Lauren Nickou is an American artist and writer based in Vienna, Austria
Contact
nickoulau@gmail.com
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Bio
Born 1986 in Newburyport, MA, USA
Lives and works in Vienna, Austria
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Ve.Sch, Vienna, Austria (upcoming)
2023
Waves, Galerie
Peter Gaugy, Vienna, Austria - ON VIEW thru Oct 14
2022
Sunflowers,
WasserWasser³, Vienna, Austria
2017
I’m not going to have this body
forever, Tubb Plug, Ridgewood, NY
2014
Eden,
Ferro Strouse Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Queens College, City University of New York
2009
BFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
Position 48°11’40.88″N
16°21’37.30″E, Kunstraum SUPER, Vienna, Austria
it’s nice to meet you,
exhibit.her, Vienna, Austria
2019
Downtown Painting, Peter Freeman,
Inc., New York, NY,
cur. Alex Katz
2018
Summer
of Love, Freight+Volume, New York, NY
New
Release, Upstairs Art Fair, Amagansett, NY
2017
The
Small Exceeds, New Release, New York, NY, cur. Michael Childress
Social
Photography V, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
2016
Material
Archive, Queens College, CUNY, cur. Adriana Pauly
2015
Kiss,
In the Beginning, Waterfront,
Kingston, NY
2014
Inaugural Salon Exhibition, (harbor), New York, NY, cur. Craig
Poor Monteith
Printing
People’s Photo Show, Headquarters, Northampton, MA
Who By Fire, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, NY
Explorations
Revisited, One Art Space, New York, NY, cur. A.M Weaver
2013
The
Corpus Flushing Project, Queens College, CUNY, cur. Glenn Goldberg
I
like it when the girls, Hundred Forsyth, New York, NY
Shared
Spaces, One Art Space, New York, NY
Hotel Practice, The Hilton Hotel, New York, NY
Studio
34, Long Island City, NY
2012
Freedom Cage, AUNTS,
Brooklyn, NY
End of Worlds, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
In
the Place We Live, M55 Gallery, Long Island City, NY
The
Picture Show, Brooklyn Heights Cinema, Brooklyn, NY, cur. Claudia Beauchesne
2011
Eugene
Lang College Alumni Show, Eugene Lang College, New York, NY
2009
Virgin
Cruise, Islands Atlantic, Somerville, MA
2007
Pont
Avenir, Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont Aven, France
2005
Provflux,
Pipsworks, Providence, RI
Public Collections
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME, Gift of the Alex Katz Foundation
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX, Gift of the Alex Katz Foundation
Awards & Residencies
2021
Nemo Omne Foundation
Grant
2014
Pollock/Krasner Foundation Fellowship
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Artist in
Residence
2009
The Robert D. '48 and Nancy M. '49
Gordon Scholarship in the Fine Arts
Bibliography & Press
D’Agostino, Paul. “Art Picks from Print: The
Picture Show” The L Magazine, August 17,
2012
ElGenaidi, Deena. “Oklahoma City Museum of Art Acquires Kehinde Wiley Painting,
and San Antonio Museum of Art
Receives Three Gifts“ Hyperallergic, Feb 7, 2019
Greenberger, Alex. “San Antonio Museum of Art Receives Works from Dallas
Collectors, Alex Katz Foundation” ARTnews, Feb 6, 2019
Hanson, Sarah. “Collector Spotlight: Michael
Childress and RJ Supa” Paddle8, April 7, 2016
Lichterwaldt,
Daniel. “Interview with Lauren Nickou” Les Nouveaux Riches, Oct 10, 2022
Pauly, Adriana. “A Curator Talks Social
Practice at Queens College” Art Report, April 2, 2016
“San
Antonio Museum of Art Gifted Several Works of Contemporary Art” ArtForum (online), Feb 7, 2019
Strouse,
A. W.. “Sunflowers” Les Nouveaux Riches, Oct 7, 2022
Teshirogi, Mark. “A.I.R. Reflections: Lauren
Nickou” A.i.R. Byrdcliffe, July 30,
2014
Zech, Brandon. “San Antonio Museum of Art
Adds to Its Contemporary Art Collection” Glasstire, Feb 12, 2019
Writing
Nickou, Lauren. “Ai Kijima at Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna” Les Nouveaux Riches, 2023
Nickou,
Lauren. “Away at VIN VIN, Vienna” Les Nouveaux Riches, 2023
Nickou,
Lauren. “Christoph Meier at Ve.Sch, Vienna” Denver International, Issue 1, 2020
Nickou, Lauren. “Devin Kenny and Franz West ‘Shake-up Environment’ at [tart vienna]” Les Nouveaux Riches, 2023
Nickou, Lauren. “Faye Wei Wei at Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna” Les Nouveaux Riches, 2022
Nickou,
Lauren. “Filippos Werner at WasserWasser³, Vienna” Les Nouveaux Riches, 2022
Nickou, Lauren. “Gracelee Lawrence at Galerie Peter Gaugy, Vienna” Les Nouveaux Riches, 2023
Nickou, Lauren. “Trudy Benson ‘Plastic Paintings’ at Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna” Les Nouveaux Riches, 2023
Curation
2012
Artists Under Order. “On Action,
Ambivalence and Ambition” Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
Artists Under Order. “On
Theories of Love and Desire” Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
Teaching & Presentations
2019
Studio Visit, School of Visual
Arts, New York, NY
2015
Assistant to Nicole Wittenberg,
The John Ashbery Home School, Hudson, NY
Assistant Professor to Glenn
Goldberg, Queens College, City University of New York
Assistant Professor to Kurt
Kauper, Queens College, City University of New York
2014
Artist Talk, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild
Selected Field Experience
2017
Model,
George Pitts, Brooklyn, NY
2015-19
Studio Assistant, Anthony
McCall, New York, NY
2012-13
Production Assistant,
Richard Foreman, New York, NY
2010-15
Studio Assistant, David
Salle, Brooklyn, NY
Studio Assistant, Auguste
Garufi, Brooklyn, NY
Education
2015
MFA,
Queens College, City University of New York, summa
cum laude
2009
BFA,
University of Massachusetts Amherst, magna cum laude
2007
Pont
Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont Aven, France
2006
La
Sorbonne, Paris, France
2004-6
Eugene
Lang College, New York, NY