Christine Gallagher is a self-taught figurative artist from the Northwest of England, whose work centres on broken and abandoned dolls, using them as symbols of memory, loss, and resilience.
Working across painting, drawing, and mixed media, Christine's practice is informed by personal emotional challenges and an enduring interest in the fragile boundary between discomfort and beauty.
Following a two-year artist residency at University of Chester, Christine is preparing to begin a Fine Art degree there in 2026.
She lives in Chester with her husband and rescue dog.
Biography
Put simply, I create feelings in paint, mixed media, and sculpture using dolls and objects of sentiment to tell stories about the human condition. Incorporating old-world imagery, such as vintage wallpaper designs, I am aiming to create metaphors for memory and shared history of growing up in working-class Britain through the 1970s and 80s, which, for me, was a particularly emotionally turbulent time.
My aim is principally to manage my own complex emotions but also to forge a deeper connection and to reach out to those like me who are perhaps seeking solace and comfort in the things we hold dear, yet live on the periphery of our collective vision.
Through my practice, I aim to open conversations that nurture connection in a world marked by division and ideological difference. I am drawn to the ways objects can hold memory, unsettle and console, and prompt us to reconsider what we value and why.
I am often told that my work can be difficult to look at, and it is certainly challenging. Nevertheless, I hope that beauty can be found for most in the fragility of its spirit.
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