I am concerned with the nature and construction of ideas - how they are made visible and how time affects their communication. I am particularly drawn to the way that ideology places constraints on body and mind, individual and society. This results in work that oscillates between movement and stillness. The same idea may exist in more than one medium, translated across sculpture, performance, image or text. There’s an implicit tension between history and the contemporary there too, as I move between expression and echo and back again. Archives and art history are frequent reference points. I allow the idea to dictate medium, method and material; the inter-disciplinary nature of my work leads to a variety of collaborations – currently with Adam Smyth, Professor of English Literature and the History of the Book and previously with composer Ailís Ní Ríain; artist/curator Garth Gratrix; art historian Sara Riccardi; choreographer/dancer Chloe Aligianni; writer/critic Michael Hampton and photographer Stephen Iles amongst others.
I have recently exhibited and/or performed with: Begehungen Festival, Chemnitz, DE; Proforma, Salford, UK; The Grundy, Blackpool, UK; Echo Echo, Derry, NI; Backlit, Nottingham, UK; Corte Super Nova, Venice, IT; Leeds Arts University, UK; The Portico, Manchester, UK; International 3, Salford, UK; Oriel Davies, Wales; MOSTYN, Wales; Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK; Manchester Central Library, UK; Open Eye, Liverpool, UK; The Whitworth, Manchester, UK; Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham, UK and Manchester Art Gallery, UK. I have completed residencies with The School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at The University of Manchester, UK; Lazio Museums Centre (Research and Catalogue Office), Rome, IT; Chisenhale Studios, London, UK; The Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida, USA; ARUK Centre of Excellence in Epidemiology at The University of Manchester, UK; National Arts Education Archive at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK and Shanghai College of Fine Arts, CH amongst others. My work is held in institutional collections, including John Rylands Library, UK; The University of Manchester, UK and Tate’s artist book archive, as well private collections in Europe and the USA. I have a permanent sculpture at The Radclyffe School, Oldham, UK. I trained at Manchester School of Art, UK.
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I have recently exhibited and/or performed with: Begehungen Festival, Chemnitz, DE; Proforma, Salford, UK; The Grundy, Blackpool, UK; Echo Echo, Derry, NI; Backlit, Nottingham, UK; Corte Super Nova, Venice, IT; Leeds Arts University, UK; The Portico, Manchester, UK; International 3, Salford, UK; Oriel Davies, Wales; MOSTYN, Wales; Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK; Manchester Central Library, UK; Open Eye, Liverpool, UK; The Whitworth, Manchester, UK; Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham, UK and Manchester Art Gallery, UK. I have completed residencies with The School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at The University of Manchester, UK; Lazio Museums Centre (Research and Catalogue Office), Rome, IT; Chisenhale Studios, London, UK; The Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida, USA; ARUK Centre of Excellence in Epidemiology at The University of Manchester, UK; National Arts Education Archive at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK and Shanghai College of Fine Arts, CH amongst others. My work is held in institutional collections, including John Rylands Library, UK; The University of Manchester, UK and Tate’s artist book archive, as well private collections in Europe and the USA. I have a permanent sculpture at The Radclyffe School, Oldham, UK. I trained at Manchester School of Art, UK.
nicoladale (at) protonmail (dot) com
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