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==Projects== |
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Nichols has had solo shows at [http://www.ziehersmith.com ZieherSmith Gallery] in |
Nichols has had solo shows at [http://www.ziehersmith.com ZieherSmith Gallery] in New York and [http://www.gallery16.com Gallery 16] in San Francisco, and the [http://www.kunsthalleluzern.ch Kunstpanorama] in Luzern. His work has been featured at the [http://www.drawingcenter.org/ Drawing Center] and [http://www.johnconnellypresents.com/ John Connelly Presents] in New York, and Rocket Gallery in Tokyo. |
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Nichols' drawings have been published in [http://www.mcsweeneys.net/ McSweeney's], [http://www.jandlbooks.org/ J&L Books], [http://thethingquarterly.com/ The Thing], [http://www.nieves.ch Nieves Books] and the Op-Ed pages of [[The New York Times]]. His book [http://www.urbandigitalcolor.com/expandingcolorsystem/html/tuckernichols.html Postcards From Vermont] was published by [http://www.urbandigitalcolor.com/expandingcolorsystem/ Expanding Color System] in 2006. |
Nichols' drawings have been published in [http://www.mcsweeneys.net/ McSweeney's], [http://www.jandlbooks.org/ J&L Books], [http://thethingquarterly.com/ The Thing], [http://www.nieves.ch Nieves Books] and the Op-Ed pages of [[The New York Times]]. His book [http://www.urbandigitalcolor.com/expandingcolorsystem/html/tuckernichols.html Postcards From Vermont] was published by [http://www.urbandigitalcolor.com/expandingcolorsystem/ Expanding Color System] in 2006. In 2009, [http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/products_id,8133/ More Things Like This] was published by [http://www.chroniclebooks.com/ Chronicle Books]. Nichols founded [http://www.anonymouspostcard.org/ Anonymous Postcard] in 2008 with help from Dakin Hart. |
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Nichols has done on-site commissions for Bravo Television, fuseproject, Aliph, |
Nichols has done on-site commissions for [http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/exhibitions/exhibition.asp?exhibitionkey=897 the de Young Museum] in San Francisco, Bravo Television, fuseproject, Aliph, Yahoo! and the [[San Francisco Arts Commission]]. Additional residencies include the Acadia Summer Arts Program in Acadia, ME and the Project Space at [http://headlands.org Headlands Center for the Arts] in Marin, CA. |
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Nichols is the founder of [http://www.anonymouspostcard.org Anonymous Postcard], 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== |
==External links== |
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Revision as of 01:35, 12 January 2010
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.
Projects
Nichols has had solo shows at ZieherSmith Gallery in New York and Gallery 16 in San Francisco, and the Kunstpanorama in Luzern. His work has been featured at the Drawing Center and John Connelly Presents in New York, and Rocket Gallery in Tokyo.
Nichols' drawings have been published in McSweeney's, J&L Books, The Thing, Nieves Books and the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times. His book Postcards From Vermont was published by Expanding Color System in 2006. In 2009, More Things Like This was published by Chronicle Books. Nichols founded Anonymous Postcard in 2008 with help from Dakin Hart.
Nichols has done on-site commissions for the de Young Museum in San Francisco, Bravo Television, fuseproject, Aliph, Yahoo! and the San Francisco Arts Commission. Additional residencies include the Acadia Summer Arts Program in Acadia, ME and the Project Space at Headlands Center for the Arts in Marin, CA.