Statement
Brían Crotty was born in Cork City in 1981, he graduated from Crawford College of Art & Design in 2007 and was awarded a Ciarán Langford Memorial Bursary with Backwater Artists Group that same year. He then travelled to London where he did an MA at Wimbledon College Of Art, he has been involved in solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally.

Work
The paintings refer to the history of art and are indebted to the traditions of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth century painting. They coincide however with a strong contemporary influence, commenting on rituals in contemporary and common culture.