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As an artist and writer, I am always looking for a feeling, a phrase, a story, the catalysts that inspire my work. I step up to the easel and work intuitively with colors, shapes, textures, and gestural drawing.
Most recently, my work has been in the tradition of abstract expressionism with heavy reliance upon drip making and mark making. Between multiple layers of paint, colors shift and words or calligraphic marks weave in and out with mystery and emotion, often evoking a dialogue between the real and the imagined.
As I begin the quest for resolution, I use a host of mixed media processes: acrylic paint, collage, graphite, charcoal, colored pencils, oil sticks. With time, luck, and patience, my story begins to unfold on the canvas. My hope is, that somewhere between the obvious and the hidden, viewers will be enticed to create their own stories.
Most recently, my work has been in the tradition of abstract expressionism with heavy reliance upon drip making and mark making. Between multiple layers of paint, colors shift and words or calligraphic marks weave in and out with mystery and emotion, often evoking a dialogue between the real and the imagined.
As I begin the quest for resolution, I use a host of mixed media processes: acrylic paint, collage, graphite, charcoal, colored pencils, oil sticks. With time, luck, and patience, my story begins to unfold on the canvas. My hope is, that somewhere between the obvious and the hidden, viewers will be enticed to create their own stories.
"There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain."
George Braque
EXHIBITIONS/AWARDS
August, 2010, Where the Gypsy Lives, Duke Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
July, 2010, Finalist, Abstract/Experimental Category, The Artist’s Magazine 27th Annual Art Competition; Cathy Woo, Juror, artist, author and instructor
July, 2010, New Member Exhibition, Artspace Artists Association, Raleigh, N.C.
June and July, 2010, Contemporary Trends, Capital Bank Plaza, Fayetteville Street Mall, Raleigh, N.C.
June, 2010, 53rd National Juried Art Show, Rocky Mount Arts Center; Amy Freeman, Juror, Studio Figurative Painter
May, 2010, 3rd Place, Arts Council of Wayne County's 31st Annual National Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Goldsboro, N.C.; Ali Borchardt, Juror, Director of Education at Columbia Museum of Art
March, 2010, Award of Distinction, 2nd Place, New Works: A Juried Exhibition of Works by Members of the Artspace Artists Association, Raleigh, N.C.; Harriett Green, Juror, Visual Arts Director of the South Carolina Arts Commission
March, 2010, First Place People’s Choice Award, First Friday, Artspace Artists Association, Raleigh, N.C.
March, 2010, Honorable Mention, Draw the Line, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, N.C.; artist Megan Sullivan, Juror
March, 2010, Featured Artist in Front Gallery, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, N.C.
February, 2010, Two-Person Contemporary Show, Nicole’s Studio and Gallery, Raleigh, N.C.
January, 2010, Recipient of 2010 Regional Artist Project Grant, United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, Raleigh, N.C.November, 2009, Runner up, People's Choice Awards, First Friday, Artspace Artists Association, Raleigh, N.C.
October, 2009, North Carolina State Fair, Professional Category, Juror, Carla Hanzal, Curator of Contemporary Art, Mint Museum of Art
October, 2009, Group Exhibition, Raleigh Convention Center
October, 2009, Alchemy, Visual Art Exchange; Lope Max Diaz, Juror, former Associate Professor of Art and Design at the N.C. State University College of Design
October, 2009, Juried Membership into Artspace Artists Association, Raleigh, NC.
September and October, 2009, Primary Colors Exhibit, Capital Bank Plaza, Fayetteville Street Mall, Raleigh
July, 2009, Seeing Red, Visual Art Exchange; Aly Khalifa, Juror, Owner, Product and Engineering Director of Gamil Design and Founding Member of Designbox
May, 2009, Fine Arts League of Cary, 15th Annual Juried Art Exhibition; F. Lennox Campello, Juror, Artist and Art Critic
May, 2009, Merit Award, 52nd National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount Arts Center; Anne Lemanski, Juror, Sculptor and Writer
May, 2009, Unfettered, Visual Art Exchange; Mario Gallucci, Juror, Curatorial Assistant, Greenhill Center for NC Art in Greensboro
March, 2009, Honorable Mention,The Artist's Magazine's All-Media Online Competition
March, 2009, Western Wake Artists Studio Tour
February, 2009, Featured Artist in Front Gallery, Visual Art Exchange
February, 2009, Western Wake Artists Studio Tour Exhibit, Cary Town Hall
January, 2009, Ladies Night Out Little Black Dress Exhibit, Fayetteville Museum of Art
October, 2008, North Carolina State Fair, Professional Category
October, 2008, 18th Annual Works of Heart Juried Live Auction; John Acorn, Juror, former Chairman of the Art Department, Clemson University; Xandra Eden, Juror, Curator at Weatherspoon Art Museum; Tom Grubb, Juror, Executive Director of the Fayetteville Museum of Art
July, 2008, Microcosmos, Visual Art Exchange; Robin Greene, Juror, Poet & Professor of Writing, Methodist University
April, 2008, Fine Arts League of Cary, 14th Annual Juried Art Exhibition; Gina Cavallo Collins, Juror, Coordinator of Statewide Exhibitions, Virginia Museum of Fine Art
February, 2008, Tales I Have Known, Visual Art Exchange
January, 2008, RE: No Subject, Visual Art Exchange; Bill Thelen, Juror, Director of Lump Gallery & Projects
October, 2007, North Carolina State Fair, Professional Category
Representation
Nicole's Studio & Art Gallery
715 N. Person Street
Raleigh, N.C. 27604
(919) 838-8580
nicolesstudio@bellsouth.net
BIOGRAPHY
2008 Intensive Studies Seminar, Taos, New Mexico, with:
Fall, 2007, Spring, 2008, and Spring, 2009, Art critique workshops with Ben Williams
Other workshops:
University of North Carolina at Asheville, BA, Cum Laude
2008 Intensive Studies Seminar, Taos, New Mexico, with:
Fran Larsen
Alex Powers
Skip Lawrence
Katherine Chang Liu
Christopher Schink
Fall, 2007, Spring, 2008, and Spring, 2009, Art critique workshops with Ben Williams
Other workshops:
Steven Aimone
Mary Todd Beam
Mary Todd Beam
Carrie Burns Brown
Robert Burridge
Robert & Kate Burridge
Jason Craighead
Katherine Chang Liu
Jason Craighead
Katherine Chang Liu
Gerry Lynch
Nancy Marple
Nancy Marple
Marilyn Hughey Phillis
Bob Rankin
Bob Rankin
University of North Carolina at Asheville, BA, Cum Laude