Nicole Irene Anderson is a draftswoman and painter who creates psychological, ambiguous compositions that respond to questions of place. She earned a B.F.A. in Painting/Drawing from California College of the Arts in San Francisco and is a current M.F.A. candidate at the University of California, Davis. The artist has been featured in solo exhibitions at Johansson Projects (Oakland, CA) and the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (San Luis Obispo, CA) and has been included in group exhibitions at the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art (Napa, CA), the Museum of Sonoma County (Santa Rosa, CA), and the David Brower Center (Berkeley, CA). Her work has also been featured in fair booths in FOG FOCUS at the FOG Design+Art fair (San Francisco, CA) and Untitled Miami Beach with Johansson Projects. Anderson has received grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation and the Discovered: Emerging Visual Artist Grant from Creative Sonoma and is a recipient of the Mary Lou Osborn Award from the University of California, Davis. Her work has been documented in catalogs and featured in New American Paintings. Anderson is represented by Johansson Projects in Oakland, California.

BORN: Cambria, CA, United States, 1993. Lives in Santa Rosa and works in Davis, CA.

EDUCATION
2025 M.F.A. Art Studio, University of California, Davis
2017 B.F.A. Painting and Drawing, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2015 A.A. Studio Art, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
A.A. Art History and Professional Practices, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 A Tangled Coexistence, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
2022 Breaking Point, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
Unspoken Thing, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
2017 Nothing Will Be Impossible For Them, CCA Hubbell Street Galleries, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 True North, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA
Untitled Art Miami Beach with Johansson Projects, Miami, FL
Ground Work, Robert F Agrella Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
FOG FOCUS at Fog Design+Art Fair with Johansson Projects, San Francisco, CA (two-person)
2023 Stars & Stripes, Hammerfriar Art Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
2022 Art/Act: Local – This Land, Hazel Wolf Gallery at the David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA (four-person)
Opening Up/Looking Forward, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
Blessed Unrest, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
2021 Fresh Art, Marin Society of Artists, online (award)
Through Her Eyes, Gallery 300, Sebastopol, CA
Destination Unknown, Perch Art House, online
2020 Wild Tangents, Perch Art House, online
unGala Art Auction, Museum of Sonoma County, online
MFA Never, Root Division, San Francisco, CA (catalog)
2019 Discovered: Emerging Artists of Sonoma County, Museum of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA (catalog & grant)
The Power of Small Things, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
Pop-up Shop, Woman Made, Berkeley, CA
Alma Mater: Methods, CCA Hubbell Street Galleries, San Francisco, CA
If I only had time to tell you, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
2018 Nicole Irene Anderson / Avery Caauwe, Blasted Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA (two-person)
Walking The Line, GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA
            The Next Generation, Arts Guild of Sonoma, Sonoma, CA
2017 50|50 Show: 50 Small Artworks in 50 Days, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
             Magical Realism: Allegory, Dreams, and Myth, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA       
            Please Do Not Move Will Be Back Later!!!, CCA Hubbell Street Galleries, San Francisco, CA

AWARDS & GRANTS
2024 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
Mary Lou Osborn Award, University of California, Davis
2022 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
Fellowship, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
2021 Artist Grant, Artist Grant Organization, www.artistgrant.org
1st Prize, Fresh Art, online, selected by Brian Gross
2019 Discovered: Emerging Visual Artist Grant, Creative Sonoma & Community Foundation Sonoma County
2016 Ted Doyle Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Fransisco, CA
2015      Louis and Lundy Siegriest Memorial Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Fransisco, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025 Plachy, Lisa. “Studio Tours, Surreal Fantasies and, Yes, Foam at SF Art Week,” 7x7, January 16.
Bass, Sarah. “A Beautiful Destruction,” Midbrow, January 3.
2024 Bravo, Tony. “‘A Tangled Coexistence’ is a sharp commentary on the California dream,” San Francisco Chronicle Datebook, November 8.
2023 Villano, Matt. “The Naturalist,” Sonoma Magazine, May 1.
2022 Open Studio Press, Pacific Coast 2021, New American Paintings, No. 157
Juror: Dominic Molon, Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art, RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI
2020 Root Division Archive Project, MFA Never, exhibition catalog, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, July 10.
2019 Creative Sonoma, Discovered: Emerging Artists of Sonoma County, exhibition catalog, Museum of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA.
Bucquoy, Will. “Museum of Sonoma County showcases local artists in new exhibit,” The Press Democrat, November 23.
Swanson, Charlie. “Next Big Thing,” North Bay Bohemian, November 20.
Bailey, Heather. “Two Windsor artists are Discovered,” The Windsor Times, September 12.
2013 Weltner, Ann. “Are you the Artist?” New Times, May 1.