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NICKI GREEN SAN FRANCISCO, CA BORN 1986, BOSTON, MA
EDUCATION: 2016Present University Of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA MFA Art Practice (projected completion 2018) 20072009 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA BFA Sculpture 20052007 Eugene Lang College, Parsons School of Design (The New School), New York, NY Courses completed in psychology & fine arts, emphasis in sculpture
AWARDS/GRANTS: 2016 Center for Cultural Innovation Quick Grant 2015 San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Commission 2014 Center for Cultural Innovation Quick Grant 2013 Museum of Transgender Hirstory and Art Awards: Unrecognized Artist of the Year: Hermit 2009 Schmidt Community Arts Fellowship. San Francisco, CA
RELEVANT WORK/TEACHING/PRESENTATIONS 2016 UC Berkeley Contemporary American Art & Identity Artist talk 2015 UC Berkeley Advanced Ceramics: Deep Time of Ceramic Technology Artist talk and demo 2013 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA Gallery Guide, trained in Visual Thinking Strategies 2012 Fabulous Artistic Guys Get Overtly Traumatized Sometimes (F.A.G.G.O.T.S.): The Musical. Counter Pulse, San Francisco, CA Costumes and props fabrication. 2012 The Fully Functional Cabaret. African American Arts and Culture Complex, San Francisco, CA Props fabrication. 2009 2011 Queer Cultural Center/National Queer Arts Festival. San Francisco, CA. Box office (2009)/ Volunteer coordinator (2010)/ Exhibition coordinator QIY: Queer It Yourself, Tools for Survival. SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2011)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: 2016 ISO Queer Gods, Root Division. San Francisco, CA Chain Reaction 12, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery. San Francisco, CA Compton’s Cafeteria Riots 50th Anniversary Commemorative Mug Release, GLBT History Museum. San Francisco, CA James Gobel :: Nicki Green :: Ariel Goldberg, 2nd Floor Projects. San Francisco, CA (SIGNAL), Smack Mellon. Brooklyn, NY
2015 Hello, World! Artspace New Haven. New Haven, CT Radical Functions, SMAart Gallery. San Francisco, CA Posture Magazine Release, City Bird Gallery. New York, NY Five Pins Project. San Francisco, CA I AM, Waterloo Arts. Cleveland, OH Radical Functions, Dirt Palace. Providence, RI MOTHA presents: Transgender Hirstory in 99 Objects: Legends and Mythologies, ONE gay and lesbian archives, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Trans.ient, Various locations. Los Angeles, CA Collect, Berkeley Art Center. Berkeley, CA Soapbox, Berkeley Art Center. Berkeley, CA Queer & Now. The Lexington Club, San Francisco, CA
2013 Museum of Transgender Hirstory and Art: Salon. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA Museum of Transgender Hirstory and Art: Executive Director Talk. The Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco, CA
2012 Best Revenge, The 22nd St. Coop. San Francisco, CA Uncensored: Queer Art and The Church. LeslieLohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art Annex, New York, NY HairCake. The Tennis Court, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Chronotopia. SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA Lopped Off. Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA FunaDay. Rock, Paper, Scissors Collective, Oakland, CA BodyMindGender. WE Artspace, Oakland, CA
2009 Filthy Treats. Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Girlfriends part Duh. Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA
PUBLICATIONS & TEXTS 2016 “Nicki Green’s Revolution” Adam Zucker. Rhino Horn Group. April 12. "[2nd Floor Projects] // James Gobel :: Nicki Green :: Ariel Goldberg" Curiously Direct. Feb. 11. "The Revolutionary Ceramics of Nicki Green." Jos Truitt. Feministing, Feb. 9. "Radiodress Queers the Ritual Bath in New Performance Project." Caoimhe MorganFeir. Canadian Art, Feb. 3.
2015 “Genderqueer and Trans Artists Breaking Down Barriers in Art.” Priscilla Frank. HuffPost Arts and Culture, Nov. 19. “Nicki Green: Queer Myth and Symbol.” Callie Garp. Fabulously Feminist, Nov. 3. "Sexy Shapes, The Apocalypse, and Impending Kineticism: Talking Basics with Nicki Green" Lisa Markuson. Posture Magazine, June. "Your 99 Transgender History Lessons." Mitch Kellaway. The Advocate, March 24.
2014 "The Kitschy, Colorful, Queer World of Caitlin Rose Sweet." Annie Malamet. Posture Magazine, Sept. 25. “Museums & Galleries Picks: Soapbox.” Sarah Burke. East Bay Express, July 9. “Tranny Rage: The Politics of Mythologizing Transness.” Nicki Green. Dirty Looks NYC, June. "Conversations on Queer Health." Nicki Green and Sarah LipkinLamay. Maximum Rock N Roll, January.
2013 "An Open Letter Introducing the Museum of Transgender Hirstory and Art." Chris E. Vargas. Art Practical, April. "Craig Calderwood x Radar Spectacle." Michelle Tea. Radar Productions, May.
2012 "Auntie Rex." Faggot Dinosaur, ed. Ali Liebegott. Writers Among Artists San Francisco.
2011 "Turned Off: A Compendium of Tactics." Sadie Lune. Bend Over Magazine, Summer/Fall.