Nikkal says her life is about glue because she likes to put things together and wants them to stick. Her studio practice is painting and analogue collage. Nikkal writes about collage and artists at The Art of Collage, and teaches Creative Collage workshops and classes at the Pelham Art Center. All collage is layered, embellished, and all the pieces connect.
EDUCATION
Syracuse University, School of Fine Art, Syracuse, NY
New York University, School of Education, New York, NY
Hunter College, CUNY (BA, Art, Magna Cum Laude) New York, NY 1973
Postgraduate Studies
Pratt Manhattan, (Printmaking), New York, NY 1980–1982
Marymount Manhattan College, NY, NY (Certificate, Arts Management) 1997
Massachusetts College of Art (Digital Printmaking), Boston, MA 1997
Art New England, Bennington Col, (Digital Printmaking), Bennington, VT, 1996
Women’s Studio Workshop (Printmaking), Rosendale, NY, 1998, 2000, 2006
Connecticut Graphic Arts Center (Printmaking), Norwalk, CT, 2000, 2001, 2006
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society of Layerists in Multi-Media (SLMM), Albuquerque, NM
Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT
American Association of Museums
Katonah Museum Art Association, Katonah, NY
EXHIBITIONS (2021-2001)
2021
BLUE, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts (virtual), Mill Valley, CA
RICOCHET, Katonah Museum Artist Association Gallery (virtual), Katonah, NY
RENEWAL, on site at Wired Gallery, High Falls, NY
Together ApART, ArtsWestchester gallery, on site at White Plains, NY
#USPSArtProject, on site at Greenly Art Space, Signal Hill, CA
30th Anniversary Invitational (7 artists) at Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
The Power of Thirteen, at Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
Faculty Exhibition, at Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
2020
Art on Paper, international art fair, Pier 36, New York, NY
Celebration of Light, Museum Contempo, Olympia, WA
THEN and NOW (solo), Upstream Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, NY
2019
Art on Paper, international art fair, Pier 36, New York, NY
Fusion VI, Museum Contempo, Olympia, WA
2018
Duality/Assembly (solo) Upstream Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, NY
ArtsWestchester Triennial, White Plains, NY
Pop-Up at Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT
3 Person, Lakefront Gallery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Hamilton, NJ
Faculty and Student Exhibition, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
Displacement (invitational) Ceres Gallery, W 27thStreet, NY, NY
2017
Conversations, Upstream Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, NY
Merge, Society of Layerists in Multi Media, Albuquerque, NM
Power of 13, Barrett House Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2016
Pop Up: On and Off the Wall, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
Power of 13, Belskie Museum of Art and Science, Closter, NJ
Faculty and Student Exhibition, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
Paper Works, Upstream Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, NY
2015
Fridge Satellite Art Fair, Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
Show and Tell, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY
Contemporary Geometric (solo), Micro Gallery at Media Loft, New Rochelle, NY
Faculty and Student Exhibition, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
Re-Visions, 3 person show, Recologie, New Rochelle, NY
2014
Seven x Seven, Atrium Gallery, Morris Courthouse, Morristown, NJ
A Group Exhibition, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, Ct
There’s No Place Like Home, Hays Art Center, Hays, KS
Faculty Student Exhibition, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
Hullaballoo Collective, Fountain, NY Armory Show, New York, NY
2013
Jazz Music, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
In the Layers, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Strata Series, JAMES Gallery, Bedford Hills, NY
Mackenzie Cross Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Faculty Student Exhibition, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
2012
Alive with Color, Transform Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
Hullabaloo, Fountain at NY Armory, NY, NY
90th Anniversary, Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT
Architectural Digest Home Design Show, Pier 94, New York, NY
Textile Study Group NY invitational, Marblehead Arts Assn, MA
2011
JAMES Gallery, Bedford Hills, N
Friends of Arts Unbound, Orange, NJ
Faculty Exhibition, Pelham Arts Center, Pelham, NY
2010
Art of the Northeast USA, Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT
Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY\
Studio Montclair, Inc., Montclair, NJ
Colonnade Gallery, Newark, NJ
NJ Arts Incubator Gallery, West, Orange, NJ
2009
Ridgefield Guild of Artists Gallery, Ridgefield, CT
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Newark Open Doors, 33 Washington St. Newark, NJ
Invitational, BID Gallery 542, New Rochelle, NY
The Gallery at the Old Church School, Demarest, NJ
2008
DIRECTOR’S CHOICE, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Greenwich Arts Council Art to the Avenue, Greenwich, CT
Stone Station Junction Gallery, Warwick, NY
2007
NEW MEMBERS show, Silvermine Guild of Arts, New Canaan, CT
Greenwich Arts Council, Art to the Avenue, Greenwich, CT
International Collage Exchange, Plymouth, New Zealand
2006
The Gallery at the Old Church School, Demarest, NJ
ArtSpace Gallery 129, Montclair, NJ
3rd Annual Media Loft Open Studios, New Rochelle, NY
Greenwich Arts Council Art to the Avenue, Greenwich, CT
International Collage Exchange, Plymouth, New Zealand
2005
HAND PULLED, Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ
FACULTY SHOW, NJ Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
2004
The ODDS (invitational) City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ
CROSSROADS, (solo), Ben Shahn Galleries (East Gallery),
William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Edna Kawulitzki Room (solo), Tenafly Public Library, Tenafly, NJ
Blue Moon Gallery, Hot Springs, AK
The Gallery at the Old Church School, Demarest, NJ
The Liebig Gallery, Mystic, CT
2003
Goldman Gallery, 111 First St., Jersey City, NJ
ARIZONA DREAM (solo), Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ
THE CACTUS SERIES, http:virtual.tart.co.nz, Taranaki, New Zealand
CONNECTIONS, Kunstlerbund Graz, Austria
John Cotton Dana Library, Rutgers Univ., Newark, NJ
Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon Univ., Ashland, OR
2002
Ben Shahn Galleries, solo, William Paterson Univ., Wayne, NJ,
2001
City Without Walls Gallery, Gateway Center, Newark, NJ
Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Univ. of Col, Colorado Springs, CO
Gallery III (solo), Nat’l Inst. of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
Berlex Laboratories Corp. Headquarters, Montville, NJ
SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Kawamura Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ
Hyatt Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA.
Pfizer Inc., NY, NY
Kravet Fabrics, LI, NY
Cablevision, Inc., LI, NY
Hewlett Packard, Inc., NJ
Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, NY, NY
Sun Chemical, NY, NY
Dainippon Ink & Chemical, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
St. Paul Reinsurance Mgt. Corp., NY, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Art of Layering: Making Connections, The Society of Layerists in Multi-Media, Albuquerque, NM
The Artful Home, Guild Publications, Madison, WI, 2004
The Sourcebook of Architecture & Interior Art, No. 16, Guild Publications, Madison, WI, 2001
Dan Bischoff, “Art show takes inspiration from the ultimate ‘bad mother’” Newark Star Ledger, 8/6/98
Bridging Time and Space: Essays on Layered Art, The Society of Layerists in Multi-Media, Maui, HI, 1998
Sign Language, exhibition catalog, Polo Gallery, Edgewater, New Jersey, 1996, curator: George Haas
20th Anniversary Birds in Art, catalog, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin, 1995
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Art Calendar Guide to College & University Galleries, monograph, Upper Fairmount, MD, 1999
Mixed Medea: Media & Mythology, exhibition catalog, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ, 1998
“The New Millennium and OCCC: A New Vision for OCCC – A Virtual Center for the Arts” Centerline,
Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ, 1996, Volume 3, Number 2
CAREER RELATED EXPERIENCE
Teaching: Collage Workshops and Classes (1990-2017)
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
NJ Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
The Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ
Exhibition Installation, Gallery Dir., Media Loft, New Rochelle, NY (2009-2011)
Gallery Director, The Williams Center for the Arts, Rutherford, NJ (1991-1994)
Contributing Columnist, monograph author, Art Calendar Magazine, Upper Fairmount, MD (1997-1999)
SELECTED GALLERY TALKS, LECTURES and INTERVIEWS
“Meet A Cotemporary Artist” (2011)
“The Meaning of Jazz Babies”, gallery talk, Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT, 2007
“Crossroads” Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, 2004
“Pentimento” Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR, panel participant, 2003
“Touch – Don’t Touch: The Work of Our Hands” – Art Center of Northern NJ, New Milford, NJ 2002
“The Meaning of Talk Talk” – Lippman Gallery, Cong. B’nai Jeshurun, Short Hills, NJ, 2001
“Demystifying the Moderns” – Art Center of Northern NJ, New Milford, NJ, 1997
“Presenting Yourself: Tools of Communication” – Bergen Museum of Arts & Science, Paramus, NJ, 1993
Guest Curator: Mixed Medea: Media & Mythology, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ, 1998
Guest Curator: Olympia (After Manet), Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, New Jersey, 1996
Nancy Egol Nikkal
e–mail: nancy@nikkal.com, web: www.nikkal.com, www.artofcollage.com, www.stuffthatsticks.com
Studio: Media Loft, 1F, 50 Webster Ave., New Rochelle, NY 10801