Nicole Anona Banowetz Explained

Nicole Anona Banowetz
Birth Date:1981
Birth Place:Colorado, US
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Colorado State University
Known For:Sculpture
Notable Works:Vessel, Contagion, Life of a Slime Mold
Website:http://www.nicolebanowetz.com/

Nicole Anona Banowetz (born 1981) is a Denver based artist who is known for creating giant inflatable sculpture of microscopic creatures. Her work has been shown internationally appearing in shows in the Netherlands,[1] Russia, Sweden,[2] Taiwan, and Poland.[3] [4] Her works frequently appears at festivals around the world.[5]

Inflatable sculpture

Her sculptures recreate microscopic creatures in large scale floating installations.[6] Inspired by animal, plant, mineral and bacterial worlds, her works deals with themes such as natural growth and decay while evoking feelings of struggle and vulnerability. Powered by large air blowers, the works are changeable and fluid, when refilled they often inflate differently, tilting and sagging in new ways. The sculptures are usually completely white, requiring the viewer to fill in colors with their imagination. In other situations they will be made with colored fabric or filled with colored lights. Sometimes the works can be entered or contain windows for viewing the inside of the sculpture.[7]

Career

She is a member of the Denver artist cooperative .[8] She was commissioned to create a large-scale installation in the Denver Zoo. In 2013, Nicole was a participant in the Biennial of the Americas.[9] She spent 2015 conducting artists residencies in Europe, returning in 2016 for a residency at the Children's Museum in Denver. Her work is popular with educational institutions, and is often created in collaboration with Children. In 2017 she worked with students at McMeen Elementary to create an inflatable science fiction utopia. Her work has an element of social practice, and she started her own artist's collective called BAAM, Build Art and Make (the world what you want), the group created an inflatable torch, modeled off the Statue of Liberty. The torch was used to activist marches following the election of President Trump. In 2017, she was named one of 100 Colorado Creatives by Westword Magazine.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amsterdam Light Festival, Netherlands mondo arc. Favager. Laurence. www.mondoarc.com. en-GB. 2017-11-17.
  2. News: OpenART Biennial 2017 in Örebro, Sweden. Mynewsdesk. 2018-03-31. en.
  3. Web site: Nicole Banowetz, "Gentle Infestation / Łagodna inwazja" Bałtycka Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej. bgsw.pl. pl-PL. 2018-03-31.
  4. News: 100 Colorado Creatives 3.0: Nicole Banowetz. Froyd. Susan. 2017-04-24. Westword. 2018-01-01.
  5. News: Germ of an idea fuels 'Being More than One' installation. Glentzer. Molly. January 25, 2018. Houston Chronicle.
  6. News: Creating and inflating art. TEGNA. KUSA. 2017-11-17. en-US.
  7. News: Art Review: Nicole Banowetz Infests Pirate With Inflated Fabric. Paglia. Michael. 2016-02-17. Westword. 2018-04-02.
  8. Web site: Pirate: Robert Green and Nicole Banowetz Local Exhibits Exhibits. Hamel. Ken. denverarts.org. en-gb. 2018-03-31.
  9. Web site: 2013: Draft Urbanism - Announcements - e-flux. www.e-flux.com. en. 2018-03-31.
  10. Web site: Nicole Banowetz. Wonderspaces. en-US. 2020-03-05.
  11. Web site: The Incubation Effect: Nicole Banowetz. Denver Art Museum. en. 2020-03-05.
  12. Web site: Gray Contemporary. graycontemporary.com. 2020-02-26.
  13. Web site: Nicole Banowetz - University Art Department Gallery. Saginaw Valley State University. en. 2020-03-05.
  14. Web site: Artists. Sculpture Month Houston. en-US. 2020-03-05.
  15. Web site: Natura Obscura moaonline.org. moaonline.org. 2020-03-05.
  16. Web site: NCCA - Saint-Petersburg. NCCA. 2018-03-31.
  17. https://amsterdamlightfestival.com/en Amsterdam Light Festival

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