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Nic Nicosia Biography
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1974 |
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B. A. (Radio, TV, Film), University of North Texas, Denton, TX
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1984 |
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
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1991 |
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MAAA/NEA Fellowships in Photography
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1991 |
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Awards in the Visual Arts, AVA 11
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1998 |
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Tesuque Foundation Artist Fellowship Grant
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Guggenheim Fellowship recipient
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Lives and works in Santa Fe, NM
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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In the Absence of Others, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
Light…In Black and White, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
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2010
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The Pencil of Nature, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
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2009
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Space, Time, Light, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX (solo)
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2008
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Drawing, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
Drawing, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE (solo)
Floor Plan, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
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2007
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Untitled 2006, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX (solo)
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2006
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Nic Nicosia: Making Pictures, The Dallas Contemporary Legend Award, Dallas, TX
Crossroads, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Contemporary Art:1980-Present, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Long Exposures: LA County Museum of Art, CA
Still Moving: Selected Video by Photographers, Richard L. Nelson Gallery & Fine Art Collection, University of California, Davis, CA
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2005
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9.5 Hours to SaFe, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Forth Worth, TX (solo)
New Address 616-1/2 Canyon Road (In Canyon Alley), James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
Nic Nicosia, 9.5 Hours to SaFe, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE (solo)
5th Anniversary Exhibition, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Perspectives@25: A Quarter Century of New Art in Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
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2004
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Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
5th Anniversary Exhibition, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Ambiguous Beauty: Photography from the Collection, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
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2003
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Dunn and Brown and Contemporary, Dallas, TX (solo)
SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
CASA, Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Spain (solo)
Flip, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Photo Album, Bradbury Gallery, Jonesboro, Arkansas
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2002
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Fact or Fiction?, Ulrich Museum of Art. Wichita, KS (solo)
The Mind is a Horse, Bloomberg SPACE, London, Enlgand
Next, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Twenty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
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2001
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Beau Monde: Toward a Redeemed Cosmopolitanism, SITE Santa Fe 2001 Biennial,Santa Fe, NM
Video Jam, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL
Panic, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
Domestic Disturbance, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS
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2000
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Nic Nicosia: Circles and Squares, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX (solo)
2000 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Henry Collects: Video, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Natural Deceits, Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth, Ft. Worth, TX
The Whitney Biennale, Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY
The Henry Collects: Video, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington Seattle, WA
Movies: 1997-1999, P.P.O.W New York, NY
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1999
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Nic Nicosia, Real Pictures 1979-1999, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (solo)
True West, P.P.O.W New York, NY
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1998
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Middletown and Stills from Middletown, Stephen Wirtz Gallery San Francisco, CA (solo)
Texas Wired, The Contemporary Art Center Ft. Worth, TX
Union/Reunion, Nexus Contemporary Art Center Atlanta, GA
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1997
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Acts and Sex Acts, Middletown Video, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX (solo)
Link, Gerald Peteers Gallery Dallas, TX
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1996
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Act Series, Richard Fonke Gallery Ghent, Belguim (solo)
Telling Stories, Jacksonville Art Museum Jackson, FL
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1995
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Visions of Hope and Despair, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL
Fotographie als Bild, Kunstverein Braunschweig Germany
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1994
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Richard Foncke Gallery, Ghent Belgium, P.P.O.W., New York, NY (solo)
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1993
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Love + Lust, Raab Gallery, London, England, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
Vivid, Raab Gallery Berlin, Germany; London, England; Milan, Italy
Linda Cathcart Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
Nic Nicosia, Untitled, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX (solo)
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1992
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Texas Gallery Houston, TX (solo)
Love + Lust, Richard Foncke Gallery, Gent, Belgium (solo)
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1991
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Love + Lust, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, NY, Linda Cathcart Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
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1991
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Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
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1991
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Past/Present: Photographs from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX
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1977
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Acts and Sex Acts, Gerald Peters Gallery Dallas, TX
Acts and Sex Acts, P.P.O.W New York, NY
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Groninger Museum, Nederland, The Netherlands
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Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
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The Gernshiem Collection, University of Texas, Austin, TX
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Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium
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The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal, Quebec
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
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Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
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Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwakee, WI
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
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Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
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Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Santa Barbara Museum of Art
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Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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University of Virginia Bayly Museum, Charlottesville, VI
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Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KA
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium
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| Literature |
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2008
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Bennett, Benjamin. Secret Theses on Literature and Politics.” artUS, Spring 2008, pg.34-35.
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2008
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Sardy, Marin. "shifting perspectives." Santa Fean, June/July 2008, pg.
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2005
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Fischer, Zane. “Fake Magical Irreality.” Santa Fe Reporter, Feb. 2-8,
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2004
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Hackman, Kate. “Seething in Suburbia,” The Kansas City Star, June 4: 20.
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2004
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Jankauskas, Jennifer. “Between Fantasy and Reality: An Interview with Nic Nicosia,” Fall: 54-55.
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2003
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Thomson Randall, Teri. “Virtually Reality,” Pasatiempo, January 2003.
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2002
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Kent, Sarah. “The Mind is a Horse,” Time Out London, September 18.
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2002
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Searle, Adrian. “The Mind Is a Horse,” The Guardian, September 7: 22.
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2001
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Thorson, Alice. “Challenging Beauty,” Jan Wiener Gallery, April 13.
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2001
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Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire. “Like Real Life only different.” Austin American-Statesman, January 11: 26.
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2001
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Weigand, Susan. Photography and the Human: Review, Art, April.
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2000
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Ennis, Michael. “Northern Exposure,” Texas Monthly, February: 130.
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2000
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“Real Pictures on Display at Austin Museum of Art,” Westlake Picayun, December 7: D 7.
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2000
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Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire. “In Nicosia’s Photographs, Suburbs are a Twisted Place,” Austin American Statesman, December 9: D 1, D 8.
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2000
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Willcott, Ben. “Nic Nicosia: Real Pictures,”The Austin Chronicle, December 29: 60.
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2000
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Loos, Ted. The Art of Fashion: Nicosia’s Suburban Noirs, Incircle entree, Fall.
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2000
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Tyson, Janet. Nic Nicosia Real Picture 1979-1999 Review, Artl!es, Summer.
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2000
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McCabe, Bret. Taking Pictures, The Met, July.
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1999
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Kalil, Susie. “The Burbs,” Houston Press, November 1999.
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1999
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Kutner, Janet. “Nicosia Offers an Unsettling Look at the Everyday,” The Dallas Morning News, November 1999.
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