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    Multimedia artist Nicky Enright (born in Ecuador, lives and works in NYC) creates               art that engages with the global issues of contemporary culture.

    His activity as a DJ informs his widely exhibited work.
    He has executed numerous public commissions for clients such as the MTA
    Arts for Transit in NYC, and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.

    He has received various grants and fellowships including, most recently,
    a BRIO award from the Bronx Council on the Arts.

    He earned a BFA from The Cooper Union, and an MFA from Hunter College.

 
    Contact: click here.


 


EDUCATION
Hunter College, NYC, MFA, December, 2008
The Cooper Union, NYC, BFA 1996
L’Ecole Nationale Des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France, 1994-95

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Exit Art, NYC, "Global/National," 2010
The Cooper Union, 41 Cooper Square Gallery, NYC, "Rites of Passage," 2010
Rush Arts Gallery, NYC, "Borderlines," 2009 - 2010
Exit Underground, NYC, "America for Sale," 2009
The Ice Box, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA, "Diálogo 365," 2009
Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, "MFA Thesis Exhibition" 2008 - 2009
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, "Digital Art Expo," Los Angeles, CA, 2008, Curator: Howard N. Fox (LACMA)
Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, NYC, "MAs Select MFAs", 2007
The Lab, NYC, "Macromix," audio-visual performances, various dates between May - September, 2007
Lehman College Art Gallery, NYC, “Bronx Bound,” 2006
Artists Space, NYC, group show, "Abaca Public Art Projects," 2001

SELECTED PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
Performa 2009 at El Museo del Barrio, NYC
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Folklife Festival 2008 in conjunction with NASA
MTA Arts for Transit, NYC, 2007, permanent faceted-glass installation for 225th street station
NASA, Washington D.C., 2000

SELECTED AWARDS
AIM Program, Bronx Museum, NYC, 2010
Bronx Council on the Arts, BRIO Award & Grant, NYC, 2009
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

SELECTED PRESS
NASA/ART, 50 Years of Exploration, Abrams book, 2008
NY Post, “The Art of Protest,” Celia San Miguel, 12/1/04
Public Art Review, "Recent Projects," J. Becker, Fall 2000
The New York Times, "Way Up in the Bronx A Hardy Spirit Blooms," H. Cotter, 5/7/99

Click here for a PDF resume

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