NICOLE SALIMBENE
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RECEIPT TAPESTRY SERIES

2017-2019, materials: receipts, waxed linen thread, jewelry wire, metal
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In this series​, I  use receipts as sculptural material to look at consumption. Working with receipts rolled and bound with wire, the bar codes, product names, and corporate identities are simultaneously hidden and exposed. This material is then beaded together and transformed into tapestries. Historically, tapestries have been a textile art used for communication; here, the tapestries voice the complicated story of contemporary consumerist culture.

What Consumes Me Shroud 

WHAT CONSUMES ME SHROUD TAPESTRY, 2019, 31” x 48” x .5”
WHAT CONSUMES ME SHROUD TAPESTRY, detail
installation view, om Rooney Tribute Invitational, Salve Regina Art Gallery, Catholic University, 2019

Hidden Scroll 

HIDDEN SCROLL TAPESTRY, 2018, 12” W x 84”H x 7”, detail
HIDDEN SCROLL TAPESTRY, 2018, 12” W x 84”H x 7”, detail
installation view, Trawick Prize, HIDDEN SCROLL TAPESTRY, 2018, 12” W x 84”H x 7” D

In the Balance 

IN THE BALANCE TAPESTRY, detail (sold)
IN THE BALANCE TAPESTRY, 2017, 52” W x 24”H (sold)
IN THE BALANCE TAPESTRY, detail (sold)

Code 

CODE TAPESTRY, 2018,24.5” x 30.5 x .1” (framed) (sold)
CODE TAPESTRY, detail (sold)
installation view, CODE TAPESTRY, Hickok Cole Art Night (sold)
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
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