This exhbition took place at the same time as the Level Best exhibition (August 2022), each exhibition housed some of the body of work from the Artist-Teacher-Researcher-Student collection.
The work explores themes of a multifaceted identity. Within these texts, I am working out who I am as an artist-teacher but also as a researcher and postgraduate student. The works employ the use of purple, reflecting the thoughts of Alan Thornton (2013), an artist-teacher who ten years ago asserted in a colour mixing metaphor that artists are red, teachers are blue, and thus artist-teachers and purple.
The work intends to make visible inner thoughts, feelings, and experiences. With the hope that others will resonate with them. The topic is focused on my grappling with a multifaceted identity. I hope it has a wonder reach and prompts others to consider their many identities too, artist-teacher-researcher-student, or otherwise.
You can find out more about my PhD research here: https://www.nua.ac.uk/study-at-nua/research/research-degrees/students/abbie-cairns
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