Artist Bio
Bret Nicely
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About Bret Nicely Born: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1976 Lives and works in Los Angeles, California Education MFA, Art Center College of Design, 2005 BFA, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, 1998 AICAD New York Studio Program, 1997 Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland, 1996 Solo Exhibitions 2008 Pass the Poverty Please, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2005 Expanded, The Wind Tunnel at ACCD, Pasadena, CA 2004 Surface Landscape, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA 2003 An Appeal to Heaven Group Exhibitions 2008 Some Indispensable Concepts for Understanding this Beautiful Exhibition: Bret Nicely, Heather Rasmussen, Dawson Weber, The Confederacy for Creative Ephemera, Los Angeles, CA Projections on Lake, permanent public outdoor projection of artwork curated by David Bradshaw, Pasadena, CA 2007 Radio Daniéle, organized by Christopher Williams and John Kelsey. Città Del Capo Radio Metropolitana in Collaboration with Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy; Radio LoRa, in collaboration with Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland; PERFORMA Radio, WFMU, Jersey City, NJ in conjunction with PERFORMA 07, New York, New York Monster Drawing Rally, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA 2005 Many, Many Guys and Girls, All Real Beauties, curated by Julian Hoeber, Circus of Books, West Hollywood, CA 2005 Supersonic, Los Angeles Design Center, Los Angeles, CA 2004 Stories from the Source: Design Excursions Out of the Ordinary, Art Center Biannual Design Conference, Pasadena, CA Ink, Noose, and The Sea: Bret Nicely, Jill Spector, Dawson Weber, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA 2003 Pulp: Works of Paper, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley 2000 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, New York 1998 Team Adventure, AICAD New York Studio Program, New York, New York Recent Graduates, Riverwest Art Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Publications “Vito Acconci”, “Jim Shaw”, This Is Not To Be Looked At: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008. The Hipster Handbook, Robert Lanham. Art by Bret Nicely and Jeff Bechtel. New York: Anchor Books, 2003. Lectures From Post to Archive: Dynamic Content and Preservation, Art Libraries Society of North America, Denver, CO, 2008. Expanding the Hive: Blogs as Engines of Community Formation, American Association of Museums Annual Conference, Denver, CO, 2008. Bret Nicely is not wholly allayed by the internet. |