The Domus Artist Residency is pleased to welcome you for the February Open Studio of the In_Residence programme.
You are invited to join us on Friday, February 27th, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM,to explore the research and work of our current residents,
Jacqueline Ferrante and Ciana Taylor.
Jacqueline Ferrante is a visual artist based in New York and Italy. Her work explores place, memory, and the passage of time through mark-making with natural materials sourced from the land. Rooted in a dialogue with the landscape, her practice reflects the beauty of imperfection and the quiet stories embedded in its surfaces.
"During my time at DOMUS, my work has been shaped through lived experience, observation, and slow contact with the city. I am engaging with surfaces, sounds, and moments of exchange - through touch and trace, alongside audio gathered from surfaces as I work and from conversations within the community. Being in Galatina has drawn me toward the stories of tarantismo and toward movement as something uncontrollable, excessive, and necessary. I’m interested in how the body releases what it can no longer hold - whether named as illness, hysteria, trauma, or something else entirely. The work remains open, unfolding through attention, encounter, and time."
Ciana Taylor is a London-based Irish artist whose moving-image practice blends archival research, performance, and installation to explore belief systems, cultural memory, and the lingering influence of Ireland’s religious past. She builds immersive environments that draw viewers into questions of identity, history, and contemporary ritual.
"During my residency at DOMUS, I have been developing a video work, Egragore, while experimenting with sculptural forms for a larger installation. The project is shaped by the town’s architecture and the visibility of religious ritual in everyday space. My research into the Taranta is currently informing the conceptual direction of the work.
I am also interested in the parallels between Italian and Irish culture, particularly in shared religious visual languages, folklore, and communal traditions. The recurring motif of the spider functions as a symbol of the female body - feared yet protective, vulnerable and generative. a figure that holds together ideas of creation, containment, and transformation"
