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BIO

Nicky Enright is a multimedia artist and DJ whose work
has been exhibited nationally including at
Artists Space in NYC and the Contemporary Museum
in Baltimore, MD.  His work has been
published and
reviewed in several publications including
The New York Times and Public Art Review.

He has received various grants and fellowships, and
executed numerous public and private commissions
for clients such as NASA,the MTA Arts for Transit, NBC,
and the Smithsonian.

A native speaker of both English and Spanish,
and fluent in French and Portuguese,
he was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
He earned a BFA from The Cooper Union. 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact:
nicky@lightbolt.net
917.312.7171


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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, "Digital Art Expo," Los Angeles, CA, 2008, Curator: Howard N. Fox (LACMA)
Sea and Space Gallery, “The Audacity of Desperation,” Los Angeles, CA, 2008
Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, NYC, "MAs Select MFAs", 2007
The Lab, NYC, "Macromix," various dates between May - September, 2007
Lehman College Art Gallery, NYC, “Bronx Bound,” 2006
Art for Change Gallery, NYC, solo show, “Patriotism +Other Red Flags,” 2004 - 2005
RKL Gallery, NYC, group show, “All Terrain,” 2004, Curator: Lisa Lawley
450 Broadway Gallery, NYC, group show, “Paper Works,” 2003, curated & exhibited work
PCOG Gallery, NYC, group show, “Seven,” January, 2003
Esvelt Gallery, Columbia Basin College, WA, solo show, “Cradle of Civilization,” 2001
Artists Space, NYC, group show, "Abaca Public Art Projects," 2001
Taller Boricua Gallery, NYC, solo show, “New Work,” 2001
Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD, group show, "Snapshot," 2000-2001
Abrons Art Center, The Henry Street Settlement, NYC, group show, "In-Sites VI", 2000
Longwood Arts Gallery, NYC, solo show, "One-Liner: Mixed-Media Expressions," 1999

SELECTED PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
The Smithsonian Institution, 2008
MTA Arts for Transit, NYC, 2007 (permanent faceted-glass installation for 225th street station)
Long Island Jewish Health System, Long Island, NY 2002
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, NYC, 2001
NASA, Washington D.C., 2000
Savings Bank of Danbury, Danbury, CT, 2000
Brooklyn Children’s Museum, NYC, 1999
Ogilvy & Mather, NYC, 1998
Baltimore City College HS, Baltimore, MD, 1998
NBC News, NYC, 1997

SELECTED AWARDS
Monticello Arts Commission, Artist Loft Grant, Monticello, NY, 2002 - 2003
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Fellowship & Residency, Sweet Briar, VA, 2001-2002
Atlantic Center for the Arts, Artist’s Residency & Fellowship, New Smyrna Beach, FL, 2001
Manhattan Graphics Center, Printmaking Grant, NYC, 1999
Bronx Council on the Arts, Longwood Arts Project, Studio Fellowship, NYC, 1999
L’Ecole Nationale Des Arts Décoratifs, Full Scholarship, Paris, France, 1994-95

SELECTED PRESS
NY Post, Tempo section, “The Art of Protest,” Celia San Miguel, 12/1/04
NYarts magazine, “Could it be? Paper Works!” R. Khalil, Feb. 2003 issue
Times-Herald Record, “Artist’s Drawn to Monticello Loft Program,” B. Montgomery, 10/21/02
Harper’s Bazaar, "Artistically Fashionable," P. Dreeben, 12/00
Public Art Review, "Recent Projects," J. Becker, Fall 2000
NY Daily News, "Muralists Apply Themselves, & Some Paint," T. Ghobashy, 8/1/00
Business Digest, "Awash in Color: Art in the Business Environment," S. Baker, 5/00
The New York Times, "Artists’ Visual Sampling," E. Willis, 12/19/99
The Riverdale Press, "For Nicky Enright, Art is Serious Business," R. Rothbaum, 5/12/99
The New York Times, "Way Up in the Bronx A Hardy Spirit Blooms," H. Cotter, 5/7/99

SELECTED TEACHING
Horace Mann School, p/t teacher of Multimedia Art, + Drawing + Painting, 2001 - 2003 + 2004 - 2008
Fieldston School, p/t teacher of Digital Art, Printmaking, Drawing + Painting, 2003 - 2004
The Cooper Union, Adjunct Drawing Instructor (@ JCAL), 1999 - 2001
Henry Street Settlement, p/t mural instructor, 1997 - 1998
The School for the Physical City, p/t Art Teacher, 1993 - 1996
The Cooper Union Saturday Program, Portfolio Preparation Instructor, 1992 - 1996

EDUCATION
Hunter College, NYC, MFA in Combined Media, December, 2008
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, NYC, BFA 1996
L’Ecole Nationale Des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France, 1994-95

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