A performer in a red costume with hanging red objects kneels with arms outstretched in an art gallery, conveying a surreal and theatrical mood.

Image Credit: Jordan Hutchings, One Body, Highlanes Gallery, 2018

Emma Brennan

Emma Brennan (She/Her) is an interdisciplinary artist working predominantly in performative practices including multi-media installation, moving image and collaborative processes. Based between Belfast and Dublin, her practice finds public outcomes in exhibitions and festivals locally, nationally and internationally. Brennan is a current board member of Bbeyond, Belfast and Live Art Ireland, Tipperary. She is also the founder of QRIT Belfast, a queer crit group. 

Recent works include her solo exhibition It Is & I Am (2024) at Belfast Exposed Gallery, performing at Becoming Tallaght live art festival (2025) and as invited by the Ulster Museum in a new work, Girls Who Like Beuys (2025), as part of their Beuys 50 Years Later exhibition and coinciding programme of events. Brennan was the sole recipient of the Cathedral Quarter Arts Visual Arts Bursary for 2024/25. 

Emma Brennan Artist