Nichole Maury lives and works in Kalamazoo, MI where she is a Professor of Art in the Printmedia Area at Western Michigan University.
Maury has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally including The International Print Center New York, the Scuola di Grafica, Venice, Italy, The Chicago Cultural Center, and The Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI. Her work has been featured in the Midwest Edition of New American Paintings (vol 89) and Printmakers Today (Schiffer Publishing, 2010) and can be found in the collections of the Midwest Museum of Art, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Kala Art Institute.
ABOUT THE WORK
In repetition there is order and structure, but also endless variation. Each time we tell a story, certain influences ( time, place, audience... ) cause distortion. Imagine that childhood game of ‘telephone’? Something shifts along the way. It always does. Working with systems of deconstruction and reverberation, I draw attention to our inability to construct any one complete story.
NICHOLE MAURY
Kalamazoo, MI
nicholemaury@gmail.com
www.nicholemaury.com
EDUCATION
2004 Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking (with honors), The University of Iowa
1998 Bachelor of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Printmaking & Visual Communication)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2004 – present Professor of Art, Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, MI
– Curator, University Print Collection 2005–present
– Printmaking Area Coordinator 2006–2018, 2023–present
– Faculty Director, Studio Art Center International–Florence 2008–2013
2015 – 2017 Co-Director, Makeshift Studio Residency & Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
1998 – 2001 Visiting Artist, (art)n Laboratory, Chicago, IL
SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
2022 Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2022/23 Sabbatical Leave Award, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2018 Ward H. and Cora E. Nay Director’s Choice Purchase Prize, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts,
West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo, MI
2016 Support for Faculty Scholars Award, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Award for Excellence in Printmaking, Edinboro National Printmaking Competition, Bruce Gallery
2015 Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs Minigrant, Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo (Makeshift)
2014 Director’s Choice, MAPC Members Show at Mid America Print Conference, Detroit, MI
Merit Award, Pushing Boundaries/Expanding Horizons, Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA
2013 Best of Show, Mid America Print Council Members Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art,
Youngstown,OH
2012 Dave Bown Projects, Semiannual Competition, Visual Artists Award, NY
Best of Show, Mid America Print Council Members Exhibition, Cape Girardeau, MO
2011 Honorable Mention, 62nd Sioux City Art Center Exhibition, Iowa
2010 Frans Masereel Artist’s Residency, Kasterlee, Belgium
2009 Prize of Excellence, Tokyo Screen Print Biennale, Japan
2008 Fellowship, Kala Institute of Art, Berkeley, CA
SOLO & 2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 In Its Place, Richmond Center for Visual Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2023 Unaddressed, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
2018 Fragmented Remains: Works by Nichole Maury & Corrin McWhirter,
Springfield Art Association, IL
2014 Passed On, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Nichole Maury, Mott College, Flint, MI
2013 Nichole Maury: Ritual & Routine, California State University, Fresno, CA
2012 Inside the Lines, North Dakota State University Memorial Union Gallery, Fargo, ND
2011 Patterns of Behavior, Sewanee: University of the South Art Gallery, Sewanee, TN
Infinite Line, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2010 In Consequence, Performing Arts Center Gallery, Illinois Central College, Peoria, IL
Encoded Landscapes: Recent Work by Guy Benson & Nichole Maury,
Indianapolis Art Center, IN
2009 Nichole Maury and Christopher Quirk, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2008 Some Semblance of Order, Center Art Gallery, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
2007 Marking Time, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
An Array of Plausible Perspectives, Galleria Sotoportego, Scuola Internazionale
di Grafica, Venice, Italy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Drawing Discourse / 14th Annual, Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina, Ashville, NC
Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Bradbury Art Musueum, Arkansas State University, AR
TBD Elastic Memories / Memorias Elastícas, El Cuadrado Gris, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2019 International Academic Printmaking Alliance Exhibition, Taoxichuan Art Museum,
Jiangxi City, China
West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2018 Masters of Drawing: A Contemporary Survey, Alden B. Dow Museum of Science
and Art, Midland Center for the Arts, MI
Pacific States Biennial North American Print Exhibition, University of Hawai’i, Hilo, HI
2017 Unfolding the Map, Great Plains Symposium: Flat Places, Deep Identities: Mapping
Nebraska and the Great Plains, Lincoln, NE
2016 All or Nothing, Manifest Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Dis/Association, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2015 36th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, IL
2014 Double Take, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Suite Prints: 25 Years of Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Christopher Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 Pushing Boundaries–Expanding Horizons: Janet Turner National Print Competition, Chico, CA
Standout Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Tilting at Windmills, Porter Butts Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2011 States of the State: A Contemporary Survey of American Printmaking, University of Ca'Foscari,
Dipartimento di Studio Linguistici e Culturall Comparati, Venice Biennale 54th International Arts
Exhibition, Italy
2009 Kala Residency Projects , Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Vitamin C, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2008 New Pop Prints, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Moving Targets: South America/North America, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Proyecto’ace,
International Center for Visual Arts in South America, Centro de Producción y Edición
Gráfica de Buenos Aires
2011 Drawing Resurfaced, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN (catalog)
2010 New Prints 2010/ Autumn, The International Print Center New York, NY and The University
of Texas / Austin, TX
Tallahassee International 25th Annual Juried Competition, Museum of Fine Arts (catalog)
Tokyo Screen Print Biennale, Tokyo, Japan
2009 New Prints, The International Print Center New York, NY and Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Beyond Printmaking, Landmark Arts Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (catalog)
2008 New Prints 2008/ Spring, The International Print Center New York, NY
Harnett Biennial of American Prints, Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, Richmond, VA
2007 31st Bradley University National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Heuser Art Center Gallery,
Peoria, IL (catalog)
Drawing No Conclusions, The Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
The Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA (catalog)
SELECTED REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
2017 Mamiya, Christin J. “Unfolding the Map.” 2017 Great Plains Symposium, Flat Places,
Deep Identities: Mapping Nebraska and the Great Plains, University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
“Beyond Printmaking 5” exhibition catalog, Landmark Arts Gallery, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, TX
2014 Abbe, Mary. “Deconstructed Pictures at Highpoint.” Star Tribune 18 Sept. 2014.
< http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/stageandarts/275635741.html>
2012 “Nichole Maury.” Manifest International Drawing Annual, Vol 6 (Feb 2012). Print.
2011 Kavass, Veronica. “Patterns of Behavior.” Art Now Nashville 11 Oct. 2011.
<http://artnownashville.com/category/visual-arts-in-nashville>
Blanchard, Drew. Winter Dogs. Ireland: Salmon Poetry, 2011. Print (cover art)
2010 “Nichole Maury.” New American Paintings: Midwest Competition Vol 89 (Oct 2010). Print.
Snyder, Jeffrey. Printmakers Today. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Books, 2010. 164-65. Print
“Nichole Maury.” Cream City Review 33.2 (Fall 2009): 1-6. Print.
“Recent Work by Nichole Maury”. Gallery Gray. 2 April- 30 April 2010.
Web. <http://www.gallerygray.com>.
2009 “New Prints 2009/ Autumn at IPCNY.” 19 Nov 2009. Review. Web.
<http://www.printeresting.org/2009/11/13/new-prints-2009autumn-at-ipcny/#more-8867
2008 Targets Exhibition: South America/North America, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 29 February 2008.
Web. www.proyectoace.com.ar/en_objetivosmoviles.htm
2007 Beyond Printmaking” exhibition catalog, Landmark Arts Gallery, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX (2007)
Urban, Jack. “Kalamazoo Art Hop Artist Interviews.” Public Access, Oct 2007. Television.
“Women & The Arts.” Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts. Newsletter. (Oct 2007), 6.
2006 Art Review, The International Print Center New York Publication: New Prints/ Winter 2006
CURATORIAL
2023 All Together Now: Contemporary Prints from the University Art Collection, consultant,
Richmond Center for Visual Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2011 Tell Me A Story: Images With A Past : A collection of prints from the University Print Collection
Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Netzog-Kerr Gallery, Western Michigan University
2009 Repeat After Me…, : A collection of prints from the University Print Collection
Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Netzog-Kerr Gallery, Western Michigan University
It’s All Black & White : A collection of prints from the University Print Collection
Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Netzog-Kerr Gallery, Western Michigan University
2008 Contemporary Prints : A collection of prints from the University Print Collection
Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Netzog-Kerr Gallery, Western Michigan University
2006 Works from Western Michigan University’s Print Collection (Co-Curator), Richmond Center
for Visual Arts, Netzog-Kerr Gallery, Western Michigan University
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Midwest Museum of America Art, The New Orleans Museum of Art, Kala Art Institute Rutgers \
Center for Innovative Print and Paper, North Dakota State University, Bradley University,
Columbia College Chicago, The University of Iowa, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Various Private Collections