Companion, 2008
paper mache, acrylic, tacks, wire, metal foil, aluminum chain
27"h x 15" w x 8.25"d
Untitled, 2007
oil on canvas, 20 x 16in.
Time Machine, 2008
Collaboration with Ellen Ito
paint, cardboard, wood, party light string, (inside: afghan ottomans, vintage light fixture), appox. 10 x 16 x 8ft.
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Rope of Eight Paintings, 2009
acrylic on paper, grommets, rope, variable dimensions/approx 8ft. long.
Upcoming
Parallel Universe
February 11- April 2, 2010
Grey Gallery, Seattle, WA

The Search for Landscapes
March 3-27, 2010
SOIL, Seattle, WA

Clay? III
March 18 - May 5, 2010
Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA

BAM Biennial 2010: Clay Throwdown!
Opens August 28, 2010 - January 16, 2011
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA

Past
The Problem of Universals
Jan 6-31, 2010
SOIL (backspace), Seattle, WA
About the show: Another Bouncing Ball, Getting to Know You Better, Molly Norris

2009
Introductions
Pulliam Gallery, Portland, OR
Objects of the Mind
Mineral, Tacoma, WA
About the show in The News Tribune
PDX+Pulliam
Pulliam Gallery, Portland, OR
Expo
May 7-30
SOIL, Seattle, WA
Nowhere, Anywhere, Everywhere
March 21-May 2, 2009
OHGE Ltd., Seattle
Click here to read a review in the Stranger
Hello
The Telephone Room, Tacoma

2008
SOIL@SOIL
October 1-November 1, 2008
SOIL, Seattle, WA
Painting Pink Pajamas
November 8-January 2, 2008
Contemporary Art Center, Peoria, IL
Nicholas Nyland: Ceramics
August 6-30, 2008
SOIL <backspace, Seattle, WA
The Terrible Twos: A Lawrimore Project Biennial
June 27-July 12, 2008, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA
35th Anniversary Celebration, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Prom, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA
Click here to read a review in the Seattle P-I
This Is a Time Machine, The Helm, Tacoma, WA
Click here to read a review in the Tacoma News Tribune

2007
9 to 5, Gallery Madera, Tacoma, WA
Nicholas Nyland, Mineral, Tacoma, WA
8th Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA (catalogue)
We Are Nature, Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA

2006
SOIL at Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL (catalogue)
Mirage, SOIL, Seattle, WA
Drawings, Dessins, Zeichnungen, Basil Halward Gallery, Portland, OR
Exploded View, SOIL, Seattle, WA

2005
Surge, Tacoma Contemporary Urban Art Installations in the Woolworth Building Windows, Tacoma, WA

BIO
b.1976, Lakewood, WA
EDUCATION
>M.F.A. 2002, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
>B.F.A. 1999 University of Washington, Seattle
GALLERIES AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Member, SOIL Artist Collective, Seattle, WA
AWARDS AND HONORS
>ArtistTrust Fellowship, 2008
>Betty Bowen Award Nominee, 2008
>Kamiyama Artist-in-Residence Program, Japan, 2005
>City of Enumclaw/Puget Sound Energy Purchase Award, 2005
>Royal College of Art Exchange Program, London, 2001
>University of Washington Studio Art Program in Rome, Italy, 1997

BIBLIOGRAPHY
>ArtLtd.,"15 under 35", April 2008
>Graves, Jen, "Sweet Messes," The Stranger, Vol. 18, No. 29, April 2-8, 2009
>Ponnekanti, Rosemary, "Lakewood artist adds dimension to already wild world", Tacoma News Tribune, p. E2, 8/4/07
>8th Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, 2007
Plus Five, PennDesign, Philadelphia, 2007
>SOIL 2006, SOIL Publications, Seattle, 2006
>SOIL Artist-Run Gallery 1995-2005, SOIL Publications, Seattle, 2005

Contact: nicholasnyland@comcast.net
Crucible, 2009
paper mache over wire, acrylic, metal foil, tacks, wood rings, 22 x 27in diam.