Carmel Brennan
Carmel Brennan is a photographer, a painter, a teacher, and a writer. She is a recorder of images. Carmel's camera is a sketchbook for documenting life.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in Birmingham, UK, of Irish parents, Carmel Brennan has been a professional artist since the late 1970’s. She holds a Master’s degree in Contemporary Art and Archaeology.
A former teacher of Visual Arts, she is a Past President of the Ontario Society of Artists and has curated major exhibitions for the Uxbridge Artist Collective from 2009 to 2018, called, Work from Heart Mind & Hand, and received an Ontario Arts Council grant for a catalogue for this project.
In 2020 she curated an exhibition called, Beyond the Walls at the Aurora Cultural Centre, and the 2021 Aurora group exhibition, The Conversation. She was the Curator of an Exhibition of OSA artwork at the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario at Queens Park, Toronto (2022).
Her other exhibitions are focused on the project, organized and curated by Carmel, Letters to the Earth: Between Despair and Hope at the Aurora Cultural Centre, (2023) the Georgina Centre for Arts & Culture (2024) at the Station Gallery in Whitby (2024) and in Newmarket. (2025), Toronto (2026) and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Studio 13
This year, Carmel will be welcoming guests to her Sunderland studio to view her work and that of guest artists Lynda Cunningham, Craig Telfer, and David Greaves.
If you would like to purchase a piece of Carmel's work or request a commission piece, contact Carmel directly through her website, by email, or by giving her a call.
Studio 13 - 4 Whippletree Lane, Sunderland
carmelbrennan.com
Instagram: @carmel.brennan
cbrennan@sympatico.ca
416-931-5732
