Jason Nickel was born in Buffalo, New York, and grew up around Scranton, Philadelphia, and Rochester. He earned a BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design, in Columbus, Ohio in 1994 and a MFA from Stony Brook University on Long Island in 1997. He has lived and worked in Brooklyn, New York, Toledo, Ohio, and Utica, New York. He has shown his work in many venues including solo exhibitions in New York City and Chicago. An accomplished artist, Nickel works with themes of spirituality and metaphysics. His mediums have included painting, printmaking, sculpture, webcomics, and installation art. Nickel currently resides in Queens, New York With a studio in Long Island City. He exhibits his work in solo and group shows, both regionally and nationally. Jason Nickel's work is represented in several private and corporate collections. Click here for a PDF of this CV.

E D U C A T I O N MFA: Painting   1997 Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY BFA: Fine Art 1994 Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH S O L O     E X H I B I T I O N S 2009       ProtoScrolls, Glenwood Arts, Glenwood Landing, NY 2008          In Process, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY 2007        LOGOS, The Warehouse Gallery, Syracuse, NY Once Upon a time in the Universe, Earlville Opera House, Earlville, NY 2006         Easton Pribble Room of the Munson Williams ProctorArts Institute, Utica, NY Float On, Albany Center Galleries, Albany, NY The Orbit of Souls, The Narthex Gallery of St. Peters Church. New York, NY 2002         LOGOS, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL 6 or 7 Universes, Hothouse Gallery, Chicago, IL Advent Drawings, Jerusalem Church, Columbiana, OH 1999         New Work, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY 1996          Melville Gallery, Stony Brook, NY 1995          Melville Gallery, Stony Brook, NY G R O U P    E X H I B I T I O N S 2009        MFA Alumni Exhibition, SAC Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY Morsel Remains, Morsel Gallery, Long Island City, NY 2008          Showcase, 158 Roebling, Brooklyn. NY 2007          Game Bird Sampler,  White Box Annex, New York NY 2006          Mohawk Hudson Regional, University Art Museum, University at Albany, Albany, NY Everson Biennial, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY Center Fusion, Albany Center Galleries, Albany, NY 2005          The Great Municipal Side Show , Albany Center Galleries, Albany, NY 70th Annual Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY,Winsor Newton Award Center Fusion, Albany Center Galleries, Albany, NY 2004          Two Painters(with Ken Marchione), Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY 2003          85th Annual Toledo Area Artists, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH Guerilla Gallery, Toledo School for the Arts,Toledo, OH 2002         84th Annual Toledo Area Artists, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH Salon deRefuses, 20 North Gallery, Toledo. OH Space 237, Toledo, OH Faculty Exhibition, University of Toledo, Center for Visual Arts, Toledo, OH 2001          52nd Annual Faculty Exhibition, Bowling Green State University, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, OH Salon deRefuse, 20 North Gallery, Toledo, OH Hand-Pulled Prints IX, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX Canvas vs Steel, Space 237, Toledo, OH 1999         Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY 1997          New York Area   MFA Exhibition, Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, NY MFA Show, Staller Center Gallery, Stony Brook University , Stony brook, NY 1993          Ohio Fine Art Exhibition, James Fox Art Center, Columbus, OH The Animal Instinct, RoyGBiv Gallery, Columbus, OH A W A R D S   R E S I D E N C I E S  AND   S C H O L A R S H I P S 2008        Artist-in-residence, Carriage House residency, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY 2005          New York Foundation for the Arts, Strategic Opportunities Stipend. Winsor Newton Award, 70th Annual Cooperstown Art Association Exhibition   1997          Full Tuition Waiver, Stony Brook University 1994          Teaching Assistantship and Partial Tuition Waiver, Stony Brook University 1993          President’s Award-Partial Scholarship, Columbus College of Art and Design 1989          Scholarship, Columbus College of Art and Design B I B L I O G R A P H Y D. A. Wilkinson, Artist Draws Attention to Themes, The Youngstown Vindicator, March 23, 2005, B5. Dan R. Goddard, Cooperative Celebrates Citys Rising Tide of Prints, San Antonio Express News, April 22, 2001,8H.   Rebekah Scot, Handmade, Manmade,Toledo Blade, January 24, 2001 Represented in several private and corporate collections.