Nicola Whelan
Of Curiosities
Nicola Whelan's work explores barriers to our reading of and connection with, both the public and private archive. Her analogue series 'Of Curiosities' deals with physical barriers within the public archive of the museum. Through the use of a formal photographic style her work investigates how the rigid aesthetic formality inherent within the traditional museum display affects are ability to connect with its preserved contents. Her Polaroid series 'Of Memories' investigates narrative barriers within the private archive of our own personal traumatic memories. This work develops the notion of the photograph as a trigger for both voluntary and involuntary memory and explores the idea of the temporality inherent within the photograph as a means of coping with grief.
Gerry Blake • Mary D'Arcy • Serena Kitt • Catherine Lennon • James Lillis • Leon McAleenan • Aisling McCoy • Alison McDonnell • David Murphy • Kelly O'Brien • Andrew O'Dwyer • Nicola Whelan •
Blackpool and the Fylde College
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Brighton
BA (Hons) Photography
Mid Cheshire College
Foundation Degree Contemporary Photography
University of Chester
BA (Hons) Photography
Cleveland College of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Cumbria
BA (Hons) Photography
De Montfort University
BA (Hons) Photography and Video
University of Derby
BA (Hons) Photography
Edinburgh College of Art
BA (Hons) Photography
University College Falmouth
BA (Hons) Photography
University for the Creative Arts Farnham
BA (Hons) Photography
Glasgow School of Art
BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography
Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media
Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media (Part Time)
Hereford College of Arts
BA (Hons) Photography
Hereford College of Arts
FDA Photography
The National College of Art & Design
Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging
University of Wales, Newport
BA (Hons) Photographic Art
University of Plymouth
BA (Hons) Photography
Portsmouth University
BA (Hons) Photography
Staffordshire University
FDA Creative & Cultural Industries, Digital Media
Swansea Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts