Theresa Nanigian: two souls in one breast 13 June - 18 July Large scale photographs and an artist’s book.
For her exhibition, two souls in one breast, Theresa Nanigian combines the analytical rigour of an economist with the intuitive impulsiveness of a Romantic landscape painter to capture the equally divergent identities of a rapidly changing Ireland. Using the village of Enniskerry in Wicklow as her muse, the artist has created a series of large-scale photographs where the valley’s captivating landscape provides the backdrop for allegories of contemporary Irish life. In addition, Nanigian has published an artist book of facts, figures, opinions and images – the fruit of her multifaceted approach to reveal the peculiar idiosyncrasies of a specific place whilst extrapolating universal concerns – with essays by Cliodhna Shaffrey and Katherine Waugh. Theresa Nanigian was born in the United States. She received a Master of Fine Art (New Media) from the National College of Art & Design, Dublin and a Bachelor of <strong>Arts</strong> (Fine Art) from the Dublin Institute of Technology. Recent exhibitions include Art in the Life World (Breaking Ground, Ballymun, Dublin), Is Mise Ireland (Shanghai & Beijing), within & without, Tulca 06 (Fairgreen Gallery, Galway), what is… (solo show, Void Art <strong>Centre</strong>, Derry), EASTinternational 2006 (Norwich, England,), tally (solo show, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny), Time Value Analysis (solo show, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Concourse, commission by The <strong>Arts</strong> Office as part of The Concourse Installation Series), Damaged Collateral (Context Galleries, Derry), Claremorris Open Exhibition 2005 (Claremorris), live (Interim Projekte, Frankfort, Germany), The Happiest Country in the World (Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Brittany, France and Oireachtas na Gaeilge, Dublin), Women, Words & Images (STAC, New York) and Full Circle (Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin). Theresa Nanigian lives and works in Dublin. two souls in one breast has been generously funded by Wicklow County Council under its Percent for <strong>Arts</strong> Programme. Image above: Wild Garlic, Lambda print, diamond mounted, 122 x 122 cm, 2008. Below l-r:: Barley Field, Lambda print, diamond mounted,122 x 122 cm, 2008; Knocksink Wood 1, Lambda print, diamond mounted, 122 x 165 cm, 2008
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