Biography
Nicole Basilone (b.1988, USA) completed undergraduate studies at Pratt Munson Williams Proctor (2009) and graduated from Maryland Institute college of Art and Design with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting. Past residencies include: Chateau Orquevaux (2018) and The Vermont Studio Center (2012). Her work has been exhibited in major US cities Detroit (MI), Chicago (IL), Oakland (CA), Philadelphia(PA), NY (NY) and Baltimore (MD). In 2018 she landed her first solo exhibition at Mimi and Hill design studios in Westfield, NJ. She has co-curated and participated in two Spring/Break Art Shows in NY, NY. This Spring she is in a group show called Freaky Flowers at September gallery. Her studio is at Mana Contemporary in Jersey City,NJ and she lives in NYC,NY.
The work I create is a synthesis of imagined and real landscapes. My work evolves from observation. Often my finished paintings are like collages, gathered from sketches I have done in “plein air” and mix them with fragments from my memory and imagination. My vision catalogs the emotional response triggered by earths’ abundant resources and ecosystems. The variety of marks in my paintings are about the speed of nature, the mood of the land and the shapes of the plants. Nature is so resilient, constantly evolving and changing to survive. My work engages in dialog with the art historical cannon of abstraction and impressionism.
Education
BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2009-2011
Certificate, Pratt Munson Williams Proctor, 2007-2009
Press
2023, Exhibition Review: "Freaky Flowers" at September Gallery in Kinderhook, Chronogram
2023, 110 - Nicole Basilone, Art By Artists
2022, Like Her Instagram Feed, Collector Carla Shen’s Brooklyn Heights Home Is Filled With Contemporary Art. See It Here, Artnet News
2021, With a Medieval Flair, Spring Break Art Show Celebrates the Eccentric, Hyperallergic
2021, Spring/Break 2021 Looks to the Dark Ages, Whitewall Art
2021, Nicole Basilone, Sticher
2021, 6 Exceptional Female Artists to See at Armory Week 2021, A Woman's Thing
2020, Social Distancing Remote Visits, The Coastal Post
2019, Interview: Susan M B Chen, Journal of Art Criticism
2018, 30 Under 30, Viridian Artist
Exhibitions
2023, Artist Spotlight, Uprise Gallery, New York, NY, USA (Group)
2023, Freaky Flowers, September Gallery, Kinderhook, NY, USA (Group)
2022, Dogmatic Magic Part 2, Out left Art, NY, USA (Group)
2022, Future Perfect, Kates-Ferri Projects, NY, USA (Group)
2022, Cats & Dogs, Chashama, NY, USA (Group)
2022, Garden Salon, Brooklyn, NY, USA (Group)
2021, Dogmatic Magic, Spring/Break Art Show, NY, USA (Group)
2021, Full Circle, WoArt Gallery, Online Exhibition (Group)
2020, Unnatural Intimacy, Spring/Break Art Show, NY, USA (Group)
2020, Flat File, Flat rate Contemporary, Online Exhibition (Group)
2020, World Series, San Diego, CA, USA (Group)
2020, Personal Space, Collective 131, Hoboken, NJ, USA (Group)
2019, Harmonic Tremor, Women’s Work Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA (Group)
2019, Alumni Exhibition, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY, USA (Group)
2019, Under the Magnifying Glass, Gallery Cubed, Brooklyn, NY, USA (Group)
2019, GIFC, Dateline, Denver, CO, USA (Group)
2019, In the Spirit, 68 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA (Group)
2019, Flat File, Flat Rate Contemporary, Online Exhibition (Group)
2018, Salon Show, The Factory at LIC Arts Open, LIC,NY, USA (Group)
2018, Diaries, Mooch Gallery, New York, NY, USA (Group)
2018, Summer Heat, Ortega Y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY, USA (Group)
2018, GIFC, P.2 Gallery, Oakland, CA, USA (Group)
2018, 144 Space, Gestalt Projects, Santa Monica, CA, USA (Group)
2018, GIFC, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL, USA (Group)
2018, GIFC, Fisher Parrish, Brooklyn, NY, USA (Group)
2018, Under, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, USA (Group)
2018, Mimi and Hill, Westfeild, NJ, USA (Solo)
2018, Black and White, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA (Group)
2018, 30 Under 30, Viridian Artist Inc, NY, USA (Group)
2017, The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn Expo Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA (Group)
2017, Wayward Social, Brooklyn, NY, USA (Group)
2012, Commencement Exhibition, Main Building, MICA, Baltimore, MD, USA (Group)
2011, The Common Object, Decker Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD, USA (Group)
2011, Painting/GFA/Drawing Exhibition, Fox Gallery 2, MICA, Baltimore, MD, USA (Group)
2011, Baltimore: Open City, North Avenue Market, Baltimore, MD, USA (Group)
2009, Sophomore Juried Exhibition, MWP Museum of Art, Utica, NY, USA (Group)
2008, Freshmen Juried Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Utica, NY, USA (Group)
2008, Speak-Out Political Art Juried Exhibition, Utica Public Library, Utica, NY, USA (Group)