Stephen Brandes
Born: 1966, Wolverhampton, UK, lives and works in Co Cork, Ireland.
Education
1984 - 1985 Bournville College of Art, UK
1985 - 1988 B.A., Bath Academy of Art, UK
2000 - 2002 M.A., National College of Art and Design, Dublin
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown, Northern Ireland. (forthcoming)
Rubicon Gallery, Dublin. (forthcoming)
2009
"A Grand Tour of the Invisible North", Galerie Robert Drees, Hanover, Germany.
"The Perpendicular Memoirs of Albert Sitzfleisch.", Black Mariah, Cork, Ireland.
2008
'Walpurgisnacht', Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
2007
‘Why Travel? Right Here is Fantastic’, ‘Rabid A’/Ardbia Gallery, Galway, Ireland.
2006
‘Klutz Paradiso’, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland. (with publication)
‘Chutzparadiso’, West Cork Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland.
2005
‘Travelogue’, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin.
2004
‘Ways of Escape’, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
'Utopias/Dystopias', Catalyst Arts Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
'What Happens Next is a Secret', Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. (as 'The Domestic Godless', with Mick O'Shea and Irene Murphy)
2009
'Into Irish Drawing': Limerick City Gallery, Limerick, Ireland; AkkuH, Hengelo, Netherlands.
2008
‘economicthoughtprojects’, Ardbia Gallery, Berlin, Germany. (exhibition and 7" record launch with Canell/Watkins, Pil & Galia Kollectiv and others)
'Everyday', The Dock, Carrick on Shannon, Ireland (as The Domestic Godless, with Mick O'Shea and Irene Murphy)
'Drawings', AMT Gallery, Milan, Italy.
2007
‘Girl Power and Boyhood’, Stavanger Kulturhus, Norway.
‘[C]artography – map making as an artform’, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland.
‘Visual Fictions’, Fenton Gallery, Cork, Ireland.
'Your Position as Much as your Environment', Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo
Art Forum, Berlin (with Rubicon Gallery)
Pulse New York Art Fair, USA (with Rubicon Gallery)
Pulse Miami Art Fair, USA (with Rubicon Gallery)
Maco Mexico Art Fair (with Rubicon Gallery)
2006
‘Cross the Line’, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany.
‘Girl Power and Boyhood’, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark.
Arco Madrid Art Fair, Spain (with Rubicon Gallery)
Pulse New York Art Fair, USA (with Rubicon Gallery)
FIAC Paris France Art Fair (with Rubicon Gallery)
Art Cologne Art Fair, Germany (with Rubicon Gallery)
Pulse Miami Art Fair, USA (with Rubicon Gallery)
2005
‘live’, Interim.Projekte, Frankfurt, Germany (with Nina Canell, Theresa Nanigian, Alex Rose)(Curated by Rene Zechlin of Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork)
Irish Pavilion, 51st Venice Biennale, Italy
‘Vinyl’, Sullivan’s Quay Christian Brother’s School, Cork.
(Curated by Simon Cutts and Coracle Press for Cork 2005 European City of Culture)
‘Superbia 2’, Douglas, Cork. For Cork 2005 European City of Culture (S. Brandes Co-Curator)
‘C2’, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork
Happy Holiday, Rubicon Gallery Dublin
EuroJet Futures ‘05, RHA Gallery, Dublin
FIAC 2005 Art Fair, Paris France (with Rubicon Gallery)
‘On Leaving and Arriving’, g39 contemporary artspace, Cardiff Wales
2004
‘Tir na nOg’, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
‘The Retreat’, City Limits, Melbourne
‘ArtFutures’, Contemporary Art Society, City of London School, London
‘Drawn’, Schick Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
‘Something for over the Sofa’, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
‘In-Between Space’, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co Cork
2003
‘Necessary Journeys’, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
‘Permaculture’, Project Art Centre, Dublin
‘The National Gallery’, Goethe Institute, Dublin
‘Pavilion’, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork
‘Superbia’, Ballymun, Dublin. (S. Brandes Co-Curator)
‘Artists/Groups’, Project Art Centre, Dublin. (Inc cooking performance as The Domestic Godless with Mick O’Shea)
‘Flix’, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
2002
‘EuroJet Futures’, R.H.A. Gallery, Dublin
‘N.C.A.D. M.A. Show’, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin
1999
‘Drawing Thinking’, R.H.A. Gallery, Dublin
1998
‘EV+A’, Limerick
1997
‘A Metaphor for Ireland’, Fuller Gallery, Boston University.
1996
‘Art of the State - New work from the collection of the Office of Public Works, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork & tour.
1989
‘16th John Moore’s Liverpool Exhibition’, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
Commissions
2007 The Tardis (a handmade book) - Cork City Council, Bishopstown Library, Cork.
Collections
The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Office of Public Works, The Arts Council, AIB Bank, Crawford Gallery Cork and private collections in Ireland and Europe, USA and elsewhere.
Bibliography
2008
Aidan Dunne, Irish Times, 21st May 2008.
2006
Sketches from an engaging realm, Aidan Dunne, Irish Times, 23rd August
Feature – Stephen Brandes, Contemporary Magazine issue 21, Essay by Declan Long
Klutz Paradiso, catalogue 'Between Fact and Fiction' essay by Barry Schwabsky
Klutz Paradiso, Tim Stott, Circa, July August
2005
'Ireland at Venice', published by Lewis Glucksman Gallery on occasion of 51st Venice Biennale
On Leaving and Arriving, published by g39 contemporary artspace, Cardiff to accompany exhibition
2004
Sunday Times, 21st May, review by Cristin Leach