Creative Growth is pleased to participate in the 2022 edition of Independent Art Fair, featuring a solo presentation of work by Nicole Storm.
Independent Art Fair
May 5-8, 2022
Spring Studios
50 Varick Street
New York, NY 10013
Learn more at www.independenthq.com
Nicole Storm (b. 1967) has been working in the studio at Creative Growth since 1995. For Storm, the process of creation is paramount to a finished piece, and her work often has several stages of finality. Storm doesn’t sit or stand while painting – she walks the building, rides the elevator, and ducks into corners, carrying a piece around as she adds layers and detail. This is a key component of Storm’s process, and its ambulatory nature functions as a way for her to harvest visual information and process ideas, manifesting as ‘notes’ in her paintings. She moves seamlessly between mark-making and painting, repeatedly re-working the surface. Although Storm is not performing for anyone, watching her create is akin to watching a contemporary performance piece – she hums, takes breaks to dance, engages in conversation, and casually moves her artwork around the space. Storm’s installation of her own work is as integral to her creative process as the individual pieces. Storm uses every surface of the gallery as a canvas, which becomes an enormous collage that continues to evolve by adding new work, returning to older pieces, and painting directly on the walls to weave her presentation together. Storm directed the installation of her solo exhibition at White Columns in 2021, which was named one of the best gallery exhibitions of the year by critic Roberta Smith in the New York Times.
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For questions and inquiries, contact storm@creativegrowth.org.