MFA Painting University of New Hampshire, Durham NH
BFA Studio Art Indiana University, Bloomington IN
First Street Gallery, New York NY
2025 – Intimate Views, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2025 – Where Things Land, Gatewood Gallery, University North Carolina Greensboro
2024 – Nicole M. Santiago, Abbington Art Center, Jenkintown PA
2023 – Nicole M. Santiago: Passages, Furman University Gallery, Greensville SC
2023 – Nicole M. Santiago, Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria VA
2021 –Nicole Santiago Recent Works, Seachrest Gallery, High Point University, High Point, NC,
2021 –Where Things Land, First Street Gallery, New York NY
2021 –Reconcile, Beverly Purdue Gallery, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater VA
2019 –Artist of the Month, Art Speaks Gallery, Bay School Community Arts Center, Matthews VA
2018 –Family Narratives, Art Space, Richmond VA
2017 –Nicole Santiago: Recent Works, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2017 –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
2013 –Nicole McCormick Santiago: Paintings & Drawings, ARC Gallery, Chicago IL
2013 –Nicole McCormick Santiago, Sarah Silberman Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville MD
2012 –Indulgence, Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College, Westminster MD
2012 –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, TCC, Portsmouth VA
2007 –Conflict & Harmony, Three Graces Gallery, Portsmouth NH
2006 –Nicole McCormick; Works on Paper, Andrews Gallery, College of W&M WIlliamsburg VA
2006 –Universal Mother, Dorris Ulman Galleries, Berea College, Berea KY
2005 –Nicole McCormick; Drawings, Rodgers Art Gallery, Berea College, Berea KY
2005 –Private Stories, Three Graces Gallery, Portsmouth NH
2004 –Nicole McCormick Recent Works, Dead Horse Gallery, Lakewood OH
2023– Familial & Distant, Emory & Henry College, Emory VA (with John Lee)
2023– Generations, Exeter Gallery, Baltimore MD, (with Erin Raedeke & Neil Callendar)
2013–Story Untold, LARAC’s Lapham Gallery, Glen Falls NY (3-person)
2012–Family Portraits, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead KY
2011 –Paintings & Drawings by Lisa Deloria Weinblatt and Nicole McCormick Santiago,
Selden Gallery, Norfolk VA (2-person)
2025– The Bennett Prize, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon MI,
2024–Made in VA Biennial, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
2024–Color of Summer, First Street Gallery, New York NY
2023–Flora, Zeuxis Still Life Group, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2023–Bethesda Painting Awards, Gallery B, Bethesda MD
2023–Paperscapes, THERE-Zeuxis, New York, NY
2023–International Juried Art Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
2022–Summer Exhibition: Works by Gallery Artists, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2022–Reframing Recovery, VisArts, Rockville MD (digital projection of painted images in gallery)
2022–Habitation, Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg, VA
2022–Faculty Show 15, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg VA
2021– Expo 40, (Juror: Francesca Altamura) BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington
2021– Nocturn, Troggler Fine Art Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News VA
2021– Summer Exhibition: Works by Gallery Artists, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
Expo 39, BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington NY
2020–Virginia Artists Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton VA
2019–Bethesda Painting Awards, Gallery B, Bethesda MD
2019–Continuum: Five Decades, First Street Gallery, New York NY
2019–Faculty Show 14, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg VA
2018–Border Line: Redefining Boundaries, First Street Gallery, New York NY
2018–Still Happenings, Kaplan Gallery, VisArts, Rockville MD
2018–Rooms with a View, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
2018–Food & Flowers, Stryker Building, Williamsburg, VA
2017–Women Painting Women: In Earnest, Wayne Stark Galleries, Texas A&M University
2017–The Secret Life of Things, Washington Studio School, Washington, D.C.
2017–A Celebration of Women, Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg VA
2016–Telephone Show, Wine-Riner Galleries, Larkin Arts, Harrisonburg VA
2016–The Artist Studio, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2016–Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2015–Under the Influence, First Street Gallery, New York NY
2015–Contemporary Drawing Masters, Visual Arts Center, TCC, Portsmouth VA
2015–Feast, Lexington Art League, Lexington KY
2015–7th National Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
2015–Faculty Show 13, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg VA
2014–45 Years Later: Work by Gallery Artists, First Street Gallery, New York NY
2014–Figuration and Narrative, St. Claude Gallery, University of New Orleans, New Orleans LA
2014–Texas National 2014, Stephen F. Austin Art Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX
2014–Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2014–6th Annual National Juried Show, Prince Street Gallery, New York NY
2013 – No Restrictions: Work by Gallery Artists, First Street Gallery, New York NY
2013 – Small Works: Miniatures by Hampton Roads Artists, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2013 – Strokes of Genius, Maryland Federation of Art (MFA), Annapolis MD
2013 – Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2012– Winter Light, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2012– 100 Paintings by 100 Hampton Roads Artists, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2012– Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2012– Human, Gallery 180, The Illinois Institute of Art Chicago, Chicago IL
2012– Faculty Show 12, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg VA
2011–Observed, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati OH
2011–Art for Clearwater, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2011–Small Wonders, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
2011–New Work | New Space, First Street Gallery, New York NY
2011–National Juried Biennial Figurative Painting Exhibition, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo TX
2011–Strictly Painting 9, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean VA
2011–Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2011–Body Language, Village Gallery (Hosted by EYA), Montgomery AL
2011–14th Annual National Juried Show, Gallery West, Alexandria VA
2011–Nude 2011, Lexington Art League, Lexington KY
2011–13th Annual Postcards from the Edge, CRG Gallery, New York NY
2010–Annual Small Works Invitational Exhibition, Arts West Gallery, Elon Universtiy, Elon NC
2010–Small Wonders National Juried Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
2010–Allied Artists of America 97th Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club Galleries, NYC
2010–Small Works; Miniatures by Hampton Roads Artists, Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton VA
2010–Cultural Crossroads National Juried Exhibition, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem NC
2010–Portrait of the Artist Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2010–National Small Oil Painting Exhibition 2010, The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita KS
2010–Pinnacle 2010: National Juried Exhibition, Foster Tanner Fine Arts Center, Tallahassee FL
2010–Art at the X 2010, National Juried Exhibiton, Xavier University Art Gallery, Cincinnati OH
2010–5th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento CA
2010–Virginia Artists 2010 Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2010–EYA 2010 National Juried Exhibition, Anita P. Folmar Gallery, Montgomery, AL
2010–Visual Narrative , Gallery 180, The Illinois Institute of Art Chicago, Chicago IL
2010–Ode to Degas; National Juried Exhibition, Ashland University Coburn Gallery, Ashland OH
2010–33rd Annual Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD*
2010–The Figure as Narrative: Compelling Allusions, Columbus State University, Columbus GA
2010–31st Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia MO
2010–Drawing Discourse; A Contemporary Exhibition in Drawing, University of North Carolina, Asheville NC
2010–No New Tale to Tell, Morehead State University, Morehead KY
2010–2010 Mid-Atlantic New Painting Exhibition, Ridderhof Martin Gallery, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg VA
2009–Small Works, Miniatures by Hampton Roads Artists, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2009–Wet Painting Exhibition, gWatson Gallery, Stonington ME
2009–9x12 Works on Paper, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth TX
2009–Art at the X National Juried Exhibition, Xavier University Art Gallery, Cincinnati OH
2009–Faculty Show Eleven, Muscarelle Museum, College of W&M, Williamsburg VA
2009–22nd Annual Northern National Juried Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander WI
2009–Third National Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York NY
2009–Strictly Painting 7, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean VA
2009–Virginia Artists 2009 Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2009–Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2008–9x12 Works on Paper, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth TX
2008–Small Works, Miniatures by Hampton Roads Artists, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2008–Snap to Grid, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
2008–Northern National Juried Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander WI
2008–The Family of Man, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2008–Virginia Artists 2008 Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2008–Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2008–Teeny Tiny Art Show II, Three Graces Art Gallery, Portsmouth NH
2007–Tiny Art Show, Three Graces Art Gallery, Portsmouth NH
2007–Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2006 –10th Annual Faculty Exhibition, Muscarelle Museum, College of W&M, Williamsburg VA
2005 – Art Appeal, UNH Art Gallery, Durham NH
2005 – Instances of the Number 3, Three Graces Art Gallery, Portsmouth NH
2005 – Faces & Places, Framers Market, Bedford NH
2004 – Small Works From Gallery Artists, Three Graces Art Gallery, Portsmouth NH
2004 – View from Italy, UNH Art Gallery, Durham NH
2004 – Faculty Highlights, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester NH
2003 – Small Works Juried Exhibition, Main Street Gallery, Groton NY
2003 – Faculty Show, Edinboro University Art Gallery, Edinboro PA
2003 – MFA Thesis Exhibition, UNH Art Gallery, Durham NH
2002 –The Body Project, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH
2002 –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
2024 – Finalist, Bennett Prize
2023 – First Place, Bethesda Painting Awards, Bethesda MD
2019 – Third Place, Bethesda Painting Awards, Bethesda MD
2019 – First Place, Virginia Artists Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton VA
2018 – Phi Beta Kappa Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of William & Mary
2016 – People’s Choice Award, Wine-Riner Galleries, Larkin Arts, Harrisonburg VA
2015 – Second Round Finalist, BP Portrait Award, London, England
2014 – Honorable Mention, Artists Who Teach Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2013 – Honorable Mention, Small Works: Miniatures by Hampton Roads Artists, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2012 – Alumni Fellowship Award, The College of William & Mary
2012 –Purchase Award, Human, (Juror: Chuck Gniech), Gallery
2011 – Semi-Finalist, One.2, Manifest
2011 – Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine 28th Annual Art Competition
2011 – Third Place, Artists Who Teach Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
2011 – Honorable Mention, 14th Annual National Juried Show, Gallery West, Alexandria VA
2010 – Honorable Mention, Small Wonders National Juried Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
2010 –National Arts Club Award for Graphics, Allied Artists of America 97th Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club Galleries, New York NY
2010 –Merit Award, EYA Figuratively Speaking National Juried Exhibition, Anita P. Folmar Gallery (Hosted by EYA), Montgomery AL
2010 –Best in Show, Pinnacle 2010: National Juried Exhibition (Juror: Sam Fleeger), Foster Tanner Fine Arts Center, Tallahassee FL
2010 –Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine 27th Annual Art Compteition
2010 –Honorable Mention, Ode to Degas; National Juried Exhibition, Ashland University Coburn Gallery, Ashland OH
2010 –Honorable Mention, EYA 2010 National Juried Exhibition, Anita P. Folmar Gallery, Montgomery, AL
2009 – Honorable Mention, The Artist’s Magazine 26th Annual Art Competition
2009 –Artist of the Month (online), The Artist’s Magazine 25th Annual Art Competition
2009 –Mention, Strictly Painting 7, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean VA
2009 –Award of Merit, Artist’s Who Teach, Juror Ed Gibbs Charles H Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
2008 – Award of Merit, Virginia Artists 2008 Juried Exhibition, Charles H Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
2008 – Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine 25th Annual Art Competition
2008 – Special Merit Award, Northern National Juried Art Competition, Nicolet College Art
Gallery, Rhinelander, WI
2007 – Award of Merit, Artists Who Teach, Charles H Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
2004 – Award of Merit, Small Works Competition, Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY
2003 – Award of Merit, Small Works Competition, Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY
2022 – Ringholz Art Supply Award, Ringholz Studios, Jackson WY
2022 – William & Mary Faculty Research Grant, The College of William and Mary
2019 – Full Fellowship Residency (awarded 2019 / residency Dec 2021–Jan 2022. ) Ballinglen Arts Foundation, North County Mayo, Republic of Ireland
2013 – William & Mary Summer Research Grant, The College of William and Mary
2012 – William & Mary Summer Research Grant,The College of William and Mary
2010 – Subvention AwardThe College of William and Mary
2010 – Full Fellowship Residency, Vermont Studio Center
2007 – William & Mary Summer Research Grant, The College of William and Mary
2002 – Bernice Gray Hanhisalo Scholarship, Art Department, University of New Hampshire
2002 – Graduate Student Summer Grant, Art Department, University of New Hampshire
2001 – Bernice Gray Hanhisalo Scholarship, Art Department, University of New Hampshire
1999 – Undergraduate Honors Grant, Indiana University
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2024 – Conversations: 25 Interviews with Still Life Artists, Zeuxis Still Life Painting Group
2024 – INPA-12: International Painting Annual, Manifest Gallery
2012 – Strokes of Genius 4: Exploring Line
2012 – The Artist’s Magazine, 28th Annual Art Competition, Finalist, Dec
2012 – INPA-1: International Painting Annual, Manifest Gallery
2010 – Visual Overture Magazine, Winter Featured Emerging Artists Competition, Cover & pp 8-9
2010 – Institute on Disability Calendar
2010 – The Artist’s Magazine, 27th Annual Art Competition, Finalist, Dec
2009 – The Artist’s Magazine, 26th Annual Art Competition, Honorable Mention, Dec
2008–The Artist’s Magazine, 25th Annual Art Competition, Finalist, Dec
2007 – Discovering Drawing, Discovering Drawing, Ted Rose & Sally Mahan-Cox,
The Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago, IL
Indiana University - Bloomington INUniversity of New Hampshire - Durham NH
Donald & Allison Innes Private Collection – Charlottesville, VA
David R. Smith, Estate - Maine
Ballinglen Arts Foundation – Ballycastle, Ireland
Carol Trawick, Private Collection – Bethesda MD
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