Nicole Lenzi: CV | Bio

EDUCATION:

Carnegie Mellon University. University Honors.

B.F.A. Painting, Drawing, & Printmaking. 1995.

The Ecole De Beaux Arts. Tours, France. 1993.

Maryland Institute, College of Art. MFA . 2007.

SELECTED

EXHIBITIONS:

Stop and Go. Gallery at Flashpoint. DC Arts Incubator. Washington, D.C. (Solo). 2008.

Suspended Continuum(s). Decker Gallery. Maryland Institute College of Art. Baltimore, MD. (Solo Thesis Show). 2007.

MICA 9 in Philly. Center for Emerging Artists. Philadelphia, PA. 2007.

Not to Scale. Target Gallery. Torpedo Art Center. Alexandria, VA. 2006.

Marcella Geltman Gallery. The Art Center of Northern New Jersey.

(Juror Henriette Huldisch, Assistant Curator of the Whitney Museum of Art.) 2006.

Empirical/Experimental. Manifest Creative Research/Drawing Center. Cincinnati, OH. 2006.

100% Centennial. Carnegie Mellon University. Purnell Center for the Arts. Pittsburgh, 2006.

International Juried Show. The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. Summit, NJ

(Juror Patterson Sims, Montclair Art Museum.) 2006.

Marcella Geltman Gallery. Art Center of Northern New Jersey. New Milford, NJ

(Juror Jordan Kant Assistant Curator of Drawings at MOMA.) 2005.

Conduction/Containment. ALL. Arts and Literature Laboratory. New Haven, CT 2004.

Fusion. Function. Form. Union Street Gallery. Chicago Arts Incubator. Chicago, IL 2004.

The Art Center of Northern New Jersey. 2004.

(Juror Susan Cross, Assistant Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.)

International Juried Show, Pleiades Gallery. New York, NY. 2003

(Juror Anne Umland, Associate Curator, Dept. of Painting and Sculpture, MOMA, NY)

Abstraction V. Period Gallery. Omaha, Nebraska. 2002.

Day or Night. Gallery 214. Montclair, NJ. 2001.

16^th Los Angeles Biennial Printmaking Exhibition. Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount University. Los Angeles, CA. 2001.

(Juror David Rhodes, UCLA Hammer Museum. Los Angeles, CA.)

Abstraction IV International. Period Gallery. Omaha, Nebraska. 2001.

Small Impressions. The Printmaking Council of New Jersey. Juror Zarina Hashmi. 2001.

Pressed and Pulled IX. Georgia College and State University. College of Arts &

Sciences. Milledgeville, GA. 2000.

Cross Currents. The Walter Anderson Museum of Art. Ocean Springs, Missouri. 2000.

Drawing 2000 International. Period Gallery. Omaha, Nebraska. 2000.

National Small Oil Painting Exhibition 2000. Wichita Center for the Arts.Wichita, Kansas. 2000.

Four Montalvo Artists Reflect on Organic Forms. Exhibition of Work by Four Former Artist Residents Highlighting Pivotal Moments in their Art Making.

Curated by Montalvo Gallery Director, Theres Rohan. Montalvo Art Center. California.s

Historic Estate for the Arts. Saratoga, CA. 2000.

Small Impressions .99 National & Traveling Exhibition. (The Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Brookdale Community College, Department of Environmental Protection, Kean University Gallery. )

(Juror Alejanro Andreus, Jersey City Art Museum. ) Somerville, NJ. 1999.

Toe Five Two. Pedestrian. A Gallery of Contemporary Art. Juror Patrick Smith.

Jacksonville, FL. (1999).

Watermark '99: Works on Paper. Southeastern Community College. Whitehead, NC. 1999

20th National. The Schenectady Museum. The Print Club of Albany. Schenectady, NY.

5th National. The Highland Cultural Arts Center. (Juror Jennifer Park, Lecturer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.) Highland, NY. 1999.

Workshop Prints. Goya Girl Press. Baltimore, MD. 1998.

Selected Works. Goya Girl Press/Park School Gallery. Baltimore, MD. 1998.

71^st International Print Competition. The Print Center. Juror Peter Von Ziegesar. Philadelphia, PA. 1997.

.In Western New York.. The Carnegie Art Center. Buffalo, NY. 1997.

.An Invitation to Draw.. California.s Historic Estate for the Arts. Montalvo Art Center. Saratoga, CA. Curated by Theres Rohan, formerly of the Montalvo Art Center. 1996.

RESIDENCIES/

ACTIVITIES:

.A Feminist Tao.. Artist Lecture. The Irigaray Circle. Hofstra University. Long Island, NY. Fall 2008.

Flash Forums. Artist Talk. Gallery at Flashpoint. Washington D.C.

The Viewing Program. The Drawing Center. New York, NY. Summer 2008

Artist Talk. (MFA Thesis) Maryland Institute College of Art. Baltimore, MD. Summer 2007.

Artist Residency. CA.s Historic Estate for the Arts. Montalvo Arts Center. Saratoga, CA.

Artist Residency. Mendocino Art Center. Mendocino, CA. 1996.

Artist Residency. The Vermont Studio Center. Johnson, VT. 1995.

Press/

PUBLICATIONS:

City Lights. Critics Picks. Nicole Lenzi.Stop and Go. Washington City Paper. By Maura Judkis. October 22-29 2008.

Fall Art Critics Picks. Nicole Lenzi. .While You are Waiting, Stop and Go. (Gallery at Flashpoint). The Washington Post Express. September 2008.

Shifting Gears. The Washington Post Express. October, 2008.

TOP STOPS. Stop N Go. Washington Post Express Night Out (Online Press). By Hannah Kim. Washington D.C. November 2008.

WAMU. Art Beat with Stephanie Kaye. Nicole Lenzi at Flashpoint. . (NPR. American University.) Oct. 2008.

MFA Thesis Essay by Sarah Tanguy. Independent Curator, Art in the Embassies. Summer 2007.

EmpiricalExperimental Catalog. Manifest Creative Drawing /Research Center. 2006.

The Gallery at Villa Montalvo. Selected Exhibitions from 1996 through 2000/Curated by Theres Rohan. Critical Essay by Mary Hull Webster. 2001.

16^th National Biennial Exhibition. (Catalog.) Essay by David Rhodes UCLA

Hammer Museum. Los Angeles, CA. 2001.

Organic Forms Inspire Artists in Current Show. Review by Shari Kaplan. Saratoga News. March 2000.

Schenectady Museum Print Show Catalog. Essay by Robert Kipniss. Oct. 1998.

.Rich Works Redeem a Jumbled Theme.. Review by John Dorsey. Baltimore, MD. The Baltimore Sun. August 1998.

.The 71^st Annual International Competition.. Eesay by Juror Peter Von Ziegesar. Philadelphia, PA. (Catalog)

.Montalvo Draws on the Joy of Fundamentals.. Review by Chiori Santiago. San Jose, CA. June 1996. The Mercury News.

.An Invitation to Draw at Villa Montalvo.. Review by Casey FitzSimmons. San Francisco, CA. July 1996. Artweek.

HONORS:

Scholarship. The Maryland Institute College of Art MFA Program. 2004-2007.

MD State Senators Scholarship. 1996.

Vermont Studio Center. Scholarship to attend Fall session. 1995.

Carnegie Mellon University High Honors Graduate.

Yale Summer Scholarship Nominee. Carnegie Mellon University. 1994.

British Marshall Scholarship Nominee. Carnegie Mellon University. 1995.

Carnegie Mellon University. Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman Art in Excellence Awards. 1994, 1993, 1992.