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Tucker Nichols

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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, 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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