For the past 25 years, Nuala Gregory has maintained a profile as an exhibiting artist predominantly in the medium of painting, but also in printmaking and drawing. Her work has been shown in Ireland, the USA, New Zealand, Mexico, China and Japan.
In recent exhibitions, she has sought a ‘return’ to the possibilities of colour, surface, collage and drawing in order to renew the force of the material and the aesthetic against predominantly discursive or conceptual approaches. This is not simply a celebration of materiality but an extended play upon its means, and an enquiry into its ongoing possibilities.
Gregory is also known for her writings on contemporary art and on art education. A recipient of numerous arts grants and bursaries, she has contributed to the visual arts environment through curation, artistic collaborations, international conferences, and the enhancement of arts programmes, teaching and infrastructure in tertiary level education.
Biography
Education
2015
PhD, University of Auckland
2002
Masters of Fine Arts, University of Auckland
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
2021
New Paintings, Solander Gallery, Wellington
2019
Place to be, New Works, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland
2016
When will the present being? Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
2015
New Works, Solander Gallery, Wellington
2012
Any Coloured Thing, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland
Things With Colours Like These, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, N. Ireland
2011
Now shape, Now Paper, The Higher Bridges Gallery, Enniskillen, Ireland
2010
Exploded View: Nuala Gregory, The Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2020
Essential Work: Artists in Isolation, Solander Gallery, Wellington
2019
Places/Positions: Four Artists, Solander Gallery, Wellington
2017
Now Colour, Now Paper, XAFA Gallery, Xi’an, China
2016
Printmaking: Beyond the Frame II, Pataka Art Museum, Wellington
2015
Landscapes of the Past, Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast, N. Ireland
Elam International Print Workshop 2015, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland
The Image as Not, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland
Rare form, Seed Gallery, Auckland
Seeing Stars, Seed Gallery, Auckland
2014
Dinnseanchas – From New Dehli to the Fountain of the Clouded Sky, The Dillon Gallery,
An Cultúrlann, Belfast, Ireland
Struck, Solander Gallery, Wellington
2013
The 3rd International Print-making Workshop in Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi’an, China
2012
Synthetic Aesthetics, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Ireland
2010
Exploded View, Nuala Gregory, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland
