NICOLA VRUWINK
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BIO

EDUCATION
1998
Master of Fine Art, University of Washington, Seattle
1994-1996
Master of Fine Art Program, University of IA, Iowa City
1993
Penland School Of Crafts, Summer Residency, NC
1993-1994
Post Baccelaureate Study, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
1992
Bachelor of Art, Magnum Cum Laude, Central College, Pella, IA

SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2007
I am Falling so Dance With Me, d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, CA
Always Die Smiling, Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana, Missoula
2003
Nest, (solo installation), Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Staying Alive, Mill’s Gallery, Central College, Pella, IA
A Feast for Your Eyes: Seventy Years at SAM, (commissioned installation), Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2002
Living, (commissioned installation), Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
Overcoming the Spins, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001
Commencement Gallery, (installation), Tacoma WA
2000
More than This, James Harris Gallery,Seattle, WA
1999
Art Detour, Seattle, WA
cherry, (invited exhibiting artist), James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
Seattle International Film Festival 25th Anniversary Auction, Selected Artist (1 of 25 regional artists), Seattle, WA
1999
It's The New Year Show!,(invited exhibiting artist), Meyerson & Nowinski Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998
The Future, (commissioned installation), Vital 5 Gallery, Seattle, WA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
RIPE, d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, CA
2007
Darkness &Light, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA
Open Show, Gallery 825 in conjunction with Hammer Museum, curated by Ann Philbin, Los Angeles CA
2006
Word, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA
Contemporary Art Made in Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, WA
Concrete Drawings, Center for the Arts , Eagle Rock, CA
Extreme Materials, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Raw materials, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2005
New Slang, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004
Now/here, The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
Possessed, Inaugural show, Western Bridge:Bill and Ruth True Exhibition Space, Seattle WA
2002
Multiplex, Works by 22 Artists, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
Bumberbiennale 2002:The Portrait Project, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
New Poverty, Victoria, B.C, Seattle, WA
Lava 2002, Noodlework’s Space, Seattle, WA
First Person Singular, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Self Portraits: Bill and Ruth True Collection, Bagley Wright Exhibition Space, Seattle, WA
2001
00/01, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
Domesticity, Donutshop, Portland, OR
2000
2000 Northwest Annual. Juried Regional Show, Bellevue Art Museum, WA
Two-person show, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999
Northwest Annual, Juried Regional Show, Bellevue Art Museum, WA
Pacific Northwest Annual, Juried Annual Show, Bellevue Art Museum, WA
1998
Northwest Annual, Juried Regional Show, Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Iowa Artists in Time and Space, Juried National Show, The Octagon, Center for the Arts, Ames, IA
Putting on the Dog, Juried Regional Show, Kirkland Arts Center, WA
SNAG Juried Student Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997
Materials Hard and Soft, National Juried Exhibition, Denton, TX
Paper/Fiber XX, ARTS IOWA CITY Center and Gallery, National Juried Exhibition, Iowa City, IA
Five Years After, Mills Gallery, Central College, 4-person Invitational Exhibition, Pella, IA
1996
Well Worn Text, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, National Juried Exhibition, Chicago, IL
Forging Ahead: Contemporary Metalwork in IA., Davenport Museum of Art, IA
1996
Regional, Juried Exhibition, Davenport, IA
Chunghi Choo and Her Students, Longhouse Foundation, East Hampton, NY
Art Show 8, Hearst Center for the Arts, Annual Competitive Exhibition, Cedar Falls, IA
BAGS AND BAGGAGES, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, National Juried Exhibition, Gatlinburg, TN
Iowa College Art Salon, Brunnier Art Museum, Juried Exhibition, Ames, IA

HONORS, AWARDS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2003 Artist in Residence, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2002 Allison B. Allen Visiting Artist, Central College, Pella, IA
2001 Finalist, Swedish Hospital Commission, Seattle, WA
2000 Bellevue Art Museum Residency Recipient, Bellevue, WA
Finalist, Betty Bowen Award, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle,WA
1998 Finalist, Betty Bowen Award, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
1997 Marsh Scholarship Recipient, University of Washington, School of Art, MFA Program
1996 Recruitment Scholarship and TA position, University of Washington, School of Art, MFA Program
1995 Bodine Scholarship Recipient (highest award available for graduate students in Art and Art History), University of Iowa

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008
Waid, Kimberly. “Art Attack: Nicola Vruwink’s ‘Asleep at the Wheel’ Series”
Metromix Los Angeles Events, April 23-29
2007
“Calendar Top Ten,” Angeleno Magazine, July
Tibbits, Ashley. “Nicola Vruwink @ d.e.n. contemporary, Culver City, CA,” Whitehot Magazine, Summer 07, WM #4 (online)
Ng, David. “More than just dyed in the wool,” LA Times, February 4
2006
Hackett, Regina. “In The Galleries: There’s not a single weed in Soil’s group show,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 26
Brownson, Craig. “The Art Speaks for Itself at Platform Gallery,” The Stranger, October 16-22
2004 Hall, Emily. “ ‘Possessed’ Western Bridge,” Art Forum, September
2002 Hall, Emily. “ ‘Living’ An Installation by Nicola Vruwink,” The Stranger, August 29 – September 4, Vol. II, No. 50
Hackett, Regina. “It’s the smaller exhibitions that yield the biggest rewards,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 30
Phinney, Susan. “You call this ‘Living’? It’s a grueling job trying to be like Martha Stewart,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 29
Hackett, Regina. “Vruwink’s dolls give feminine principle a girlie-girl spin,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April
2001
Hackett, Regina. “Diversity rules in ‘First Person Singular’ at SAM,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November
Hall, Emily. “Laughter Permitted,” The Stranger, April 19-25
2000
DeVuono, Frances. “Nicola Vruwink,” New Art Examiner, November
Albiani, Rebecca. “Nicola Vruwink at James Harris Gallery,” Artweek

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Central University of Iowa, Pella, IA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA
University of Iowa Art Museum, Iowa City, IA
Western Bridge, Seattle, WA