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Colleen Quigley

Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.

Email: onibabachan@hotmail.com

https://www.instagram.com/onibabachan/?hl=en 

EDUCATION

 

2001          New York Academy of Art, New York, New York, U.S.A.

                  Graduate studies in Figurative Painting

 

1989          Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, Japan 

                  Master of Fine Arts

 

1987          Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan

                  Recipient of a Japanese Government Scholarship (Monbusho) to research traditional and contemporary Japanese  

                  woodblock techniques.

 

1983          University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.

                            Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture

BIBLIOGRAPHY   

 

             2020         Artesmagazine, June 2020   https://artesmagazine.com/?p=23861#more-23861-2-2-2-3-2-2/ 

             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.com/2015/10/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, Geraldine Lee, 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, Jan. 28, 2014,              

                  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, Feb. 5, 2014,      

                  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/2013-12-07-1.2015755

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

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

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

                   - Dubai Time Out , “In Situ”, December 11, 2008, pg 80

                   - Spiky Penguin, December 11, 2008

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

2006           Dubai Time Out, “Subjects”, March 2006

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

2015          Sustaining Identity, ISBN 978-9948-18-117-0

2014          Islamic Law, State and Society in Global Perspective, Artwork for cover of Encounters, ISBN 978-9948-18-550-5

2014          The Ruins, Artwork for cover of novel by Rafael Reyes-Ruiz ISBN 978-1-891270-26-0-51800

2012          Religious Networks Asia and Beyond, Artwork for Cover of Encounters, ISBN 978-9948-16-399-2

2011          As the Saying Goes, ISBN 978-9948-16-018-2

2010          Portrait of a Generation, ISBN 978-9948-15-618-5

2009          Silent Conversations, ISBN 978-9948-15-078-7

                  - ARTEAST (www.arteeast.org), ArteNews: At the Crossroads, Reflections, December 1, 2008

                  Minus Reality, ISBN 978-9948-03-468-1

2008          Vibrations Within, ISBN 978-9948-03-669-2

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

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

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

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

          2007          MORE Subjects 2, Dubai, UAE

2006          MORE, Subjects, Dubai, UAE,

1995          CLAY GALLERY,  Objects of Desire, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

                            BRENDA HALL GALLERY, East Meets West, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.A.

                            GALLERY MIHARAYA, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

1989          GALLERY ARIES, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

1988          TAMURA GALLERY, Kanda, Tokyo, Japan

1987          GALLERY BENI, Kyoto, Japan

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
          2024          Yun Gee Park Gallery, Rhizomatic Interventions, Tucson, AZ, USA
          2023          The Idea Museum, Luminous Light, Mesa, AZ, USA
          2023          Mudroom Gallery, Tiny Wonders, Tucson, AZ, USA
          2022          A Tribute to Clay, Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Tucson, AZ, USA 
          2022          Unmasked, XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE
          2021          Yun Gee Park Gallery, Stage(s)(ing), 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 Reflective Refractive Exhiition, Tucson, AZ, US
          2020          Mesa Contemporary Art Museum 41st Annual Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Mesa, AZ, USA
          2020          Tohono Chul Gallery, On the Desert: The Discovery and Invention of Color, Tucson, AZ, USA
          2019          Tohono Chul Gallery, 10 x 10, Tucson, AZ, USA
          2019          Tohono Chul Gallery, Dia de los Muertos, Tucson, AZ, USA
          2019          Tohono Chul Gallery, Pollen Path, Tucson, AZ, USA
          2018          XVA Gallery - Reframed, Dubai, UAE

2018          Al Fonoun Gallery, Zayed University, A Place to Be, A Place to See, A Place to Spend the Day, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2017          Benetton Art Project, Imago Mundi, Salo, Italy

2017          Sikka Art Fair, Here, There, and Everywhere, Al Fahidi District, Dubai, UAE

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

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

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

2013          XVA Gallery, The Infusion of Impossible Things, (Three person Exhibition) Dubai, UAE

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

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

2011          JAMJAR, Muqtanayati II– One Hundred Treasures, Dubai, UAE

2011          INDEX 2011, JAM JAR, 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          JAMJAR, 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

2009          XVA Summer Show, Dubai, UAE

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

2009          BASTAKIYA ART FAIR, Dubai, UAE

2009          TASHKEEL, Silent Conversations, Dubai, UAE

2008          JAM JAR, In Situ, Dubai, U.A.E.

                  XVA Creek Art Fair, In the Mix, Dubai, U.A.E.   

                  JAM JAR, Creek Art Fair, Constructing the Constructor, Dubai, U.A.E.

2008          TASHKEEL, Vibrations Within, Dubai, U.A.E.

2007          ART ATTACK, Minus-Reality, Dubai, U.A.E.

2007          MEEM GALLERY,  Rtoosh, Dubai, U.A.E.

2003          THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER ART MUSEUM, Ebert Art Center, Wooster, Ohio

2000          NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, New York, New York

                            New York Academy of Art Group Show,LITHUANIA ARTISTS PALACE, Vilnius, Lithuania.  

                            “Women Step East to West” – Traveling exhibition featuring women’s art in Japan,    

                            sponsored by the Japan Foundation in coordination with Gallery Lunami, Tokyo, Japan

                  SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN’S ART GALLERY, San Francisco, Ca., U.S.A.  Summer Group Exhibition

1989          TOKYO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS & MUSIC GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan.  Foreign Artists Exhibition

1988          MACHIDA MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan.  Geidai Printmaking Show.

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

 

FOUR SEASONS HOTEL, Abu Dhabi, UAE

LA SERRE BISTRO, VIDA HOTEL, Downtown Dubai, UAE

XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE

TASHKEEL, Dubai, UAE

MORE CAFÉ, Dubai, UAE

MONSANTO CORPORATION, Tokyo, Japan

AOYAMA COSMOS CORPORATION, Tokyo, Japan

I.M.I. CORPORATION, Tokyo, Japan

TOWN JUKU, INC., Tokyo, Japan

URAWA BUDDHIST TEMPLE, Urawa, Tokyo, Japan

WOZEN RESTAURANT, Tokyo, Japan

SAINOHIRA SENBEI, INC., Tokyo, Japan

 

 

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