Nicole M. Santiago

EDUCATION
2003  MFA   University of New Hampshire, Durham NH        
1999   BFA    Indiana University, Bloomington IN

GALLERY AFFILIATION
First Street Gallery, New York NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
Nicole Santiago: Recent Works, First Street Gallery, New York  NY

Nicole Santiago: Paintings & Drawings, Shoestring Studio, Brooklyn, NY

2016                   
Nicole M. Santiago: Paintings & Drawings, Wine-Riner Galleries, Larkin Arts, Harrisonburg VA

2015                   
Satiable / Insatiable, Lower Traylor Gallery, Berea College, Berea KY

2014                   
The Sweet Life Revisited, Patrick Henry Community College, Martinsville VA

2013                   
The Sweet Life, First Street Gallery, New York, NY

Nicole McCormick Santiago: Paintings & Drawings, ARC Gallery, Chicago IL

Nicole McCormick Santiago, Sarah Silberman Art Gallery,Montgomery College, Rockville MD

2012                   
Indulgence: New Works by Nicole McCormick Santiago,  Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College,Westminster MD

Nicole McCormick Santiago: Recent Works,This Century Art Gallery, Williamsburg VA

2010                   
Nicole McCormick Santiago; Still Life Traylor Gallery, Berea College, Berea KY  

2008                   
Nicole McCormick Santiago; Recent Works, Visual Arts Center, Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth VA

2007                   
Conflict& Harmony, Three Graces Gallery, Portsmouth,NH

2006                   
Nicole McCormick; Works on Paper, Andrews Gallery, The College of William& Mary, Williamsburg, VA

Universal Mother, Dorris Ulman Galleries, Berea College, Berea KY

2005                   
Nicole McCormick; Drawings, Rodgers Art Gallery, Berea College, Berea KY

Private Stories, Three Graces Gallery, Portsmouth NH

2004                
Nicole McCormick Recent Works, Dead Horse Gallery, Lakewood OH

2 - 3 PERSON GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013                   
Story Untold, LARAC’s Lapham Gallery, Glen Falls NY (3 person exhibition)

2012            
Family Portraits, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead KY (3 person exhibition)

 2011                     
Paintings& Drawings by Lisa Deloria Weinblatt and Nicole McCormick Santiago,
Selden Gallery, Norfolk VA (2 person exhibition )

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
Upcoming       
Women Painting Women: In Earnest, Traveling exhibition beginning at J. Wayne Stark Galleries, Texas A&M University – FALL2017

The Secret Life of Things, Traveling exhibition beginning at the Washinghton Studio School, Washington D.C. – FALL2017

2016                   
Telephone Show, Wine-Riner Galleries, Larkin Arts, Harrisonburg VA

2016                   
The Artist Studio, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA

2015                   
Contemporary Drawing Masters, Visual Arts Center, Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth VA – JULY 2015

Feast, Lexington Art League, Lexington KY

7thNational Juried Exhibition, (Juror Robert Berland, artist. Contributing writer for Art in America & The Brooklyn Rail) Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY

2014                   
Figuration and Narrative, (curator: Michael Ananian), St. Claude Gallery, University of New Orleans,          New Orleans LA (5 person show)

Texas National 2014, (juror: Jerome Witkin), Stephen F. Austin Art Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX

Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition, CharlesH. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA

6thAnnual National Juried Show, (Juror: Lois Dodd, artist, American Academy of Arts and Letters member and National Academy of Design member)Prince Street Gallery, NewY ork NY

2013                  
No Restrictions: Work by Gallery Artists, First Street Gallery, New York NY

Small Works: Miniatures by Hampton Roads Artists, (Juror: Diana Blanchard Gross) Charles H. Taylor Arts Center,Hampton VA

Strokes of Genius, (Juror M. Stephen Doherty, former editor-in-chief American Artist magazine), Maryland Federation of Art (MFA),  Annapolis MD

2012                   
Winter Light, First Street Gallery, New York, NY

100Paintings by 100 Hampton Roads Artists, , Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA

Human, (Juror: Chuck Gniech), Gallery 180,The Illinois Institute of Art Chicago, Chicago IL

2011                   
Observed, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati OH

Art for Clearwater, First Street Gallery, New York, NY

Small Wonders, (Juror: Georgia Deal,Printmaking Department Chair, Corcoran College of Art & Design) Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD

New Work | New Space, First Street Gallery, New York NY

National Juried Biennial Figurative Painting Exhibition, (Juror: Martha Mayer Erlebacher), Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo TX

Strictly Painting 9, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean VA

Body Language, Village Gallery (Hosted by EYA), Montgomery AL

14th Annual National Juried Show, (Juror: F. Lennox Campello), Gallery West,Alexandria VA

Nude 2011, (Jurors: Mark Priest &  Karen Gillenwater), Lexington Art League,Lexington KY

13thAnnual Postcards from the Edge, CRG Gallery, New York NY

2010                   
Annual Small Works Invitational Exhibition,Arts West Gallery, Elon Universtiy, Elon NC

Small Wonders National Juried Exhibition, (Juror: Julie Ann Cavnor,Executive Director of The Arts Connection in the Capital Region) Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD

Allied Artists of America 97th Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club Galleries, New York NY

Small Works; Miniatures by Hampton Roads Artists, Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton VA

Cultural Crossroads National Juried Exhibition, (Juror: Rosie Gordon-Wallace),Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem NC

Portrait of the Artist Charles H.Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA

National Small Oil Painting Exhibition 2010, (Juror Aaron Morgan Brown), The Wichita Center for the Arts,Wichita KS

Pinnacle2010: National Juried Exhibition,(Juror: Sam Fleeger) Foster Tanner Fine Arts Center, Tallahassee FL

Art at the X 2010, National Juried Exhibiton, (Juror: Dennis Harrington) Xavier University Art Gallery, Cincinnati OH

5thNational Juried Exhibition, (Juror: Joe Amrhein of Pierogi Gallery),Axis Gallery, Sacramento CA

Virginia Artists 2010 Juried Exhibition, (Juror: Tatjana Beylotte of 1708 Gallery), Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA

EYA2010 National Juried Exhibition (Juror: Andrew Hairstans), Anita P. Folmar Gallery, Montgomery, AL

Visual Narrative (Juror: Chuck Gniech), Gallery 180, The Illinois Institute of Art Chicago, Chicago IL

Ode to Degas; National Juried Exhibition  (Juror: Neil MacDonald), Ashland University Coburn Gallery, Ashland OH

33nd Annual Art on Paper, (Juror: Joann Moser, Senior Curator of Graphic Arts / Smithsonian American Art Museum) Maryland Federation of Art,Annapolis MD*

The Figure as Narrative: Compelling Allusions, Columbus State University, Columbus GA

31stAnnual Paper in Particular National Exhibition,(Juror: Bradlee Shanks), Larson Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia MO

Drawing Discourse; A Contemporary Exhibition in Drawing,(Juror: Deborah Rockman, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery), University of North Carolina, Asheville NC

No New Tale to Tell, (Juror: Mike Detsch, Claypool-Young Art Gallery),Morehead State University, Morehead KY

2010Mid-Atlantic New Painting Exhibition, (Juror: William Dunlap), Ridderhof Martin Gallery, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg VA

2009                   
Small Works, Miniatures by Hampton Roads Artists, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA

Wet Painting Exhibition, gWatson Gallery, Stonington ME

Art at the X National Juried Exhibition, (Juror: Jéssica Flores - Associate Curator of Contemporary Art – Cincinnati Art Museum), Xavier University Art Gallery, Cincinnati OH

Faculty Show Eleven, Muscarelle Museum, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg VA

22nd Annual Northern National Juried Art Competition, (Juror: Betty LaDuke), Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander WI

Third National Juried Exhibition,(Juror: Susanna Coffey), Prince Street Gallery, New York NY

Strictly Painting 7, (Juror Vivian Lassman), McLean Project for the Arts, McLean VA

Virginia Artists 2009 Juried Exhibition, Juror:Tatjana Beylotte of 1708 Gallery, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA

2008                   
9x12 Works on Paper, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth TX

Small Works, Miniatures by Hampton Roads Artists, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA

Snap to Grid, LACDA,Los Angeles, CA

Northern National Juried Art Competition, (Juror Terry Suhre), Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander WI

The Family of Man, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA

Virginia Artists 2008 Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA

2007                   
Tiny Art Show, Three Graces Art Gallery, Portsmouth NH

Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA

2006                   
10th Annual Faculty Exhibition, Muscarelle Museum, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg VA

2005                   
Art Appeal, UNH Art Gallery, Durham NH

Instances of the Number 3, Three Graces Art Gallery, Portsmouth NH

Faces& Places, Framers Market, Bedford NH

2004                   
Small Works From Gallery Artists, Three Graces Art Gallery, Portsmouth NH

View from Italy, UNH Art Gallery, Durham NH

Faculty Highlights, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester NH        

2003                   
Small Works Juried Exhibition, Main Street Gallery, Groton NY

Faculty Show, Edinboro University Art Gallery, Edinboro PA

MFA Thesis Exhibition, UNH Art Gallery, Durham NH

2002                   
The Body Project, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH

Drawings, Alcove Gallery, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH

2001                   
Central Indiana Artists, Inc. 14th Annual Juried Art Show, Avon IN

1999                   
Cinque Artisti, Memorial Union Gallery, Indiana University Bloomington IN

PUBLISHED WORKS
2012                   
Strokes of Genius 4:Exploring Line,

The Artist’s Magazine, 28thAnnual Art Competition, Finalist, Dec

INPA-1:International Painting Annual, Manifest Gallery

2010                   
Visual Overture Magazine, Winter Featured Emerging Artists Competition,  pp8-9 and cover page

Institute on Disability Calendar

The Artist’s Magazine, 27thAnnual Art Competition, Finalist, Dec

2009                   
The Artist’s Magazine, 26thAnnual Art Competition, Honorable Mention,Dec

2008                   
The Artist’s Magazine, 25thAnnual Art Competition, Finalist, Dec

2006                   
Discovering Drawing, Ted Rose & Sally Mahan-Cox,

REVIEWS | ARTICLES | FEATURES
2013                   
Jessica Bartlet, “Saturday in the City – Nicole McCormick Santiago at First Street       Gallery,” Jessica Bartlet Art, June 4, 2013,                     http://jessicabartletart.blogspot.com/2013/06/saturday-in-city-nicole-mccormick.html

2012                   
Emma West, “Indulgence: A Showcase of Artwork by Nicole McCormick Santiago,” Bmore Art, September 11,                                                                                                     http://bmoreart.com/2012/09/indulgence-nicole-mccormick-santiago-at.html

Pamela Zappardino, “In the Arts:Indulgent cakes tell layered stories,”
Carroll County Times, August 29

 Mark St. John Erickson, “Telling Stories with an Artist’s Brush,” The Daily Press, May 12

2011                   
Larry Groff, “Nicole McCormick Santiago,” Painting Perceptions, November 5 http://paintingperceptions.com/contemporary-realism/nicole-mccormick-santiago

2009                   
Mark St. John Erickson, “William and Mary art faculty strut their stuff in Muscarelle Museum Show,”Daily Press, September 20, G3.

2008                   
Betsy Dijulio, “Some Thinking Required,” Portfolio Weekly, October 7

Mark St. John Erickson, “See Unusual Sculpture,” Daily Press,September 14, G3.

2005                   
David Smith, “Nicole McCormick; Private Stories,” Art New England, August/September, 37.

2004                   
Rick Agran, “Interpreting Italy,” Wire, December 1-7,  22.

Margaret McCann,“McCormick’s Paintings Spice Up the Stockpot,” Wire,
July 14-23, p18.

PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (selected)

The Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago

Indiana University - Bloomington IN

University of New Hampshire - Durham NH

Siena ArtInstitute - Siena Italy

Kim Manocherian, - New York NY

Peter Allen - New York NY