Lorene Nickel

Lorene Nickel, Professor of Art, has taught at the University of Mary Washington since 1981. She holds a B.A. in Art from Goshen College and an M.F.A. in Ceramics from the University of Florida (Gainesville). She has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions, showing porcelain and stoneware ceramics, fiberwork, and mosaic pieces. Her works are included in many public and private collections. Nickel teaches ceramics and textile design.

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"My sculptural porcelain vessels are composed of thrown and handbuilt parts, glazed, partially acid-etched, with applications of underglazes and overglaze gold. The series below, entitled "Neo-Baroque Vase", began as an attempt to incorporate something of the beauty and intricacy of early European porcelains into a twenty-first century, personal aesthetic. In part a borrowing, these pieces move beyond the charming tours-de-forces of their precious, floral inspirations into a world of ruthless contrasts of line, texture, and color. I have tried to balance these incongruities, creating an aesthetic symbolic of the balance between nature and industrial society, one based upon the precarious improvisations that seem so necessary for survival in our times." - Lorene Nickel

 

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Neo-Baroque Vase (2001)

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Recent Exhibitions & Awards

• Viewpoint: Ceramics 2002 , Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA, Honorable Mention (2002)
• 2002 Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award , Shapparton Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia (2002)
• "National Teapot Show V", Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC (2002)
• Mary Washington College Faculty Exhibition, duPont Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA (2001)
• "Craftforms 2001", Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA (2001)
• "The Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards Exhibition", Yingko Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (2000)
• "7th Biennale de la Ceramique", Hotel de Ville, Andenne, Belgium (2000)
• Solo Exhibition "Lorene Nickel, Ceramics and Textiles", duPont Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA (2000)
• "Spotlight '98 ACC Southeast Exhibition, Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN, and Venice Art Center, Venice, FL (1999)
• "Clayfest XI" Ceramics Exhibition, University of Indianapolis, IN, Award of Merit (1999)
• "10x10", Group Exhibition, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC (1999)

Articles & Reviews

Articles and reviews on Nickel's work appear in the following publications:

• Ceramics Monthly
• Ceramic Review
• American Craft
• House and Garden
• Museum and Arts Washington
• Gifts and Decorative Accessories
• New York Times
• Chicago Tribune
• New Haven Register
• Free-Lance Star
• Independent Florida Alligator
• Var Matin

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