May 21, 2020
Future Fair 2020 Insider's Picks: Nico Wheadon
Nico Wheadon, the founding executive director of NXTHVN, selects her favorites from Future Fair 2020.
Romina de Novellis, Gradiva, 2017, Color photograph, Hahnemühle Fine Art Pearl paper, mounted on aluminum. Ed. 1/3 + 2 AP.43 3/10 × 59 1/10 in, 110 × 150 cm. Courtesy of Alberta Pane Gallery.
Nico Wheadon is the founding executive director of NXTHVN, a multidisciplinary arts incubator in New Haven committed to fortifying the broader arts economy through strategic partnerships with the education, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and government sectors. She is also an adjunct assistant professor of Art History and Africana Studies at Barnard College, and Professional Practices at Hartford Art School.
Wheadon is an independent writer and regular contributor to The Brooklyn Rail, Artnet and C&, with her first manuscript slated for publication by Rowman & Littlefield in 2021. She is the former director of public programs and community engagement at the Studio Museum in Harlem, where she was celebrated for the pioneering artist projects, community engagement initiatives, and strategic partnerships she delivered during her five-year tenure.
She has lectured internationally at universities, conferences and symposia, and currently serves on the advisory boards for the Lubin School of Business Transformative Leadership Program, the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage, and More Art. Wheadon holds an MA in Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship from Goldsmith's College, University of London, and a BA in Art-Semiotics from Brown University.
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Untitled Tear III
2020, Collage, chipboard frame,
14 × 11 in, 35.6 × 27.9 cm.
Courtesy of Rubber Factory
CAMOUFLAGE #014 (Valentino),
2020, Du-rags and acrylic on wood panel,
48 × 48 × 1 1/2 in, 121.9 × 121.9 × 3.8 cm.
Courtesy of Slag Gallery
Be gentle when you handle me
2020, Canvas frame, Acrylic paint, recycled canvas,
9 4/5 × 9 4/5 in, 25 × 25 cm.
Courtesy of Suburbia Contemporary
Mask 3
2019, Motocross elbow pas, brass beads and leather,
12 × 8 × 8 in, 30.5 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm.
Courtesy of Patel Brown Gallery.
8, 2013, Lithographic ink on paper
39 2/5 × 26 in, 100 × 66 cm.
Courtesy of Suburbia Contemporary
Brenna On The Phone, 2019,
Gouache and photo collage on canvas,
12 × 16 in, 30.5 × 40.6 cm.
Courtesy of Sean Horton (presents)
Naked Man Faces Nature, 2019,
Acrylic and sculpted acrylic on canvas with collage,
16 × 11 × 3 in, 40.6 × 27.9 × 7.6 cm.
Courtesy of SEASON
Strikers strain, but the sap's so sticky,
2019, Oil on canvas, 72 × 48 in, 182.9 × 121.9 cm.
Courtesy of Rubber Factory
The Urn Turned, 2018,
Pigment print on archival satin paper,
30 × 20 in, 76.2 × 50.8 cm, Edition 1/5 + 2AP.
Courtesy of New Discretions
Judy (Study #3), 2019,
Silk screen transfer on fabric, dyed rooster feathers, wire, poly-fil, zipper, acrylic, plexiglass,
7 × 10 × 4 in, 17.8 × 25.4 × 10.2 cm.
Courtesy of Samsøñ.
Gradiva
2017, Color photograph, Hahnemühle Fine Art Pearl paper, mounted on aluminum.
Ed. 1/3 + 2 AP.
43 3/10 × 59 1/10 in, 110 × 150 cm.
Courtesy of Alberta Pane Gallery.
Digiprint
2019, Ink on paper,
51 1/5 × 27 3/5 in, 130 × 70 cm,
Edition 5 + 2AP
Courtesy of Galerie Anne Barrault.
