Photograph provided by Autumn Nicole
Who: Autumn Nicole
What: Art 1A Artist Talk
When: Wednesday, June 5 from 12:30-1:45
Where: Chemistry 1171
Website: autumnnicole.com
Instagram: @autumn_nicolee
Artist Bio:
Autumn Nicole’s paintings are primarily composed of dark cool colors and highly contrasted scenes. She uses lighting as a way to evoke feelings of loneliness and highlights moments of silence. Within sculpture and installation works, light reappears to represent the presence of the individual. These works are derived, through carefully considering ritual, the passage of time, and the presence of oneself existing within a memory. Using experiences through adversity, and themes rooted in psychology, philosophy, domesticism, and language as the theoretical basis for her practice. Refining and simplifying provocative encounters through a gaze of hypervigilance. Nicole aims to create deeply complex psychological spaces as visual puzzles to foster thoughtful conversation among audiences.
Nicole is a Southern California-based artist. She completed her BFA in Studio Art at California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo with a French Minor. Followed by a certificate in Children’s Book Illustration from UC San Diego. Currently, Nicole is a MFA Candidate at UC Santa Barbara. Her work has been featured in major cities along the East and West coasts. Selected works have been featured with The San Diego Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Pickens County Museum, and she received a second place award in 48th International Art Show at the Brownsville Museum of Art. Additionally, she was awarded an Emerging Artist Grant and The Denis Diderot Grant, to participate at Château d’Orquevaux artist residency in France for 2025.
