EDUCATION
2014 | MFA, Visual Arts University of California, San Diego, CA |
2011 | Post Baccalaureate Certificate, Fine Arts, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
2009 | BA, Studio Art, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
BA, Art History, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA | |
2008 | Summer Travel Study, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy |
EXHIBITIONS
*Collaboration with musician, Curt Miller
Solo
2014 | The Sky Calls to Us* Visual Arts Gallery, UCSD, La Jolla, CA |
2013 | Repeat After Me II* San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA |
2D Sound* Experimental Drawing Studio, La Jolla, CA | |
Drawing Emotion Experimental Drawing Studio, La Jolla, CA | |
Repeat After Me* Commons Gallery, UCSD, La Jolla, CA | |
2012 | defigure! Defigure. Commons Gallery, UCSD, La Jolla, CA |
2011 | Reality Television Shapiro Campus Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
Group
2017 | …Fine* FPAC’s Atlantic Wharf Gallery, Boston, MA |
2016 | Translations Emergent Art Space, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, Kolkata, India |
2015 | Convergence* Ship in the Woods, Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, CA |
Response* Space4Art, San Diego, CA | |
Via Negativa* South Bay Contemporary, San Pedro, CA | |
Widening the Cycle Suffolk University, Boston, MA | |
Soul and the Pawn Shop Sediment Arts, Richmond, VA | |
Transduction* Canvas Gallery, San Diego, CA | |
2014 | Translations Emergent Art Space, Online Exhibit, http://emergentartspace.org/ |
GLAMFA* Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA | |
Mux Demux* Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles, CA | |
Elective Affinities University Art Gallery, La Jolla, CA | |
2013 | GLAMFA 2013 Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA |
Kinoptovision* Visual Arts Performance Space, UCSD, La Jolla, CA | |
Dual Experimental Drawing Studio, La Jolla, CA | |
Wicking Structural and Material Engineering Building, La Jolla, CA | |
2012 | Hyperstudio Helmuth Project, San Diego, CA |
New Institutions Visual Arts Gallery, UCSD, La Jolla, CA | |
2011 | Taste Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA |
Chain Letter Samson Projects, Boston, MA | |
Floors and Ceilings Women’s Studies Research Center, Waltham, MA | |
The Cave Project Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA | |
Prospect II Dreitzer Gallery, Waltham, MA | |
Small Works Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA | |
2010 | Unhinged Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA |
Prospect II Dreitzer Gallery, Waltham, MA |
PERFORMANCE/SET DESIGN
**Collaboration with Rachel Beetz, flutist
***with Leslie Ann Leytham, singer
2014 | Script-Rescript II** Flux Aeterna, San Diego, CA |
Script-Rescript** Conrad Prebys Music Theatre, La Jolla, CA | |
2013 | Sextuor: L’Origine des Espèces*** Space 4 Art, San Diego, CA |
La Perfezione di uno Spirito Sottile** La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA |
CURATORIAL
2014 | Graphic Score: Drawing in Musical Practice Experimental Drawing Studio, La Jolla, CA |
EXPERIENCE
2016-present | Collections Care Specialist Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, MA |
2016-present | Assistant Program Coordinator Southeastern Mass. Arts Collaborative (SMARTS), Attleboro, MA |
2017 | Teaching Artist Brandeis Festival of the Arts, Waltham, MA |
2017 | Program Coordinator Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA |
2016 | Gallery Attendant and Community Liaison Rosebud: A Satellite Gallery of the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA |
2015-2016 | Book Preservation Manager Geisel Library, UCSD, La Jolla, CA |
2014 | Artistic Director Flux Aeterna, San Diego, CA |
2013-2014 | Managing Director Experimental Drawing Studio, La Jolla, CA |
2011-2014 | Managing Preservation Assistant Geisel Library, UCSD, La Jolla, CA |
2011-2013 | Teaching Assistant: Intro to Digital Photography, Intro to 2D Art University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA |
2011-2012 | Departmental Representative, Grad Students Assoc. University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA |
2010-2011 | Conservation Technician Brandeis University Library, Waltham, MA |
2010-2011 | Conservation Technician Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA |
2005-2011 | Preservation Assistant Brandeis University Library, Waltham, MA |
2009-2011 | Teaching Assistant: Woodblock Printmaking, 3D Design, Beginning Printmaking, Etching Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
2010 | Conservation Assistant Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, MA |
2009 | Painting Instructor Girls Inc., Taunton, MA |
2009 | Conservation Assistant Rika Smith McNally and Assoc., Framingham, MA |
AWARDS
2014 | UCSD Travel Grant to Bauhaus University with Experimental Drawing Studio |
2013 | UCSD Project Travel Grant for Summer Study |
San Diego Museum of Art Summer Break 2013 Project Grant | |
Russell Foundation Grant | |
UCSD Graduate Student Project Grant | |
2012 | UCSD Graduate Student Project Grant |
2011 | UCSD Graduate Student Award |
Leonard Bernstein Festival of Creative Arts Project Grant | |
2009 | Deborah Josepha Cohen Memorial Award in Painting |
Brandeis Alumni and Friends Scholarship |
TEXTS
2015 | Emergency Index |
2014 | Will Bowen, The La Jolla Light. “UCSD Visual Artists Open Their Doors for Special Exhibit,” March 20. |
2014 | The LIFESTYLE, “Artist Feature: Nichole Speciale,” April 24. |