Abigail O'Brien

*1957 / Ireland

Works

Solo exhibitions

Temperance

Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf (DE)
21 May 2010 – 10 Jul 2010
Bella

Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf (DE)
6 Sep 2008 – 18 Oct 2008
Bella

Rubicon gallery, Dublin (IE)
19 Apr 2007 – 26 May 2007
Confirmation - Martha's Cloth

Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf (DE)
20 Oct 2006 – 22 Dec 2006
The seven sacraments

Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (IE)
20 Jan 2005 – 27 Feb 2005
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Rubicon gallery, Dublin (IE)
20 Jan 2005 – 26 Feb 2005
Die Sieben Sakramente

Kunstverein Lingen, Lingen (DE)
16 May 2004 – 1 Aug 2004
Die Sieben Sakramente

Haus der Kunst, München (DE)
21 Jan 2004 – 12 Apr 2004
The Rag Tree Series

Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf (DE)
28 Nov 2003 – 31 Jan 2004
The Rag Tree Series

Rubicon gallery, Dublin (IE)
29 Oct 2003 – 22 Nov 2003

Group

CARE MATTERS

An Exhibition of the VERBUND COLLECTION - Eine Ausstellung der SAMMLUNG VERBUND

Albertina, Wien (AT)
12 Mar 2026 – 28 Jun 2026

with Renate Bertlmann, Natalia Iguiñiz Boggio, Hannah Cooke, Sandra Eleta, Valie Export, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Natalia Iguiñíz, Birgit Juergenssen, Kirsten Justesen, Kirsten Justesen, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Karin Mack …
Not Nice Girls

Der weibliche Blick in Fotografien der Sammlung SpallArt

Galerie im Alten Rathaus, Prien am Chiemsee (DE)
14 Feb 2026 – 12 Apr 2026

with Berenice Abbott, Irene Andessner, Ursula Arnold, Atelier Manassé (Olga Spolarics + Adorján von Wlassics), Ellen Auerbach, Nomi Baumgartl, Ruth Bernhard, Isabella Berr, Sabrina Biancuzzi, Lillian Birnbaum, Luise Böker, Margaret Bourke-White …
Foreword

The inaugural exhibition

Int. Centre for the Image, Dublin (IE)
17 Jul 2025 – 14 Sep 2025

with Basil Al-Rawi, Bassam Issa Al-Sabah and Jennifer Mehigan, Alan Butler, Jean Curran, Eamonn Doyle, Anna Ehrenstein, David Farrell, Dominic Hawgood, Mishka Henner, Jakob Ganslmeier & Ana Zibelnik, Colin Martin, Alex Prager …
Royal Hibernian Academy 183th Annual Exhibition 2013

Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (IE)
28 May 2013 – 17 Aug 2013

with Kathy Prendergast, Amelia Stein
Summer Interval '08

Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf (DE)
18 Jun 2008 – 9 Aug 2008

with Robert Barry, Carl Corey, Gabriel Jones, Sharon Kivland
Royal Hibernian Academy 177th Annual Exhibition 2007

Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (IE)
22 May 2007 – 30 Jun 2007

with Gary Coyle, Agnès Pataux, Amelia Stein
Einfach so

Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf (DE)
14 Jul 2006 – 26 Aug 2006

with Sharon Kivland, Beverly Semmes, Ingolf Timpner, William Wegman
Royal Hibernian Academy 176th Annual Exhibition 2006

Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (IE)
30 May 2006 – 8 Jul 2006

with Simon Burch, Michael Durand, David Farrell, Mary A. Kelly, Ruth McHugh, Amy O’Riordan, Deirdre A. Power, Anna Rackard, Amelia Stein
Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Irland

Europäische Zentralbank, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
19 May 2005 – 12 Aug 2005

with Michael Durand, David Farell, Sean Hillen, Amy O’Riordan
From a Collection - For a Collection / Aus einer Sammlung - Für eine Sammlung

Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf (DE)
23 Oct 2004 – 27 Nov 2004

with Robert Barry, Gilbert & George, Peter Hutchinson, Ruth Kaplan, Juergen Klauke, William Wegman
CHILD IN TIME . Views of contemporary artists on youth and adolescence

Museum Helmond, Helmond (NL)
24 May 2003 – 7 Sep 2003

with Lars Arrhenius, Rineke Dijkstra, Michel Francois, Margi Geerlinks, Anthony Goicolea, Risk Hazekamp, Bill Henson, Sarah Jones, Elke Krystufek, Justine Kurland, Sally Mann, Maria Marshall …

Events

Abigail O’Brien spricht über ihren Werkzyklus Die Sieben Sakramente

Haus der Kunst, München (DE)
Religiöse Themen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst

Haus der Kunst, München (DE)