Brian O'Connell

Born 1972, Leuven, Belgium. Lives and works in New York.

Solo Exhibitions

2011	Harry and Pete,(collaboration with Todd Bourret) Dumbo Arts Center, NYC
2010	The Illusion of Plans, Dorsch Gallery, Miami FL
2009	Structural, Uncontrolled, Hollywood, Political, Auteur, Cosmic, Happy, Sad, and Ordinary, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles Concrete Boat, produced on the beach by Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles
2008	Forms in the Realm of Time, Laure Genillard, London
2007	House Beautiful, Adamski-Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2005	Flashbulbs: The Central Library Project, Central Library, Leuven, Belgium Mourning, High Quality, Bad Luck, Adamski Gallery, Aachen, Germany
2003	To My Child-Friend, Adamski Gallery, Aachen, Germany
2002	Here Between There, Adamski Gallery, Aachen, Germany

Group Exhibitions

2011	NORFOLK, Thierry-Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY Everything Must Go, Casey Kaplan, NYC “Let Us Make Cake” Projections on the Facade of the New Museum, NYC “Aftermath: Objects From Projects” Curated by Laure Genillard, Chelsea Space, London, UK Information Economy, Dumbo Arts Center,NYC
2010	Greater New York, MoMA P.S.1, NYC MoMA P.S.1, windows at Saks Fifth Ave. NYC Backroom, currated by Kate Fowle, Greater New York, MoMA P.S.1, NYC
2009	Presque Rien III (Next to Nothing), Laure Genillard Hanway Place, London, England Another Air, Alessandra Bonomo Gallery, Rome, Italy Sculpture Seminar: Concrete Boat-building: Its Technique and Its Future, The Univsersity of Trash, The Sculpture Center, New York, NY
2008	Standard Sizes, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY Math Studio: X=, A.P.E Gallery, Northampton, MA, sponsored by Smith College Hey Hey Glossolalia, Crative Time, New York, NY
2007	Presque Rien I (Next To Nothing), Laure Genillard, London, UK A for Alibi, De Appel, Amsterdam, NL Nomadic Furniture, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2006	Prologue, Adamski at The Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Ideal City, Invisivble Cities, Potsdam, Germany Wilder, Eames, Essenwin and Leeds, Inaugural Commision for Schürmann Berlin, Berlin Ideal City, Invisivble Cities, Zamosc, Poland Back and Forth, 29th Duisburger Akzente, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany A is for Alibi, Uqbar Foundation, University Museum Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
2005	Menschensgladbach, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany Never Odd or Even: Marres Center for Contemporary Art, Maastricht, NL Book as Object and Performance, Gigantic Art Space, New York, NY
2004	Summer Camp, Adamski Gallery, Aachen, Germany Mengenbüro, The Changing Room, Stirling, Scotland, UK
2003	Good Words and Credentials, Columbia University, New York, NY Gibt’s mich wirklich, K21, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfallen, Düsseldorf, Germany Float, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY Drawing Show, Adamski Gallery, Aachen, Germany Drive into the Sunset, Western Front Society Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2002	Making, LACMALab, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Messy Fingers, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA TONIGHT, Schnittraum, Cologne, Germany

Education

2002
1996
1995

Masters of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Fullbright Scholarship, Institute for Media Studies, University of Siegen, Germany
Bachelor of Arts, German Studies, Columbia University, New York

Residencies, Fellowships, and Awards

2011
2005
2004

The 140 Foundation Grant, 140 Foundation, New York, NY
Artist–in–Residence, The University Library of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
B.A.E.F Fellowship, KUL, Leuven, Belgium

Publications

2009	About Thick Air and the Frustration of Distance in time and space, about riddles. In: Simon Dybbroe Møller: Kompendium, Kunstverein Hannover, Frankfurter Kunstverein and JRP press
2008	DEMONOLOGY: Hey Hey Glossolalia, Crative Time, New York Ghostly Media: What Would an Invoking Medium Look Like? Art and Research, Glasgow School of Art
2007	A for Alibi, Uqbar Foundation, Sternberg Press, Berlin/New York Art and Research, Glasgow School of Art, (vol. 1 and 2): artandresearch.org.uk
2006	Ideal City, Invisible Cities, European Art Projects, Potsdam, Germany Back and Forth, Westdeutsche Zeitung insert, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg Germany
2005	Flashbulbs, The Central Library Project, The University Library of the KUL, Leuven Belgium
2003	Gibt’s mich wirklich, Vier Räume aus der Sammlung Schürmann, K21, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfallen, Düsseldorf, Germany