ARTISTS : TUCKER NICHOLS view selected artwork EXHIBITIONS AT ZIEHERSMITH Tucker Nichols, 2007 Tucker Nichols, 2005 TUCKER NICHOLS BIO 1970 Born in Boston, Massachusetts Lives and works near San Francisco, California SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2008 Lincart, San Francisco 2007 ZieherSmith, New York Electric Works (with Katherine Sherwood), San Francisco, CA 2006 Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA (catalogue) Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, Vermont New Work, Lincart, San Francisco 2005 Tucker Nichols, ZieherSmith, New York Together We Can Prevent Earthquakes, Mission 17, San Francisco Stars and Striptease (with Pat Treyer), Galerie Planaterra, Chur, Switzerland 2004 From Here I Can See Everything, Kunstpanorama, Luzern, Switzerland Fresh Fish, project space, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 2003 Hence the Pyramids, Lincart, San Francisco 2001 New Drawings, project space, Lincart, San Francisco SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2008 Lots of Things Like This, curated by Dave Eggers, apexart, New York Miraculous Encounters with the Mundane, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco Hot and Cold, Luggage Store, San Francisco Nieves Library, Ooga Booga, Los Angeles Words Become Pictures, Molloy Collage Art Gallery, Rockville Center, New York 2007 Pacific Light, The Nordic Watercolor Museum, Skärhamn, Sweden Pacific Light: California Watercolor Refracted, 1907-2007, International Center for the Arts, SF State University, San Francisco The Stable (J&L), OK OK Gallery, Seattle, WA 2006 Homeland Flares, Brandenburg Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany J & L, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California 2005 The Sleight of Hand, The Artist’s Touch, curated by Robin Wright, Lincart, San Francisco The Nieves Exhibition, Rocket Gallery, Toyko Taxi, Biglietteria, Ancona, Italy Trillium Press, SF MOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco Trillium Press, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, California 2004 Talespinning: Fall Selections, Drawing Center, New York Hero-Glyph, Post Gallery, Los Angeles Sadie Hawkins Dance, Southfirst Gallery, New York Wouldworker, Lincart at 49 Geary, San Francisco Minifesto, Kunstpanorama, Luzern, Switzerland Murmuration of Starlings, Overtones, Los Angeles Cave Canem, John Connelly Presents, New York 2003 Out There: Trillium Press, Spanganga Gallery, San Francisco Au Natural, diRosa Preserve, Napa, California East Rider, Cell Project Space, London, England Mark: Contemporary Drawings, Gallery 16, San Francisco An Uncertain Line, Spanganga Gallery, San Francisco Faux Real, diRosa Preserve, Napa, California 2002 Books By Artists, Bank of America Concourse Gallery, San Francisco Nest Egg Omelette, Lincart, San Francisco Free Manifesta, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany Recycle, juried by Miwon Kwon, Huashan Art District, Taipei, Taiwan 2001 Think Again, Southern Exposure, San Francisco Et Elli., Lincart, San Francisco Clash, Riverside Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY David Coggins, "Tucker Nichols," Art in America, March 2008 Ariella Budick, “Review: Words Become Pictures,” Newsday, March 14, 2008 Glen Helfand, "Tucker Nichols: Postcards from Vermont," Art On Paper, January/February 2007 "Waiting Rm at BMAC Takes A Fresh, Funny Look At Our Town," Brattleboro Reformer, February 22, 2007 Kenneth Baker, "San Francisco's Independent Spirit," Art & Antiques, November 2006 Tiffany Martini, "Postcards from Vermont," San Francisco Examiner, October 28, 2006 Clark Buchner, "Profit-Free Zone," ArtReview, May/June 2006 Katie Kurtz, "Tucker Nichols," San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 17, 2006 Kenneth Baker, "Nichols’ Found Objects and ‘art-like’ Detritus Attract Attention to What Is Normally Missed," San Franscisco Chronicle, May 6, 2006 Michael Leaverton, "Drawn To Life," San Fransisco Weekly, April 26, 2006 Reyhan Harmanci, "Murky Thoughts, Fully Formed Art," San Francisco Chronicle, April 27, 2006 Amanda Church, "Tucker Nichols at ZieherSmith," Art on Paper, March/April 2006 "Hot 20 Under 40," 7X7 Magazine, October 2005 Jane Ganahl, "Natural Disasters Are Impossible to Prevent, But Tucker Nichols Insists Art Can Help Us Cope," San Francisco Chronicle, January 25, 2005 Colin Berry, "Tucker Nichols at Mission 17," Artweek, March 2005 Amanda Church, "Talespinning," Art On Paper, November/December 2004 "Talespinning," editor’s pick, New York Magazine, September 13, 2004 "Don’t Miss!" editor’s pick, Time Out New York, September 2-9, 2004 Grace Glueck, "Working Words Into Images, Artists Become Storytellers," New York Times, September 24, 2004 Holland Cotter, "Sadie Hawkins Dance," New York Times, June 25, 2004 Kenneth Baker, "From Description to Inscription," San Francisco Chronicle, June 6, 2004 Holland Cotter, "Sampling Brooklyn," New York Times, January 23, 2004 Lindsey Westbrook, "Tucker Nichols: Hence the Pyramids,” ARTNews, October 2003 "From the Editor," Readymade Magazine 8, Fall 2003, cover image David Buuck, "'Mark: Contemporary Drawings' at Gallery 16," Artweek, July/August 2003 "Picture Postcard," Artnet, May 27, 2003 Lindsey Westbrook, "Critic’s Choice," San Francisco Bay Guardian, March 5, 2003 Kenneth Baker, "Drawing at Spanganga," San Francisco Chronicle, March 1, 2003 Lindsey Westbrook, "Critic’s Choice," San Francisco Bay Guardian, September 25, 2002 Antonia Blue, "What Are Words For? Tucker Nichols Combines Words and Images to Express His Singular Vision of the World," Kitchen Sink, October 2002 David Buuck, "Liam Jones and Tucker Nichols at Lincart," Artweek, February 2002 Meredith Tromble, "Quick Stretch," Stretcher, Fall 2001 California Report, NPR member stations throughout California, September 28-30, 2001 SELECTED PUBLISHED ARTWORK Op-Ed pages, New York Times, March 19, 2006; February 19, May 3, and September 10, 2005 McSweeney’s 17, Summer 2005 Zyzzyva, Spring 2002 and Spring 2005 Dave Eggers, The Unforbidden Is Compulsory, cover, San Francisco: McSweeney’s Books, 2004 Tucker Nichols—Menu, Zurich, Switzerland: Nieves Books, 2004 The Believer, November, 2003, April and December 2004 "Letter From Wyoming," Stretcher, Summer 2004 Loud Paper, Spring 2004 Tucker Nichols—Lost Data, Broken Wrist Project, 2004 J & L Illustrated 2, Atlanta: J & L Books, 2004 The Walrus, January, April and September 2004; April and June 2005 This is a Magazine, June 2002, April 2003 and April 2004 Tucker Nichols—Look A Whale, San Francisco: Lincart Press, 2003 Kay Ryan, Blandeur, broadside, Brisbane, California: Trillium Press, 2003 Eleven Bulls, 2003 Tucker Nichols & David Khoury: 13 Vermont Drawings & An Egg Story, Pindeldyboz, 2003 Tucker Nichols—Believe You Me: Chinese Proverbs, Brisbane, California: Trillium Press, 2003 Bridge Magazine, Spring and Fall, 2003 National Post, May 10 and May 24, 2003; June 22, July 20, and September 28, 2002 Crownfarmer 4, January 2003 Austerity Program (with author David Khoury), Mail Plane Press, 2002 PUBLIC ART/COMMISSIONS 2007 Big Big Bigger, Electric Works, San Francisco, CA 2006 Bravo, Rockefeller Center, New York 2005 fuseproject, San Francisco 2004 Adobe Books, San Francisco Overtones, Los Angeles Lincart, San Francisco Mission 17, San Francisco 2003 Rincon Hill, San Francisco RESIDENCIES/AWARDS 2005 Artist-in-Residence, De Young Museum, San Francisco 2004 Marin Arts Council Individual Artist Grant Centrum Artist Residency, Port Townsend, Washington Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, Wyoming 2001 Second Art Fund, Silent Art Gallery