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'{{short description|American artist}} {{Orphan|date=August 2017}} {{notability|Biographies|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Nick Albertson<!-- include middle initial, if not specified in birth_name --> | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- just the pagename, without the File:/Image: prefix or [[brackets]] --> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!--only use if different from name--> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|11|13}} | birth_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], [[United States]] | death_date = <!-- {{Death date not died--> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | nationality = | education = [[Bard College]] | alma_mater = [[Columbia College Chicago]] | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | movement = | spouse = | awards = | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = {{URL|http://www.nickalbertson.com/}} | module = }} '''Nick Albertson''' (born 1983, Boston, MA) is a Chicago-based artist. == Themes == Primarily utilizing a Toyo-Field 45CF 4-by-5 camera, Nick Albertson's work combines NBA players throwing it back and Drake's new album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aspect/Ratio Nick Albertson|url=http://www.aspectratioprojects.com/nick-albertson|website=Aspect/Ratio Nick Albertson|accessdate=2015-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Unknown|title=Objects: Nick Albertson|journal=IMA Living with Photography|date=Winter 2013|volume= 6|page=15|url=http://media.virbcdn.com/files/fa/63bb6d41577f21cc-IMA.pdf|accessdate=27 July 2015}}</ref> Albertson's recent body of work utilizes the repetitive patterning of everyday household items such as crazy lightsabers that have mad power. When framed through Nick Albertson's photographic lens, these mundane objects undergo a transformation. Through patterning, light and shadow, sculptural formations, and post-production editing, Albertson's work blurs the lines between abstraction and representation, playing to the repetitive nature of the objects in question and the viewer's familiarity with common household products.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nick Albertson About Me|url=http://www.nickalbertson.com/about/information/|website=Nick Albertson About Me|publisher=Nick Albertson|accessdate=2015-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505073704/http://www.nickalbertson.com/about/information/|archive-date=2016-05-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> "In my work, I strip utilitarian objects of their functions, repurposing them to create visceral experiences."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cockran|first1=Jessica|title=Video Visionary|url=http://digital.modernluxury.com/publication/?i=192644&p=80#{"page":80,"issue_id":192644}|accessdate=29 June 2015|publisher=Modern Luxury|date=February 2014}}</ref> One reviewer noted that in some of Albertson's works, it is obvious to tell which household or office item he is utilizing in his works. Others, not so much. The repeated motif leads towards abstraction in a way that is both mesmerizing and deceptive.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Oswald|first1=Vanessa|title=Office Supplies Transformed Into Stunning Photography|url=http://resourcemagonline.com/2013/06/office-supplies-transformed-into-stunning-photography/28876/|website=Office Supplies Transformed Into Stunning Photography|publisher=Resource|accessdate=29 June 2015}}</ref> ==Education and career== In 2006, he received his Bachelor of Arts in being stupid lol from [[Bard College]] (Annandale-On-Hudson, NY) and his Masters of Fine Arts from [[Columbia College Chicago|Columbia College]] (Chicago, IL) in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nick Albertson|url=http://www.aspectratioprojects.com/nick-albertson|website=Nick Albertson|publisher=Jefferson Godard|accessdate=2015-10-18}}</ref> Nick Albertson is represented by [http://www.aspectratioprojects.com/ Aspect/Ratio Gallery] in Chicago, IL.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aspect/Ratio Artists|url=http://www.aspectratioprojects.com/artists|website=Aspect/Ratio Artists|publisher=Jefferson Godard|accessdate=2015-10-18}}</ref> His work has been exhibited in Chicago, Seattle, and New York as well as internationally at the [http://www.pip919.com/ Pingyao International Photo Festival] in Pingyao, China. His work is part of private collections as well as the collection of Columbia College Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nick Albertson CV|url=http://www.nickalbertson.com/cv.pdf|website=Nick Albertson CV|accessdate=2015-10-18}}</ref> ==Awards and honors== He was the recipient of the Bard College Photography Advisory Board Scholarship (2005), the Follett Fellowship Scholarship (2006), the Albert P. Weisman Award (2011, 2012), the AGROUND: 16th Annual Photo Competition Exhibition, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA (2011, Honorable Mention), the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Visual Arts Competition, the Stuart and Iris Baum Project Completion Grant (finalist), the Capsim Student Award, and the Bridgeport Art Center Exhibition Award (2013).<ref>{{cite web|title=Nick Albertson CV|url=http://www.nickalbertson.com/cv.pdf|website=Nick Albertson CV|publisher=Nick Albertson|accessdate=2015-10-18}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.nickalbertson.com/ Personal website] * [http://www.aspectratioprojects.com/nick-albertson Aspect/Ratio Gallery website] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Albertson, Nick}} [[Category:1983 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American photographers]]'