Statement:

The three basic symbols of a house, a path, and a tree are the inspiration for my "To Your House..." and "You Are Here" series of painting, drawings, and installations. Through repetition of these images and the exploration of mark making and materials lively and curious environments are created. The jumbled landscapes are often humming with a chaotic harmony, much like the world we live in. These archetypal images conjure up notions of a journey, life-path, enlightenment, stability, upheaval, and longing, reflecting some of our innermost fears and desires.

I am also interested in extracting from the notion of drawing and collage and applying it to painting, thus narrowing the gap between them. In the installations I am interested in taking the viewer inside the 2-d work, allowing them to move through a space that has been activated by the materials and imagery.

 

 

NICOLE PARCHER

47 Canal Street 5th Floor
New York, NY 10002
(212) 431-3371
nicoleparcher@hotmail.com

Solo Exhibitions

2002 Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2005 Ceres Gallery, New York, NY-a bakers dozen
2004 Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY- Drawing Conclusions
Samson Projects, Boston Mass - Super Salon
The Matzo Files, New York, NY
AAI Project Space @ Streit's Matzo, New York, NY - Shared
2002 Nightingale Gallery, Watermill, NY -Fall Exhibition
Works on Paper, Park Avenue Armory, NY -Art Fair
Nightingale Gallery, Watermill, NY - Spring Exhibition
2001 FFWD Miami, Miami, Fla. - Contemporary Art Fair
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY-37th Juried Exhibition
Burton Marinkovich, Washington, DC- Selected works on paper
2000 Karen McCready Fine Art, New York, NY-Six Abstract Painters
Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY- Summer Selections
1999 Exit Art/The First World, New York, NY-Tis the Season
Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY-Flatfile
1998 Elb Art 1998, Hamburg, Germany - Kunstausstellung Im Alten Elbtunnel
1997 Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY- Art For Kids Sake
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY- Generations
Onetwentyeight Gallery, New York, NY- Tabularasa
1996 Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY- Underexposed
Onetwentyeight Gallery, New York, NY- Group Exhibition
1995 Art Initiatives 148 Gallery, New York, NY-Maximum Capacity

Awards

2002 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Selected Resident
2000 Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Selected Resident
1998 Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Selected Resident
1995 Art Initiatives 148 Gallery, Two Honorable Mentions
1990 Vermont Studio Center, Selected Resident

Reviews and Citations

Eberl, Udo, “Atelier auf Zeit in der Donaubaustion,” Sudwest Presse, Germany July 17, 2004
Harrison, Helen A. “Art Review,” The New York Times, September 29, 2002
“Short List-Galleries,” The New Yorker, October 7, 2002
Johnson, Ken “Art Guide,” The New York Times, July 28, 2000

Lectures

Parish Art Museum, Southampton, New York
New York State Summer School of the Arts, Rochester, New York

Education

1990 B.A. Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY
1989 Studio Arts Center International Florence, Italy