Brenda Bullock

Artist Profile
Brenda Bullock is a Northern Ireland-based visual artist working across painting, photography and lens-based media. Her practice explores memory, inheritance, landscape and the psychological symbolism of water. Through research-led projects, she investigates the intersections of place, myth and personal history, often drawing on the River Blackwater and the cultural narratives embedded within the landscape.
Her work has been exhibited throughout Wales and Northern Ireland and has received recognition through awards, publications and bursaries, including support from the Royal Photographic Society. Recent projects include the ongoing Blackwater series, which examines memory, transformation and the relationship between landscape and identity.Born in Northern Ireland, Brenda lives and works in County Tyrone.

MA in Fine Art Photography at Aberystwyth University 2009/11
Coleg Powys Newtown Llanidloes Road Newtown Powys SY16 4HU BTEC Higher national certificate in computing 2005
London College of Printing Elephant & Castle, London, 4yr Degree (Hons) Media and Production Design, 1978/82
Foundation Year Ulster Polytectnic N Ireland 1978.

Selected Exhibitions
2025
Blackwater – Whispering Current
Ranfurly House, Hill of The O'Neill, Northern Ireland
Blackwater & Riverwalk
Ranfurly House, Dungannon, Northern Ireland
2018
Exodus Part II
2017
Exodus Part I
2016
Seat 35
Wyeside Art Centre, Wales
2015
The Space Between
Radnorshire Museum, Wales
Element: Who Dares Disturb the Universe
Radnorshire Museum, Wales
2014
Ghosts Icemen: Memory in Water
Radnorshire Museum, Wales
2013
Ghosts Icemen: Memory in Water
Elan Valley Visitor Centre, Wales
Traces: Memory in Water
Ash
Beili Neuadd
2012
Unheimlich
Aberystwyth School of Art, Wales
Unheimlich
Atkinson Gallery, Millfield
Inside Out (Film)
Aberystwyth School of Art, Wales
2011
Unheimlich
Rhayader Museum and Gallery, Wales
Unheimlich
Cowshed
2010
Exhibition
Aberystwyth School of Art, Wales
2009
Exhibition
Wyeside Art Centre, Wales