Julianne Nash

Bio:

Julianne Nash (b. 1991, Massachusetts) is a New York City based artist. She received her MFA in Photography Video and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts (2018), where was awarded the Assistantship Scholarship for two consecutive years, and the Alumni Scholarship; she received her BFA in Photography from Massachusetts College of Art and Design with Departmental Honors (2013). Julianne’s current work utilizes algorithmic digital collage techniques to create densely layered landscapes that seek to understand our ineffable climate crisis on a micro scale. Julianne was listed as a finalist in the NYSCA/NYFA Fellowship for Photography (2019). Her most notable exhibitions include "Place Title Here" at the Plaxall Gallery (NY) and "Ad Astra Per Aspera" at The Wassaic Project (NY). She participated in the REPOPULATIONS show at the Broadway Stages Gallery in conjunction with NoOSPHER Arts, which was an official Climate Week event (2019). Julianne’s work was published in Lyle Rexer’s acclaimed book, “The Critical Eye: Fifteen Pictures to Understand Photography” (Intellect, 2019). Her self published artist book, Agglomeration, can be viewed at the School of Visual Arts Library in their Artist/Rare Book Collection. In 2021, Julianne was an artist in resident at Tiny Birch Residency (VT) and The Eastern Frontier Society’s Norton Island Residency (ME).

Artist Statement:

From the ongoing series "The Exiles", in which I create landscapes indicative of the trauma we all store in our bodies. The Internal Family Systems therapy model states that dissociation occurs on a continuum, in which the self-system breaks down. The betrayal and rejection abused children feel from their caregivers permeates all aspects of their mind, body and soul. This burden becomes toxic; parts of ourselves that that we need to deny -- and protect-- at all costs. These dark parts of our souls are called the exiles. The protectors keep the toxic pain of memories, sensations, beliefs and emotions associated with the trauma locked away at all costs. When addressing these dark places, I began to fabricate landscapes to visualize my own exiles. These images are of no place in reality, rather are meticulously collaged photographs to create a place in the subconscious.