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      The Los Angeles Initiative: Emerging Artist Exhibition

            Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA

            Organized by The Rema Mann Foundation

          Object-Orientation: Bodies and/as Things, Cerritos

             College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA (catalog)

          Assembly: Eight Emerging Photographers from Southern California, Fred Torres Projects, New York, NY

             Curator: Edward Robinson, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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

          UCR MFA 2008, Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA

2007      Fortification, Grotto Gallerie, Brooklyn, NY

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

          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 (catalog)

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 (catalog)

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

2011      Kings Magazine, Portfolio, (Milan, Italy), Number 2, December, 2011, ills.

 

          Aletti, Vince, "Assembly: Eight Emerging Photographers from Southern California," New Yorker
April 11, 2011, Issue: 809.

 

2010      Watriss, Wendy, and Manfred Zollner, Portfolio, European Photography Spring/Summer 2010, Number 87, 8-9, ills.

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

2010      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

          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

 

Public Collections

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Rochester Institute of Technology Wallace Library

 

Visiting Artist Lectures

2011      Pomona College, Claremont, CA (Guest lecture, Intro Digital, Black and White Photography, Prof. Lisa Anne Auerbach)

          Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

             (Guest lecture, Digital Photography, Prof. John Sisley)

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)