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Brennan was born in Ballarat in 1960. She went on to complete a Fine Arts degree, in painting, at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1982 and a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in philosophy, at the University of Melbourne in 1992.[1] Best known for her high-keyed abstractions, Brennan displays a mastery of colour and spontaneity in her work that offers the viewer a range of ideas and emotions that seek a reaction. She continues to add to her repertoire of painting styles, including abstracts, text paintings, portraits, interiors and landscapes, and more recently has expanded her practice to include ceramics and sculptural installations. These varied modes of art-making allow Brennan to encounter philosophical and personal subject matter. In 2006 the Monash University Museum of Art held a major survey exhibition of her work, titled Angela Brennan: every morning I wake up on the wrong side of capitalism.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Brennan
Brennan has exhibited extensively since the late 1980s, holding over 35 solo shows and participating in over 120 group exhibitions. She is represented by Niagara Galleries in Melbourne, Roslyn Oxley9 in Sydney, and Goddard de Fiddes in Perth. Recently, prominent shows have included the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize and Roads Across: Contemporary Directions in Australian Art at Flinders University Art Museum and City Gallery, both in 2012, and Kaleidoscope: Art and Colour at the National Gallery of Victoria, Artwork Tapestry at Tarra Warra Museum of Art and the Fletcher Jones Art Prize at Geelong Gallery, all in 2011. She has also participated in art fairs within Australia and overseas, such as the Melbourne Art Fair, from 2004 to 2012, the Korea International Art Fair, from 2010 to 2012, and the Zurich Art Fair, in 2004. Brennan has also exhibited extensively overseas, including From Here to Eternity: Contemporary Tapestries from the Victorian Tapestry Workshop, in Washington, DC and Paris, as well as Paintings and Drawings at The Gallery on Cork Street, London in 2005 and Business Men, They Drink my Wine at Pickled Art Center, Beijing, in 2003.[3]

https://ocula.com/artists/angela-brennan/




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