“Unknown Source”: Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, James and Audrey Foster Prize.
“Unknown Source” is a series of related works which draws parallels between the physical experience of nature and spiritual search. Comprised of video, sound sculpture, a live flower installation and paintings made entirely of smoke ,” Unknown Source” seeks to both enable and problematize contemplation of the “sublime” in relation to the American landscape. Photos / Text
"Hand/Eye": Judy Ann Goldman Gallery, Boston, MA. To create this series the artist projected images of female athletes onto a large screen in the Eye Tracking Lab of Boston College. Every 20 milliseconds, two infrared sensors recorded the artist’s eye movements. The data gathered was then translated into a CAD program allowing the temporal sequence to be plotted as a single unbroken line drawing.
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“Séance”: Fort Point Artists Community Gallery, Boston, MA. (Co-curated with Jane Marsching. ) For Seance, Sheila Gallagher created “Psychic Chat Room Studio” which transformed part of the gallery into a working studio and channeling room. Working in conjunction with web clairvoyants from United Psychics.com, Gallagher made work in the gallery based on the conversations and visions of various psychics she consulted online.
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"Chase": Clifford-Smith Gallery, Boston, MA. In "Chase," foot basseting, the hunt of a hare on foot with a pack of bassets, provided the metaphorical armature for an installation of paintings, video, live grass relief and sound sculptures which together formed a circling inquiry into the nature of pursuit, desire and the complexity of subjectivity.
The search for meaning comes from the experience of seeking a potential narrative from competing elements.
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"Geneology of a Champagne Burst": ICA/Boston National Historic Parks Project USS Constitution Museum, Charlestown, MAProject description coming soon. Project description coming soon. Project description coming soon. Project description coming soon. Project description coming soon. Project description coming soon. Project description coming soon. Project description coming soon. Project description coming Photos / Text
“Flourish”: Nesto Gallery , Milton Academy, Milton, MA. Loosely inspired by Francisco Zurbaran’s image of Saint Casilda, the patron saint of migraines and menstrual cramps, “Flourish” combined video, a live flower installation, oil paintings , video, and laser etched Eucharistic wafers. Images of bread and roses abound , offering an unselfconscious engagement with multiple senses while questioning the relationship between sight and belief.
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