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Nicola Prinsen

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NICOLA PRINSEN, a Saltspring Island artist, has been sculpting for over 15 years. She first studied ceramics, then figurative and portrait sculpture. For the past five years, Nicola's subject matter has been based on her surroundings, the island on which she lives. Forests, rural agriculture, the ocean, and the animals that live in this setting are Nicola's focus. From otters to cows, crows to goats, in clay or bronze, Nicola explores the forms of these animals and undertakes a process of refinement by way of detailed studies and accurate depictions. Pushing the boundaries with these forms through distortion and exaggeration are part of Nicola's creative process. The end result is a fusion of personality and simplicity. One cow will stand with a look, a shape or an angle that seems precarious and impossible. Another is rendered accurately, showing the skill of the artist. Nicola's goal is to simplify the form but never leave any doubt as to the identity of the particular animal. There is tension and serenity in this approach. It is veiled in humour, yet the longer one looks the more one realizes that the artist herself is serious.


SHOWS at the WHITE ROCK GALLERY


October
2006: From Brush to Bronze (major group show)
November 2004: solo weekend show


 
EDUCATION
 
1979-1983 Ceramic Department, University of Alberta
1995 Estruscan Hand Building - Zeljko Kujundzic Northern School  of the Arts
1996 Casting, Clay Relief - Santo Mignosa
1997 Sculpture Figurative - Bill Porteous
1998

 

Vancouver Academy of Art - Mold Making - Vernon Gemmell-Smith
1999 Photo images on clay - Mechosin International Summer School - Andrew Wong
2000 Portrait Sculpture - Morag McLean - Vancouver Academy of Art
   
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & COLLECTIONS
   
1995 Delta Arts Council - Exhibition by Gallery Artists
  'Identity 95' Delta, B.C. Regional Juried Exhibit
1996 'Identity 96' - Regional Juried show
  'Arts 96' - Surrey Art Gallery
  'From Earth to Water' - The Port Moody Arts Centre
  Wayne Sayer Clayworks Gallery
  Exhibition by Gallery Artists - Raymond Chow Lithograph Ltd.
  West Coast Clay Sculpture Association, Art Resource Centre - Shadbolt Centre Burnaby, B.C.
1997 Art and Business Tsawwassen, B.C.
  'Identity 97' Richmond Art Gallery
  Port Moody Arts Centre
  Delta Municipal Hall - Delta Art Council
1998 Delta Municipal Hall - Regional Art Show
  Art in the Garden - Tsawwassen, B.C.
  British Columbia Institute of Technology Downtown Campus
1999 British Columbia Institute of Technology Downtown Campus
  East Side Cultural Crawl - 1000 Parker
  Morgan Dawne Gallery - North Vancouver
  Group how Vancouver Academy of Art
  Commission - Tile for heritage home B.C. Parks and Recreation- Delta B.C.
2000 Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibit, Awarded "Peoples Favorite"
  Art in the Country - Ladner, B.C.
  Morgan Dawne Gallery - North Vancouver
   

Nicola's work can be found in private collections across Canada and the USA, Germany, Holland and Grand Cayman Islands.

 

ARTICLES

 

Magazin Art: Fall 2005

Peach Arch News: November 2004

Preview Gallery Guide: Winter 2004
 

 

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