About me

Brief Biography

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Nadia Mirghani

Is a contemporary artist currently based in South Essex

working in a number of media including painting, illustration , photography,  video and installation

and inspired by psychoanalysis and existentialist ideas.

email: nadiamirghani@outlook.com

Website: https://nadiamirghani.wixsite.com

Instagram: artspurr

 

 

Artist Statement

 

I would say my work is mainly about sublimation, or at least an attempt at sublimation.

I am interested in the psychology behind the creative instinct and find myself most connected to art generated by subconscious and free association techniques.

My work seeks to create a sense of rhythm and rapport between the mental process and its visual outcomes. I employ art psychotherapy techniques, meditative practices and my own writing as a basis for inspiration and a way of transcending boundaries between internal impression and external expression.

Art as a hardwired intuitive seeking system, holds particular fascination and I am often in a process of discovery, conversation and negotiation with myself and my field of experiment during the practice.

My work is often preoccupied with the idea of channelling organic instincts and images as honestly and spontaneously as possible, whatever form they may take.

It is perhaps due to this reason I don’t feel a need to identify with the limits of a particular medium or style other than that available to me at the time I am creating.

Analysis of my work  is constantly informed by psychoanalytic research and art therapy goals, I have identified recurring themes of harmony and discord, isolation and belonging or simply seeking a more ‘flow’ based sense of being in the world.

Many of my paintings are in constant development, as i often find myself returning to them to add and in a way find the 'missing' elements that make them whole.

My illustrations are often narrative driven figurative forms, created through a combination of simple lines and decorative mark making techniques.

While my paintings are largely abstract and gestural works reflecting the forms of natural elements or evoking a state of mind.

Although I can’t say I have followed one particular artist, I have taken inspiration from the style and ethos of Surrealist and abstract expressionists such as Rene Magritte, Lee Krasner, Georgia O’keef and Louise Bourgeois; Their ability to communicate a hidden and mysterious depth and meaning behind the work.

I first became fascinated by automatic response in art a few years ago and have since then used this method to organically unlock subconscious ideas within an unplanned or slightly pre-planned structure.

Regarding my own experience of Unconscious techniques, I find the use of automatic and meditative processes key to creating spontaneous and authentic art. These ‘stream of consciousness’ techniques are often revealing in terms of yielding both habitual mental patterns and unanticipated creative outcomes.

I believe my own experience of psychoanalysis has benefitted me in both terms of wellbeing and artistic discipline and I find the Jungian, and more current, idea of the Unconscious as the basis of creativity and transformation a particularly appealing one.

I allow myself to employ the subconscious while keeping aware of the reasons both positive and negative behind this approach.

Combining intuition and spontaneity with a preconceived aesthetic drives me to keep experimenting with materials and techniques and find new ways of relating within my practice.

 

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CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Name:                  

Nadia Mirghani

 

Education:         

South Essex College of Further and Higher Education, BA (Hons) Fine Art September 2019– Present.

Art Psychotherapy Level 1, Open University, September 2018 - 2019

South Essex of Further and Higher Education, Access to Art and Design, September 2015 - 2016.

CELTA Cambridge Certificate, British Council, Doha, July 2000 – October 2000

 

Employment:

Private English Tutor, Tianjin , China, April 2006 - 2012

PA,  Anadarko, Doha, Qatar, June 2001 - 2004

Health and Safety Assistant , British Petroleum, Doha, Qatar, June 1999-2001

Doha Photography Studio, Doha Qatar, October 1997  - 1998

English Teacher, A Dorah Boys School, Khartoum, Sudan January 1994-1996

 

Abilities:

Vocational, Academic and organizational. Ability towards creative self-directed work.

Ability to teach concepts and relate to a diverse people from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

 

Referees:

Rodney Sharkey

Title : Associate Professor, Wiell-Cornell Medical Collage, Qatar

Address : WCMQ, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha.  Post Code 24144

 tel: +974 44928225  Mobile: +974 55233513

email: rxs2001@qatar-med.cornell.edu

 

Dr Iman M Elhag

 

Title: Consultant Psychiatrist,

Address: Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust,

The Coppice, Marmalade Lane, Bristol BS4 5BJ

Mobile:  07780702390

email: imelhag@hotmail.com