Nicola López

Nicola López
Born1975 (age 48–49)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
NationalityAmerican
Education
Known forDrawing, painting, printmaking
Websitehttps://www.nicolalopez.com

Nicola López (1975) is an American contemporary artist known for her drawings, prints, installations and collages.[1]

López has exhibited both nationally and internationally including at the MoMA, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, LACMA, Museo Rufino Tamayo in Mexico City, and the Beijing Inside-Out Museum (北京中间美术馆).[2][3][4][5][6] She has been the recipient of numerous grants and residencies such as the Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant in 2004, the 2005 NYFA Fellowship in Drawing/Printmaking/Book Arts, and Sovern/Columbia Affiliated Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome in 2020.[7][8][9] López received a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Art.[10]

Early life

López was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1975.[3] She studied at the Escola de Artes Visuais (School of Visual Arts) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1996.[11] She earned a BA in 1998 and an MFA in visual arts from Columbia University in 2004.[12][13] In 2002 López also attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.[14]

López lives in Brooklyn, New York, and she teaches at Columbia University.[15][9]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • 2022 "Nicola López and Paula Wilson: Becoming Land," Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico[16][17]
  • 2022 "Neither There nor Here," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland Oregan[18]
  • 2022 "Visions, Phantoms, and Apparitions," Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, Maine[19]
  • 2020 "Haunted," Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico[20]
  • 2019 "Apariciones," Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo," Mexico City, Mexico[21]
  • 2019 “Nicola López: Parasites, Prosthetics, Parallels and Partners,” Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico[22]
  • 2018 "Relics, Fibs, Trash + Treasures,” Hawthorn Contemporary; Milwaukee, Wisconsin[23]
  • 2017 “Big Windows: Skin : Portals,” Jacob Lewis Gallery, New York, New York[24]
  • 2016 “Project Atrium: In Gentle Defiance of Gravity and Form,” Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, Florida[25]
  • 2014 “One Valley Over, a World Apart,” Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico[26]
  • 2014 “Forecasting an Impossibly Possible Tomorrow,” Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon[27]
  • 2014 “Half-Life,” Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon[28]
  • 2014 “Babel Revisited: History Repeats Itself,” Savannah College of Art & Design Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia[29]
  • 2013 "Un-building Things," Installation commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York[9]
  • 2013 "Land and Illusion," Pace Prints Gallery, New York [30]
  • 2011 "Intervals: Nicola López," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York[31]
  • 2009 "Nicola López: Urban Transformations," Chazen Museum, Madison[32]
  • 2008 “Constriction Zone,” Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis[33]

Group exhibitions

Public collections

Editions

López has worked extensively with various fine art print publishers, collaborating to produce editions in silkscreen, lithography, intaglio, relief as well as on books and installation based objects. At the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, where López became first associated as an MFA fellow at Columbia University, she worked on three editions in 2018, 2019 and 2023.[40][41] She has been an artist in residence at the Tamarind Institute at the University of New Mexico four times, collaborating with the workshop on both traditional lithographs and on large scale, hand-cut pieces with the 2017 series Parasites, Prosthetics, Parallels, Partners.[42] At Tandem Press in Madison, Wisconsin, López has published numerous editions and at Pace Prints, NY, she has worked on various series since 2008.[43][44] Other smaller, independent workshops she has worked with include Gráfica Zanate in Oaxaca, Taller Pablo Torrealba in Mexico City, Interbang Press in Santa Fe, and Ten Grand Press in Brooklyn. In 2019, López' screenprint BK was published by Print Center New York as part of the portfolio Pulled in Brooklyn for their 2019 benefit auction, accompanied by a seminal, homonymous group exhibition featuring over 100 artists in celebration of Brooklyn's print culture and community.[45][46] Her self published series Ideal Structures for a Dubious Future is held at the Metropolitan Museum as part of the permanent collection.[47]

References

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  2. ^ a b "Orpheus Selection: Nicola López & Lisa Sigal". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Scaffold City". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2008. Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Intervals: Nicola López". The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  5. ^ "Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement". LACMA. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  6. ^ Bryan-Wilson, Julia (2008-06-01). ""Phantom Sightings"". Artforum. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  7. ^ "Nicola Lopez". Joan Mitchell Foundation. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  8. ^ "New York Foundation for the Arts: Directory of Artists' Fellows & Finalists" (PDF). www.nyfa.org. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
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  10. ^ "Announcements – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation…". Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  11. ^ Bui, Phong (4 June 2009). "Nicola López". The Brooklyn Rail. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  12. ^ Jones, Samuel (22 October 2018). "At new Neiman Gallery exhibit, psychedelic prints bleed into negative space". Columbia Daily Spectator. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Nicola Lopez '98, '04 Arts". Columbia College Today. Summer 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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  16. ^ "Nicola López and Paula Wilson: Becoming Land". City of Albuquerque. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
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  18. ^ "Nicola López | Neither There nor Here". ELIZABETH LEACH GALLERY. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  19. ^ "Nicola López | Visions, Phantoms, and Apparitions – Center for Maine Contemporary Art". Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  20. ^ "Nicola López: Haunted". City of Albuquerque. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  21. ^ "APARICIONES - NICOLA LÓPEZ, GWCDMX". Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo (in Mexican Spanish). 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  22. ^ Roberts, Kathaleen (21 April 2019). "Tamarind exhibition uproots expectations". Albuquerque Journal. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  23. ^ "Nicola López | Hawthorn Contemporary". hawthorncontemporary. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
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  26. ^ "Nicola López / One Valley Over, A World Apart". Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo (in Mexican Spanish). 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  27. ^ "2014-2013 Exhibitions". ELIZABETH LEACH GALLERY. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  28. ^ ""HALF-LIFE" BY NICOLA LÓPEZ ON VIEW AT OREGON COLLEGE OF ART AND CRAFT". Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation. 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
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  34. ^ Wennerstrom, Nord (October 2005). "Nicola López - Irvine Contemporary". Art Forum. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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  39. ^ "Nicola López". IMMA. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  40. ^ "Past Neiman Fellows". LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  41. ^ "Nicola López". LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
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  45. ^ "Shop". Print Center New York. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  46. ^ "Pulled in Brooklyn". Print Center New York. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  47. ^ "Nicola López | Ideal Structures for a Dubious Future". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2024-04-11.