artist's background

Tim Brennan was born in Sunderland in 1966 and studied fine art at the Slade School of Fine Art, London and Public History at Ruskin College, Oxford. He has exhibited and curated projects internationally and utilises a range of media, including writing, sculpture, new technologies, sound, photography and organised walking to explore discursive performance. His ongoing 'manoeuvres' include 'Crusade' at Bede Gallery, which involved a walk from Jarrow to the House of Commons in 1996, "My Sister's Record Collection" comprising over 2000 vinyl singles, which were shown at the Ikon gallery in Birmingham in 2000, "3 Manoeuvres" at Compton Verney in 2001. "The Republic of Atlantia" for the National Maritime Museum, London in 2002 and forthcoming work with the British Museum in 2003.