NICOLE SALIMBENE
  • Works
    • WE ARE WATER
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    • KNOWING YOUR WATER
    • MOVED BY WATER SERIES
    • AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CONSUMPTION: FIVE SCROLLS
    • DIVINE FEMININE SERIES
    • MAKEUP SERIES: TREMBLING
    • SCAPULAR SERIES
    • MENDING
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EDUCATION
1991    BA English University of Northern Colorado

AWARDS 
2021    Individual Artist Award in Visual Art, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD 
2018    Second Place, The 2018 Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, (Juried by Christopher Bedford, 
               Director, The Baltimore Museum of Art; Valerie Fletcher, Independent Art Historian & Senior Curator Emerita Hirshhorn Museum;
Sukjin Choi,
               Head of Ceramics, James Madison University)
Bethesda, MD
2018    Individual Artists and Scholars Grant, Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, MD
2017    Individual Artist Award in Visual Art: Sculpture/Installation, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD 
2015    Individual Artists and Scholars Grant, Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, MD
2012    First Place, Tom Rooney Prize, Sculpture Now 2012, Washington Sculptors Group, Pepco Edison Place 
            Gallery, (Juried by Sarah Newman, Curator of Contemporary Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art) Washington, D.C.
2012    Semi-Finalist, The 2012 Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, Bethesda, MD
2011    Finalist, 3rdr Ward Open Call New York and Taipei
2008   Five Honorable Mentions, Small Wonders, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD (Juried by Diane 
               DiSalvo, Curator and Director of Cultural Programs, Stevenson University)
Annapolis, MD 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016    Moved by Water, New Image Gallery and Duke Hall Critique Space, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2016    Mending, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2016    The Scapular Room, Rhizome DC, Washington, D.C.
2016    Protection | Devotion | Earth, guest solo exhibit, Studio Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2010    Studies in Intimacy, Atrium Gallery, Takoma Park, MD

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022    Forecast, Tephra ICA at Signature, (Curated by Alissa Maru, Hannah Barco, Sue Wrbicon) Reston, VA
2022    Cast/Recast, Mason Exhibitions, George Mason University, (Curated by Alissa Maru, Hannah Barco, Sue Wrbicon) Arlington, VA
2022    WPA Art Night, Hickok Cole, Washington, D.C.
2022    Water Is Life, Dairy Arts Center, (Co-Curated by JayCee Beyale) Boulder, CO
2022    Looks Good On Paper, Pyramid Atlantic, (Jurors: Cindy Cheng, Kelly Taylor Mitchell, Gretchen Schermerhorm) Hyattsville, MD
2022    No Man’s Land, Shockboxx, Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2021    WPA Art Night, Hickok Cole, Washington, D.C.
2021    Contextural, Curated by the Collectors, Alexia & Rod von Lipsey, virtual, Washington, D.C.
2021    Washington Project for the Arts Collectors’ Night Benefit Auction, Washington, D.C.
2020    DC Art Now 2020, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Program finalists exhibit, virtual, Washington, D.C
2020    The Next Big Thing, Studio Channel Islands Gallery(Juror: Leah Ollman, Art Writer/Critic,LA Times,ARTnews,Art in America) Camarillo,                  CA
2020    By The People x Monochrome Collective Art Fair presented by Halcyon (Curator Nina O’Neil), virtual, Washington, D.C.
2020    Uncommon Goods, Damon Arhos, Sarah Irvin, Nicole Salimbene, Olivia Tripp Morrow, Willow Street Gallery (Curator: Megan                          Maher) Washington, DC
2019    Color, National Juried Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (Juror: Jocelyn Miller, Asst.Curator, MoMA PS1) Brooklyn, NY
2019    Pulling Together The Art of Teachers, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, D.C. 
2019    Boundless, Betty Mae Kramer Gallery, Silver Spring, MD
2019    Roar, ArtFarm Studios, Annapolis, MD
2019    Washington Project for the Arts Collectors’ Night (Juried by Michelle Grabner, Rosario Güiraldes, Schwanda Rountree, Amy Sadao,                              Shinique Smith) Washington, DC
2019    Tom Rooney Tribute Invitational, Salve Regina Art Gallery, Catholic University, Washington, D.C. 
2018    Frontera 2018, Mid America Print Council, Portfolio Exchange, University of Wyoming (Curator: Fawn Atencio) Laramie, WY
2018    WPA Art Night, Hickok Cole, Washington, D.C.
2018    Washington Project for the Arts Auction Gala (Jurors: Edgar Arceneaux, Mark Beasley, Jocelyn Miller, Frederick P. Ognibene, Jessica                             Stafford Davis, Renée Stout) Washington, DC
2018    H20 Contemplations on Water, Jo Fleming Contemporary Art Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2017    The Library Collection, Northern Virginia Community College, Manassas, VA
2017    Camp Artscape: Parents’ Day, Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University (Curators: Erin Lehman and J. Susan Isaacs) Towson, MD
2017    Finder-Maker: Eric Celarier, Ani Hoover, Nicole Salimbene, Anacostia Arts Center | Honfleur Gallery (Curator: Megan Maher)                         Washington, D.C. 
2017    The Making of Things: Maria Theresa Fernandez, Cianne Fragione, Nicole Salimbene, Dadian Gallery (Curator: Kiki McGrath)                       Washington, D.C. 
2016    Making Sense: See, Smell, Hear, Taste, Touch, McLean Project for the Arts (Juror: Nora Atkinson, Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft,                             Smithsonian American Art Renwick Gallery) McLean, VA 
2016    In The Reflection Of, Bennett Park Art Atrium (Curator: Heloisa Escudero) Arlington, VA
2016    An Extraordinary Portal, The 39th Street Corridor (Curator: Lisa Rosenstein) Gallery, Brentwood, MD
2015    Affordable Art Market, Julio Valdez Studio, New York, NY
2015    instigate.activate | new curators.new ideas, Arlington Arts Center (Curator: Ellen Chenoweth) Arlington, VA
2014     (e)merge Art Fair, Selected Artist Platform, Capitol Skyline Hotel (Vetting committee: Ai WeiWei, Mika Yoshitake,
             Jeffreen M. Hayes) Washington, D.C.    
2013    Emulsion, Gallery O (Juror: Lauren Gentile, Founder and Director, The Contemporary Wing, Washington, D.C.) Washington, D.C. (catalog)
2012    Oddworks, New Orleans Photo Alliance (Juror: Russell Lord, Curator of Photography New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA)
            New Orleans, LA 

2012    Sculpture Now 2012, Washington Sculptors Group, Pepco Edison Place Gallery (Juror: Sarah Newman, Curator of Contemporary Art,                Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.) Washington, D.C.
2011    Making Meaning: Remember, Repurpose, Restore, Scrap-DC, 9/11 Art Project, Center for Green Urbanism, Washington, D.C.
2008   Small Wonders, Maryland Federation of Art (Juror: Diane DiSalvo, Curator and Director of Cultural Programs, Stevenson University)                              Annapolis, MD
2007    Conservez moi pour échange, “keep me for exchange” Galerie des Etonnes, Nogent sur Oise, France
2007    Plusieurs/ A Contrario, Eglise, Notre Dame de Montataire, Montataire, France

SELECTED COMMISSIONS 
2022    Public Art Commission, Artforum Tapestry Scroll II, AC Hotel, Bethesda, MD
2020    Public Art Commission, Artforum Tapestry Triptych, 18’ x 5’4” x .5”, Carr Properties, Alexandria, VA

COLLECTIONS  
2018     Frontera, Isla Center for the Arts, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS 
Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut, Colorado, New York, California

ARTIST TALKS 
2020   Cross Connect Interviews +Virtual Hangouts, Nicole Salimbene + Magdolene Dykstram, I A & A at Hillyer, Washington, D.C.
2016    Luce Foundation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
2016    The Lawn Chair Talks: Artist +Urban Agriculturists, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2015-16 Lecture, Image and Text, Photoworks, Bethesda, MD

COLLABORATIONS/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 
2021-22 Cultivate Project, Artist Collective
2018-22 Drawing Zone: Drawing as a Social Practice, Instigator, Washington, D.C./on-line
2020    Common Thread: A Community Action Project, Swatchroom, In 7 Words, Washington, D.C.
2018    Alchemical Vessels: Our Common Thread, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, D.C. (catalog)
2017    The One House Project, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2016-17 Erase Hate Through Art, Columbia Art Center, Columbia, MD
2016    Intimate Commissions, Interdisciplinaryness, (Curated by John Borstel and Catherine Mueller) Online
2016    Filter Diaries, Art Hop, La Mano Coffee Bar, Washington, D.C.
2014-15 New Hampshire Ave: This is A Place to ... Art Place America and NEA funded project with Dance Exchange, Takoma Park, MD
2014    Alchemical Vessels, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, D.C. (catalog)
2013    The Listening Room-Refugee Art Project, Gallery, Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD

PUBLICATIONS 
2022    EcoTheo Review, EcoTheo Collective
2022    Panhandler Magazine, A Journal of Art and Literature, University of West Florida
2012    One Hundred Days, Contaminate NYC (Catalog)        
2010    Living Through the End of Nature: The Future of American Environmentalism, Paul Wapner, MIT Press

PRESS
2022    The Washington Post, In the galleries: Paper pushers: Artists stretch creative limits. Concepts of the Medium are expanded,                   manipulated, recycled or otherwise transformed, Mark Jenkins (September 16, 2022)
2020    The Washington Post, In the galleries: Uncommon Goods, Mark Jenkins (February 21, 2020)
2019    Contemporary Identities International Art Magazine, Izmer Bin Ahmad, Issue #3 (September 2019)
2018    The Washington Post, In the galleries: Turning the commonplace into uncommonly fine art, Mark Jenkins (September 21, 2018)
2017    Sculpture Magazine, Washington, D.C.: Nicole Salimbene – Flashpoint Gallery, Sarah Tanguy (May 2017)
2017    Al Tashkeel Magazine 27th Edition, An Interpretation of The Works of the Fourth Solo Exhibition of American Artist Nicole                      Salimbene, Ebtisam Abdel Aziz, Emirates Fine Arts Society (January, 2017)
2016    The Washington Post, In the galleries: Nicole Salimbene, Mark Jenkins (October 1, 2016)
2016    The Art Newspaper, What to see in DC this autumn, from rare Korans to durational performance: Our insider’s guide to the
             top exhibitions and events in the US capital: Locals choose their can't-miss shows
, Sarah Tanguy, Curator Art in Embassy US                 Department of State (September 26, 2016)

2016    Smithsonian American Art Museum Blog: Eye level, Luce Artist Talk: Nicole Salimbene, Madeline Hawkins (September 20, 2016)
2016    East City Art Review, East City Art Notes: Nicole Salimbene Protection | Devotion | Earth at Studio Gallery, Eric Hope 
             (January 20, 2016)

2015    Arlington Art Center Blog, Sending Off Instigate. Activate, Narwan Aimen (March 31, 2015)
2014    East City Art, (e)merge art fair returns to D.C., Irene Clouthier (October 21, 2014)
2014    Bmore Art, (e) Merge VIP Preview: Photos from Thursday October 2, Joan Cox (October 3, 2014)
2014    Quiet Lunch, Exploring (e)merge Art Fair 2014|Part 1|Recap, Quiet Lunch (October 24,2014)
2012    The Washington Post, Transforming the way we look at things, Michael O’Sullivan (July 6, 2012)
2010    Maryland Gazette, Poet-artist pairs collaborate on This is Our Body, Claudia Rousseau (March 24, 2010)

SELECTED WORKSHOPS/TEACHING 
2020    Opening to Your Creativity, Halcyon Arts Lab, Washington, D.C.
2018    World Wildlife Fund, Washington, D.C.
2017    Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C.
2016    CFI Faculty Workshop: Opening to Your Creativity, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2016    Opening to Your Creativity, Rhizome DC, Washington, D.C.
2015-16Opening to Your Creativity, Crossings|A Center for the Healing Traditions, Silver Spring, MD
2010-15Contemplative Environmental Studies: Pedagogy for Self and Planet, American University School of International Service,                     The Lama Foundation, San Cristobal, NM 
2014     Wisdom Sharing: A Deepening Retreat-Alice Walker, Gloria Steinem, Dr. Chung Hyun Kyung, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM
2014     Earth Honoring Faith/Listening to Earth, Opening to God, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM
2014    Contemplative Retreat for Educators: A Day of Practice, Center for Contemplative Mind and Society, Washington, D.C.
2013-14 Mindful Choices Program, Curriculum Advisor, Mellon Foundation Grant, Clark University, Worcester, MA
2011     Art Studio, Examination Paper Scroll, American National Nursing Credentialing Center Magnet Conference, Baltimore, MD
2009    ShadowPlay1“Borderlands,” Text/Image/Crafting Workshop, Atrium Gallery, Takoma Park, MD
2006-08 Contemplative Sustainable Design, American University, School of International Service, The Lama Foundation San                             Cristobal, NM

PROFESSIONAL 
2016-22     Art Consultant, Private Practice, Washington D.C., Maryland, California
2016-19     Gallery Committee Advisor, Willow Street Gallery, DC Arts Studios, Washington, D.C.
2013-14     Artist Services, Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2006-11     Assistant to the Founder and Artistic Director, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Takoma Park, MD
1998-00    Bookings Coordinator, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Takoma Park, MD
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Group Exhibition:
Forecast
November 3, 2022–January 22, 2023
Curated by Alissa Maru in collaboration with Hannah Barco and Sue Wrbican

Opening Reception & Artist Talk
Friday, November 4, 6–8pm (please note time correction)
Tephra ICA at Signature
www.tephraica.org

​​22 artist's predictions: Rahne Alexander, Nina Q. Allen, Laure Drogoul, Cheryl Edwards, Heloisa Escudero, Maggie Gourlay, Mira Hecht, Kay Hwang, Veronica Jackson, Jessica Kallista, Maria Karametou, Isabel Manalo, Ceci Cole McInturff, Meeting Ground (Susan Main and MJ Neuberg), Zia Palmer, Judith Pratt, Lisa Rosenstein, Nicole Salimbene, Asha Santee, Kat Thompson, Jessica Valoris, Naoko Wowsugi

© 2022 Nicole Salimbene

  • Works
    • WE ARE WATER
    • ARTFORUM TAPESTRY SERIES
    • RECEIPT TAPESTRY SERIES
    • UNFOLDING
    • KNOWING YOUR WATER
    • MOVED BY WATER SERIES
    • AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CONSUMPTION: FIVE SCROLLS
    • DIVINE FEMININE SERIES
    • MAKEUP SERIES: TREMBLING
    • SCAPULAR SERIES
    • MENDING
    • STUDIES IN INVASIVENESS
    • COMMUNITY PROJECTS
    • ARCHIVE >
      • STONE TO STONE
      • PROTEST RECEIPTS
      • FIGURES IN CEMENT
      • BOX SERIES
      • FACTORY SHRINE
  • ABOUT
    • STATEMENT
    • BIO
    • CV
  • PRESS
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