Nicole Duennebier

Painting

location: Studio 39
email: nduennebier@gmail.com
web: duennebier.carbonmade.com

 

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Statement

I think of the masses in my paintings as fruiting bodies, malignant growths that take on a lavish formation. They are not lying still but are very slowly expanding out across the terrain, usurping surrounding materials. These figures become garish amalgamations of color and texture. Similar to the forest still-lifes of the 1600's there is the sense of malevolence connected to the living things that move along the forest floor. But this malevolence derives from the uneasy combination of textural pleasure and disgust. Within the delicacy of the masses there is the indication of "festering" in the form of sodden underbellies and noxious fumes that rise into the air.

Education

2001-2005   Bachelor of Fine Arts, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine.

2000-2001   Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Hartford, Connecticut.

Solo Exhibitions

2010

Painting Post Academy, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Hartford, Connecticut

2009

The Amalgamate, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut

2008

Germinal Series, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, Maine

New Paintings, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine

2007

Bitters: Out of the strong came forth sweetness, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, Maine

Select Group Exhibitions

2010

Sacred and Profane, Portsmouth Museum of Art, New Hampshire

CMCA's 2010 Juried Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine

MARC at 20, Monhegan Artists Residency, Monhegan Island, Maine

2009

Spineless Wonders, Atrium Art Gallery, Lewiston, Maine

Across the Border, Peter Buckland Gallery, New Brunswick, Maine

Flower Power II, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

Summer Salon Group Show, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland Maine

Awards

2010 Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

2006 Carina House Monhegan Artists Residency, Monhegan Island, Maine

2005 Best in Show, MECA 31st Annual Art Auction, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Maine.

2003 Payson Merit Award, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine.

Harley L. Flaws Memorial Endowment, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine.

Publications

Nicole Duennebier: Clarity of the Unknowable, Suzette McAvoy, The Canvas, October 2010

Invigorating Invertebrates, Daniel Kany, Portland Press Herald, Sept. 27th 2009

Nicole Duennebier: The Amalgamate, Steve Starger, Art New England, June/July 2009

New/Now The Amalgamate, Tayrn Plumb, Artscope Magazine, March/April 2009

Nicole Duennebier is New/Now, Edgar Allen Beem, Yankee Magazine, Feb. 2009

Opening highlights nature's pairings, Jennifer Abel, New Britain Herald, Feb. 10th 2009

Creation's Silent Roar, Ian Paige, Portland Phoenix, March 7th, 2007

Collections

New Britain Museum of American Art, Permanent collection, New Britain, Connecticut

Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Hartford, Connecticut