KATHLEEN QUIGLEY
MFA ’25 Fine Arts Low-Residency
My video practice, exemplified by “Ocean”, is a direct, embodied response to the unresolvable experiences of ambiguous loss. Through the simple act of enduring the ocean’s force, I use my own body to archive the heaviness of perplexing pain and grief that remains suspended in absence without death, presence without connection, and change without ritual. In these visceral performances, I don’t seek to explain loss, but to remain with it, creating a space where the act of witnessing becomes a path to recognize shared experiences and of finding meaning in sitting with suffering.
Kathleen Quigley is an artist and educator from the Boston area, traditionally trained in figurative drawing and sculpture. She has been working in the domain of the body for decades. Her current work is conceptual in nature,and employs video, writing and performance. Her work is informed by early experiences of navigating the social spaces of a large family, and its experiential themes stem from managing chronic pain with modalities including biofeedback and movement. Kathleen is a current MFA cadidate at MassArt, where she teaches figurative drawing and sculpting to animation majors. Kathleen holds a BFA in Illustration from the University of the Arts, Pennsylvania.
