Tara Nicholson: Arctic Claims

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Tara Nicholson, "ArcticStation Lab, Greenland (detail)," 2015

limited-edition, pigment print.

Opening Reception Thursday, June 8 at 7pm

Artist Talk: Sunday, June 11, 2-4pm | Free, everyone 

In 2015, Tara Nicholson travelled to Western Greenland to produce a new body of work exploring climate change research, based at the University of Copenhagen Arctic Station. In 2017, she has travelled to Inuvik to record and study alongside climate scientists in Canada’s north. Nicholson’s work reveals the aesthetic of taxonomies – the processes of collection and classification that develop scientific data, helping us understand what is occurring in our changing environment.

Nicholson’s photographic exhibition also draws connections between the artist’s studio and scientific lab. “I am interested in exploring links between scientific and creative thought and visualizing elements within climate research, as my images depict the Arctic Circle not as an untouched vista, but as an active site for discovery. I am interested in de-cloaking scientific spaces, collaborating with scientists and documenting these sites of innovation amongst the landscape of the Arctic,” she explains in her artist statement.

Tara Nicholson received a BFA from Ryerson University, Toronto, and an MFA from Concordia University, Montreal. She has exhibited and attended residencies internationally and has been an instructor at the University of Victoria since 2010. She lives and works in Victoria, BC.