Nicole Belle

 

Education

MFA  2008 Visual Art, University of California, Riverside

BFA  2004 Fine Art Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology (Highest Honors)

BA   1999 French Literature, New York University

 

 

Exhibition Record

 

2011      -Assembly: Eight Emerging Photographers from Southern California (forthcoming)

Fred Torres Collaborations, New York, NY

          Curator: Edward Robinson, Los Angeles County Museum of Art        

 

-Object-Orientation: Bodies and/as Things

Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA

 

2010      -Assembly: Eight Emerging Photographers from Southern California,

FotoFest 2010 Biennial, Houston, TX

          Curator: Edward Robinson, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

 

-B-Sides: A Dialogue with Contemporary U.S. Photography, FotoFest Headquarters, Houston, TX

          Curator: Jennifer Ward

 

-Material and Gravity, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, CA

          Curator: Jenny Herrick

 

2009      -Keeper of Light, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA

 

          -Inside of Me, PHIL, Los Angeles, CA
Curator: Tony Payne

-National Juried Exhibition, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA

2008      -Torrance Juried Art Exhibition, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

Curator: Gosia Wojas, Suzanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

 

-The Rev Sanchez Series, Found Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo show)

 

-UCR MFA 2008, Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA

 

2007      -Fortification, Grotto Gallerie, Brooklyn, NY

 

-My Buddy, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)

           

-Contemporary Landscapes, Millard Sheets Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA

           

-Either Too Young or Too Obtuse, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

           

-Photo-Chimera, Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA

Curator: Gloria Williams Sander, Norton Simon Museum of Art

           

-Greater LA Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition, California State University, Long Beach, CA (catalogue)

 

2006      -Separate Checks, Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside,

CA

 

-Chain Letter, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA

                       

-Greater LA Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition, California State University, Long Beach, CA

 

2005      -Southern Exposure, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)

 

2004      -Bird x Bird II, Land OÕLakes Warehouse, Minneapolis, MN

 

-Door Seven, The Space Space, Rochester, NY (collaboration with Charles Kushla)

 

-School of Photographic Arts and Sciences Honors Show, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

 

-Woodshed, School of Photographic Arts and Sciences BFA Show, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

 

 

Bibliography

 

2010      -Watriss, Wendy, and Manfred Zollner, Portfolio, European Photography Summer 2010.

          -Wozny, Nancy. ÒThe ArtsÕOlympic Marathon: A Fotofest Adventure.Ó Culturemap<http://culturemap.com/newsdetail/04-15-10-the-arts-olympic-marathon-fotofest-adventure/>.

          -DaLuz, Steven. "Two From the Assembly." visualseen <http://www.visualseen.net/Two-from-the-assembly-Steven-DaLuz-.html>.

 

2008      -Farabee, Mindy. ÒFinding Truth Through Manipulated Images.Ó Los Angeles Times 10 April 2008, The Guide: 20, ill.

 

-Coleman, Jonny. ÒNicole BelleÕs Reinvention.Ó Citizen LA April 2008: 12-13, ills.

 

 

Grants/Fellowships/Awards

2008      Torrance Juried Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention

2008      ArtSeen Emerging Artist Award

2007      Gluck Fellowship for the Arts, Gluck Foundation

2006      Gluck Fellowship for the Arts, Gluck Foundation

2004      R.I.T. Wallace Library Photo Purchase Prize

2003      R.I.T. Wallace Library Photo Purchase Prize

 

Visiting Artist Lectures

2009      -University of California, Los Angeles, CA

(Guest lecture, Advanced Photography, Prof. Catherine Opie)

2009      -University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

(Guest lecture, Intermediate Photography, Prof. Jeff Sheng)

2007      -University of California, Los Angeles, CA

(Guest lecture, Advanced Photography, Prof. Jim Welling)