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Nicholas Grider
Zxnightvision05aNicholas Grider, Untitled, Fieldwork, 2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Zxnightvision09aNicholas Grider, Untitled, Fieldwork, 2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Zxnightvision02aNicholas Grider, Untitled, Fieldwork, 2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Zxnightvision16aNicholas Grider, Untitled, Fieldwork, 2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf5Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf2Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf3Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf8Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf9Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf1Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf7Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Zxnightvision05aNicholas Grider, Untitled, Fieldwork, 2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Zxnightvision09aNicholas Grider, Untitled, Fieldwork, 2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Zxnightvision02aNicholas Grider, Untitled, Fieldwork, 2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Zxnightvision16aNicholas Grider, Untitled, Fieldwork, 2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf5Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf2Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf3Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf8Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf9Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf1Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf7Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Zxnightvision05aNicholas Grider, Untitled, Fieldwork, 2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf2Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf3Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf8Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf9Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf1Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf7Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Blaf5Nicholas Grider,
Untitled, (More from the Field: second sojourn as an “embedded reporter”),
2008
© Nicholas Grider, Courtesy of Nicholas Grider
Calarts2008Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Michael Buitron, Alison Carr, Mike Chang, Munkyung Chung, Louisa Conrad, Alvaro Guillen, Megan Cotts, Mariechen Danz, Chanel Eddines, Diana Sofia Estrada, Dan Finsel, Bart Folkerts, Lindsay Foster, Rob Frashure, Nathaniel Garcia, Alexa Gerrity, Liz Glynn, Sayre Gomez, Quinn Gomez Heitzeberg, Nicholas Grider, Monica Hicks, Betsy Hunt, Ian James, Kirra Jamison, Kichul Kim, Laura Kim, Calvin Lee, Nery Gabriel Lemus, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Lakshmi Luthra, Meghann McCrory, Suzanne Mejean, Ignacio Perez Meruane, Daniel Pineda, Nikki Pressley, Lisa Miller, Joanne Mitchell, Alex Olson, Christina Ondrus, Stephanie Owens, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Nate Page, Gala Porras Kim, Ali Prosch, Chris Revelle, Alejandro Sanchez, Megan Sant, Maria Schriber, Elleni Sclavenitis, Brianna Sendziak, Matthew Siegle, Astri Swendsrud, Kara Tanaka, Clarissa Tossin, April Totten, Biddy Tran, Miller Updegraff, Ingrid Von Sydow, Lorrie Waldie, Brica Wilcox, Carlin Wing, Aaron Wrinkle, Michiko Yao, Nate Young,
CalArts Open Studios 2008, April 13th, 2008
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> QUICK FACTS
LIVES IN:  
Los Angeles
WORKS IN:  
Los Angeles
WEBSITE:  
http://www.nicholasgrider.wordpress.com
SCHOOLS:  
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), 2008, Interschool MFA (Art & Writing)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2006, MA (Mass Communication)
Cardinal Stritch University, 2000, BA (English)
> STATEMENT
Nicholas Grider is an artist and writer in his final year in the MFA art and writing programs at CalArts. He is currently at work on several artist book projects and a book of essays about the US military’s extensive use of role-playing and reenactment in training and recruitment.  

 

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHY:

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

Sea and Space, Los Angeles - Dec. 2008-Feb. 2009

A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours, CalArts MFA Thesis Show - March 2008

It's All Fun and Games and Somebody Gets Hurt, CalArts - January 2008

How to Do Things With Men, CalArts - February 2007

Real Events Restaged Using Professional Actors, Museum of Wisconsin Art - February 2006

Symptomology, UW-Milwaukee Art History Gallery - March-April 2005

Gentlemen, Knapp Art House, Madison - January-February 2005

Surfers, Comet, Milwaukee - August-September 2004

Helpful Information, CalArts Library -- April 2004

Nature Scene, CalArts -- October 2003

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

New Insight, ArtChicago, April/May 2008

Sound and Space, Sea and Space, Los Angeles, February 2008

You're So Beautiful, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, May-June 2007

A Warning Shouldn't Be Pleasant, West LA College, March-May 2007

Forward: Wisconsin Art Now, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee - October 2005

Wisconsin Biennial 2005, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha - Summer 2005

Blind Spot, Moct- April/May 2005

"Untitled," Lime Gallery, CalArts -- April 2004

Destination #1, Rubin's Garage / MARN, Milwaukee - April 2003

Keep It Like a Secret, F Gallery, Milwaukee -- April/May 2002

 

SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS

Helpful Information (under consideration at Brand Art Center, Los Angeles, for 2009)

Bodily Function, CalArts - November 2007

How to Do Things with Words, CalArts - October 2006

Face Time, Material Arts, Milwaukee -- October 2004

There's No Place Like Home, Material Arts -- July 2004

Indoor/Outdoor, CalArts -- March 2004

Research and Development, Hide House, Milwaukee -- January 2003

 

 

 

EDITORIAL PROJECTS AND WRITING

Into the Field: Post-Digital Abstraction in Contemporary Photography (under consideration)

Photo/Media (quarterly photography magazine; first issue scheduled for Summer 2008)

"Art School and Intervention" essay for LACMA Words Without Pictures series, scheduled for July 2008

"'Faces of the Fallen' and the Dematerialization of the American War Memorial," Visual Communication, fall 2007

AWARDS AND GRANTS

Dean's Project Grant, CalArts Art School, 2006 and 2007

Interdisciplinary Project Grant, CalArts, 2007

(Writing Program) Thesis Project Grant, CalArts, 2007

Visiting Artist Coordinator position, CalArts, 2006-2007

CalArts Scholarship, 2006 and 2007

Full fellowship/tuition remission, UW-Milwaukee, 2004-2006

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> EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
Past Exhibitions and Events
May, 2008 We Want a New Object
Chinatown Galleries - LA
 
May, 2008 We Want a New Object: CalArts MFA Graduate Exhibition 2008
David Salow Gallery
 
May, 2008 We Want a New Object: CalArts MFA Graduate Exhibition 2008
acuna-hansen gallery
 
May, 2008 We Want a New Object: CalArts MFA Graduate Exhibition 2008
Black Dragon Society
 
May, 2008 We Want a New Object: CalArts MFA Graduate Exhibition 2008
Fifth Floor
 
May, 2008 We Want a New Object: CalArts MFA Graduate Exhibition 2008
Kontainer Gallery
 
May, 2008 We Want a New Object: CalArts MFA Graduate Exhibition 2008
peres projects
 
May, 2008 We Want a New Object: CalArts MFA Graduate Exhibition 2008
TELIC Arts Exchange
 
Apr, 2008 CalArts MFA Open Studios 2008
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
 
Mar, 2008 MFA Exhibitions
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
 
Mar, 2008 Body Armor Party
High Energy Constructs
 
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