This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| In 2008, Trish Nickell left Paris, France where she had been living more than a dozen years. Originally from Texas, she then moved from Paris to Portland, Oregon with her painter husband. Upon leaving she had a retrospective of her landscapes tilted The Paris Years.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am an observer... my environment, the view outside my window... The primary attraction is color. I isolate details of a scene with photographs and sketches - from these my paintings begin.
Nature is a sanctuary - a place for meditation and renewal. It has a spiritual presence that soothes, energises, and inspires. As an ancient Tao poem states, "...the sacred lies in the ordinary."
My paintings are a slice of nature, a slice of the sacred beauty that often goes unnoticed in everyday surroundings.
Modern western society pushes nature to the periphery in favor of human presence. My paintings push human presence to the periphery and remind us that we need nature - it calms, cools, and consoles.
Much of today's art is inspired by social problems. My paintings are inspired by nature. Like nature, they offer serenity and invite contemplation. The reintegration of nature into daily life offers us tangible solutions for some problems. The transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote,
"To the body and mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company, nature is medicinal and restores their tone."
Sources:
http://lalandedigitalpress.blogspot.com/2008/10/paris-years-trish-nickell.html
http://www.trishnickell.com/statement.htm
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Biography from Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden:
| Born: 1946
Education:
1988 MFA, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
Solo Exhibitions:
1988 The Cause of Suburbanitis, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1988 Views and Reviews, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Connection Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1988 Recent Drawings and Paintings, Sheraton Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1989 Young Dallas Talent, Adelle M Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1990 Trish Nickell: Works on Paper, Clifford Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1990 New Paintings, Banks Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1992 Paintings, Gray Matters, Dallas, Texas
1994 Recent Work, Gray Matters, Dallas, Texas
1995 Recent Work, Banks Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
1996 New Paintings, Marie Park Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1997 Above Ground, New Work, Banks Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2003 Trish Nickell: Reflections on France, WICE ArtSpace, Paris, France
2002 Trish Nickell, Galerie Philippe Frégnac, Paris, France
2003 Trish Nickell: Reflections on France, WICE ArtSpace, Paris, France
2007 Trish Nickell: Peintures, Galerie 3F, Paris, France
Group Exhibitions:
1989 A View of the Figure, Adelle M Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
1989 Five State Art Exhibition, Port Arthur, Texas.
1989 A Family of Artists, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
1989 TVAA 16th Annual Spring Exhibition, Dallas, Texas.
1990 Southwest Regional Exhibition, Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, Texas.
1990 Season Preview, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
1990 15 From 500, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
1991 Small Works Under $1000, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1991 Time is Relative, Beverly Gordon Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
1991 Expanding Visions, Dallas City Hall, Dallas, Texas.
1991 Gray Matters @ Gray Matters, Gray Matters, Dallas, Texas.
1991 A Question of Private Boundaries, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
1992 33rd Annual Invitational, Longview Art Museum, Longview, Texas.
1992 Next Best Show, Gray Matters, Dallas, Texas.
1992 Tempus Fugit, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
1992 Block Print Invitational, Gray Matters Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
1993 The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, New York.
1993 Small Treasures, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
2003 McNay Art Fair, McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2003 Works on Paper, The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY (Valley House Gallery)
2004 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2005 Art in the Key of Green, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2005 Introductions, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2007 Away From Home: Artists Roam and Respond, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2008 Your Favorite Artist was a Member (30th Anniversary Exhibition), 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2010 Shorelines, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011 Fresh & Salty (a Valley House Gallery group exhibition), Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Literature:
50th Anniversary Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, March 5–27, 2004, color illustration.
Thirty Years of 500X, exhibition catalogue, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2008, p.40.
Corporate and Public Collections:
Cherokee Town and Country Club, Atlanta, Georgia
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