Michael Nichols
born, St. Louis, Missouri
education
2000 MFA Painting, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
1997 BFA Painting, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
1995 AFA, St. Louis Community College at Meramec, St. Louis, MO
workshops attended
2019 “Strappo” Fresco Workshop, The Fresco School of Andrea Sala, Monza, Italy
2007 Professional Fresco Workshop, Fresco School, Los Angeles, CA
academic appointments
2019 (Jan-April), Visiting Professor of Art, Harlaxton College, Grantham, England
2016–Present, Professor of Art, Foundations, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
(Asst. Prof. 2004–10, Assoc. Prof. 2010–16)
2009 (Jan-April), Visiting Professor of Art, Harlaxton College, Grantham, England
2001–2004, Lecturer, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
1998–2004, Instructor of Art (Adjunct), St. Louis Community College Meramec, St. Louis, MO
solo & small-group exhibitions (selected, 2011-2020)
2020
TBD, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA, Solo (forthcoming)
TBD, Joan DerryBerry Art Gallery, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN, Solo (forthcoming)
2019
2019 October Exhibit, Sager|Braudis Gallery, Columbia, MO, Small-group (forthcoming)
About Face, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY Trio
2018
Mike Nichols Fresco Pop-Up Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR (In conjunction with fresco workshop)
2017
Limelight: Contemporary Buon Frescoes by Micheal Nichols, Cochenour Gallery, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY, Solo
Through the Looking Glass, New Works by Michael Nichols and Kristina Arnold, Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY, Duo
2016
Refresh, Frescoes and Silverpoints by Michael Nichols, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY, Solo
2015
On the Surface, John Cross and Michael Nichols, Fine Arts Gallery, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO, Duo
2014
Michael Nichols, Fresco and Silveropint, Lucretia C. Begley Gallery, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY, Solo
2013
Michael Nichols: Selected Works, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY, Solo
2012
Southwest Strata, Works by Michael and Leslie Nichols, Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY, Duo
2011
Michael Nichols, Selected Works, Peter L. Youngers Art Gallery, Northeastern Junior College, Sterling, CO, Solo
Confluence; Michael Nichols and Leslie Nichols, Visual Arts Center, Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL, Duo
group & juried exhibitions (selected, 2011-2019)
2019
International Painting Annual 9, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Drawing Down, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
Potluck, 1: a selection of works by past exhibitors, Cochenour Gallery, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
Celebration of the Creative Arts at Harlaxton, Gold Room & Great Hall, Harlaxton Manor, Grantham, England
12th Annual Members Only, Artwork Inc., WKU, Bowling Green, KY
2018
"And Now for Something New" Vol 1., LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA
International Painting Annual 8, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2018 Juried Show, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY
11th Annual Members' Art Exhibition, Artworks Inc., Bowling Green, KY
2018 Jack Lunt Memorial Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY
2017
Art of the South 2017, Number Inc. Magazine, Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville, TN
National Juried Painting Exhibition, Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
Half-Truth, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
9th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
24th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Krempp Gallery, Jasper Arts Center, Jasper IN
Kentucky Visions at the Capitol 2017, KAC, Capitol Annex, Frankfort, KY
2016
International Painting Annual 6, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Jack Lunt Memorial Juried Art Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY
Instructor Exhibit, Sandra J. Blain Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Past and Present, Ellis walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY
2015
Metalpoint Now!, Garvey Simon Art Access, New York, NY
International Painting Annual 5, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Emporium Center Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Contemporary Portraits, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
Face It, Eichold Gallery, Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL
State of Painting, Anne Wright Wilson Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
Jack Lunt Memorial Juried Art Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY
2014
The Red Clay Survey: 2014 Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art, Huntsville Museum of Fine Art, Huntsville, AL
Drawing Discourse, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC
6th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
33rd Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY
2013
6th Annual Paint the Parks, Traveling, Coutts Museum of Art, El Dorado, KS
Biennial Juried Show, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY
Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Emporium Center Gallery, Knoxville, TN
OAG 51st Juried Exhibition, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY
32nd Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Thoroughbred Square, Bowling Green, KY
Uncommon Wealth, Kentucky Arts Council, Frankfort, KY
2012
International Drawing Annual 7, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Press, Cincinnati, OH
56th Mid-States Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science, Evansville, IN
Grayscale, Strathmore Mansion and Galleries, North Bethesda, MD
4th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
2011
Residue, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
“9 x 12”, Ferencvarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
3rd Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
emè Exposition Internationale, Centre Culturel et de la Vie Associative Villeurbanne, St. Louis - Lyon Sister Cities Inc., Lyon, France
Harlaxton Exhibit; 40th Anniversary Celebration, Krannert Gallery, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN
Drawing Resurfaced, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
grants & fellowships
Artist Professional Development Grant, Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville, KY, 2019
Quick Turn-Around Grant, Influences, Conversations about fresco in Italy, Potter College of Arts and Letters, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 2019
RCAP Grant, Refresh: Exploring Contemporary Applications of Buon Fresco, Sponsored Programs, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 2014
Sabbatical Leave, Refresh: Exploring Contemporary Applications of Buon Fresco, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 2014
Al Smith Fellowship, Kentucky Arts Council, Frankfort, KY, 2010
Faculty Grant, Painted in Stone; the Art of Italian Fresco Painting, Office of Sponsored Programs, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 2010
Junior Faculty Grant, Buon Fresco Technique, Office of Sponsored Programs, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 2007
awards (selected, 2006-2018)
Juror’s Choice, “And Now for Something New”, Vol 1, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA, 2018
Best of Show, 2018 Jack Lunt Memorial Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY
Second Place, 2017 National Juried Painting Exhibition, Gallery of Art and Design University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 2017
Best of Show, 10th Annual Members Juried Art Exhibition, Artworks Inc., Bowling Green, KY, 2017
Award of Excellence, 24th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Krempp Gallery, Jasper, IN, 2017
Patron Award, 30th Annual Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI, 2017
Second Place, International Painting Annual 6, Manfiest Press, Cincinnati, OH, 2016
Merit Award, Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit, Knoxville, TN, 2015
Best of Show, 8th Annual Members Juried Art Exhibition, Artworks Inc. Bowling Green, KY, 2015
Best of Show, 33rd Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Artworks Inc. Bowling Green, KY, 2014
Best of Show, US Bank Celebration of the Arts 2014, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY, 2014
Best of Show, 51st Juried Exhibit, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY, 2013
Third Place, Biennial Juried Show, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY, 2013
Juror’s Award, 6th Annual Paint the Parks, Coutts Museum of Art, El Dorado, KS, 2012
Third Place, 3rd Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA, 2011
Julie Tabbitas Moore Award, Northeast National Pastel Exhibit, Arts Center Old Forge, Old Forge, NY, 2010
Great American Artworks Product Award, Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, Arts Center Old Forge, Old Forge, NY, 2010
Best of Show, US Bank Celebration of the Arts 2010, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY, 2010
Best of Show, 28th Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Capitol Arts, Bowling Green, KY, 2008
Best of Show, 27th Annual All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Capitol Arts, Bowling Green, KY, 2007
Second Place, National Drawing Annual, Manifest Press, Cincinnati, OH, 2006
bibliography (selected)
Schwalb, Susan & Mazzullo, Thomas, Silverpoint and Metalpoint Drawing: A Complete Guide to the Medium, Routledge/Focal Press, December, 2018
Gardner, Stephen CP, Gateway to Drawing, A Complete Guide, Thames and Hudson, December 1st, 2018
Loosterboer, Lorena, “Idiosnycratic Monochromes”, PoetsArtists Magazine #85
Cole, Megan, “In the ‘Limelight’, Art professor featured at Downing Museum”, College Heights Herald, WKU, September 21st, 2016, p. B1
“Arrowmont Instructor Exhibit Opens”, Mountain Life, The Mountain Press, Section B, June 3rd, 2016
Furman, Anna, “10 Metalpoint Artists Redefine a Traditional Technique in Contemporary Terms”, Artsy Inc., Web, June 25th. 2015
“The Antique Art Technique Finding New Flavour”, Phaidon, June 18, 2015
Corona, Sarah, “Metalpoint Art: An unexpected revival”, Wall Street International Magazine, Web June 2nd, 2015
Muente, Kevin, “Michael Nichols at the Carnegie”, ÆQAI, October 22nd, 2013
Jenkins, Mark, “VisArts at Rockville Marks 25 Years; ‘Grayscale’”, Washington Post, Washington D.C.: December 20th, 2012, p. 2
video & television
Badetti, Barbara, “Antico e modern, Affreschisti di tutto il mondo uniti dal web”, The Fresco School of Andrea Sala”, Civic Gallery, Monza, Italy, November 26th, 2017
Beckley, Cheryl, “New, Old, & Natural”, Main Street, Bowling Green, KY; WKYU-PBS, July, 2012
Collins, Lindsey, “WKU Connection”, Bowling Green Today, Bowling Green,KY; Bowling Green television WNKY NBC/CBS 40, August 27th, 2010
Knipp, Michael A., The People Project, St. Louis, MO: DHTV Video Documentary, St. Louis Public Access Television channel 21, 2001
workshops & professional presentations
2019
Presentation, Influences, Michael Nichols on Diego Rivera, hosted by The Fresco School of Andrea Sala, Civic Gallery, Monza, Italy
Buon Fresco Painting Demonstration, Airbrushed Buon Fresco, The Fresco School of Andrea Sala, Monza, Italy
Buon Fresco Workshop, Harlaxton College, Grantham England
2018
Buon Fresco Workshop, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Buon Fresco Workshop, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Buon Fresco Painting Demonstration, BG Mini-Maker Fair, Western Kentucky University South Campus
Presentation, WKU Art Foundation Courses, AP Summer Institute, The College Board, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2017
Artist Talk, Limelight, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
Buon Fresco Workshop, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
Artist Talk, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
Buon Fresco Workshop, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Buon Fresco Workshop, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
2016
Buon Fresco Workshop (5 day workshop), Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Artist Talk, Turner Auditorium, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2015
Buon Fresco Workshop, Fontbonne University, St, Louis, MO
Artist Talk, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
2014
Buon Fresco Workshop, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY
Buon Fresco Workshop, ARTWORKS Inc. Bowling Green, KY
Artist Talk, Uncommon Wealth, SKyPAC Galleries, Bowling Green, KY
2013
Lecture, Buon Fresco, A Brief History, ARTWORKS Inc. Bowling Green, KY
Artist Talk, Meet the Professor, WKU Art Guild, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2011
Lecture, Creating the Van Meter Fresco, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
Buon Fresco Workshop, Fontbonne University, St, Louis, MO
2010
Buon Fresco Workshop, Art Education Mini-Conference, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2009
Buon Fresco Workshop, Society of Art History and Archeology, University of Evansville, 2009
Artist Talk, Figures in Flux, John Brown University, Saliom Springs, AR
Buon Fresco Workshop, Art Education Mini-Conference, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2008
Buon Fresco Workshop, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
2006
Artist Talk, Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin, TN
Artist Talk, Watkins School of Art and Design, Nashville, TN