NICOLE SALIMBENE
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    • SEED SCATTERING
    • WE ARE WATER
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    • UNFOLDING
    • 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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MOVED BY WATER SERIES

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AT THE WATER TABLE (detail) installation view New Image Gallery, James Madison University
Press:  Contemporary Identities International Art Magazine, Izmer Bin Ahmad, Issue #3, (September 2019)​

The Last Supper

THE LAST SUPPER, 2018, 7” x 6’ x 8’, materials: wood, paint, cement, plumbing fixtures, water, test-tubes
THE LAST SUPPER, detail
THE LAST SUPPER, 2018, 7” x 6’ x 8’, materials: wood, paint, cement, plumbing fixtures, water, test-tubes

Contemplating Water

An interactive installation inviting viewers to participate in a sitting meditation, with the intention of reflecting on one’s relationship to water. What are the personal, political, historical, or sacred relationships held with water? The embodied act of witnessing and participating in a contemplative practice created a public and private dialogue.  Despite sitting in busy spaces such as: a Sunday afternoon at the National Arboretum, the center of an art exhibition on opening night, or the Reflection Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial, participants were able to focus their minds and to engage in far ranging reflections on their relationship to water and water issues around the world.

Altered Waters

ALTERED WATERS, 2018, materials: photography slides, led lights, wood, glass funnels, water, drinking glasses, bench
ALTERED WATERS, detail
installation view, Jo Fleming Gallery, 2018

Beholding Water

BEHOLDING WATER, 2019
BEHOLDING WATER, detail
BEHOLDING WATER, 2019

At the Water Table

An interactive installation allowing viewers to witness and participate in a sitting meditation with the intention of reflecting on water. At each seat, visitors will find paper to write on and place into the bowls the name of a water source providing them with nourishment, solace, joy, renewal or memories — or the name of a place experiencing a water crisis. This is a way to enter the meditation with a personal connection or intention. The act of being still and focusing attention on this one element hopes to provoke deep listening and dialogue on greater awareness and care for the water that sustains us all. 
Group Exhibition:
Soil to Skin
Silber Art Gallery 
Goucher College
1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Baltimore, MD 

Exhibit dates:
February 13, 2025 - March 28, 2025

Opening Reception:
February 13, 2025

Gallery HoursMon: Closed
Tues, Wed, Fri – Sun: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Thurs: 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. 


Soil to Skin, a collaboration with Goucher College Art Galleries and Pellis /\ Terra, unveils a powerful synthesis of art, science, and community dialogue to address the legacies of land use, pollution, climate change, and environmental justice. Through interactive sculptures, archival photography, paintings, and collaborative public programming, the exhibition seeks to deepen our understanding of environmental issues while inspiring cultural shifts toward a sustainable future.

Artists: Lynn Cazabon, Se Jong Cho, Melissa Penley Cormier, Elena DeBold, Brooks Dierdroff, Rachel Gaurdiola, Artemis Herber, Sky Hopinka, Ara Koh, Jonna McKone, Nicole Salimbene, and Raymond Thompson Jr.

© 2025 Nicole Salimbene

  • Works
    • BOOKS OF NOURISHMENT
    • SEED SCATTERING
    • 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
  • PRESS
  • NEWS
  • WORKSHOPS
  • CONTACT