Therese Mulgrew

THERESE MULGREW is an artist based in Chicago, IL who creates large-scale portraits and nostalgic still lifes in oil paint. Influenced by her mother's surrealist paintings and her grandmother's impressionist works, Thérèse has developed a style th...

THERESE MULGREW is an artist based in Chicago, IL who creates large-scale portraits and nostalgic still lifes in oil paint. Influenced by her mother's surrealist paintings and her grandmother's impressionist works, Thérèse has developed a style that draws inspiration from film, photography, and fashion. Expressive and thought-provoking, Thérèse's work distills her various interests into paintings that illustrate the human experience. She uses film shoots as a way to gather reference materials for her paintings. By collaborating with filmmakers and styling the shoots herself, Thérèse is able to capture her artistic vision. Her work, both sensual and existential, explores the complications of love, vulnerability, and intimacy. Thérèse received a degree in English literature from the University of Iowa, where she also took studio art classes, and later moved to New York City to work in the fashion industry while studying at the Art Students League and the New York Studio School of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture.