THERESA NANIGIAN. I WILL BE A PHENOMENON.

LAUNCHED 1 DECEMBER 2008.

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Nanigian’s ‘I will be a Phenomenon’ sets the tone of this new project for Dublin, presenting work in alternative ways, and initially eschewing the need for traditional art spaces. Nanigian’s poster. looks at the role of the artist in a humorous yet disarmingly honest way, composing a private manifesto of often competing and contradictory fears, hopes and aspirations.

THERESA NANIGIAN was born in Maryland, USA and lives and works in Dublin.

Nanigian received a BA in Business Administration at Babson College and an MBA at Columbia University. Her business career encompassed a number of positions including management consulting at McKinsey & Company and running a worldwide technology division at American Express where she was a Senior Vice President.

She then returned to university and received a BFA from the Dublin Institute of Technology and an MFA in New Media from the National College of Art and Design. Nanigian’s work has recently been included in solo exhibitions in the Void Art Centre (Derry), the Butler Art Gallery (Kilkenny) and in the Concourse Installation Series (Dun Laoghaire), as well as, in group exhibitions including Art in the Life World (Dublin), Is Mise Ireland (Shanghai & Beijing), EASTinternational 2006 (Norwich), Tulca 06 (Galway), Damaged Collateral (Derry), live (Frankfort) and The Happiest Country in the World (Dublin & Brittany).

Nanigian is currently working on a commission for the Wicklow County Council’s Percent for Arts Programme, and participating in “Unit”, a residency funded by the Laois Arts Council. For more information on the artist: www.theresananigian.com