About
Perspective
Artist Statement
As an artist, a historian through visual information, I feel compelled to record our times, landscapes, feelings, and injustices. I have explored subject matter ranging from self-perception and body dysmorphia to the stillness of simple moments that touch us all. Whether it be a reaction, a sunset, or a memory, these moments help shape us even if we don’t realize their impact at the time.
My work is inherently personalized through abstractions derived from reality. It is a form of self-exploration and the way I perceive life’s daily conflicts. We are all conditioned by our experiences, which in turn change our perceptions of life itself. A part of my responsibility as an artist is to record the world in which we live, the emotion or energy of the times, and to present a view into the past, present, or future. I try to encapsulate the vitality of my subjects through abstract forms. Instead of creating a realistic view of the world, I try to depict its energy, allowing the viewer to intimately relate to the work. Distilling everything down to its simplest form is my way of capturing the essence of my subjects while preserving the importance of their components, at times revealing new perspectives on the sum of their parts.
About
Artist Bio
Born to a French family in her beloved native Northern California, award-winning painter and installation artist Nicole Andrews has a long and prolific history of museum and gallery work, public outreach, and community leadership. In addition to her numerous exhibitions spanning three decades, her strong local ties and wholesale dedication to public art spaces and civic education are natural extensions of her own artistic vision and ability to bridge imagination, abstraction, and reality across multiple mediums.
An active member of executive boards, leadership councils, and planning committees, Nicole lends her strong voice to efforts aimed at harnessing disparate artistic energies in the service of both the public good and the support of diverse arts and artists. In this way, she is able to continually navigate, contribute to, and learn from the ever changing climate of creative expression.
Nicole graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art from San Jose State University, with an emphasis in Digital Media and double minors in French and Art History. Since that time, she has continued to showcase works in galleries and art spaces in California and beyond. A few of the many career highlights close to her heart include juried exhibitions at the National Steinbeck Museum (1st place) and the Sebastopol Center for the Arts (3rd place); exhibitions, donated works, and passionate board leadership at the Los Altos History Museum; executive council membership at the Cantor Arts Center and Anderson Collection at Stanford University; and regional art shows and ongoing grassroots endeavors in the historically rich Yellowstone National Park Region as well as globally connected, cutting-edge Silicon Valley.
When she is not painting in California, Nicole is inspired by the landscapes that surround her ranch in Montana. Nicole maintains dual residences in Los Altos Hills, CA and Manhattan, MT, while showing her work in both locales and beyond. She exists in perpetual awe of the state’s beauty, which she diligently and dutifully channels through new works.
