NOLA AVIENNE

www.nolaavienne.com

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2024                Vivi fossilium living fossils, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

 2020                Brain Flow, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

 2017                Sleep Study,  Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

 2016                Ashflow,  Spaceworks, Tacoma, WA

 2015                Brain Maps,  Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

 2013                Heady,  Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

 2011                11.11.11.11.,  Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA 

 2009                shields||sleights,  Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

 2007                Strange Attraction,  Forum Series Juried Exhibition,

Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2026                Artemisia Rescue: Resonance Across Time and Space,

Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

2025                Soil Gallery, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA

Meander // Serpentina, at Tlaxcala3, concurrent with ZONA MACO International Art Fair, Mexico City

2024    In-Carnation, Carnation Contemporary, Portland OR

 2022              Moist, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

Tangents:…I was thinking about the stars, Sara Spurgeon Gallery, Ellensburg, WA

2020                Good Witch Bad Witch, Museum of Museums, Seattle, WA

2019                FWD, Glass Box Gallery, Seattle, WA

Coiffed, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

By & By: Hope for the Future, Durden & Ray, Los Angeles, CA

Escapism from LA, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

2018                Every Movement Reveals Us, Ditch Projects, Springfield, OR

Louder in the Dark, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

2017                Material Performance,  Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA

10x10x10,  Tieton Arts & Humanities, Juried Exhibition, Tieton, WA

                        LIKE LOVE,  Base, Georgetown, WA

F(L)AT, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA

2016                9e2,  King Street Station, Seattle, WA

Soil Gallery at SATELLITE Art Show, Miami Beach, FL

Out of Sight,  King Street Station, Vital 5 Productions, Seattle, WA

Synco-Pates,  ArtsWest, Seattle, WA

                        Stratum, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

2015                Trauma,  Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Out of Sight,  King Street Station, Vital 5 Productions, Seattle, WA

This is What We Miss in Plato, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

The Bell Jar, Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA

2014                The Scientific Eye: Art & Science, NSCC Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

Material in Mind; Women and Steel,  Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

Mandala,  artXCHANGE, Seattle, WA

2013                Object Abuse,  Spinach, London England

The Enlightenment Cabinet: a Chamber of Wonders, Krab Jab Studios,

Georgetown, WA

Collision, Center on Contemporary Art/COCA, Seattle WA

2012                Soil Gallery at Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach FL

ITSA SMALL, SMALL WORLD.,  Family Business, New York, NY

TEETH,  Soil Gallery, Seattle WA

Brick and Mortar,  Gage Academy, Seattle WA

2011                kôt,  Installation for ACT Theatre, Seattle WA

Gallery (206),  Gallery (206), Seattle WA

CIRCLES,  University House Wallingford, Seattle WA

A Good Line: Artists on Poems,  Richard Hugo House, Seattle WA

Scattershot,  Eastern Washington University Gallery of Art, Cheney WA

2010                Vs. The Matador,  Soil Gallery, Seattle WA

Beaker,  Soil Gallery, Seattle WA

NOW/THEN,  Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle WA

Blow Up,  G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle WA

Soil in Residence,  Seattle Design Center, Seattle WA

 2009                False Proof,  Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland WA

                         touch, Juried prize winner, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle WA

I.D.: Individual Demographics,  Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle WA

                         Seattle Erotic Art Festival,  Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, Seattle WA

2008                Century 21: Dealer’s Choice,  The Wright Exhibition Space, Seattle WA

Soil Gallery at Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach FL

New Members Show 2008,  Soil Gallery, Seattle WA

The Black & White Show,  Catherine Person Gallery, Seattle WA

 2007                Crud,  Soil Gallery, Seattle WA

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle WA

Fibers,  Sand Point Gallery, Seattle WA

2006                Under Cover Exhibition,  Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts,

Grand Rapid MI

                         Contagion,  WET Gallery, Seattle WA

Coupling IV: Secret Handshake,  Center on Contemporary Art/COCA,

Seattle WA

                        Illuminaughty,  Center on Contemporary Art/COCA, Seattle WA

                          

HONORS

 

 2009                Juried prize winner of touch Columbia City Gallery, Seattle WA

Nomination for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award

 2008                4Culture Individual Projects Grant

                         Artist Trust GAP Grant

 2007                Sylvia Tacker Memorial Fiber Arts Award

 2005                Davis Fellowship Grant

 

CURATORIAL

 

 2022              Moist, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

 2019                Coiffed, Hair-themed exhibition, Soil Gallery, Seattle WA

 2008                tension, Sculpture exhibition, Soil Gallery, Seattle WA

 2007                Coupling V: Bifocal, Collaborative group show pairing University of Washington students & professional artists, Ouch My Eye Gallery, Seattle WA

 2006                SpinCycle, Group exhibition, SOA Gallery, Seattle WA

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

 2007-Now       Member of Soil Artist Run Gallery, Seattle, Washington

 2013                Interactive Workshop for SAM Remix, Seattle, Washington

 2006-2007       Co-Director and Auction Organizer, The Strange Company,

Student organization, University of Washington, Seattle WA

 

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

 

Washington State Arts Collection

King County Public Art Collection

City of Sammamish Arts Commission

                        Seattle City Light Portable Works Collection

 

EDUCATION

 

2007                 Master of Fine Arts  Fibers

              University of Washington, Seattle WA

1989                 Bachelor of Fine Arts, with honors

                          Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles CA

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Pothast, Emily. “Nola Avienne: Sleep Study” The Stranger, September 13, 2017

Sommerfield, Seth. “Nola Avienne: Brain Maps” Seattle Met, September 30, 2015

Manitach, Amanda. “A Heady Interview with Nola Avienne” City Arts,September 19, 2013

Upchurch, Michael. “Chew on this: strange art about teeth” The Seattle Times, October 14, 2012

Langner, Erin. “Material Worlds: Nola Avienne’s 11.11.11.11”

New American Paintings, November 14, 2011

Graves, Jen. “So Much Local Art It Hurts” The Stranger, September 30, 2010

Graves, Jen. “Currently Magnetizing: Nola Avienne” The Stranger, July 27, 2010

Hackett, Regina. “Individual Demographics: New You Machine”

Another Bouncing Ball, June 16, 2009

Yocom, Larry. “The Curator’s Eye” CityArts, June 1, 2009

Graves, Jen. “Where Am I? What’s Going On?” The Stranger, September 22, 2009

Farr, Sheila. “Seattle Art Dealers Pitch a Winning Show” The Seattle Times, October 17, 2008

Freewater, Milton. “Sampler.” Art Access, October 2008, vol.17 no. 8.        

Hackett, Regina. “’Dealer’s Choice’ shifts the rules for art exhibits.”

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 23, 2008.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 28, 2007

Clemens, Gail. “Hothouse of Imagination at SOIL.” The Seattle Times, June 22, 2007

Grant, Adriana. “Soil Gallery’s ‘Crud’ Makes for Small Conversation.”

The Seattle Weekly, June 20, 2007

Faigin, Gary. “Crud at Soil Gallery.” Artdish, June 20, 2007

Graves, Jen. “Diamond Dust, Sea Slug and Wink.” The Stranger, June 20, 2007

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 13, 2007

Demetre, Jim. “UW MFA at the Henry.” Artdish, June 10, 2007

Graves, Jen. “A Fresh Crop for the Market.” The Stranger, May 30, 2007    

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