Nicola López Explained

Nicola López
Birth Place:Santa Fe, New Mexico
Nationality:American
Field:Drawing, painting, printmaking
Website:https://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] 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.[5] [6] López received a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Art.[7]

Early life

López was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1975.[8] She studied at the Escola de Artes Visuais (School of Visual Arts) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1996.[9] She earned a BA in 1998 and an MFA in visual arts from Columbia University in 2004.[10] [11] In 2002 López also attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.[12]

López lives in Brooklyn, New York, and she teaches at Columbia University.[13] [14]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

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 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paglen . Trevor . 1 July 2007 . Nicola López . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211209023924/https://bombmagazine.org/articles/nicola-l%C3%B3pez/ . 9 December 2021 . 2 November 2022 . BOMB Magazine.
  2. Web site: Intervals: Nicola López . 2024-04-11 . The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation . en-US.
  3. Web site: Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement . 2024-04-11 . LACMA . en.
  4. Web site: Bryan-Wilson . Julia . 2008-06-01 . "Phantom Sightings" . 2024-04-11 . Artforum . en-US.
  5. Web site: Nicola Lopez . 2024-04-11 . Joan Mitchell Foundation . en.
  6. Web site: 11 April 2024 . New York Foundation for the Arts: Directory of Artists' Fellows & Finalists . 11 April 2024 . www.nyfa.org.
  7. Web site: Announcements – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation… . 2024-04-11 . en.
  8. Web site: 2008 . Scaffold City . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170130201857/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/430443 . 30 January 2017 . 2 November 2022 . The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  9. Web site: Bui . Phong . 4 June 2009 . Nicola López . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220524064713/https://brooklynrail.org/2009/06/art/nicola-lpez-with-phong-bui . 24 May 2022 . 2 November 2022 . The Brooklyn Rail.
  10. Web site: Jones . Samuel . 22 October 2018 . At new Neiman Gallery exhibit, psychedelic prints bleed into negative space . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210305220032/https://www.columbiaspectator.com/arts-and-entertainment/2018/10/23/at-new-neiman-gallery-exhibit-psychedelic-prints-bleed-into-negative-space/ . 5 March 2021 . 2 November 2022 . Columbia Daily Spectator.
  11. Web site: Summer 2009 . Nicola Lopez '98, '04 Arts . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220304060541/https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/archive/node/1473 . 4 March 2022 . 4 March 2022 . Columbia College Today.
  12. Web site: People Database: Nicola Lopez . 2024-04-11 . people.skowheganart.org.
  13. Web site: Porter . Clayton . 1 July 2017 . Tresp . Lauren . Nicola López . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211204231843/https://southwestcontemporary.com/studio-visit-nicola-lopez/ . 4 December 2021 . 2 November 2022 . Southwest Contemporary.
  14. Web site: Breen . Amanda . 20 January 2021 . This Is Who We Are: Nicola López . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220122213218/https://arts.columbia.edu/news/who-we-are-nicola-l%C3%B3pez . 22 January 2022 . 2 November 2022 . School of the Arts - Columbia University.
  15. Web site: Nicola López and Paula Wilson: Becoming Land . 2024-04-11 . City of Albuquerque . en.
  16. Web site: Harris-Huffman . Rachel . 2023-01-30 . How Do We Embody Natural Spaces? . 2024-04-11 . Hyperallergic . en-US.
  17. Web site: Nicola López Neither There nor Here . 2024-04-11 . ELIZABETH LEACH GALLERY . en-US.
  18. Web site: Nicola López Visions, Phantoms, and Apparitions – Center for Maine Contemporary Art . 2024-04-11 . en-US.
  19. Web site: Nicola López: Haunted . 2024-04-11 . City of Albuquerque . en.
  20. Web site: 2019-06-24 . APARICIONES - NICOLA LÓPEZ, GWCDMX . 2024-04-11 . Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo . es-MX.
  21. Web site: Roberts . Kathaleen . 21 April 2019 . Tamarind exhibition uproots expectations . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190422124029/https://www.abqjournal.com/1305035/tamarind-exhibition-uproots-expectations.html . 22 April 2019 . 2 November 2022 . Albuquerque Journal.
  22. Web site: Nicola López Hawthorn Contemporary . 2024-04-11 . hawthorncontemporary . en.
  23. Web site: 2017-05-16 . Nicola López in solo site-specific exhibition at Jacob Lewis Gallery Pace Prints . 2024-04-11 . paceprints.com . en.
  24. Web site: PROJECT ATRIUM: NICOLA LÓPEZ . 2024-04-11 . MOCA Jacksonville . en.
  25. Web site: 2014-11-12 . Nicola López / One Valley Over, A World Apart . 2024-04-11 . Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo . es-MX.
  26. Web site: 2014-2013 Exhibitions . 2024-04-11 . ELIZABETH LEACH GALLERY . en-US.
  27. Web site: 2021-12-10 . "HALF-LIFE" BY NICOLA LÓPEZ ON VIEW AT OREGON COLLEGE OF ART AND CRAFT . 2024-04-11 . Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation . en-US.
  28. Web site: 11 April 2024 . Past Exhibitions . 11 April 2024 . SCAD Museum of Art.
  29. Web site: 2013 . Nicola López: Land of Illusion . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220604024833/https://paceprints.com/2013/nicola-lopez-land-illusion . 4 June 2022 . 19 April 2020 . Pace Prints . en.
  30. Web site: 8 October 2011 . Intervals: Nicola López . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221102210154/https://www.domusweb.it/en/news/2011/10/08/intervals-nicola-lopez.html . 2 November 2022 . 2 November 2022 . Domusweb.
  31. Web site: Smith . Jennifer A. . 15 December 2009 . Lopez's urban art includes 'heavy dose of social criticism' . subscription . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221102210543/https://madison.com/entertainment/arts_and_theatre/visual/lopezs-urban-art-includes-heavy-dose-of-social-criticism/article_64038558-e99b-11de-80fc-001cc4c002e0.html . 2 November 2022 . 19 April 2020 . Madison . en.
  32. Web site: Arginteanu . Judy . 3 January 2008 . Nicola Lopez's ambivalence about cityscapes makes for a thought-provoking show . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200302172607/https://www.minnpost.com/arts-culture/2008/01/nicola-lopezs-ambivalence-about-cityscapes-makes-thought-provoking-show/ . 2 March 2020 . 2 November 2022 . MinnPost.
  33. Web site: Wennerstrom . Nord . October 2005 . Nicola López - Irvine Contemporary . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211203071522/https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/200508/nicola-lopez-44308 . 3 December 2021 . 2 November 2022 . Art Forum.
  34. Web site: Orpheus Selection: Nicola López & Lisa Sigal . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210917112145/https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/4903 . 17 September 2021 . 2 November 2022 . The Museum of Modern Art . en.
  35. Web site: Roberts . Kathaleen . 21 October 2022 . Three exhibits at Albuquerque Museum are inspired by Thomas Cole . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221026203750/https://www.abqjournal.com/2542233/its-all-in-the-details.html . 26 October 2022 . 2 November 2022 . Albuquerque Journal.
  36. Web site: Nicola López . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220609155626/https://www.moma.org/artists/29730 . 9 June 2022 . 2 November 2022 . The Museum of Modern Art.
  37. Web site: Nicola López . 2024-04-11 . Madison Museum of Contemporary Art . en-US.
  38. Web site: 2013 . Nicola López on works on paper . live . https://archive.today/20221103001012/http://artistproject.metmuseum.org/1/nicola-lopez/ . 3 November 2022 . 2 November 2022 . The Artist Project Season 1 . The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  39. Web site: Nicola López . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703084525/https://imma.ie/artists/nicola-lopez/ . 3 July 2022 . 2 November 2022 . IMMA.
  40. Web site: Past Neiman Fellows . 2024-04-11 . LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies . en-US.
  41. Web site: Nicola López . 2024-04-11 . LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies . en-US.
  42. Web site: Nicola López . 2024-04-11 . Tamarind Institute . en-US.
  43. Web site: Nicola López, Big Eye, 2013 . 2024-04-11 . en-US.
  44. Web site: 2022-02-03 . Nicola López Pace Prints . 2024-04-11 . paceprints.com . en.
  45. Web site: Shop . 2024-04-11 . Print Center New York . en-US.
  46. Web site: Pulled in Brooklyn . 2024-04-11 . Print Center New York . en-US.
  47. Web site: Nicola López Ideal Structures for a Dubious Future . 2024-04-11 . The Metropolitan Museum of Art . en.

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