Nicole Manning - The Gates Are Yet to Open

Following a studio residency at Draíocht, Dublin-based artist Nicole Manning presents her first solo exhibition, bringing together new large-scale paintings, sculptures and drawings.

Drawing on mythology, allegory and self-portraiture, Manning constructs dreamlike worlds inhabited by figures, animals and symbolic forms. Set within imagined landscapes and spaces of refuge, her work explores the relationship between body and mind, memory, vulnerability and the instinct for self-protection.

Rooted in personal experience, her works consider how emotional and psychological states become embodied, giving visual expression to experiences of pain, uncertainty and resilience.