Nick Cave (American, 1959)

Nick Cave

Education
1989 MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
1982 BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO.
1984-6 Graduate Studies, North Texas State University, Denton, TX.


Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 “Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth”, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco,
CA
“Recent Soundsuits”, Jack Shainman Gal ery, NY
2008 “Alter-Skins”, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
“Second Skins”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL
2007 32nd Annual Gail Silver Memorial Lecture, The RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, FL
2006 Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
“SOUNDSUITS”, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL.
2005 “Soundsuits”, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, PA.
2004 “Soundsuits”, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
2003 Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA.
2002 The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI.
Wright Museum Courtyard, Beloit, MI.
Macalister College of Art, St. Paul, MN.
2001 Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN.
“Objects of Desire”, Noel Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
“AMAIGAMATIONS”, Al entown Art Museum, Al entown PA.
“NEW WORKS”, Xavier, University Art Gallery, University of Cincinnati,Cincinnati, OH.
2000 “NICK CAVE 2000” Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1999 “REPARATIONS”, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN.
“NEW WORKS”, Zone One Gal ery, Asheville, NC.
1997 “NEW WORKS”, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO.


Selected Group Exhibitions
2008-09 “30 Americans”, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Fashion Forward Islip Museum of Art, Long Island, NY

2008 “Of the Cloth” Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, NJ
“Implant” The UBS Art Gallery, New York, NY
“Boys of Summer” Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Working History: African American Art and Objects” Cooley
Gallery at Reed Col ege, Pittsburg, PA
“Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate” Holter Museum, Helena, MT
“Hot House: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook” Reading Mueseum, Reading, PA
2007-8 “MASK” James Cohan Gal ery, New York, NY. Dec 13- Jan 26
2007 “Taking Possesion” UALR University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AK
Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, FL
2006-7 “A Changing Fabric,” Salina Art Center, KS
2006 “Crafty”, Mass Art, Boston, MA
“Unholy Alliance: Art + Fashion Meet Again,” Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto,
Canada
“Black Alphabet: Contexts of Contemporary African-American Art,”
The Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
“Black Panther Rank and File”, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2005 “Frequency”, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
“Different Wavelengths”, Tina Kim Fine Art, New York, NY
“Art-wear”, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA.
“THE WHOLE WORLD IS ROTTEN”, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY.
2004 “The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience”, The Mint Museum of Craft and Design,
Charlotte, NC.
“Cross Currents”, Portsmouth Museum, Portsmouth, VA.
“Crowning Glory” Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL,
2003 “Independent: Inseparable: Intersection”, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL.
2002 “BODY and SOUL”, American Craft Museum, New York.
“Concealing & Revealing”, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI.
Galerie Beeld & Aambeeld, Enschede, The Netherlands.
Netherlands Textile Museum, The Netherlands
2001 “Zierat”, Galerie CEBRA, Dusseldorf, Germany.
“I AM SOMEONE ELSE”, The Conenexion, The Netherlands.
Kestner Museum, Hannover, Germany.
“Recycle/Redefined”, Anne Reed Gal ery, Ketchum, ID.
Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA.
“MUSIC IN MY SOUL”, The Portsmouth Museums, Portsmouth, VA.
“FACES IN THE FIELD”, The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL.
2000 “Zierat”, Southwest School of Arts & Craft, San Antonio, TX.
“S.O.S. Scenes of Sound”, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY.
Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO.
Tryon Center for the Visual Arts, Artist in Residence, Charlotte, NC.
New Bedford Museum of Art, New Bedford, MA.
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL.
1999 “STOP ASKING WE EXIST”, American Craft Museum, New York.
“MEN OF THE CLOTH”, Loveland Museum of Art, Loveland, CO.


Selected Collections

Portland Art Museum, OR
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
The Nerman Museum, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Seattle Art Museum, WA
De Young Museum of Art, CA

Awards and Grants
2006 Recipient of the Joyce Foundation Joyce Award 2006
2004 Creative Capital Grant
2002 Creative Capital Grant
2001 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award
2000 “FACES IN THE FIELD”, The Field Museum of Natural History Award
1997 Illinois Arts Council State Grant.
1993 Arts Midwest Grant
Illinois Arts Council State Grant.
1987 Ford Foundation Scholarship (also 1998 and 1999)


Selected Bibliography - Reviews and Periodicals
2009 Genocchio, Amin “Where Fashion Meets Its Artistic Match” New York Times, January 11, 2009
2007 Firouzi, Maniezheh “Dry Clean Only” City Magazine, September 2007 page 84
Cotter, Holland “The Color Line” Art in Review: The New York Times, Friday July 27
2006 Ulrich, Polly, “Massive Intensity”, Sculpture Magazine, May,
Valdez, Sarah, “Bling and Beyond”, Art in Ameica, April 2006
Kastner, Jeffrey, Artforum, p. 217 January 2006
2005 Kinsella, Eileen, “An Incredibly Succesful Fair”, Artnews May, 2005
Smith, Roberta, “Where Issues of Black Identity Meet the Concerns of Every Artist, New York
Times,
November 15th, 2005
2004 Ulrich, Polly, “On Motor Row”, American Craft, Dec./Jan.
Gehring, Kristine, “On the Scene”, Chicago Journal, February.
Lenoir, Lisa, “Sometimes it’s what’s up on top that counts”, Chicago Sun-times, March.
McLaughlin, Jean W, “The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience”, July.
Searle, Karen and Cameron, Greg, “SOUNDSUITS”, catalogue for solo exhibition Holter Museum of
Art.
Glover, Terry, “In the Loop”, Chicago Tribune Magazine, May.
Richardson, Julie Anna L, “History Makers”, June.
2002 Heil, Matthew, “Suit Yourself”, Echo Magazine, January.
Searle, Karen, :Innovation Art Center Showcase Fiber”, Fiber Arts, Nov./Dec.
Proctor, Roy, “Cave’s Performing Arts: Try this exhibition on for size”, Richmond Time Dispatch,
September.
Kistler, Ashley, “Nick Cave: Suit Up”, brochure with exhibition, September.
Hemmings, Jessica, “Embroidery”, London, October.
Ben-Dor, Orli, “Sculpting Sensuality”, Arizona Daily.
2002 Aimone, Katherine Duncan, “The Fiberart Book of Wearable Art”, June.
Spencer, Dorothy, “Found Object Art”, book, May.
Samuels, Barbara, “A Fashion Event with a Difference” N’DIGO,

August.
Lenoir, Lisa, SHOWCASE, “Dazzling Diversity of Style”, Chicago Sun-Times, August.
2001 Owens, Paula, “Zierat”, catalogue with traveling exhibition.
Ruyak, Jacqueline, Fiberarts, March/April.
2000 Camper, Fred, “Amalgamation”, catalogue from solo exhibition, Allentown Art Museum,
Al entown,
PENN, February.
Dlugos, Kathleen, American Craft, June/July.
1999 Scott, Joyce, “Stop Asking We Exist”, catalogue with traveling
exhibition.
Stainback, Charlie, “S.O.S: Scenes of Sound”, catalogue with
exhibition, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, book, March.
Dawson, D. T., “The New Mosaics”, book.
Searle, Karen, “Scalped Formalities”, Grand Arts, Kansas City, Mo. September.
Rundquist, Lisa, “Reparations”, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN. November.
1998 Kietzer, Linda, “Garbed” Extending the body: Experiments in Clothing. Cataloguewith residency.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, April.
Camper, Fred, American Craft, October/November.
Camper, Fred, Fiberarts, November/December.
Beal, Stephen, “Men of the Cloth”, catalogue with traveling exhibition.
1997-6 Laky, Gyongy. Nouvel Objet III and II; books, Seoul Korea, September.
1993 Westphal, Katherine, “The Surface Designer’s Art, book.


Performances
2004 Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT.
2003 Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts, Richmond, VA.
“Feast for the Eyes”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, viewing the col ection and studio of
Nick Cave with a mini performance. Chicago, IL.
2002 “BamBoleo”, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL.
“The Color of Fashion”, Chicago, IL.
2001 “Serious Moonlight”, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
2000 “Convergence 2000”, Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. Conference, Cincinnati, OH.
2000 Pennsylvania Art Education Association, (PAEA), Conference, Al entown, PA.


Residences/Teaching Engagement's
2005 Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, PA, (2-weeks).
2004 Museum of Contemporary Art, “Altered Garments”, workshop/lecture, Chicago, IL, (6-days).
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, (2-weeks).
City Association of The Art Institute of Chicago, studio visit/lecture.
Portland Art Museum Association, studio visit/lecture.
2003 University of Arizona, lecture/workshop, (1-week).
Studio tour/lecture, School of the Art Institute Women’s Board, Chicago, IL.
Studio tour/lecture, Oakland Art Museum Women’s Board, Oakland, CA.
Studio tour/lecture, American Craft Council, New York.
Studio tour/lecture, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, MI.
2002 The Costume Society of America Annual National Symposium “The

Future of Dress: Education and Advocacy?” participant in the panel discussion, Chicago.
Creative Capital Retreat, Lecture, New York.
2001 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Fashion Department, Tenure Appointment.
Beloit Col ege, Beloit, WI, (10-weeks).
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL, Fashion Dept. (5 months).
2000 Tryon Center for the Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC, (4 months).
Allentown School for Visual and Performing Arts, Allentown, PA (2-weeks).
University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, (1- week).
University of Manoi-Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, (2-weeks).
1999 University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI, (10 weeks).
- University of Massachusetts, Darmont, MA, (1-week).
- Island Press, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, (1-week).
1998 Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO, (2- weeks).
Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL, (12-weeks).
1997 Pillchuck Glass School, Seattle WA, (6-weeks).
1989 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL, Department of Fiber and Material Studies,
Fulltime Visiting Artist, (5-years).


Invited Juror
2003 “Art to Wear”; 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA.
2002 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center; Michigan Annual Fine Arts
Competition, Birmingham, MI.
Greater Columbus Arts Council Grant, Columbus, OH.
The Wisconsin Exhibition, Stevens Point, WI.
1989 North Carolina Arts Council, Raleigh, NC.
1995 Mid-America Arts Alliance; Mid-American Artist Grant, Kansas
City, MO.
1994-8 School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Fashion
Department, Junior Scholarship Awards, Chicago, IL.
1996 Columbia Collage; Fashion Department, Fashion Competition
Awards, Chicago, IL.
1995 Evanston Arts Council; 10th Anniversary Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival, Evanston, IL.
Textile Art Center; Exhibition of conceptual clothing entitled “New Habits”, Chicago, IL.