NICOLE MELNICKY
CV
Based in Vancouver, BC / Los Angeles, CA
b. 1993
EDUCATION: 2021 MFA, OCAD U - Ontario College of Art & Design University Interdisciplinary Art, Media & Design (IAMD)
2015 BFA, Moore College of Art & Design Fine Art, Minors in Textile Design & Art History
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2025 AS I RISE, Port Coquitlam Community Center, BC (forthcoming) 2022 RISE, TERAVARNA, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2024 2024 Miami Art Basel, Plogix Gallery, Miami, Florida (forthcoming) 2024 Paint The World, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (forthcoming) 2024 He Said, She Said, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2024 INKBOT, Duo Exhibit, TERAVARNA, Los Angeles, CA 2024 VIVID: A Juried Exhibition of Vibrant, Bold & Loud Artworks, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA 2024 Emotions, 4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallerium, Vancouver, BC 2024 Limitless, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 2024 Kingdom Animalia, Biafarin Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2024 Abstract Zone, 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Biafarin Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2024 Grounded, Queer Spectra Arts Festival, Sorenson Unity Center, Salt Lake City, UT 2024 Aspirations, The Gallery George, Vancouver, BC 2024 A Women’s Place, The Ebell of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 2024 Women’s Art on Women’s Day, Turkish-Canadian Society, Creekside Community Center, Vancouver, BC 2024 Women in Art, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 2024 Daring to be Avant-Garde, Nuu Muse Contemporary, Dallas, TX 2024 Queer Visions, JaamZIN Creative, Singapore 2024 Abstracts Collection, Naturalist Gallery of Contemporary Art, DC
2023 2023 NOEL 2023, Gallerium Art, Toronto, ON 2023 XMAS Open 2023, Exhibizone, Toronto, ON 2023 Rituals, Gallery 881, Vancouver, BC 2023 Take Flight, The Gallery George, Vancouver, BC 2023 Shapes and Colors, Gallerium Art, Toronto,ON 2023 Celebrate Art, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 2023 Happiness, Exhibizone, Toronto, ON 2023 AQUA, Gallerium Art, Toronto,ON
2022 2022 The Los Angeles Angel Open, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Outstanding, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 2022 VOGUE 5th Edition, Boomer Gallery, London, UK 2022 NOEL 2022, Gallerium Art, Toronto, ON 2022 Biafarin Awards International, Biafarin, Toronto, ON 2022 7th Abstract, TERAVARNA, Los Angeles, CA 2022 4th Color, TERAVARNA, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Bentall Gallery, Duo Exhibit, Vancouver Visual Art Foundation VVAD, Vancouver, BC 2022 HAUNTINGS: Pride in Art Community, Queer Arts Festival, The James Black Gallery, Vancouver 2022 The Other Art Fair: Virtual Edition Global Fair, Brooklyn Expo Center, NY 2022 Art Vancouver International Art Fair, Vancouver Convention Centre, BC 2022 White Cube, Benjamin Lumb Art House, West Vancouver, BC
2021 2021 Chasing The Bluebird, Art Gallery 118, Brooklyn, NY 2021 When the Colors Fade: A Queer Riot Against Corporate Pride, The Queer Art Collective, Pawtucket, RI 2021 Making Home, The Fort Gallery, Langley, BC 2021 Towards Utopia: Pride Month, Saatchi Art, The William Vale, Brooklyn, NY 2021 Paint 2021, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT 2021 OCAD U GradEx 2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, ON 2021 Time and Tide, Art Gallery 118, Brooklyn, NY
2021 When She Rises, We All Rise, Art Gallery 118, Brooklyn, NY 2021 Flat File, Deanna Evans Project, Brooklyn, NY
RESIDENCIES: 2023 Omaha Art Studios, Vancouver, BC 2022 AZULE - A Place for the Arts, Hot Springs, NC 2022 The Artiste, Vancouver, BC 2021 LEÑA Artist Research & Residency Centre, Galiano Island, BC 2021 221A Artist Run Centre Society, Vancouver, BC 2020 Studio H Canada International Artist Residency, Victoria, BC 2020 The Ou Gallery, North Cowichan, BC
2020 Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
AWARDS:
2023 Presidential Scholarship, Blanche Macdonald Center, Vancouver, BC 2022 The Artists Gallery Official Selection, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Honorable Mention Award, 7th Abstract, International Juried Art Competition, TERAVARNA, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Talent Prize Award, 4th Color, International Juried Art Competition, TERAVARNA, Los Angeles, CA 2020 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), OCAD University
2020 OCAD University's Graduate Student Project Grant
2019 Full-Tuition Scholarship: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) & Dean's Scholarship, OCAD University.
2018 VSC Artist's Grant, Vermont Studio Center.
2015 - 2011 Dean’s List, Moore College of Art & Design.
2014 24th International Sculpture Center Conference: New Orleans Scholarship, Philadelphia Sculptors Society
2014 Philadelphia Sculptors Membership Award, Moore College of Art & Design.
2014 The Sis Grenald Women’s Leadership Fellowship, Moore College of Art & Design.
2013 Tiffany & Co. Foundation Women’s Leadership Fellowship, Moore College of Art & Design.
2011 Women’s Visionary Scholarship, Moore College of Art & Design.
2011 Board of Trustees Scholarship, Moore College of Art & Design.
2011 Langley Fine Arts School’s Kim Lee Award for Media Experimentation & Risk Taking.
SELECTED PRESS:
2024 SOLO EXHIBITION - AS I RISE Nicole Melnicky Contemporary Abstract Painting, Galleries West, Calgary, Canada 2024 JaamZIN Creative Magazine, Feb 2024, Singapore 2023 Nicole Melnicky, Mutual Art, London, UK 2023 Nicole Melnicky, ArtinSquare, Canada 2023 Rituals Exhibition with Broad Magazine, Galleries West, Calgary, Canada 2023 Happiness: An International Smart Group Exhibition, Artweek, London, UK 2023 Shapes and Colors, The Book of the Arts, Toronto, ON 2023 Artistonish Magazine 29th Issue, Toronto, ON 2023 AQUA, The Book of the Arts, Toronto, ON 2023 NOEL, The Book of the Arts, Toronto, ON 2023 Change, The Uncoiled, Issue 4 2022 Nicole Melnicky, Teravarna | Art Show International Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Nicole Melnicky, Artsy, New York, NY 2022 NOEL 2022 - An International Group Exhibition, ArtWeek, Toronto, ON 2022 New This Week 12-19-2022, Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA 2022 Women in Art Series, Goss Magazine, December 2022, Issue No. 17 2022 New This Week 12-12-2022, Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA 2022 Nicole Melnicky, ArtFare, New York, NY 2022 Nicole Melnicky, Abstract Artists: Discover Abstract Art, Toronto, ON 2022 New This Week 06-06-2022, Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA 2022 Spring 2022 Vol. 2: Art for the Foyer, Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA 2022 Meet The Others: Nicole Melnicky, The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn Expo Center, NY 2022 Virtual Edition May 2022: Master Artist List, Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA 2022 New This Week 03-28-2022, Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA 2022 Spring 2022 Vol. 1 Catalog: Support Emerging Artists, Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA 2022 Why We Love Art, Spring 2022 Vol 1. Catalog, Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA 2021 Collector Favorites: Bestselling Artists of August, AWorkStation, Sacramento, CA 2021 Chief Curator’s Picks: Best of Abstracts, Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA 2021 Making Home Juried Exhibition, BC Alliance for Arts & Culture, Vancouver, BC 2021 Art Show Turns Spotlight on Changes at Home, Aldergrove Star, Langley, BC 2021 Making Home Juried Exhibition, Tourism Langley, Langley, BC 2021 Art Show Turns Spotlight on Changes at Home, BC Local News, Surrey, BC 2021 Nicole Melnicky, The Queer Art Collective, Pawtucket, RI 2021 When the Colors Fade a Queer Riot Against Corporate Pride, Art New England, Cohasset, MA 2021 When the Colors Fade: “A Queer Riot Against Corporate Pride” Opening Weekend, Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Pawtucket, RI 2021 Celebrating Pride with a New Exhibition, Milled, New York, NY 2021 8 Up-and-Coming Queer Artists To Support Now, The Senior’s Voice, New York, NY 2021 New This Week 05-31-21, Saatchi Art, Santa Monica, CA 2021 JaamZIN Creative Magazine, May 2021, Issue 5, Vol. 4, Singapore 2021 Cultural Events & Art Exhibitions: At Silvermine Arts Center Galleries: Paint 2021, Cultural Pursuit, Stamford, CT 2021 Silvermine Showcases Artists from Across the Globe in its new ‘Paint 2021’ Show, Dutch Free eBooks, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2021 Silvermine Showcases Artists from Across the Globe in its new ‘Paint 2021’ Show, CTPost, Bridgeport, CT 2021 PAINT 2021, Silvermine’s First International Exhibitions Opens at Silvermine Galleries on May 8, New Canaan’s Hamlet Hub, Ridgefield, CT 2021 Nicole Melnicky, Artnet. New York, NY 2020 Studio H Canada International Artist Residency, Northern Women’s Art Collaborative 2020 The Ou Shorts: Nicole Melnicky, The Ou Gallery, Cowichan, BC
2020 Queer Contemporary Painter - Nicole Melnicky, Studio H Canada, Victoria, BC
2020 Nicole Melnicky - Artist In Residence, Studio H Canada Residency, Victoria, BC
2020 Artist In Residence - Nicole Melnicky, The Ou Gallery, Duncan, BC
2020 Nicole Melnicky, Contingencies of Care, Toronto, ON
2019 Nicole Melnicky, ArtJobs, London, UK 2019 Pride and Fashion with Nicole, International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC. 2019 Nicole Melnicky - Women Cut from Their Own Cloth, Tanya Taylor, New York, NY.
2017 Artist Spotlight Series, Philadelphia Sculptors, Philadelphia, PA.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2021 - 2022 Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Continuing Education Instructor, Vancouver, BC 2021 - 2022 Peaceful Art Studio, Visual Art Instructor, Vancouver, BC 2019 - 2022 OCAD University, Teaching Assistant, Toronto, ON
2017 - 2018 Young Rembrandts, Art Instructor, Vancouver, BC
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE:
2019 Tanya Taylor, Design Intern, New York, NY 2014 Alice + Olivia by Stacy Bendet, Print Design Intern, New York, NY
LECTURES:
2021 ELEVATE, Thesis Pitch Virtual Conference, OCAD U, NSCAD, Emily Carr University 2019 Artist Talk, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 2015 Women Visionary Senior Speaker, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
CERTIFICATIONS: 2023 - 2024 Blanche Macdonald Center Diploma in Fashion Design (forthcoming) 2022 - 2023 Otis College of Art & Design Surface Design & Fashion Design 2017 - 2018 The Cut Fashion Design Academy Advanced Pattern Making & Intermediate Draping