CV


EDUCATION
2007
BFA in Painting
Minor in Art History
The College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2026
CLEAN CLEAR CUT, The 2nd International Malta Biennale, organized by Malta Heritage, March 11 - April 29, 2026, The Stables of the Grand Master, La Valletta, Malta (curated by Rosa Martínez)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
House of Cards, Collect SF Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA
2023
ARGONAUTIKA, The Garden, Albuquerque, NM, USA
2019
12 Horses – Homage to Jannis Kounellis, Museum Fondazione 107, Turin, Italy
2015
Lara Nickel – Paintings, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, USA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Desert Vessels, Collect SF Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA (2 person show with Robert King, Chahta Okla, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Homiens Art Prize, international online exhibition
Blue Space, international online exhibition
2023
Grand Opening, Stablewest, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Tourists, The Garden, Albuquerque, NM, USA
2021
Take Care Project, Fondazione 107 Museum, Turin, Italy
Spikes, Pop-up show, Manhattan, NYC, USA
2018
Art & Friendship, Green Door Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA (curated by father Paul Anel)
2017
Fool the Eye, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY, USA (curators Franklin Hill Perrell and Debbie Wells)
2016
Basins, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA (curator John McKissick)
2015
30 Under 30, Santa Fe Community Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA (curator Meaghan Ferguson)
Utilities, Radical Abacus, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Trace Matter, Wade Wilson Art, Santa Fe, NM, USA (curator David Leigh)
Axle Indoors, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA
2014
Beauty Mark, AHA Festival, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Armory Show, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM, USA
2013
The Renga Project, Axle Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Group Show, Ernesto Mayans Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA
2012
Faux-to Studi-aux, AHA Festival, Santa Fe, NM, USA
2010
Axle Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Cellier des Sorgues, L'Isle sur la Sorgue, France
2009
Yard Sale, Pop-up show, Santa Fe, NM, USA
2007
The Process, Santa Fe, NM, USA
The Gallaghers, Pop-up show, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Paramnesia, BFA Senior Thesis Show, College of Santa Fe, NM, USA

BOOKS
2022
Lara Nickel; 12 Horses – Homage to Jannis Kounellis
Published by SKIRA editore, Milan, Italy
Hardcover book, 216 pages, Trilingual (ENG, FR, IT).
Featuring authors Germano Celant, Alex Bacon, José Jiménez, and Lara Nickel.
Designed by Lara Nickel + SNAP Editions, NYC.
Distributed by Thames & Hudson + D.A.P./Artbook

CATALOGUES
2024
Homiens Art Prize, printed exhibition catalogue
2021
“Take Care Project: 160 Artisti per una Mascherina”, Edizioni 107, Turin, Italy.
2019
“Lara Nickel: 12 Cavalli – Omaggio a Jannis Kounellis”, Edizioni 107, Turin, Italy
2014
“The Renga Project”, Axle Press, Santa Fe, NM, USA

SELECT PRESS
“Subjects in Space”, two page art show review, (issue 227), American Art Collector Magazine, September 2024
“Making Less Art with More Intention”, eight page artist interview, SuboArt Magazine no.18, Portugal, February 2024
“Lara Nickel: 12 Cavalli – Omaggio a Jannis Kounellis”, full page art show review, Arte Mondadori, Italy, October 2019 
Full page art show review, Art & Antiques, USA, October 2019 
“Trips”, television feature segment, NHK (Nihon Hoso Kyokai), Japan, March 2017
Abatemarco, Michael, “Lara Nickel: A horsey set”, art show review, Pasatiempo, USA, December 2015
Art Ltd., USA, July/August 2015
THE Magazine, USA, April - June 2015
Five page art show review, Santa Fean Now, USA, March 2015
Albuquerque Journal, USA, March 13 2015
Bradley, Logan, “Isolated Fauna by Lara Nickel”, review, The Frontier, New Zealand (blog) 2014
Interview of Lara Nickel by The Product Division, Uncompromising Tang, USA 2014
“Have Art, Will Travel”, Town & Country, USA, May 2012

RESIDENCIES + AWARDS
2024
Shortlist recipient, Homiens Art Prize, international art competition
Honorable mention, Blue Space, international art competition
2019
Artist in residence, IUUEN: Artistic Travel Residency, Italy, France, Morocco, Egypt
2019  
Artist in residence, Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY, USA
2017+18
Featured artist, Industry City Studios, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2015
Guest artist speaker, Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM, USA

PROJECTS + COMMISSIONS
2008
Cape Clear Island Mural Project, Cape Clear, Ireland


GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Collect SF Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA (2024-current)
Nedra Matteucci Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA (2023-current)
Stablewest Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA (2023)
Yares Art, New York, NY, USA (2016-2018)
Ernesto Mayans Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA (2011-2015) 


COLLECTIONS
The Getty Library, Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Metropolitan Museum Library, New York, NY, USA
The Museum + Library l’Inguimbertine, Carpentras, France
The Donkey Museum, Tangier, Morocco
The Félix González-Torres Foundation Photographic Archives, New York, NY, USA

WORK HISTORY
2024-current
Adjunct arts professor, Drawing I + Drawing II, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2014-current
Self employed: freelance website design, graphic design, publication design
2023-24
Artist assistant for political cartoonist Patrick Oliphant: organization of art shows, catalogue design and publication, studio inventory, ghost writing, etc.
2015
Website design course: Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM
2011-2016
Gallery assistant for Ernesto Mayans Gallery: sales, website design, ghost writing, graphic design, artwork documentation, research, etc.