The Artist

Nicole can be found either in her overcrowded studio or out on Central Coast streets rifling through kerbside pick-up piles searching for inspiration. Her assemblages reflect a curious attachment to times past and things lost, an increasing frustration with the prolific waste of modern society and a healthy obsession with rusty metal and liquid nails.

 

You can view Nicole's work at KAB Gallery Terrigal/ Neutral Bay (www.kabgallery.com), or the Roadside Gallery, Wollombi.

 

Nicole holds open studio by appointment-send her a message or call on 0402 702103.

Exhibitions

Future

2026                  Suburban Alchemy (solo), Timeless Textiles, Newcastle 

                                         

Present               

 

2020-26             Roadside Gallery, Wollombi NSW

2017-26             KAB Gallery, Terrigal & Pymble NSW             

2013-26             Gosford Regional Gallery shop, East Gosford NSW

 

Past

2025                  Broken and repaired, Timeless Textiles, Newcastle 

                          What's left behind (solo), Nelson Bay NSW

2024                  Brunswick Heads Nature Sculpture Walk

                          Wings, Timeless Textiles, Newcastle

2022-23             Eden Unearthed, Macquarie Park NSW

2023                  Metamorphosis (solo), Dangar Island NSW 

                          Scraping by....(solo), Timeless Textiles Newcastle NSW 

2022                  SWAP, City of Ryde NSW (winner)                         

                          Sculpture at Sawmillers, McMahons Point NSW

2021                  Weaving up a Storm, Gosford Regional Gallery

2014-24             Sculpture in the Vineyards, Wollombi NSW

2019                  Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney NSW

                          Gosford Art Prize, East Gosford NSW                          

2018                  Gosford Art Prize, East Gosford NSW

                          Sculpture at Scenic World, Katoomba NSW

                          Vessels of Mass Consumption(solo), Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney

2016                  Artisans in the Garden, Botanic Gardens Sydney NSW

                          Sculpture at Sawmillers, McMahons Point NSW

                          Sculpture on the Greens(major prize winner), Kooindah Waters NSW

2015                  Gosford Art Prize, East Gosford NSW

                          Inglorious Baskets (solo), Timeless Textiles, Newcastle NSW

2012                  Long Jetty Dreaming (solo), Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW

 

Education

2014-16           Mentorship program, Col Henry Sculpture Studio, Yarramalong NSW

2008-12           Diploma of Fine Arts

1997-98           Diploma of Graphic Design

1989                Graduate Diploma Educational Studies (Special)

1988                Diploma of Education (Secondary Art)

1983-85           Bachelor of Visual Arts (Woven Textiles)

 

Projects

2024                 Artist in residence, Brunswick Sculpture Walk,NSW

2023-25           Rag bag workshops, Newcastle and Sydney

2022-25           Art-Full Women workshops, Umina nSW

2020                Morrisett Spinners and Weavers basketmaking workshop

2019                Basketmaking Workshop, Eden Gardens, Macquarie Park NSW

2018                Waste to Design Workshop, Woollahra Council, Sydney NSW

2017                Workshop facilitator, Fibre Arts Australia, Ballarat Vic

2016                Artist in residence, Explore and Develop, Wamberal NSW

                        The Big Weave communtiy art project, Long Jetty NSW

2012-15           Basketmaking workshop facilitator, Greenpoint NSW

2012-17           5 Lands Art Trail open studio, Greenpoint/Avoca NSW

 

Publications/Other

2023                Coast magazine feature article

2022                Basketry NSW Committee member

2022                Artists of the Central Coast book

2020                Inpieces magazine-online article

                        Rethink magazine article

2018                SMH-image/review

2016                Garden-Royal Botanic Gardens magazine

2015                Newcastle Herald review

2010-23           5 Lands Artists Collective Inc. secretary/member