Colleen Quigley

BIO

 

Colleen Quigley is a Japanese-American visual artist based in Tucson, Arizona.  She graduated from the Sculpture program at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and received her MFA from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in Tokyo, Japan.  Her practice encompasses a broad range of media including sculpture, installation, painting, encaustic, and digital fabrication.  Her work has been exhibited in Italy, Japan, Singapore, the United States, and the U.A.E.  Her research interests include postmodern strategies of making in relation to themes of materiality, perception, identity, memory and place, and the transcultural flow of objects. 

             

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EXHIBITIONS

 

2025.      XVA Gallery, Tajammul, Summer Show Group Exhibition, Dubai

2024      Solo Exhibition, The Peculiar Seduction of Scattering Light, XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2024      Yun Gee Park Gallery, Tucson, AZ, USA, Rhizomatic Interventions (three person exhibition)

2023      XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE, A Summer Allegory

2023      The Idea Museum, Mesa, AZ, USA, Luminous Light

2023      Mudroom Gallery,Tucson, AZ, USA, Tiny Wonders

2023      Solo Exhibition Mesa Art Museum, SRP Gallery, The Peculiar Seduction of Scattering Light (April 21-August 6, 2023) Mesa, AZ, USA

2022      Bernal Gallery, Pima College, A Tribute to Clay, Tucson, AZ, USA

2022      XVA Gallery, No Mask Required, Dubai, UAE

2022      Yun Gee Park Gallery, Stage(s)(ing), (three person exhibition)Tucson, AZ, USA

2021      J Gallery, Celebration of Sculpture, Tucson, AZ, USA

2021      XVA Gallery, A Summer Solstice, Dubai, UAE

2021      FOUND:RE Contemporary Gallery, XSCAPE, Landscapes, Cityscapes, Mindscapes, Phoenix, AZ, USA

2020      Yun Gee Park Gallery, Transparent/Translucent (March 2020), Tucson, AZ

2020      Mesa Contemporary Art Center 41st Annual Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Mesa, AZ

2020      Tohono Chul Gallery, On the Desert: The Discovery and Invention of Color, Tucson, AZ

2019      Tohono Chul Gallery, Dia de Los Muertos, Tucson, AZ, USA

2019      Tohono Chul Gallery, Pollen Path, Tucson, AZ, USA

2018      XVA, Solo Exhibition, The Remarkable Resilience of Symbols, Dubai, UAE

2018      Al Fonoun Gallery, A Place to be, A Place to See, A Place to Spend the day, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2017      Bennetton Art Project, Imago Mundi, Salo, Italy

2017      Sikka Art Fair, Here, There and Everywhere, Dubai, UAE

2016      Al Fonoun Gallery, ShowCACE, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE

2016      Art Dubai and Al Serkal Avenue, RCA Secret, Dubai, UAE

2015      XVA Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Searching for Optical Wonder, Dubai, UAE

2015      Zayed University Tower, Innovation Exhibition, Dubai, UAE

2015      Tashkeel, Sustaining Identity, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, UAE

2015      Sikka Art Fair, Engaged Territories, Al Fahidi District, Dubai, UAE

2015      Art Dubai, RCA Secret, Dubai, UAE

2014      ISEA 2014, Nomadic Doll Exhibition, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE

2014      ISEA 2014, Tables of Curiosities, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE

2014      Cuadro Gallery, The Earth Electric, ISEA 2014, Dubai, UAE

2014      XVA Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Dubai, UAE

2014      XVA Gallery, Curiouser and Curiouser, Dubai, UAE

2013      Al Fonoun Gallery, Zayed University, Desert Pop, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2013      XVA Gallery, The Infusion of Impossible Things, Dubai, UAE

2012      FN Gallery, Crossing the Emirates II, Dubai, UAE

2012      XVA, To the Moon, Sikka Art Fair, Dubai, UAE

2011       Jam Jar, Muqtanayati II - One Hundred Treasures, Dubai, UAE

2011       Jam Jar, INDEX 2011, Dubai, UAE

2011       Tashkeel, Made in Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE

2011       Zayed University Atrium - Crossing the Emirates, Dubai, UAE

2011       Tashkeel, As the Saying Goes, Dubai, UAE

2010      Jam Jar, Muqtanayati - One Hundred Treasures, Dubai, UAE

2010      XVA Summer Collection, Dubai, UAE

2010      Tashkeel, Portrait of a Generation, Dubai, UAE

2010      Bastakiya Art Fair, Nishan, Dubai, UAE

2010      Bastakiya Art Fair, Plush Doll curatorial project, Dubai, UAE

2009      XVA Summer Show, Dubai, UAE

2009      San Servolo Palazzina 11, Emerge - Ways of Worldmaking, Isola di San Servolo, Venice, Italy

2009      Bastakiya Art Fair, Dubai, UAE

2009      Tashkeel, Silent Conversations, Dubai, UAE

2008      Jam Jar, In Situ, Dubai, UAE

2008      XVA Creek Art Fair, In the Mix, Dubai, UAE

2008      Jam Jar, Creek Art Fair, Constructing the Constructor, Dubai, UAE

2007      More, Subjects II, Solo Exhibition, Dubai, UAE

2007      Art Attack, Minus-Reality, Dubai, UAE

2007      Meem Gallery, Rtoosh, Dubai, UAE

2006      More, Subjects, Solo Exhibition, Dubai, UAE

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY   

 

 

2020      Artesmagazine, June 2020   https://artesmagazine.com/?p=23861#more-23861  

 

2018      Trebuchet Art Magazine, May 4, 2018 

              http://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/47589-2/

 

2018      Gulf News, The Migration of Symbols, May 9, 2018 

              https://gulfnews.com/culture/arts/the-migration-of-symbols-1.2218876

 

2015      Selections Art Journal, October 19, 2015,

              http://www.selectionsthemagazine.com2015/10/colour-studies/

 

2015      Hand/Eye Magazine, November 11, 2015

              http://handeyemagazine.com/content/optical-wonder 

 

2015      Artforum http://artforum.com/guide/country=AE&place=Dubai&filter=2

 

2015      The National Arts & Lifestyle 

              http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/art/your-guide-to-the-uaes-art-season-2015#1

 

2015      Gulf News, September 2015 

              http://gulfnews.com/culture/arts/an-interplay-of-colours-culture-and-light-1.1588902

 

2014      Artitute, In conversation with Colleen Quigley for Curiouser & Curiouser at XVA Gallery, Feb. 2

              http://www.artitute.com/2014/02/24/in-conversation-with-colleen-quigley-for-curiouser-curiouser-at-xva-gallery/

 

2014      Six Pillars to Persia, Curiouser & Curiouser Marvellous Miniatures, Feb. 6, 2014

 

2014      Buro 24/7, Curiouser & Curiouser, an eclectic mix of miniature art pieces, http://www.buro247.com/me/culture/arts/xva-gallery-curiouser-and-curiouser.html

 

2014      The Art Blog, The National, Sneak Peek: XVA’s Curiouser & Curiouser, Anna Seaman, http://www.thenational.ae/blogs/the-art-blog/sneak-peek-xvas-curiouser-curiouser

 

2013      Al Bayan, Desert Pop Exhibition,

              http://www.albayan.ae/five-senses/east-and-west/

                            

2013      The National, Five things to do in the UAE today, Ellen Fortini, April 1, 2013

 

2013      The National, Sikka Art Fair is relaxed and creative, Anna Seaman, March 20,                                                    

 

2012      The National, It’s now easier than ever to collect regional art, Christopher Lord, November 26, 2012

 

2009      The National, Summer of Culture, Gemma Champ, July 20, 2009

 

2009      The National, Art, beats and the Bard in the mix, June 14, 2009

 

2009      Brownbook, #14, March/April 09, pg 106

 

2008      The National, “Urban Building Block”s, Sarah Wolff, December 29\- Society                                                                                       

Dubai, #54 December 2008, pg 18

 

2008      Dubai Time Out , “In Situ”, December 11, 2008

 

2007      Dubai Time Out, “The Mighty Rtoosh”, Arsalan Mohammad, Vol. 7. 

 

2006      Dubai Time Out, “Subjects”, March 2006

 

 

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

 

FOUR SEASONS HOTEL, Abu Dhabi, UAE

LA SERRE BISTRO,VIDA HOTEL, Dubai, UAE

XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE

TASHKEEL, Dubai, UAE

AOYAMA COSMOS CORPORATION, Tokyo, Japan

URAWA BUDDHIST TEMPLE, Urawa, Tokyo, Japan