Tim Brennan Artist
Independent artist, poet, educator
A wonderfully grounding (yes I know it’s a bit overused but it’s the best way of describing it!) practice - ‘s
Thank you for introducing me to this.
Drawing as a mindful meditative practice acts as an anchor when your mind is uncontrollably unfettered…
D R A W I N G
Saying prayers for my closest teacher and mentor, artist Stuart Brisley who is in hospital and very poorly. Thinking of him and his wife Maya at this time.
Pleased to announce the launch of my new shop on Big Cartel. Follow the link to view products (1 uploaded currently) and get a free copy of my new book 'Corridors: Three Manoeuvres in Manchester' when you make a purchase.
artistcatalog Selling artists' books, multiples, drawings and watercolours by international artist Tim Brennan.
I'm looking forward to speaking with Paul Wakelam on handmade books, ritual, repair, touch and unfoldment at this free event. Sign up via the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spineless-wonders-in-touch-tickets-837289243667
UCL Spineless Wonders: In Touch
2024/03/15 11:00 – 17:00
This latest in the Spineless Wonders series of events looks at small press and artists’ publications through the theme of touch. Artists, makers, academics and librarians will consider the book as a tactile object, asking how artists’ publications themselves invite and explore the sense of touch. We’ll also be thinking about the challenges and questions artists’ books, ephemera and other unconventional material might pose in the archive: while the feel and texture of a book-object is often a key part of interacting with it, how does touch and handling impact on the preservation and conservation of such material?
Spineless Wonders: In Touch This latest in the Spineless Wonders series of events looks at small press and artists’ publications through the theme of touch.
Should be a great online event. Book your free place:
Speaking Volumes – Women in the Artists’ Book Collection | University of Dundee, UK A special online event for Dundee Women's Festival featuring talks by leading book artists
Pleased to announce: an edition of 750 copies of my new pocket travel guide ‘Corridors: Three Manoeuvres in Manchester’. Walking tours with a difference that take you, the walker on journeys through ‘knowledge’, ‘culture’ and ‘sustainability’.
Supported by and beautifully designed by . Corridors includes an introduction , a critical essay and a chronology of my manoeuvres and their associated publications that I have developed since the early 1990s.
The first artist to adopt the guided walk form in a comprehensive way.
Stay tuned for information on the launch and how to get your free copy!
Roll up! Roll up! Pleased to announce that our debut album WHITE STARR is now available on Bandcamp as digital download or vinyl! 38 minutes of post rock performance poetry from the dark duo that is Gruppen!
WHITESTARR, by GRUPPEN 6 track album
My new website, take a look and leave a comment below:
Ellen Mueller, Director of Programs at Arts Midwest, US has just gone live with her recent interview with me. Check it out here along with information on her new book, 'Walking as Artistic Practice':
Ellen Mueller | Interview with Tim Brennan Interview with Tim Brennan by Ellen Mueller on January 15, 2024, no comments Tim Brennan, ‘Reading Capital’ manoeuvre, ‘You Are Here’, Holden Gallery, Manchester (UK), 2000. Photo Credit: Gary Kirkham. As part of the release of my book, Walking as Artistic Practice (pre-orders now open for s...
Merry Christmas everyone.
miniature sculpture and haiku, Tim Brennan, 2018
Made 7 years ago! No need for gigantism in art!
September has seen me consolidating my drawing practice with a focus upon stones, geometry contemplation and critical reflection via 2 exhibitions: 'The Meditation of Drawing' at Manchester Cathedral alongside Manchester Academy of Fine Arts and then in Otherworlds alongside Millie Laing-Tate, Oliver East and Lee Patterson (curated by Stuart Edmundson at The Museum of Barnstaple & North Devon.
Great afternoon, contributing to Manchester Academy of Fine Arts 'Meditation of Drawing' with my framed 'The New Neolithic' book and celebrating 600 years of Manchester Cathedral. Speeches by MAFA President Kath Lowe and Yasmine Dar, Lord Mayor of Manchester.
Art + Running
September will see me develop my work with the ritual of drawing, walking meditation and contemplations on stone across 2 exhibitions at Manchester Cathedral with Manchester Academy of Fine Arts and Barnstaple Museum in North Devon. Related links include my ebook publication 'A Drawing Ceremony' which is free to amazon prime subscribers: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drawing-Ceremony.../dp/B09ZQWLTVD
and a recent Manchester School of Art Bunker Talk: https://www.art.mmu.ac.uk/bunkertalks/talk-121/
New vid! Thanks to Dean Brannagan for editing!
Recursive Performance - An Brief Introduction Tim Brennan’s contribution to the one day 'Running Artfully Network' RAN symposium consists of a short introduction to his running art practice in which he b...
New Neolithic cup...
Gruppen's new track, 'Subterranea' of our forthcoming album 'White Star':
Subterranea Subterranea is a video by the post progressive performance poetry band Gruppen. The band formed by Tim Brennan and Dean Brannagan in 2016 brings together poe...
Gruppen (myself and Dean Brannagan) are looking forward to performing our new work ‘Subterranea’ as part of the latest Golden Atoms series ‘Ostara’.
On May 13th I will be running the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge (Yorkshire Three Peaks 2023 - Team Autism) in support of the National Autistic Society (National Autistic Society). Meanwhile Melanie Brennan and Penny Brennan will walk the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail.
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Bunker Talk #112 / Brigitte Jurack - HOME Bunker Talks moves to HOME for a special edition at the exhibition Fieldnotes by artist Brigitte Jurack, hosted by Tim Brennan (Professor of Art and Head of Art and Performance at Manchester School of Art, MMU)
‘Inside My Head, Theorem I’, Tim Brennan, 2003. Recently shown at Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery with Manchester Academy of Fine Arts https://mafa.org.uk/
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Thanks to and for tonight’s Bunker Talk . Thanks to audience for attending. ‘Manchester is big enough to to make things happen but small enough to care.’ - Dave Moutrey
All set for Bunker Talks with guest speaker () hosted by from
Tim Brennan on Instagram: "‘Landlines’, Tim Brennan, 2022. . . . #leylines #ley #longmanofwilmington #skeleton #watercolour #artist #watercolourartist #drawing #illustration #seer #occult #occultart #esoteric #ultraterrestrial #druid #ahuman... Tim Brennan shared a post on Instagram: "‘Landlines’, Tim Brennan, 2022. . . . ...
Performing Extracts from Cornelius Cardew’s ‘The Great Learning’ (1970). Great work by MA Performance students!