Evansville Museum Purchase

Leslie Nichols Zion National Park

"In the Cool of the Canyon" is now a part of the permanent collection of the Evansville Museum. This typewritten work on paper was awarded a Member’s Purchase Award at the 58th Mid States Exhibition.

I made "In the and Cool of the Canyon" as an Artist-in-Residence for Zion National Park in Utah. Each element, including the text, the portrait subject, and the background color, come from time I spent in the archives, on the trails, and interacting with people in the park. My partner, artist Mike Nichols, joined me to hike some of Zion’s most iconic trails including The Narrows, a hike following the Virgin River, where this pose was captured. Hand-printed layers of acrylic paint form a subtle field of color for the text and figure to emerge. To create the image, I typed artist and explorer Frederick Dellenbaugh’s words published in a 1904 edition of Scribner's Magazine describing the "immense prodigality of color" of Zion Canyon.

EVANSVILLE MUSEUM
"58Tth Mid-States Art Exhibition"
Evansville, IN
Dec 10-March 5, 2017

New Impressions features work by Leslie Nichols

Leslie Nichols, Typeface, Handset Wood Type Letterpress

Leslie Nichols, Typeface, Handset Wood Type Letterpress

Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum will exhibit Leslie Nichols's print Typeface in the exhibition New Impressions. This international juried exhibition will showcase exploration and creativity with letterpress printing techniques. Following exhibition at Hamilton, the show travels to Design College Australia in Brisbane for a one-month display

The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum is dedicated to wood type preservation, study, production, and printing with their collection of of more than 1.5 million pieces of wood type and blocks. From this age-old tradition, Hamilton strives to challenge and inspire artists to continue the love of printing.

NEW IMPRESSIONS

HAMILTON WOOD TYPE & PRINTING MUSEUM
Two Rivers Wisconsin
May 11-June 30, 2016

DESIGN COLLEGE AUSTRALIA
Brisbane, Australia
Fall 2016

 

 

NEA Studio Residency Grant

I am thrilled that I have been awarded a 2015 NEA Studio Residency Grant from Women's Studio Workshop (WSW). This grant supports a six-week residency in WSW's letterpress studio where I am currently creating work in the medium of letterpress. I hope you will join me, @leslienicholsart, on Instagram where I am posting images and sharing my residency experience. The residency dates are September 21-October 31, 2015. 

In conjunction with my residency, a solo exhibition of my work is on display at the Women's Studio Workshop Gallery from October 1-October 30, 2015.

International Drawing Annual 9

Leslie Nichols Typewritter Art

Neli (Anzaldúa 1987) is featured in the International Drawing Annual 9 published by Manifest Press, Cincinnati. This beautiful publication and survey of contemporary drawing is now available for purchase through Manifest Press. The 192 page publication includes 116 works by 82 artists from 30 states, Washington D.C., and 7 countries including South Africa, Spain, the Netherlands, France, England, Canada, and the United States.

 

 

Memphis and Nashville Exhibitions

Price is Right  opens at David Lusk Gallery

I am pleased to announce the debut of my art in Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee. David Lusk Gallery is presenting my intimately-scaled typewritten pieces in the summer exhibition The Price is Right. This group exhibition is a summer favorite at the gallery. All pieces are priced less than $1,000. Two versions of the exhibition are simultaneously on display in Memphis and Nashville. I hope you will join me for the openings or visit the galleries while my work is on display.

Leslie Nichols, Lindsay (Taylor Mill 1851), Typewritten ink on Paper

David Lusk Gallery Nashville
The Price is Right
Opening: Sat August 1, 6-8pm
August 1-29

516 Hagan St
Nashville, TN 37203
615.780.9990

David Lusk Gallery Memphis
The Price is Right
Opening: Fri August 7, 6-8pm
August 6-22

64 Flicker Street
Memphis, TN 38104
901.767.3800

Evansville Museum Mid-States Art Exhibition

A new typewritten portrait by Leslie Nichols will be on display in the 57th MID-STATES ART EXHIBITION at the Evansville Museum. Her piece, Kathy (Stanton 1892), was chosen for the competition by artist and educator Ephraim Rubenstein. This portrait of artist Kathleen Swift is created with text from "The Solitude of Self" written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1892.

First inaugurated in 1948, the purpose of the MID-STATES ART EXHIBITION was to showcase emerging artists from the Evansville area, including artists from  Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, or Tennessee. Over the years, the objects collected through the Mid-States Exhibitions have created a wonderful and extensive collection of contemporary works by artists from a variety of educational backgrounds and talents.  Many of the objects can be viewed in the Permanent Collection galleries of the Evansville Museum. 

 

The Red Clay Survey: 2014 Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art

Leslie Nichols' work will be on display at the Huntsville Museum of Art through October 26, 2014

Two of Leslie Nichols' typewritten works were selected  for the Red Clay Survey: 2014 Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art hosted by the Huntsville Museum of Art in Huntsville, Alabama. Initiated in 1988, the Red Clay Survey is a recurring juried exhibition open to established and emerging artists in 11 Southern states. The Survey “takes the pulse” of current art through a selection of works determined by a juror with strong national credentials. This year’s juror is painter and educator Susanna Coffey of New York City.

The series intends to recognize and encourage excellence, and provide a permanent record of the development of regional art through the publication of a comprehensive exhibition catalogue. See the exhibition catalogue here.

Ebony, typewritten portrait by Leslie Nichols

Ebony, typewritten portrait by Leslie Nichols