Nicki Green
The Porous Sea (Tank), 2019, glazed ceramic with walnut and caning prosthetic, 51 x 38 x 29 inches
Eye of the Fountain, 2022, glazed ceramic with epoxy, cotton cloth woven by Ricki Dwyer, and glass eyes, 78 x 50 x 27 inches
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Boston, Massachusetts, 1986
Resides: Los Angeles, California
Education: University of California Berkeley (M.F.A., 2018); San Francisco Art Institute (B.F.A., 2009).
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 “Between Washing and Unwithering”, LaiSun Keane Gallery, Boston.
“Pillars of Earth, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco.
2019 “Splitting/Unifying”, Et Al Gallery, San Francisco.
2016 “Breaking Dishes at Gene Compton’s”, GLBT History Museum, San Francisco, CA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Manifesto of Fragility - A World of Endless Promise, La Biennale de Lyon, Museé Guimet, Lyon France.
“Nightmare Bathroom – Del Vaz Projects”, Santa Monica, California.
“On Fire: Contemporary Trailblazers - 77th Scripps Annual”, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, California.
2021 “Les Flammes: L’Age de la Céramique”, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris.
“Omniscient: Queer Documentation in an Image Culture”, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York.
2020 “The Body, The Object, The Other”, Ceramics Biennial, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles.
“The Burdens of History”, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, Virginia.
2019 “Artissima Art Fair”, Et. Al. Gallery, Turin, Italy.
“OBJECTS: REDUX”, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas.
“Queer California”, Oakland Museum of California.
2018 “Consciousness Razing: The Stonewall Re-Memorialization Project”, New Museum, New York.
“UnderSTOOD”, Rockelmann & Partner Gallery, Berlin.
“Bay Area Now 8”, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 Finkel, Jori, “Gender Alchemy is Transforming Art for the 21st Century.”, The New York Times (September 8).
2020 “Laisun Keane Opens a Solo Exhibition of Works by Transdisciplinary Artist Nicki Green.” artdaily.com (October 10).
Policarpio, PJ Gubatina. “San Francisco Bay Area Craft Week Street Scene N°3 → Handmade in the Mission,” Craft Council (September 10).
Sorkin, Jenni. “Hybrid Vessels: Nicki Green’s Transmutations,” in Between Washing and Unwithering. LaiSun Keane.
2019 Westin, Monica, “ARTFORUM Critic’s Picks: Nicki Green at Et. Al. Etc.”, artforum.com (October 7).
Bishop, Deborah, “On Our Radar: Nicki Green.”, American Craft Magazine (February/March).