Nicole Cherubini Biography

Lives and works in New York City

EDUCATION

2002
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan. ME

1996-1998
MFA, Visual Arts: New York University, New York, NY

1990-1993
BFA, Ceramics: Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI


ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2010
Polly Apfelbaum / Nicole Cherubini: Studiowork, D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY
Davis, Cherubini: sleepless, Samson Projects, Boston, MA

2009
Project Room, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA (curated by Lisa Melandri)
Davis, Cherubini, List Visual Arts Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany
Samson Projects, Boston, MA

2008
D’Amelio Terras, New York, New York
Smith-Stewart, New York, New York

2007
Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Nassau County Museum, New York (with Valerie Hegarty)

2006
Klemens Gasser and Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York, NY
Jane Harstook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY

2005
Samson Projects, Boston, MA
ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA

2004
G-Pots and Gems, Jersey City Museum, NJ.

2001
Transformer, La Panaderia, Mexico D.F., Mexico (with Nancy Barton and Carol Bove)


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
Illusions Lounge, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL

2009
Pink Panther, Kumukumu Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Smith-Stewart with Hannah Dumes and Nicole O’Rourke (forthcoming)
“Misfeasance?” Museo de Arte Raúl Anguiano, Guadalajara, México curated by Montserrat Albores
Harlem Postcards: Spring 2009, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
1992009, D'Amelio Terras, New York, NY
An Expanded Field of Possibilities, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
On From Here, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
Dirt on Delight, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA., will travel to the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

2008
Without Walls, Museum 52, New York, NY
BlueBalls, APF Lab, New York, NY
Confrontational Ceramics, The Arts Exchange, White Plains, NY
Another Peep Show, Smith-Stewart, New York.
Environments and Empires, The Rose Art Museum, Waltham, Ma. Curated by Dominique Nahas and Margaret Evangeline.
Newman Popshiavilli, New York, NY
Re-Considering Color: Postmodern Classical II, Onassis Cultural Center, New York.

2007
Irrational Profusion, PS 1/MOMA, Queens, New York. Curated by Phong Bui.
Circumventing the City, D’Amelio Terras Gallery, New York. Curated by Rachel Uffner.
Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York. Curated by Omar-Lopez-Chahoud.
Blood Meridian, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin. Curated by David Hunt.
Lucky Draw, Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Intelligent Design, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Rico Gaston& Ellie Murphy.

2006
Trans-Hudson Project: the cultural landscape, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
New Work, Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by David Hunt.
The Bong Show, Leslie Tonkonow, New York, NY. Curated by Beverly Semmes.
Miami Design Exhibition, Miami, FL, M*A*S*H. Curated by David Hunt.
Beauty’s Gold is Clay, Alexandre Gallery, New York, NY
Material Abuse, Caren Golden Fine Art, NY /Clifford Gallery, Colgate University.
Sci-Fi Lullabies, FirePlace Projects, Hamptons, NY.
new work, Klemens Gasser and Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York, NY.
One Part Clay, Garth Clark, New York, NY. (traveling, SOFA NY)
Brutto Gusto, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY. Curated by Erin Donnelly.

2005
Make it Now: New Sculpture in New York, The Sculpture Center, New York, NY.
Maximum Volume, Atlanta College for the Arts Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Curated by Isolde Breilmeyer

2004
TwiLife, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY.
Peekskill Project, New York, NY. Curated by Koan Jeff Baysa.
Art on the Installment Plan, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY. Curated by Lilly Wei.
RISD Biennial NYC 2004, Claire Oliver Fine Art, New York, NY. Curated by Shamim Momin.
Super Salon, Samson Projects, Boston, MA.

2003
Pantone, Massimo Audiello Fine Art, New York, NY. Curated by David Hunt.
City Mouse/Country Mouse, Space 101, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by David Hunt.
Dress Me Up, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ. Curated by Calvin Reid.
Tomoyo Saito Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
A Theory of Relative Power, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY. Curated by Franklin Sirmans.

2002
4 Brooklyn Artists, Tomoyo Saito Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
Innovation and Tradition, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY.

2000
Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY. 2000 Part 2: Photographs Here, Here Gallery, Cleveland, OH. Photographic Imagination.
SnapShot, The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD.

1999
New York, NY: Big City of Dreams, OpenSpace, Milan, Italy. (curated by Franklin Sirmans)


SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS

2007
The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award

2001-02

Emerge 2002 Artist Development Program, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, New Jersey, NJ
Artist-in-Residence, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY

2000
Greenwich House Pottery Artist Residency, Summer-Fall 2000

1998
Jack Goodman Award for Art and Technology, New York University

1997
Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts Residency Fellowship

1995
The New England Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Sculpture
Massachusetts Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts

1994
The Travel Grants Fund for Artist (México), Arts international, NEA


BIBLIOGRAPHY

2009
Reichert, Elizabeth. “Nicole Cherubini’s Art Pots,” Ceramics: Art and Perception, No. 77 2009
Smith, Roberta. “Crucible of Creativity, Stoking Earth into Art,” NY Times, 3/20/09, p. C25
Smith, Roberta. “A Gallery Goes Out in a Burst of Energy,” NY Times 2/6/09, p. C5

2008
Cotter, Holland. “Lower East Side: Art Shoehorned Amid Charm,” NY Times 11/14/08, p. C29
“Top Ten,” Artforum, 11/2008, pp.181-2
“Goings on About Town: Nicole Cherubini,” The New Yorker, 10/28/08, p.28

2007
Smith, Roberta. “The Material is the Message”, NY Times 9/10/08
Breaking the Mould, New Approaches in Ceramics. Black Dog Publishing.
Albores, Montserrat: Brielmaier, Isolde; Davis, Taylor; Hunt, David. “Nicole Cherubini”; catalog in conjunction with exhibition at Samson Projects.
Johnson, Ken. “Critics Pick”, Boston Globe. 4/14/07
Nadelman, Cynthia, ArtNews, “Critic’s Pick”, 4/07
Porter, Jenelle. Assem-bling. Catalog in conjunction with ICA exhibition.
Perreault , John. American Craft 2/2007: One Part Clay
Reichert, Elizabeth. Ceramics Arts & Perception, 5/2007: One Part Clay.
Tarkassis, Kostas. Clay Art International Yearbook, Greece, March
2007

2006
Porter, Jenelle. The Believer Magazine, “the top ten”
Johnson, Ken. New York Times, “Art Listings” 7/28/06
Cohen, David. NY Sun. “Not resigned to the Realm of Craft” 7/27/06
Palmerton, Elwyn. NYArts “Nicole Cherubini” Vol 11 no 7/8
Hunt, David. “Are Ceramicists to bother…” Essay for exhibition at Gasser and Grunert.
Kley, Elisabeth. Art News, 2/2006. “Just Bead It” pp.114-115.
Clark, Garth and Delvecchio, Mark. “One Part Clay: Advent-Garde and Mixed Media” SOFA
Dean, Mark. “One Part Clay” Catalog for Traveling Exhibition.
Pfannkuche, Bernd. Neue Keramik, magazine, Germany. 11/2006: One Part Clay
Reichert, Elizabeth. Ceramics Monthly, 11/2006. One Part Clay

2005
TimeOut New York, “TwiLife”
Korotkin, Joyce. NY Arts/ M Magazine/ January 2005. “TwiLife”
Coates, Jason. Style Weekly/ February 2nd, 2005. P.31
The Improper Bostonian/ April 6, 2005. P. 69
Artforum. May 2005. “Preview”
Smiith, Roberta. The New York Times/ May 27, 2005. P. E37 “The Many Shades of Now,…”
Ammirati, Domenick. Art Forum. October 2005. “Reviews”
Ins and Outs: Long Island City, NY / June 2005. “The Skinny on Sculpture”
Pappalaro, Anne. Artforum / June 2005. “Critics’ Picks’.
McGee, Celia. Daily News / May 27th, 2005. “What’s Old is New”.
Scott, Andrea K. TimeOut New York / June 2-8, 2005. “The New New Thins”
The Queens Courier / June 15, 2005. “ ‘Make It Now’ In Long Island City”
The New Yorker / June 27th, 2005.
TimeOut New York / July 14-20, 2005.
Kunitz, Daniel. The New York Sun / July 28th, 2005. “Better See it Now”

2004
Aranda-Alvarado, Rocio. “Nicole Cherubini: G-Pots and Gems” 1x1 Exhibition Catalogue
Smith, Roberta. New York Times 1/9/2004. Art in Review: "Pantone"
Smith, Roberta. New York Times 1/23/2004. Last Chance.
Wei, Lilly. "Art on the Installment Plan" Henry Street Settlement.
Momin, Shamim. "RISD Fine Art Biennial" (catalog)
Plummer, D'Lynne. South End News. May 13, 2004. Vol.25 no.17.

2003
Korotkin, Joyce. NY ARTS / April 2003 "Brooklyn"
Honigman, Ana Finel. Contemporary Magazine/ vol. 51. "NY: Space 101. "
Sirmans, Franklin. "A theory of relative power" Catalog
Bischoff, Dan. The Star-Ledger/Sunday June 1, 2003. "Aljiras new gallery emerges.."
Black, Mary. The Tablet, Seattle 05/01. " what to check out when you're out and about"
Stoezs, David. Seattle Weekly 5/30. "Dress Me Up"

2002
Sirmans, Franklin. "Henry Street Settlement: Artists-in-Residence" catalog
Ting, Mary. "Tradition and Innovation"

2001
Riekels, Lawrence. Transformer. La Panaderia, Mexico D.F.
Lopez, Maria Luisa. “Transformer Femenino en La Panaderia” Culture, Milenio Diario. 12/01
Ruiz, Blanca. “Mujeres en Accion” Primera Fila, Reforma. 1/19/2001
Sirmans, Franklin. Atmosfere Metropolitane . Comune di Milano, da Punto Erre, 2001

2000
“Here,Here” 6/24/200, The Plain Dealer/ Entertianment Section, Cleveland, Ohio
Photographic Imagination Catalog, in conjunction with the exhibition 6/2000





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