Keiran Brennan Hinton
Keiran Brennan Hinton's artistic practice explores the notion of looking in a discreet and contained way. The principal focuses of Brennan Hinton’s practice include the formal painting process; the act of observation; reflections of domestic intimacy; the plein-air discipline; and interiority. His small oil paintings depict the spaces in which the artist paints, where one can perceive the lonely nature of his practice in these empty rooms charged with relics of a past human presence. Brennan Hinton questions, through the repeated use of the window motif, the delimiting role of this opening onto the world, while a voyeuristic reflection in the glass inevitably brings the viewer within the limits of the framework he was trying to escape. The artist considers the window as a precipice between public and private space, a moment when one wall becomes permeable and when we allow ourselves to contemplate the interiority of the other.
Keiran Brennan Hinton was born in Toronto, Canada. He received his BFA from Pratt Institute in 2014 and his MFA from Yale University in 2016. Recent solo exhibitions include Towards Sentimentality at Charles Moffett Gallery in New York, Day Breaks Night Falls at Galerie Thomas Fuchs in Germany, A Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day at Michael Gibson Gallery in London, Close at Hand at 1969 Gallery in New York, and Matter of Fact, at Mulherin New York. An RBC Painting Competition finalist in 2018, Brennan Hinton was included in the 2022 group exhibition I AM HERE, Home Movies and Everyday Masterpieces at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Recent Exhibitions
A Symphony of Untold Depths - Group show
From July 15 to September 2nd, 2023
Keiran Brennan Hinton - Between the Woods and Frozen Lake
From April 2nd to May 7, 2022
Selected Artworks
+ CV
EDUCATION
2016 - Maitrise en arts visuels, Yale University, New Haven, CT, ÉU
2010 - Baccalauréat en arts visuels, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, ÉU
RESIDENCIES
2018
- James Castle House, Boise (Idaho)
COLLECTIONS
Colart Collection
GRANTS AND DISTINCTION
- The Macedonia Institute, Chatham, NY
- RBC Canadian Painting Competition Finalist, Toronto, ON
- James Castle House Artist in Residence, Boise, ID
- Gloucester Travel Fellowship, Yale University, Gloucester, MA
- Yale International Scholarship, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Outstanding Merit Award, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
- Presidential Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
+ Solo Exhibitions
2020
- A Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day, Michael Gibson Gallery, London (ON)
2019
- Una Finestra sul Cortile, Francesco Pantaleone Gallery, Palermo, Italie
- Close at Hand, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY, ÉU
2018
- Extending the Day, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY, ÉU
- Standing Still, James Castle House, Boise, ID, ÉU
2017
- Matter of Fact, Mulherin New York, New York, NY, ÉU
+ Group Exhibitions
2021
- (À venir) I am Here, Home Movies and Everyday, Masterpieces, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (ON)
2020
- Foire papier, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montréal (QC)
2019
- A Private Matter, LM Gallery, Rome, Italie
- With Feeling, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, AL, ÉU
- Summer Forecast, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto (ON)
- Gestures of Comfort, Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montréal(QC)
- I <3 data-preserve-html-node="true" Paint, Patel Gallery, commissaire : Kim Dorland, Toronto (ON)
- Art Los Angeles Contemporary Fair, 1969 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, ÉU
- Stepping Outside, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY
2018
- Rooms, Angell Gallery, Toronto (ON)
- RBC Painting Finalists, Powerplant, Toronto (ON)
- Dynamic Intimacy, Kean University, Union, NJ, ÉU
- Outside In, FPAC, Milan, Italie
2017
- Timeshare, 520 W 28th Street / Duplex, New York, NY, ÉU
- Close Quarters, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY, ÉU
- Nocturne Earshot Clock Error, Mulherin Toronto (ON)
2016
- The Chappaqua Wall, Sherry b Studio, Chappaqua, NY, ÉU
- Partners, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY, ÉU
- Sunrise / Sunset, Infinity Room, Los Angeles, CA, ÉU
- Double Dip, Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT, ÉU
- New Genealogies, Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT
- Onsite Katonah, Katonah Museum of Art, Westchester, NY, ÉU
2015
- Second Coming, Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT, ÉU
Art Toronto, Katharine Mulherin, Toronto (ON)
2014
- Yale School of Art Silent Auction, FRONT art space, New York, NY, ÉU
- First Things, Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT, ÉU
+ Art fairs
2020
- Papier, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montréal (QC)
- Art Toronto Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montréal (QC)
2018
- ALAC
- Untitled Miami
+ Press and Publications
2019
- SCOLA, Anna (2019). « Keiran Brennan Hinton: Close at Hand at 1969 Gallery », Whitehot magazine, [En ligne], https://bit.ly/31D3srV
2018
- HELMAN, Beatrice (2018). « Interview with Keiran Brennan Hinton », make magazine, [En ligne], https://bit.ly/31Qn6AX
- GAUDETTE, Gemma, « The First Artist In Residence At The James Castle House », Boise state public radio, [En ligne], paru le 1 août, https://bit.ly/2NMPhZ6
- NELSON, Lex (2018). « Keiran Brennan Hinton: Standing Still Opening Reception », Boise weekly, [En ligne], paru le 8 août, https://bit.ly/3gogH3Y
2017
- BALDANZA, Jessica (2017). « Review Nocturne Earshot Clock Error », Studio Beat, [En ligne], paru le March 6, https://bit.ly/3gjj8EM