awareness post: nicole bishop
- Mar 7
- 2 min read
Artist Statement and Background:
Nicole's paintings explore the idea of “gray areas” in human relationships and identity. She uses fractured or fragmented imagery to represent the complexity of human experience, compromise, and empathy. Her work often focuses on the human figure and the idea of people moving through time and space while forming and losing connections with others.
Nicole is currently represented by D. Anthony Gallery in Wausau, WI, and is an art educator at Syracuse High School, Syracuse Utah. She had two pieces in the 16th Arc, Art Renewal Center Salon as a finalist and a semi-finalist. She has been a finalist in National and International exhibitions such as the International Biennial Portrait Competition receiving an Honorable Mention, and the Annual National Portrait Competition.
Awards and presentations
2022 16th ARC Art Renewal Center Salon Finalist
2022 16th ARC Art Renewal Center Salon Semi-Finalist
2021 Honorable Mention, International Biennial Portrait Competition, WMOCA
2019 Honorable Mention, Faces and Figures Online Juried Exhibition
2011 National Conference of Undergraduate Research Presenter, Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Ogden, Utah 2011
2010 Scholarship of Merit, Weber State University
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Self-Evident, Bountiful Davis Art Center
2021 The Paresthesia Perspective, 33 Contemporary
Group Exhibitions and Awards
2022 Top 150 Artist, Fikva Foundation
2022 Collected (2022), 33Contemporary
2022 ModPortrait, MEAM (European Museum of Modern Art)
2021 Allied Artists of America 108th Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York
2021 PTFN: Paint the Figure Now IV, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Curated by Steven Alan Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt
2021 IBPC: International Biennial Portrait Competition, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Curated by David Hummer, HONORABLE MENTION
2021 International Women's Day Postcard Popup, 33 Contemporary
2021 Collected (2021), 33 Contemporary
2020 Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art Annual National Juried Exhibition IV, Curated by Sergio Gomez
2020 Shelter curated by Dr. Samuel Peralta, 33 Contemporary
2020 Painting the Figure Now, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Curated by David Hummer, Didi Menendez and F Scott Hess
2020 Ardent Olders, Curated by Jennifer Seale, 33 Contemporary
2020 Ambivalence, Curated by Carole Hodes, 33 Contemporary
2020 November 2020 Curator's Choice, curated by Didi Menendez, 33 Contemporary
Reaction to the Artist’s Work
One thing I find interesting about Nicole Bishop’s work is how she fragments the human figure into geometric shapes and planes. Even though the figures are broken into pieces, they still look really realistic. The way she blends realism with abstraction makes the paintings feel emotional and thoughtful rather than purely technical.
I also like how her work focuses on the human figure and relationships between people. In many of her paintings, the figures appear to overlap or interact in ways that suggest movement, memory, or connection. This idea could influence my own work because I often paint figures and portraits, and it makes me think about how composition and overlapping shapes can communicate tension and emotion.
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