Moyna Flannigan

Moyna Flannigan (born 1963) is a Scottish artist working primarily in drawing, collage and painting.

Flannigan is best known for her imagined paintings of women in psychologically charged situations. "The real subject of my paintings is space, both physical and psychological. [...] Space in a painting is not simply an environment for action; it’s a place with formal relationships that have inherent hidden meaning."

Education and teaching Flannigan was born in Kirkcaldy in 1963. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Edinburgh College of Art in 1985 and a Master of Fine Art from Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut in 1987. Formerly a lecturer in painting at Glasgow School of Art (1995 - 2005), Flannigan was a teaching fellow at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh (2015–2019).

Influences The Glasgow Herald in 2014, at the time of her Generations show, Flannigan discussed drawing inspiration from the work of surrealist sculptor Alberto Giacometti. His work Femme égorgée (Woman With Her Throat Cut) "fed its way into her subconscious".

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions Girl With Tear, A-M-G5, Glasgow, 2019 Tear, NOW, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Edinburgh, 2018–19 earth sky body, Gimpel Fils, London, 2015 white heart beating, Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, 2015 Stare, part of GENERATION: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, 2014 Dressed To Kill, City Art Centre, Edinburgh, 2013 Teasers, Selected Works from the Pizzuti Collection by Women Artists, Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 2012 Pincushion, a Polarcap Exhibition, John Gray Centre, Haddington, Scotland, 2012 Twisted Sister, Dodge Gallery, New York, 2012 A Parliament of Lines, City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2012 To Have a Voice, Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, 2012 VANHUIT HIER – OUT OF HERE: The Collectors Show, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands 2011 Melting Point, Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, 2011 Playboy Redux: Contemporary Artists Interpret the Iconic Playboy Bunny, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, USA, 2010 Moyna Flannigan/Julie Roberts, Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2009 What you see is where you're at: Part 1, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 2009 Strike A Pose, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, 2009 Moyna Flannigan, Isabel Nolan, Hanneline Visnes, doggerfisher, Edinburgh, UK, 2009 The Fool, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK, 2009 Summer Exhibition 2009, (Invited Artist), Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2009 Maternity: Images of Motherhood, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 2008 Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortions of the Human Form in Art from the Logan Collection, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, USA, 2008 Welcome Home, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, 2006 Moyna Flannigan, Gerben Mulder, Albrecht Schnider, Andrei Roiter, Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, 2004 The Birthday Party, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, 2004 The Drawing Project, Vamiali's Gallery, Athens, 2004 Solar Lunar, doggerfisher, Edinburgh, 2004 Rendered, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, 2003 The Company We Keep, Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas, 2003 Moyna Flannigan, Gerben Mulder, Elke Krystufek, Ronald Versloot, Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, 2003 Love Over Gold: Works from the Collection of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, 2003 New, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 2002 New: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary British Art, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 2002 Beuys to Hirst: Art Works at the Deutsche Bank, Dean Gallery, Edinburgh, 2001 Here and Now: Scottish Art 1990-2001, DCA, Dundee, Scotland, 2001 Open Country: Contemporary Scottish Artists, Musáe cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Switzerland, 2001 Annäherung an das Portrait: Moyna Flannigan, Konrad Klapheck & Monica Castillo, Galerie Albrecht, Munich, 2000 Moyna Flannigan & Chantal Joffe, Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, 2000

Selected publications and reviews 2007 Crichton Stuart, Anthony. Moyna Flannigan: An Intervention at Mount Stuart, Mount Stuart Visual Arts Programme, Isle of Bute [catalogue]

2006 Dannatt, Adrian. Moyna Flannigan Paintings 1998–2006. Edinburgh. Doggerfisher [catalogue]

2006 Clark, Robert. "Moyna Flannigan, Edinburgh." The Guardian, August 19: 36

2005 Monaghan, Helen. "New York, Moyna Flannigan, Sara Meltzer Gallery 7 Apr - 14 May, MAP, Issue 2/Summer 2005

2004 Lapham, Lewis. "Moyna Flannigan", Harper's Magazine, November, p. 23

2004 Boyce, Martin. "Moyna Flannigan" Scotland on Sunday, Critics' Choice, May 9

2004 Hartley, Keith. "Once upon our time: Portrait Miniatures by Moyna Flannigan", The National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh [catalogue]

2003 Herbert, Martin. "Moyna Flannigan", Frieze Art Fair Yearbook 2003, London [catalogue]

2003 Chambers, Christopher. "Moyna Flannigan," FlashArt, July–September, p. 67

2002 Mulholland, Neil. "Moyna Flannigan," FlashArt, November–December

2001Tufnell, Rob and Katrina M. Brown, Here and Now: Scottish Art 1990–2001, DCA, Dundee [catalogue]

2001 Nicod, Caroline, et al. Open Country - Scotland: Contemporary Scottish Artists, Musee cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Switzerland [catalogue]

2001 Hartley, Keith. Locale, City Art Centre, Edinburgh [catalogue]

1999 Marlow, Tim. The NatWest Art Prize 1999, Lothbury Gallery, London [catalogue]

1997 Mania, Patrizia. Fine Art Scholars 1997, British Art School at Rome [catalogue]

1996 Kingston, Angela. Moyna Flannigan, Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow [catalogue]