Fine Arts
I. About the Artist
II. 2D Gallery
III. 3D Gallery
IV. Installation Gallery
V. Artist CV
I. About the Artist
Taralynn Gilligan an interdisciplinary artist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a graduate of the University of the Arts, where she earned her BFA degree in Fine Arts with a focus in Sculpture. Provocative and confrontational, her work engages with socio-political issues plaguing the United States, critiquing them through a feminist lens. Whether representational, abstract, or a fusion of both, her work seeks to challenge prevailing cultural narratives while exploring the depths of contemporary self-portraiture. Working across various media, her artistic practice encompasses painting, multi-media sculpture, and installation. In addition, as a songwriter and the front-woman of the alternative rock band The Angies, Gilligan’s musical endeavors complement and amplify the feminist themes and bodily imagery explored in her visual art.
II. 2D Gallery
I am Gonna Get Your Heavy Head, 2025
Oil on canvas
24 x 28 in.
Available
Men’s Room, 2022
Oil on Canvas
18 x 24 in.
Available
III. 3D Gallery
I am Just a Hole to You, 2023
Mixed-media sculpture: Repurposed fabric (exterior), plaster, acrylic paint, repurposed plastic (interior), yarn
50 x 30 x 14 in.
Available
Autonomy Fragment: Gender Reveal Party, 2023
Mixed-media sculpture: Repurposed fabric, yarn, ribbon, canvas, acrylic paint
14 x 44 x 8 in.
Available
Autonomy Fragment: Optics, 2023
Mixed-media sculpture: Repurposed fabric and clothing, chain, steel, wire, yarn, acrylic paint
15 x 15 x 13 in.
Available
Autonomy Fragment: Vulva, 2023
Mixed-media sculpture: Repurposed fabric and plastic, yarn, canvas, acrylic paint, liquid latex, silicone, foam
38 x 48 x 3 in.
Available
Autonomy Fragment: Autonomy, 2023
Mixed-media sculpture: Repurposed fabric and clothing, yarn, thread, mesh, oil pastel, acrylic paint
34 x 24 x 17 in.
Available
Containing Pure Excitement Leads to Far Too Many Dreams, 2024
Immersive mixed-media installation comprised of the following works:
My Body, the Machine, 2024
Mixed-media installation: Steel armature, repurposed paper, plastic and fabric, cardboard, various craft materials, liquid latex, acrylic paint, remnants of previous student work
120 x 120 x 72 in.
In My Womb, 2023
Mixed-media sculpture: Repurposed fabric, yarn, repurposed paper and plastic as stuffing
132 x 48 x 18 in.
IV. Installation Gallery
Autonomy, 2023
Mixed-media installation: Repurposed fabric, repurposed plastic, assorted craft materials, chains, liquid latex, acrylic paint, stuffing
48 x 144 x 48 in.
V. Artist CV
Education
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2024 B.F.A. Sculpture
Exhibitions
2025 To Be Continued… The Legacy of Uarts Faculty and Alumni, Atelier Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2025 Doom Group Art Show, Doom Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2025 ‘She Creates’ Virtual Exhibition, Women in Arts Network
2025 Not Aspiring to Be Humble, 119 North Weatherly, Minneapolis, MN
2025 Yarga Exhibit, Nikki Lopez, Philadelphia, PA
2024 Masters of the Macabre, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2024 Ephemeral, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Senior Works in Progress Show, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Post, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Rising, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Highly Selective, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Sophomore Show, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Awards
2024 Sculpture Faculty Prize, University of the Arts, PA
2024 Rosalie Borowsky Belkin Award in Fibers, University of the Arts, PA
2020 Distinguished Scholar/Artist Scholarship, University of the Arts, PA