NICOLE ETIENNE

B. 1974

Amercian


ABOUT THE ARTIST

Nicole Etienne's practice probes the beauty inherent in the atmosphere between the sky, land, and sea; exploring the play of light upon water on an aesthetic, emotional, and visceral level. She does this by appealing to our senses and our intuition, and by drawing on earthy materials like aluminum, silver, gold, crystal, and semi-precious stones.  She is well known for her sumptuous landscapes. Her finished work has an illuminated, romantic, powerful yet delicate presence, which captures the shift between reality and paradise.“I gather, layer, collect, scrape, shatter, expose, photograph, play, and dream.”

Born in Santa Cruz, California, where her mother was also a painter, Etienne traveled to Italy to explore the history of Western art. There she discovered the great classic and Baroque masters who inspired her work greatly: languid female nudes, contoured flesh, or the red and pink tones that dominate delicate complexions, evoking the palette of a Rubens; Landscapes whose lines disappear under a veil, at the very moment before or after the sunset.

Her more recent mixed media works combine her love of opulent interiors and the use of photography and painting to see her vivid imagination construct a scene taking place in an elegant dining room or stately home. She creates beautiful chaos of details, animals feasting or birds breaking free.


Residencies

2012     Artist in Residence; Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barthélemy, FWI

2011     Artist in Residence; Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barthélemy, FWI

2010     Artist in Residence; Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barthélemy, FWI

2010     Artist in Residence; Cill Rialaig, Ireland

2009     Artist in Residence; Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barthélemy, FWI

2009     Artist in Residence; Cill Rialaig, Ireland

2008     Artist in Residence; Cill Rialaig, Ireland

2007     Artist in Residence; Cill Rialaig, Ireland

2006     Artist in Residence; Cill Rialaig, Ireland

2005     Artist in Residence; Cill Rialaig, Ireland

2004     Artist in Residence; Cill Rialaig, Ireland

2003     Artist in Residence; Cill Rialaig, Ireland

2002     Artist in Residence; Cill Rialaig, Ireland

2001     Artist in Residence; Cill Rialaig, Ireland

2000     Artist in Residence; Cill Rialaig, Ireland

Solo Exhibitions

2020     Small Wonders, Space Gallery St Barth, Online

2018     The Darling Buds of May, Bert Green Gallery, Chicago, IL

2017     Love, Space Gallery St Barth, St. Barthélemy, FWI

2016     The Garden of Earthly Delights, Grace Belgravia, London, United Kingdom

2016     Mischief and Mayhem, Gallery 49, Aspen, CO

2015      Delights, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom

2015     The Great Escape, Mead Carney Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2015     Menagerie, Space Gallery St Barth, St. Barthélemy, FWI

2014     Submerged, Naval Heritage Museum, Porto, Montenegro

2013     The Chase: A One Night Stand, Blake’s Hotel, London, United Kingdom

2013     Into Blue, The Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barthélemy, FWI

2012     Atomic 13, The Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barthélemy, FWI

2011     A Moveable Feast, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY

2010     Bare, The Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barthélemy, FWI

2010     Boudoir, 286 Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2009     Land Water Sky, Urban Retreat Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Group Exhibitions

2019     Art She Says, Space Gallery St Barth, New York City, NY

2012     Cill Rialaig 21 Anniversary Exhibition, County Kerry Royal Western Academy, Coates and Scarry, London, United Kingdom

2011     Lesley Heller Workspace, New York City, NY

2011     Sloan Fine Art, New York City, NY

2010     Queen Elms Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2010     The Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barthélemy, FWI

2010     Medialia Gallery, New York City, NY

2009     Take Home A Nude presented by New York Academy of Art, Sotheby's New York, New York City, NY

2008     Take Home A Nude presented by New York Academy of Art, Sotheby's New York, New York City, NY

2007     Wills Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2006     Bliss, London, United Kingdom

2005     Wills Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2005     Bliss, London, United Kingdom

2004     Wills Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2002     Wills Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2002     Zantmans, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

Press & Publications

2021      S21, Ep1 – South West London 2021, Grand Designs (Television), 06 January 2021      

2018      In Conversation: Nicole Etienne, YouTube, 07 December 2018

2017     Glaviano 50 and Nicole Etienne, St Barths Weekly, February 2017

2015     Nicole Etienne: The Great Escape, Wall Street International, 12 November 2015

2015     Selection of paintings from Nicole Etienne's most renowned body of works on view at Mead Carney,              ArtDaily.org, November 2015

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