Patrick Nickell
Patrick Nickell (born 1960) is an American artist/sculptor. Born in Van Nuys, California, Nickell's sculptures debuted at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions in 1988 and Otis/Parsons Gallery in 1989.[1]
Career
Education
Nickell received his Bachelor of Arts from Linfield College in 1983, and his Master of Fine Arts from Claremont Graduate School in 1985.[1][2]
Art and Exhibits
His first group exhibition was at LACE in 1988.[3] Nickell's first solo exhibition, Built for Speed, was at the Sue Spaid Gallery in 1990.[3] He had a one-artist show, “Patrick Nickell: Built For Speed, A Sculpture Survey,” at Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, CalState Los Angeles.[3][4] This show then traveled to the Harrison Museum, Utah State University, Logan and the University of Texas, San Antonio.[4]
In a 1994 review of a major solo exhibition at Kohn Turner Gallery, Carmine Lannaconne wrote in Art Issues, "Other artists have made the funky and the junky into the chic and elegant, but what distinguishes Nickell is the quixotic sincerity he brings to the endeavor."[1]
In 2014, Nickell was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship.[2][5]
His work is displayed in several different permanent collections.[5] These collections are displayed at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA); Luckman Fine Arts Gallery at California State University, Los Angeles; Laguna Beach Museum of Art; Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University; Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); and the Berkeley Art Museum at the University of California.[5]
Teaching
Nickell has also taught at different colleges, including Otis College of Art and Design[3] and CalState Los Angeles.[4] He is now Associate Professor and Director of the Nan Rae Gallery at Woodbury University in Burbank, CA.[2][4] He teaches in the Design Foundation, School of Media Culture and Design.[2][5]
Personal life
Nickell is married to artist Jacci Den Hartog.[6] They first moved in together after graduate school, and created a studio in downtown Los Angeles.[7] The two have a son, who they raised in Eagle Rock, CA.[7] They still currently live in Eagle Rock today.[8]
References
- ^ a b c "Patrick Nickell". October 22, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Patrick Nickell". Woodbury University. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Roug, Louise (June 24, 2003). "Mining the ephemeral". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Patrick Nickell - Artists - Rosamund Felsen Gallery". www.rosamundfelsen.com. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Patrick Nickell". Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ^ Los Angeles Times
- ^ a b "Check out Jacci Den Hartog's Artwork - Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide". voyagela.com. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ^ Whitepages. "Whitepages". Whitepages. Retrieved June 6, 2021.