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'''Tucker Nichols''' (born May 14, 1970) is an American artist. His artwork usually involves drawing on paper or directly on walls and windows. Common themes include found text, buildings, branches, bottles and other ambiguous remnants of our everyday world. He has a BA from Brown University and an MA from Yale University, both in the history of Chinese Painting. He lives near San Francisco.
'''Tucker Nichols''' (born May 14, 1970) is an American artist. His artwork includes drawings, paintings, sculptures, books, in-gallery cinema and performance spaces<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stage Presence: Theatricality in Art and Media|url=https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/stage-presence/|access-date=2021-03-10|website=SFMOMA|language=en-US}}</ref> and large scale works on walls and storefront windows. He has a BA from [[Brown University]] and an MA from [[Yale University]], both in the history of Chinese Painting. He lives near [[San Francisco]].


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==Projects==
Tucker Nichols' work has been featured at the [[Drawing Center]] in New York, Den Frie Museum in Copenhagen, The [[Denver Art Museum]], and the [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://openspace.sfmoma.org/tag/official-notice/|title=OFFICIAL NOTICE Archives}}</ref> the [[Contemporary Jewish Museum]], and the [[Asian Art Museum of San Francisco]].


Nichols' drawings have been published in [[McSweeney's]], [[J&L Books]], The Thing Quarterly, Nieves Books,<ref>http://www.nieves.ch/catalogue/tucker.html</ref> and the op-ed pages of [[The New York Times]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/09/25/opinion/sunday/20110925_OPINION_OPART.html|title = Tagline Ideas for the U.S. Post Office|website = [[The New York Times]]}}</ref> ''Crabtree'', a children's book by Jon and Tucker Nichols, was published by McSweeney's in 2013.<ref>''[https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/crabtree-1 Crabtree]''</ref> ''This Bridge Will Not Be Gray'', a book by Dave Eggers and Tucker Nichols, was published by McSweeney's in 2015.<ref>''[https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/this-bridge-will-not-be-gray This Bridge Will Not Be Gray]''</ref>
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'''Projects'''


''Stage Presence, Theatricality in Art and Media''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stage Presence: Theatricality in Art and Media|url=https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/stage-presence/|access-date=2021-03-10|website=SFMOMA|language=en-US}}</ref> in 2012'', a'' multimedia in-gallery cinema and performance space at the SF MOMA''.''
Nichols has had recent solo shows at [ZieherSmith Gallery] (http://www.ziehersmith.com) in New York, [Lincart] (http://www.lincart.com) and [Gallery 16] (http://www.gallery16.com) in San Francisco, and the [Kunstpanorama] (http://www.kunsthalleluzern.ch) in Luzern. His work has been featured at the [Drawing Center] (http://www.drawingcenter.org/)and [John Connelly Presents] (http://www.johnconnellypresents.com/) in New York, and [Rocket Gallery] in Tokyo.


''Flowers for Sick People'', a multimedia project<ref>{{Citation|title=Tucker Nichols: Flowers For Sick People| date=25 February 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyAyH2oDgF4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/CyAyH2oDgF4 |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-03-10}}{{cbignore}}</ref> in 2021, in which he creates flowers and then mails them across the world is featured at the SF MOMA.


He is represented by Zieher Smith & Horton in New York and [[Gallery 16]] in San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/65238019|title = Tucker Nichols "Rocks & Plants"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vimeo.com/23555757|title = Blow up|date = 10 May 2011}}</ref>
Nichols' drawings have been published in [McSweeney's] (http://www.mcsweeneys.net/), [J&L Books] (http://www.jandlbooks.org/), [The Thing] (http://thethingquarterly.com/), [Nieves Books] (http://www.nieves.ch) and the Op-Ed pages of [The New York Times] (http://www.nytimes.com/). His book [Postcards From Vermont] (http://www.urbandigitalcolor.com/expandingcolorsystem/html/tuckernichols.html) was published by [Expanding Color System] (http://www.urbandigitalcolor.com/expandingcolorsystem/) in 2006. He was recently commissioned by the [de Young Museum] (http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/exhibitions/exhibition.asp?exhibitionkey=897) in San Francisco to be its first roving artist-in-residence.


== Exhibitions ==
SFMOMA, San Francisco, ''Close to Home, Creativity in Crisis''. 6 March - 5 September 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Close to Home|url=https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/close-to-home/|access-date=2021-03-10|website=SFMOMA|language=en-US}}</ref>


==References==
Nichols has done on-site commissions for [Bravo Television], [fuseproject], [Aliph], [Yahoo!] and [the San Francisco Arts Commission].
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.tuckernichols.com/}}
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* [http://www.anonymouspostcard.org/ Anonymous Postcard]


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Nichols is the founder of [Anonymous Postcard] (http://www.anonymouspostcard.org), a suggestion box for the world, designed to allow anyone to openly communicate to a third party without the complications of personal contact. Claims submitted by the public are turned into vague and largely indecipherable postcards and mailed toward the intended recipients. Nichols founded Anonymous Postcard in August 2008 with assistance from Dakin Hart.


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'''External Links'''
[[Category:American artists]]

[[Category:Brown University alumni]]
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http://www.tuckernichols.com/home.htm
[[Category:The New Yorker people]]

[[Category:Yale University alumni]]
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http://www.anonymouspostcard.org
[[Category:Living people]]

http://blog.sfmoma.org/2008/12/15/collection-rotation6/

http://tucker.thethingquarterly.com/

http://www.nieves.ch/catalogue/tucker.html

http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/exhibitions/exhibition.asp?exhibitionkey=897

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Latest revision as of 15:41, 23 October 2024

Tucker Nichols (born May 14, 1970) is an American artist. His artwork includes drawings, paintings, sculptures, books, in-gallery cinema and performance spaces[1] and large scale works on walls and storefront windows. He has a BA from Brown University and an MA from Yale University, both in the history of Chinese Painting. He lives near San Francisco.

Projects

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Tucker Nichols' work has been featured at the Drawing Center in New York, Den Frie Museum in Copenhagen, The Denver Art Museum, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,[2] the Contemporary Jewish Museum, and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Nichols' drawings have been published in McSweeney's, J&L Books, The Thing Quarterly, Nieves Books,[3] and the op-ed pages of The New York Times.[4] Crabtree, a children's book by Jon and Tucker Nichols, was published by McSweeney's in 2013.[5] This Bridge Will Not Be Gray, a book by Dave Eggers and Tucker Nichols, was published by McSweeney's in 2015.[6]

Stage Presence, Theatricality in Art and Media[7] in 2012, a multimedia in-gallery cinema and performance space at the SF MOMA.

Flowers for Sick People, a multimedia project[8] in 2021, in which he creates flowers and then mails them across the world is featured at the SF MOMA.

He is represented by Zieher Smith & Horton in New York and Gallery 16 in San Francisco.[9][10]

Exhibitions

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SFMOMA, San Francisco, Close to Home, Creativity in Crisis. 6 March - 5 September 2021.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Stage Presence: Theatricality in Art and Media". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  2. ^ "OFFICIAL NOTICE Archives".
  3. ^ http://www.nieves.ch/catalogue/tucker.html
  4. ^ "Tagline Ideas for the U.S. Post Office". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Crabtree
  6. ^ This Bridge Will Not Be Gray
  7. ^ "Stage Presence: Theatricality in Art and Media". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  8. ^ Tucker Nichols: Flowers For Sick People, 25 February 2021, archived from the original on 2021-12-20, retrieved 2021-03-10
  9. ^ "Tucker Nichols "Rocks & Plants"".
  10. ^ "Blow up". 10 May 2011.
  11. ^ "Close to Home". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
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