Working from her home and studio in Ōhinehou Lyttelton, Nichola Shanley makes work that returns rarefied glass-cased objects to the living spaces of people’s homes. Shanley’s cross-disciplinary work is often domestic in scale and material – vases, lamps, silks, ceramics – becoming household vessels for the lore of her practice.
The Agnes Dei Collection calls on Shanley’s inner world and her attraction to the rub of contradiction: the sacred and the profane, pagan and Catholic motifs and memories, the simplicity of a white porcelain body and the obscurity of densely layered black stain. She excavates literature, myth, magic and her own mind, combining her findings into a luxurious visual language that is as much about ‘making’ as ‘meaning.’
Opening from 5pm Friday 21 February 2025
Exhibiting 22 February – 6 April 2025
Sir Miles Warren Gallery, 65 Cambridge Terrace, Ōtautahi Christchurch