NICOLE PARCHER

BIOGRAPHY

Nicole Parcher is an artist who lives and works in New York City. Recent exhibitions include Art Apart East Hampton 2020, a group show at Trestle gallery in Brooklyn, New York in 2018, an exhibition at The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum in Saratoga Springs New York in 2014, a four-person show at Ille Arts in Amagansett New York in 2013, and a solo show at The Gerald Peters Gallery in New York City in 2011. In March 2010 Ms. Parcher had a solo exhibition at The Dutch Kills Gallery in New York City. In July 2009 Ms. Parcher participated in a four-person show at the Tria Gallery in Chelsea, where she also had a solo show in 2007. Nicole has been showing her work on a regular basis in New York City since 1996 and has participated in many group exhibitions. Ms. Parcher's work has been reviewed twice in the New York Times and on the New Yorker Short List. Most recent press includes an article in Dan’s Paper and a mention on the website Hamptons.Com. In 2004 the Sudwest Presse conducted an exclusive interview with Ms. Parcher when she spent the summer working in a studio in Ulm, Germany. Nicole was awarded the Zeta Orionis Fellowship in 2016 for a 4-week residency at The Vermont Studio Center and had the honor of receiving a nineweek residency at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2002. Ms. Parcher has also been awarded a residency at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts in 1998, 2000, 2011, 2012, and 2014. Ms. Parcher has a BA from Skidmore College and spent a semester abroad at Studio Arts Center International in Florence Italy.

STATEMENT

I am creating large scale mixed media installations, works on paper, and abstract oil paintings on canvas. My compositions are playful and often have a great deal of movement. The colors, lines, shapes, and materials push against one another trying to create a balance between the elements of chaos and order, fragility and endurance. I am also interested in what is unseen in a work; bits covered over, obscured, hidden, creating a longing and desire to see what is underneath. My works are interrupted narratives, rearrangements of old stories and familiar images and objects into new abstract forms. Old children’s books have served as a primary resource for the works on paper. Most recently I have been creating a series of 3-D pieces made from everyday household items and materials from 99 cent stores. These works play with feelings of nostalgia and the myths of childhood and family that permeate American culture.

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http://www.nicoleparcher.com/