January 2008
         
The House of Tate. Issue 5. pp 2-16

    
October 2007
         
Moloko+ Magazine. Issue 3.  pp 3-5

    
July 21, 2007
         
Le Quotidien.  "Talents naissants".  pp 1 & 39
          by
Gregory Cimatti

    
July 19, 2007
         
Luxemburger Wort.  "Plein feu sur la jeune creation". 
          pp 13 & 16, by
Nathalie Becker

    
January 2007
         
Color Magazine.  Volume 4, Issue 4.  pp 88
          Re:
Said and Done

    
May 2006
         
Papertigermedia.comAnything I Like.
         
Vol. 2, 2006, #021.
         
    
December 15, 2005
         
Eye Weekly.  "Eye Candy".  pp 62

    
July 12, 2004
         
The Toronto Star.  "You Can't Please Everybody".
          pp A1 & B3, Interviewed by
Jim Rankin

    
December 2003
         
FW Magazine.  Issue 39 Winter 2003 / 2004. pp 46-47
          Interviewed by
Jennifer Rivkin

    
November 2003
         
Aboveground Lowdown.  Issue 4 Winter 2003
          Interviewed by
Nicole Collins

    
July 2003
   
     Toronto Life Magazine.  Vol 37  No. 7 (pp 84)
         Re: S.P.I.N. Gallery events

    
April 30, 2003
   
     Hour Town. CablePulse 24.
         Re: OCAD's 88th Annual Exhibition,
         Interviewed by
Adam Vaughn   
copyright 2002-2008 brian donnelly
    1999 - 2003
          Ontario College of Art and Design
         
A.O.C.A.D. - Drawing and Painting
    2008
         
Sex & Erotica
          Gallery 1313 - Toronto, Canada

         
Fight for Flight
          Thinkspace Gallery - Los Angeles, U.S.A.

    
2007
         
Summer Splash
          Christopher Cutts Gallery - Toronto, Canada

         
Young Emerging Artists
          Leslie's Art Gallery - Bridel Luxembourg

         
Said and Done.
          Stride Gallery - Calgary, Canada

    
2006
         
Said and Done.
          Antisocial Gallery - Vancouver, Canada

    
2005
         
Return to the Real
          The Drake Hotel - Toronto, Canada

         
I Am.
          James Baird Gallery - St. John's, Canada

         
Good In Bed
          James Baird Gallery - St. John's, Canada

    
2004
         
Efficiency 2
          Mind Control Gallery - Toronto, Canada

    
2003
         
Eazy Money
          Gladstone Hotel - Toronto, Canada

         
Efficiency
          Mind Control Gallery - Toronto, Canada

         
Go West!
          S.P.I.N. Gallery - Toronto, Canada

         
JOE BECKER / brian donnelly : New Paintings
          Gallery 61 - Toronto, Canada

         
Paintings by...
          The Beverley Tavern - Toronto, Canada

    
2002
         
The Destro(yers)
          Art System - Toronto, Canada

         
dance...dance...dance...the dance/art show
          Art System - Toronto, Canada

         
Just Wrong.
          OCAD Atrium Gallery - Toronto, Canada
    2008
         
brian donnelly
          Leslie's Art Gallery - Bridel, Luxembourg

    
2002
         
brian donnelly
          Mind Control Gallery - Toronto, Canada
    Private
          Guelph, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Montreal, 
          Ottawa, Prague, Toronto, Seattle, St. Catharines,
          Winnipeg

    
Institutions
          Ontario College of Art and Design
    2002
          Takao Tanabe Scholarship
          TL Pro Imaging Prize

    
2001
          Gustav Weisman Memorial Award
    2008
         
Carte Blanche, Vol. 2 - Painting.
          Magenta Publishing. Toronto. 2008.
    I try to maintain a sense of honesty as well as a sense of humor within my work.  These aspects joint with an interest in the analysis of art and art culture have been the primary ingredients through the majority of my work since my interest in representational painting grew to become my main focus.  These elements allow me to invite my viewer to look outside the two-dimensional plane, and consider the context of the work, as well as the process involved in the completion of work.  In doing so I blur the line between painting the verb and painting the noun.
     With these mechanisms in place I aim to create an open dialogue between the work and the audience, as well as to better explore my medium and its impact.
Born: 1979
Lives/Works: Toronto, Canada