Nichole van Beek

Nichole van Beek’s projects range in media and approach from painting, drawing, dyeing, sculpture, installation, and social practice. Most recently she has been working with biodegradable materials like mycocomposites (aka mushroom foam), kombucha leather, bioplastics, and natural dyes. Through an attention to the lifecycle of materials she aims to foster environmental responsibility and connection and greater material sustainability. 

She received a BFA from The Cooper Union in 1998 and an MFA from The University of California, Santa Barbara in 2007. She has exhibited work at Jeff Bailey Gallery (Hudson and NYC), Geoffrey Young Gallery (Great Barrington, MA), Morgan Lehman Gallery (NYC), Interstitial (Seattle, WA), White Flag Projects (St. Louis, MO) and Ortega y Gasset and Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Brooklyn, among other spaces.

She has attended residencies at Vermont Studio Center (through a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation), Jentel Foundation, and Kingsbrae International Residency for the Arts.  She was also the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Grant in painting, and she participated in Socrates Sculpture Park Emerging Artist Fellowship.