show: "Untitled" – Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (in collaboration with Davit Botch)
“Print Forward” Exhibition, April 2024 – Thompson Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
“Story Time” Exhibition, March 2024 – Canal Gallery
“Level Up” Exhibition, February 2024 – Canal Gallery
“The Alchemy of Traveling Inward” Exhibition, January 2024 – Canal Gallery
“Rites of Passage” Exhibition, January 2024 – University Place Gallery
MassArt Charity Auction, April 2024 – Massachusetts College of Art and Design
“Blue” Exhibition, November 2023 - Kathryn Schultz Gallery
“ten minutes worth of sand” Exhibition, November 2023 - Behind VA Shadows Gallery (Harvard Square)
“A Long Line” Exhibition, September 2022 - Gallery 263
“Harmony” Exhibition, September 2023 – Piano Craft Gallery
“In Dialogue” Exhibition, September 2023 – Doran Gallery
“North 280” Exhibition, June 2023 – Doran Gallery
“Cares & Chairs” Pop-Up Exhibition – Raising Voices Festival by Revolutionary Spaces
“Out of Office” Exhibition July 2023 - University Place Gallery
“Talking Points” Exhibition, February 2023 - Cambridge College Gallery
“Drift” Exhibition, April 2023 – Doran Gallery
MassArt Charity Auction, April 2023 – Massachusetts College of Art and Design
“Video Store” Exhibition, January 2023 - Godine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
“Conversation Starter” Exhibition, January 2023 - Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
“New Year, New Work” Members Exhibition, January 2023 - 6 Bridges Gallery
Discipline of Sleep, January 2023 – Behind VA Shadows Gallery
Unfolding, December 2022 – Behind VA Shadows Gallery
Haystack Exhibition, November 2022 – Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
“LGBTQ Pride” Exhibition, June 2023 – Wentworth College Gallery
“Birds of a Feather” Exhibition, November 2022 – West Tower Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
The Cadaver/The Body Exhibit, October 2022 – Boston University 885, 5th Floor Gallery
“Penumbra” Exhibition, October 2022 – Doran Gallery
“Spooky” Exhibition, October 2023, – Cracketorium Gallery
“Childhood & Nostalgia” March 2023 – Thompson Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
“Ashes: Art of the Unkempt” March 2023 – Cracketorium Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
“ReStored” Exhibition, February 2023 – Cracketorium Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
“Invisible Truths” Exhibition, February 2023 – Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
“The Dream Library” Exhibition, February 2023 – Godine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
“The Art You Love” Exhibit, September 2022 – Banana Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
“Vision” Exhibit, October 2022 – Tower I Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
“Combine” Exhibition, September 2022 – Godine Gallery
2022 Mary Schein Fall Salon, September 2022 – Kathryn Schultz Gallery
“Only From Maynard” Exhibition, July 2023 – 6 Bridges Gallery
“Autumnal” Exhibition, October 2022 – 6 Bridges Gallery
Emerging Artist Exhibition, July 2022 – Speedway Gallery, Cambridge Art Association
Symbiosis Solo Exhibit, July 2022 – Warehouse XI, Union Square, Somerville
VIA Group Exhibition, June 2022 – VIA Pop-Up Gallery, 467 Washington St, Boston
Raison D’etre, February 2022 – Behind VA Shadows Gallery
Translation-Tessellation, March 2022 – Behind VA Shadows Gallery
Pockets of Belief, April 2022 – Behind VA Shadows Gallery
Godine Gallery Cosmic Exhibition, May 2022 – Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Members Prize Show, March 2022 – Kathryn Schultz Gallery
MassArt Charity Auction, April 2022 – Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Godine Gallery Halloween Exhibition, Fall 2021 – Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Graduating Senior Exhibition, 2021 – Massachusetts College of Art and Design
All School Show Sculpture Department, May 2021 – Massachusetts College of Art and Design
All School Show Sculpture Department, March 2020 – Massachusetts College of Art and Design * Physical show canceled due to covid
3D Department Show, February 2020 – Massachusetts College of Art and Design
“Lewd Cube” Nude art exhibit curated by Texas Manning, April 2019 – Massachusetts College of Art and Design
“Behind the Mask” show curated by Molly Harrington, November 2019 – Massachusetts College of Art and Design
“Love Your Body” figurative art exhibit, February 2020 – Massachusetts College of Art and Design
“Love Your Body” figurative art exhibit, April 2019 – Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Solo exhibit, July 2018 – Serendipity Cafe Maynard
Art and Design Exhibition, 2018 – Middlesex Community College
Solo art exhibit, 2016 – Middlesex Community College
Art and Design Exhibition, 2016 – Middlesex Community College
Art and Design Exhibition, 2015 – Middlesex Community College
Education
MFA in Sculpture from Massachusetts College of Art and Design (expected May 2024)
BFA in Sculpture from Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Associate degree in Fine Art from Middlesex Community College
Artist Residencies
Haystack Artist Residency, October 2022
Teaching Experience
Art instructor at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA – September 2022-Present
Teaching Assistant at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA – September 2021-Present
Educator at Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA – August 2021-July 2022
Art instructor at Roxbury Crossing Senior Center, Boston, MA – October 2019-May 2021
Art Instructor at Sociedad Latina, Boston, MA – September 2018-May 2019
Permanent Public Works
Concrete statue of a young woman clothed with glass mosaic tiles Commissioned in 2019 by Tufts Park Community Garden in Medford MA and funded in part through a grant by the Medford Arts Council
Short-term Public Works
“Dissociated” Sculpture displayed in the Massachusetts College of Art and Design courtyard from April 2021 to May 2021
”Monument to humankind” sculpture group displayed in the Massachusetts College of Art and Design courtyard from 2019 to 2020
Collections
1 relief sculpture donated to the permanent collection of the ceramics department of Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2021
1 bronze sculpture of a horse purchased for the permanent collection of Equine Assisted Activities Group Inc in 2019 (displayed in the main office in Weston, MA)
3 paintings purchased for the permanent collection of Middlesex Community College in 2018 (hanging in the college president's office)
Publications
Boston Art Review Issue 9 (Fall 2022)
Artscope Magazine Issue 100 (September/ October 2022)
Vision Magazine, Fall 2022 (massartvm.com)
BooBoo Magazine 2021 (booboomag.com)
Massachusetts College of Art and Design 2021 Senior Catalog
Curation
“Bold” group exhibition (Lead Curatorial Team Member) December 2023 – MassArt X SoWa Gallery
Symbiosis Solo Exhibit (Curator) July 2022 – Warehouse XI, Union Square, Somerville
VIA Group Exhibition (Chief Curator) June 2022 – VIA Pop-Up Gallery, 467 Washington St, Boston
Raison D’etre (Curator) February 2022 – Behind VA Shadows Gallery
All School Show Sculpture Department (Curator) May 2021 – Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Awards
The Graduate Award for Big, Bold, Creative Thinking, issued by Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2022 Emerging Artist Exhibition Best in Show Award, issued by Cambridge Art Association · Jul 2022, Recipient of cash prize and one of three best in show awards
2018 fine art purchase prize, issued by Middlesex Community College · May 2018,
3 paintings on permanent display at the college president's office