{"id":6235,"date":"2017-05-12T11:45:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T15:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=6235"},"modified":"2018-05-25T03:49:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T07:49:31","slug":"nicole-awai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/nicole-awai\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicole Awai"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8336\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6235-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/NicoleAwai.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/NicoleAwai.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/NicoleAwai.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6237 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NicoleAwai1.1gr.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NicoleAwai1.1gr.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NicoleAwai1.1gr.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NicoleAwai1.1gr.jpg?resize=696%2C928&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NicoleAwai1.1gr.jpg?resize=1068%2C1424&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NicoleAwai1.1gr.jpg?resize=315%2C420&amp;ssl=1 315w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NicoleAwai1.1gr.jpg?w=2025&amp;ssl=1 2025w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/NicoleAwai1.1gr.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesleyheller.com\/exhibitions\/20170517-nicole-awai-vistas\">Nicole Awai<\/a> is a multi media artist. She earned her Master\u2019s Degree in Multimedia Art from the University of South Florida in 1996. She attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture residency in 1997 and was artist in residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Awai was a featured artist in the 2005 Initial Public Offerings series at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Awai was awarded the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant in 2011 and an Art Matters Grant in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Her work has been included in seminal exhibitions such as Greater New York: New Art in New York Now, at P.S. 1\/ MOMA (2000), the Biennale of Ceramic in Contemporary Art (2003), Open House: Working in Brooklyn (2004), Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art (2007) both at the Brooklyn Museum and the 2008 Busan Biennale in Korea. Her work has also been exhibited at the Queens Museum, Kemper Museum of Contemporary, The Vilcek Foundation, The Biennale of the Caribbean in Aruba (2013) and Susan Inglett Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Recent exhibitions include SHE: Deconstructing Female Identity at ArtsWestchester and Splotch at Sperone Westwater. Awai was a Critic at the Yale School of Art in the Department of Painting and Printmaking from 2009-2015. Awai is currently faculty in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin.<\/p>\n<p>The book mentioned in the interview is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rowmaninternational.com\/buy-books\/product-details\/?productId=3-156-31a12517-4063-4d68-ac2a-d6d21b5874a4\">Imagery, Presence and the Location of the Caribbean Figure <\/a>by Roshini Kempadoo.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6238\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6238 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vista4MidnightCamisole2.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vista4MidnightCamisole2.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vista4MidnightCamisole2.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vista4MidnightCamisole2.jpg?resize=696%2C928&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vista4MidnightCamisole2.jpg?resize=1068%2C1424&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vista4MidnightCamisole2.jpg?resize=315%2C420&amp;ssl=1 315w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vista4MidnightCamisole2.jpg?w=1350&amp;ssl=1 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vista 4: Emerging Properties B \u2013 Midnight Cami Acrylic paint, paper, nail polish, resin, horticultural charcoal, nylon mesh, graphite on synthetic paper Approximately 22\u201d x 18\u201d 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6239\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6239 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vista7.2DamnedIfIDo1.jpg?resize=640%2C897&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vista7.2DamnedIfIDo1.jpg?resize=731%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 731w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vista7.2DamnedIfIDo1.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vista7.2DamnedIfIDo1.jpg?resize=768%2C1076&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vista7.2DamnedIfIDo1.jpg?resize=696%2C975&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vista7.2DamnedIfIDo1.jpg?resize=300%2C420&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Vista7.2DamnedIfIDo1.jpg?w=983&amp;ssl=1 983w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vista 7.2: Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don\u2019t (To Haiti With Love) Nail polish, acrylic paint, reflective paper, polyester mesh, horticultural charcoal, construction foam, molded plastic forms on synthetic paper 7&#8243; x10&#8243; x 5&#8243; 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6241\" style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6241 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Awai_CastleNutDramaQueen.jpg?resize=648%2C864&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Awai_CastleNutDramaQueen.jpg?w=648&amp;ssl=1 648w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Awai_CastleNutDramaQueen.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Awai_CastleNutDramaQueen.jpg?resize=315%2C420&amp;ssl=1 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Specimen from Local Ephemera: Castle Nut and Drama Queen Graphite, acrylic paint, nail polish and glitter on paper 50\u201d x 38\u201d 2008<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/NicoleAwai.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listNicole Awai is a multi media artist. 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