Nuala Gregory
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Nuala A. Gregory is an Irish–New Zealand artist and academic, and is a full professor at the University of Auckland, and Dean of the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries. Gregory works mainly in acrylics and collage.
Early life and education
Gregory was born in West Belfast, and is an Irish Catholic. Her parents were working class, and lived in the conflict zone.{{Cite web |title=Nuala Gregory: creative strategies are in her blood – The University of Auckland |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2023/05/01/nuala-gregory-profile-dean-of-creative-arts.html |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=www.auckland.ac.nz}} After graduating from Ulster University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1988,{{Cite web |last=University of Auckland |title=Academic profile: Professor Nuala Gregory |url=https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/nuala-gregory |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=profiles.auckland.ac.nz}} Gregory spent ten years as part of an arts collective. She then applied for teaching positions in England, Scotland and New Zealand, due to lack of local opportunities, and The Troubles. She said "I always felt the need to get out of that environment, because you couldn’t thrive. You could struggle; there was little hope and genuine danger."{{Cite journal |last=Smyth |first=Jim |title=Any Coloured Thing: an interview with Nuala Gregory |url=https://www.academia.edu/33669767 |journal=Academia |via=Academia.edu}} Gregory secured a part-time teaching position at Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland in 1997, and was promoted to full-time senior lecturer and Head of Painting the following year. She completed a Master of Fine Arts in 2002, and then a PhD titled The Afterlife of Painting at the University of Auckland in 2015.{{Cite thesis |first=Nuala |last=Gregory |type=PhD thesis |title=The Afterlife of Painting |publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland |date=2015 |hdl=2292/26077 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2292/26077}}
Academic career
Gregory was promoted to Dean of the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries in 2022, and also to full professor.{{Cite web |last=University of Auckland |date=2022 |title=University of Auckland Calendar 2022 |url=https://cdn.auckland.ac.nz/assets/calendar/docs/2022%20Calendar%20Book_19Jul22.pdf}} Gregory is a part of the Creative Thinking Project, an Auckland-based initiative aiming to foster and promote creativity in New Zealand.{{Cite web |last=Vo |first=Tahnee |date=2020-05-25 |title=In The Beginning – How The Creative Thinking Project Began |url=https://www.creativethinkingproject.org/beginning-creative-thinking-project-began/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=Creative Thinking Project |language=en-NZ}} Gregory has been awarded a University of Auckland Distinguished Teaching Award.
Art
Gregory was taught to sew by her mother, and she and her sister would create collages on their bedheads from old newspapers and spit. A pop-up show of Gregory's in 2021, at Starta Kitchen in Auckland, featured a collection of brightly-coloured collages made from acrylic-painted paper, influenced by the collages she made as a child.{{Cite web |title=Holding each other afloat, through art – The University of Auckland |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2021/04/27/Holding-each-other-afloat-with-collage.html |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=www.auckland.ac.nz}} Gregory also produces drawings and prints.{{Cite web |title=Solander Gallery Nuala Gregory |url=https://solandergallery.co.nz/artist/nuala-gregory/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=solandergallery.co.nz}}{{Cite web |title=Nuala Gregory: Exploded View |url=https://gusfishergallery.auckland.ac.nz/nuala-gregory-exploded-view/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=Gus Fisher Gallery |language=en-NZ}}
Besides New Zealand, Gregory's work has been exhibited in Ireland, Mexico, Japan, China and the USA.{{Cite web |title=Artfull – Nuala Gregory – Aotearoa New Zealand artist |url=https://www.artfull.co.nz/artist/artfull.co.nz/artist/nuala-gregory/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=Artfull |language=en}}
Selected works
= Exhibitions =
- Nuala Gregory, Exploded View, exhibition at Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, 2010{{Cite web |date=2024-02-24 |title=Explosive technique lays colours bare |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/explosive-technique-lays-colours-bare/MJWHUSFOQPDIH7WNBBRHM3RTDQ/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}
- Nuala Gregory + Starta Bread Kitchen, pop-up Solander Gallery exhibition, 2021
- Nuala Gregory, Any Coloured Thing, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, 7 June to 23 June 2012
= Articles =
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References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6XX8ewcxMA Nuala Gregory] talking about her experiences at University of Auckland, via YouTube
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