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Moyna Flannigan

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Originally from Edinburgh, Moyna Flannigan is currently regarded as one of Scotland's leading figurative painters. Her shrewd and ironic observations of modern humanity and society finds a focus in her work that is fully and assuredly her own.
Flannigan paints portraits of fictitious figures in oil paints and watercolours. Some of her characters appear to be more or less everyday people, but others are disturbing or ambiguous in appearance, while still others are highly alluring. Instead of working from models or photographs, Flannigan's fictitious characters arise from her imagination, vigorously nourished by her recollections of everyday life. For Flannigan, the process of painting a portrait extends over many months; it entails a search to identify a particular character and a notional context for him or her. Brought into the imaging of her characters are every kind of detail with regard to social status, class, family and relationships and sex. Her works are not portraits at all in fact, but visualisations of a collective consciousness.

Flannigan studied at the Edinburgh College of Art, UK and Yale University School of Art, USA. Flanning has participated in numerous exhibitions in the United Kingdom and abroad, including in the Scottisch National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (2010),Doggersisher, Edinburgh (2006) and several shows at Sahar Merltzer Gallery, New York and at Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam. She participated in group exhibitions at The Andy Warhol Museum, Pitssburgh (2010), the Scottisch National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (2009 en 2008), the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow (2003).