Artist:
Nicola Murray
Title:Conjecture
Medium:Lithograph
Image size (cm) h x w: 29 x 42cm
Edition size: 20
I am interested in the relationship between art and science. Public perception of science and scientists appears to fluctuate between extremes of suspicion and blind faith.
The ‘white-coat’ might be seen as visual shorthand for scientific authority and time-tested expertise, but it can also be perceived as a symbol of something more sinister. The term ‘mad-scientist’ evokes fictional characters like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. My lithograph plays with these opposing perceptions.
Scientific knowledge of the world is constantly on the increase, with rapid developments in our tools of investigation. Ethical and philosophical questions abound as we begin to understand the fundamental mechanisms of life itself. Faced with a continued scientific unravelling of nature I hope that there will always be things that can’t be explained. A gap in our knowledge leaves room for poetry and a sense of wonder that we exist at all.
C.V.
Education
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art BFA (Hons) Drawing and Painting
Aberdeen University BSc (Hons) Biology
Solo
Exhibitions
2002 Anatomy of Absence, Glasgow Print Studio, Gallery 2
2001 Translations, Edinburgh Printmakers
2000 —Translations,—Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain.Re-Fuel,
Commissioned site-specific work, Harvey Rd Service Station, Derby.
1996 Seven, Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh.
Residencies
Hospitalfield Visual Arts Residency, Hospitalfield House, Arbroath
Awards
Studio Time Prize, Dundee Contemporary Arts
Solo Show Prize, 19th mini Print International, Cadaques Spain.
Photography Prize, Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network (SCRAN),John
Kinross Travelling Scholarship, RSA
1992 Macallan Award , RSA Student Exhibition
Keith Prize, RSA Annual Exhibition
Collections
Paintings in Hospitals Scotland, RSA John Kinross Collection, University
of West England, Taller Galeria Fort, Barcelona, Spain
Dundee Contemporary Arts, Abertay University, Dundee University
Highland Distillers