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Tucker Nichols
b. 1970, Boston, MA
Lives near San Francisco, CA
Yale University, MA in East Asian Studies: Chinese Painting, 1998
Brown University, BA with Honors, History of Art: China, 1993
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Lincart, San Francisco, CA
2007
ZieherSmith, New York, NY
Electric Works (with Katherine Sherwood), San Francisco, CA
2006
Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA (Catalog)
Brattleboro Museum of Art, Brattleboro, VT
Lincart, San Francisco, CA (Catalog)
2005
ZieherSmith, New York, NY
Together We Can Prevent Earthquakes, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
Stars and Striptease (with Pat Treyer), Galerie Planaterra, Chur, Switzerland
2004
From Here I Can See Everything, Kunstpanorama, Luzern, Switzerland
Fresh Fish, Southfirst Gallery (Project space), Brooklyn, NY
2003
Hence the Pyramids, Lincart, San Francisco, CA (Catalog)
2001
Tucker Nichols: New Drawings, Lincart (Project space), San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
Vital Signs, Newcomb Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA (Curated by Gary Sangster)
Lots of Things Like This, apexart, New York, NY (Curated by Dave Eggers, Catalog)
Hot and Cold, Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA (Catalog)
Nieves Library, Ooga Booga, Los Angeles, CA
Miraculous Encounters With the Mundane, SF Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Words Become Pictures, Molloy College Art Gallery, Rockville Centre, NY (Catalog)
2007
The Stable (J&L), OK OK Gallery, Seattle, WA
Pacific Light, International Center for the Arts, SF State, San Francisco, CA
2006
Homeland Flares, Brandenburg Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany
J&L, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005
The Artist's Touch, Lincart, San Francisco, CA (Curated by Robin Wright)
The Nieves Exhibition, Rocket Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Taxi, Biglietteria, Ancona, Italy (Curated by Stephan Wittmer)
Trillium Press, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
Trillium Press, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
Talespinning: Fall Selections, Drawing Center, New York, NY (Catalog)
Hero-glyph, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Minifesto, Kunstpanorama, Luzern, Switzerland (Catalog)
Murmuration of Starlings, Overtones, Los Angeles, CA
Cave Canem, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
Works On Paper, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Out There: Trillium Press, Spanganga Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Au Naturel, diRosa Preserve, Napa, CA (Catalog)
Easy Rider, Cell Project Space, London, England
Mark: Contemporary Drawings, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
An Uncertain Line, Spanganga Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Happiness, Gardenfresh, Chicago, IL
Faux Real, di Rosa Off the Preserve Gallery, Napa, CA (Catalog)
2002
Books By Artists, Bank of America Concourse Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Nest Egg Omelette, Lincart, San Francisco, CA
Free Manifesta, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
2001
Think Again, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA (Juror: Miwon Kwon)
Et Alli., Lincart, San Francisco, CA
CLASH, Riverside Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
Public Art / Commissions
2008
Artist-in-residence, deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
Found (with Lee Walton), Vialartis, Valencia, Spain
We Do Smog, Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Bravo TV, New York, NY
2005
fuseproject, San Francisco, CA
2004
GO GO GO, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA
You Can't Make This Stuff Up, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA
Your Car Is Like Your Face, Overtones, Los Angeles, CA
Think About Floating, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
Welcome Bigwigs, Lincart, San Francisco, CA
Snow Drawing, Banner, WY
2003
Outsourcing the Bandwidth, Rincon Hill, San Francisco, CA
I Just Woke Up From the Most Beautiful Dream (with Steve Lambert), Phantom Gallery, San Jose, CA
Publications
Tucker Nichols, Anonymous Postcard, 2008 [+]
Tucker Nichols, THE THING Quarterly No 3.5, 2008 [+]
Tucker Nichols, 15 Yrs Give or Take, Gallery 16, 2008
Tucker Nichols, Into The Museum, de Young Museum, 2008
Hot and Cold No. 2, 2008
Skank Bloc Bologna No. 2, 2008
Tucker Nichols, What A Day, daily website, 2007 [+]
Sarah Cain, Whistle, SFMOMA, 2007
Tucker Nichols, Postcards From Vermont, Expanding Color System, 2006 [+]
Tucker Nichols, something along these lines, Lincart, 2006 [+]
Tucker Nichols, Placemats, Trillium Press, 2006
Dave Eggers, The Unforbidden Is Compulsory (cover), McSweeney's Books, 2004
Tucker Nichols, Menu, Nieves Books, Switzerland, 2004 [+]
Minifesto, Kunstpanorama, Luzern, Switzerland, 2004
Tucker Nichols, Letter From Wyoming, Stretcher, 2004 [+]
Tucker Nichols, Lost Data, Broken Wrist Project, 2004
J & L Illustrated No. 2, J & L Books, 2004
Tucker Nichols, Look A Whale, Lincart, 2003
Kay Ryan, Blandeur (broadside), Trillium Press, 2003
Au Naturel, di Rosa Preserve, 2003
Tucker Nichols, Believe You Me: Chinese Proverbs, Trillium Press, 2003
Tucker Nichols, Crownfarmer No. 4, 2003
David Khoury, Austerity Program, Mail Plane Press, 2002
Published Artworks
New York Times
Zoetrope: All-Story
McSweeney's
SFMOMA Program
The Believer
The Walrus
Readymade
Works + Conversation_[+]
Zyzzyva
National Post
The L Magazine_[+]
Selected Press
2008
George Pendle, "Lots of Things Like This," Frieze, September
Kenneth Baker, "Tucker Nichols at Lincart," San Francisco Chronicle, May 24 [+]
Hayley Kaufman, "Night at the Museum: Artist Tucker Nichols Challenges the Norm", 7x7, May [+]
Emily Weiner, "Lots of Things Like This," Time Out New York, May 1-7
Noah Sudarsky, "Are Words Art?" The Onion, May 1
David Coggins, "Tucker Nichols at ZieherSmith," Art in America, March [+]
R.C. Baker, "Spring Art Picks," Village Voice, March 4
Arriella Budick, "Words Become Pictures at Molloy College", Newsday, March 14 [+]
Jesse Nathan, "A Whimsical Selection", SF Station, February 15 [+]
Valerie Imus, "Reconciling America: Miraculous Encounters with the Mundane at SF Arts Commission Gallery", Shotgun Review, March 2 [+]
Zefrey Throwell Interview, "Tucker Nichols and Anne Colvin", Frank Prattle Radio Show, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery and WPS1, February 23 [+]
2007
"Moving Rocks With Artist Tucker Nichols," Daily Gusto [+]
Dan Brodnitz, "An Interview With Tucker Nichols," Cecil Vortex [+]
"Tucker Nichols, Waiting Rm," Art New England, June/July
Glen Helfand, "Tucker Nichols: Postcards from Vermont," Art On Paper, January/February
"Waiting Rm At BMAC Takes A Fresh, Funny Look At Our Town," Brattleboro Reformer, Feb. 22
2006
Kenneth Baker, "San Francisco's Independent Spirit," Art & Antiques, November
Tiffany Martini, "Postcards from Vermont," San Francisco Examiner, October 28
Katie Kurtz, "Tucker Nichols," San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 17
Kenneth Baker, "Nichols' Found Objects and 'Art-like' Detritus Attract Attention to What Is Normally Missed," SF Chronicle, May 6 [+]
Michael Leaverton, "Drawn To Life," SF Weekly, April 26
Clark Buckner, "Profit-Free Zone," ArtReview, May/June
Reyhan Harmanci, "Murky Thoughts, Fully Formed Art," SF Chronicle, April 27 [+]
Amanda Church, "Tucker Nichols at ZieherSmith," Art On Paper, March
2005
Hot 20 Under 40, 7X7 Magazine, October
Jane Ganahl, "Natural Disasters Are Impossible to Prevent, But Tucker Nichols Insists Art Can Help Us Cope," San Francisco Chronicle, January 25 [+]
Colin Berry, "Tucker Nichols at Mission 17," Artweek, March
Antonia Blue, "Picturing Horror: Can Art Help Us Cope?," Kitchen Sink, Spring
"Stars and Striptease," Bunder Nachrichten, February 4
"Stars and Striptease in der Galerie Planaterra," Churer Magazin, February
Shana Nys Dambrot, "Hero-Glyph at Post," Artweek, February
2004
Amanda Church, "Talespinning," Art On Paper, November/December
"Talespinning," New York Magazine, September 13
"Don't Miss!", Time Out New York, September 2-9
Grace Glueck, "Working Words Into Images, Artists Become Storytellers," NY Times, Sept. 24
Holland Cotter, "Sadie Hawkins Dance," New York Times, June 25
Holland Cotter, "Sampling Brooklyn, Keeper of Eclectic Flames," New York Times, Jan. 23
2003
Lindsey Westbrook, "Tucker Nichols: Hence the Pyramids," ARTNews, October
Shoshana Berger, "From The Editor," Readymade Magazine, Fall
Spark, KQED television, September [+]
David Buuck, "'Mark: Contemporary Drawings' at Gallery 16," Artweek, July/August
Marisa Olsen, "An Uncertain Line at Spanganga," Artweek, May
"Picture Postcard," Frontpage, Artnet, May 27
Lindsey Westbrook, "Critic's Choice: Art," San Francisco Bay Guardian, March 5 [+]
Kenneth Baker, "Drawing at Spanganga," San Francisco Chronicle, March 1
Alison Bing, "Drawing Conclusions," SF Gate ePicks, February 27
2002
Lindsey Westbrook, "Critic's Choice: Art," San Francisco Bay Guardian, September 25 [+]
Antonia Blue, "What Are Words For? Tucker Nichols Combines Words and Images to Express His Singular Vision of the World," Kitchen Sink, October
David Buuck, "Liam Jones and Tucker Nichols at Lincart," Artweek, February
2001
Meredith Tromble, "Quick Stretch," Stretcher, Fall
California Report, NPR member stations throughout California, September
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