Nicholas Wells
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  • Nicholas Sayer Wells
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  Nicholas Wells
 
Born 1985, Santa Cruz, CA
​Based in Berlin, DE

Education
2016  MFA, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
2012  Post-Baccalaureate in Ceramics, School of Art and Art History, University of Florida, Gainesville
2008  BA, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR

Solo Exhibitions and Projects
2019  Lightspeed Middleway, Die Anstoß, Karlsruhe, DE
2018  Experimental Histories Workshop, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, DE
      in collaboration with Majolika Staatliche Keramikmanufaktur

2018  Die Wasser des März, Kulturwerk T66, Freiburg, DE. Exhibition with Jacob Ott
2016  Staged Conversation #4 (the world was flat), The Porch Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2016  Union Made, Kunstverein Letschebach, Karlsruhe, Germany

Group Exhibitions and Projects
2020  The Fragile Edge, Majolika Staatliche Keramikmanufaktur, Karlsruhe, DE
2020  Da für Dich, Zentrale Berlin, DE
2018  Stoß an Stoß, Karlsruhe, DE
2017  11th Shanghai Biennale, Infra-Curatorial Platform, Freedom Is a State of Mind, Shanghai, PRC Curated by

      Raqs Media Collective
2016  KÜHLI, Escholdstrasse 90, Freiburg, DE                                                                                       

​2016  3x5 September Residency Exhibition, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2016  is a Loop. This, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota Twin Cities,    
      Minneapolis, MN
2016  Beat Farming, Area 23, Karlsruhe, DE 
2016  SWAP MEET - The Shipping Show, Mucharaum, Kunstakademie Karlsruhe, DE
2015  Freedom is a State of Mind, Arts East Quarterly 2015/Fall
2015  Plowshare, National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, AL
2015  The Human Impact, Beijing Film Academy, Beijing, PRC
2014  For A Limited Time Only, Quarter Gallery, Regis Center for Art, Minneapolis, MN
2014  D’Werkolator, Gallery Hangman, Minneapolis, MN
2013  NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2012  CURRENTS: Phenomena of the End, Focus Gallery, University of Florida SAAH, Gainesville, FL
2012  Eutectic, Icehouse Studios, McIntosh, FL

Speaking, Teaching
2017  Lecturer, Experimentelle Keramik, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, DE 
2016  Visiting Artist Talk, American University of Cairo, Visual Cultures Program, Cairo, EG
2016  Instructor, Beginning Ceramics, University of Minnesota Department of Art, Minneapolis, MN

2016  Visiting Artist Talk, HKDM School of Art and Design Freiburg, Class of Andrea Mihaljevic, Freiburg, DE
2015  Artist Talk, Beijing Film Academy, Beijing, PRC
2015  Artist Talk, Beijing Dance Academy, Beijing, PRC

Awards, Grants, Residencies
2016  3X5 Resident Artist Program, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2015  Beijing Cultural Exchange, Beijing, PRC
2015  University of Minnesota Department of Art GRPP Travel Grant, Amsterdam, NL
2015  Exchange, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, DE, Class of Leni Hoffman
2014  Second Place Award, NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design,    
      Milwaukee, WI 

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