Nicole Collins facts for kids
Nicole Collins is a Canadian artist known for her unique artworks. She creates paintings, performances, videos, and sound pieces. Her art often explores how time, layers, force, and heat affect different materials. She currently teaches art at OCAD University in Toronto.
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Learning to Create: Nicole's Education
Nicole Collins studied art at two major universities. She earned her Master of Visual Studies degree from the University of Toronto in 2009. Before that, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours from the University of Guelph in 1988. These studies helped her develop her artistic skills and ideas.
Nicole's Art Journey: Exhibitions and Galleries
Nicole Collins started showing her art in the early 1990s. Her work has been seen all over the world! She has had exhibitions in galleries in Canada, America, Tokyo, Switzerland, and England.
Today, her art is represented by General Hardware Contemporary in Toronto, Ontario. In 2013, Nicole and her husband, Michael Davidson, even opened their own art gallery. It was right in their living room at 26 McKenzie Crescent in Toronto!
Selected Art Shows: Solo and Group Exhibitions
Nicole Collins has had many art shows, both by herself (solo exhibitions) and with other artists (group exhibitions). These shows allow people to see her amazing work.
Solo Exhibitions: Art by Nicole Alone
- 2018: Furthest Boundless, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
- 2006: stroke for stroke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- 2004: Dimension, Zurich, Switzerland.
- 2002: sample, Canadian Embassy Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
Group Exhibitions: Art with Other Artists
- 2009: MVS Graduate Exhibition, University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto.
- 2008: Pulse 2: Film and Painting After the Image, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto.
- 2007: Hot Wax, The Rooms, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
- 2005: Crossing the Line, The Painting Center, New York, New York.
- 2001: Bra Joe from Kilimanjaro, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia.
- 2000: Translinear, Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario. This was a touring show that visited several places.
- 1999: Art 1999 Chicago, a big international art show in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 1997: International Juried Exhibition of Encaustic Works, The Gallery at R&F, Kingston, New York, USA.
- 1995: Juicy Fruit, The Koffler Gallery, North York, Toronto, Ontario.
