Nic Nicosia (born 1951) is an American artist using photography, sculpture, and drawing in his practice. He received a BS in radio-television-film, with a concentration in motion pictures, from the University of North Texas in 1974. He was awarded a

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grant in 1984 and a

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in 2010. Nicosia was born in Dallas, Texas. He lived in

Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label=Tiwa language, Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. ...

from 2004-2015. Nicosia currently lives and works in Dallas, Texas. Nicosia is considered a pioneer in the staged photographic movement that came into prominence in the early 1980s. ''Real Pictures #11'' is an example of his staged pictures. It was taken shortly after moving into a new suburban Dallas neighborhood, and uses three children who lived on his street as models.

Public collections

The Dallas Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art (Atlanta), the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the

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, the Museum of Modern Art (New York City), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the

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(New York City), the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), and the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City) are among the public collections holding work by NicosiaNic Nicosia biography
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References

* Burns, Victoria Espy, ''Vivid, intense images by American photographers: Sarah Charlesworth, Lynne Cohen, Jeanne Dunning,

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, Carl Goldhagen, Nan Goldin,

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, Annette Lemieux, Frank Majore, Nic Nicosia,

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, Cindy Sherman,

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, Starn Twins, Carrie Mae Weems'', Milano, F. Motta editore, 1993 * Freudenheim, Susan, ''Nic Nicosia: Real Pictures'', New York, Facchetti Gallery, 1988 * Friis-Hansen, Dana, Lynn M. Herbert and Dave Hickey, ''Nic Nicosia, Real Pictures 1979-1999'', Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, 1999. * Nicosia, Nic and Michelle White, ''Nic Nicosia'', University of Texas Press, 2002 * Randall, Teri Thomson, ''Nic Nicosia'', Salamanca, Spain, Centro de Arte de Salamanca, 2003

Footnotes

External links

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Nic Nicosia on AskArt.com
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