40 w. Howard, Studio 116a, Pontiac, MI, 48340 [email protected] nickiegunning.com
Education:
2021 M.F.A. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2015 B.F.A. Corcoran School of Art + Design at The George Washington University, Washington, DC
2011 A.S. with distinction in Fine Arts at Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY
Solo & Duo Exhibitions:
2026 Knock First (Duo), Boyer Campbell Building, Detroit, MI (ft Maddie Gordon)
2024 Fluid Identity: A Ceramic Exploration (Solo), Steeple Hall Gallery, Highland, MI
2018 New Materials (Duo), Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington, DC (ft Greg Minah)
2015 The Nickies (Solo), Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington, DC
Group Exhibitions:
2027
Mighty Queer/ Real Detroit 3rd Biannual, TBD, Detroit MI (Anticipating)
2026
Queertroit, Swords onto Plowshares, Detroit, MI
Human Form: An Exhibition of Sculpture, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
Pontiac Art Crawl, Saginaw St, Downtown Pontiac, MI
NCECA 60th Annual Cup Exhibition and Fundraiser, Huntington Place Convention Center, Detroit MI
Cranbrook Ceramics Alumni, Chrysler Building, Detroit MI
Ceramics x Fiber, Boyer Campbell Building, Detroit MI
Roy Presents, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
On the Grid Off the Grid, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
2025
5th Annual Open Studio Exhibition, 40 Howards Artist Guild, Pontiac, MI
Thumb Area Artists Exhibition, Starkweather Arts Center Romeo MI
Wooden and Earthen, Bonfield Gallery, Traverse City, MI
Hysterical!, Detroit Repertory Theatre, Detroit, MI
2024
80th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
Mighty Real Queer Detroit: I’ll Be Your Mirror, Gallerie Camile, Detroit MI
Queer 313, Swords into Plowshares, Detroit, MI
2024 Spring Salon, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, MI
WHAT THE HECK?!, Tall Grass Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023
Juried Members Exhibition, Springfield Museum of Art, OH
Hot Days, Cool Art, PARC Art Gallery, Plymouth, MI
Kaleidoscope, Pontiac Creative Art Center, Pontiac, MI
The LBGTQ+ Artist in Michigan, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI
2023 Spring Salon, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, MI
Currents, NCECA Cup Fundraiser & Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH
2022
Mighty Real Queer Detroit: Queer Imagination, Anton Art Center, MT Clemens, MI
Mighty Real Queer Detroit: Queer Imagination, Collected Detroit, Detroit, MI
2021
Cranbrook Art Museum, Graduate Degree Exhibition, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Studio, Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI, Online Exhibition
2020
All Art + No Play, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Studio, Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI, Online Exhibition
3605, NCECA, Richmond, VA [canceled due to Covid-19]
2019
Memory Matter, Forum Gallery Bloomfield Hills, MI
Object Block, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Best Of, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington, DC
2018
Mid Atlantic New Painting 2018 Juried Show, Ridderhof Martin Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA
2017
Wild Animal Drawing/Painting Exhibition for City Wildlife, Anaba Project Space, Bethesda, MD
2016 3rd Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Exhibition, UMUC, MD
Life Sized, Gallery 1301, Baltimore, MD
2015
Art South Hampton, courtesy of Cross Mackenzie Gallery, South Hampton, NY
New Talent, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington, DC
Next Collateral, Gallery 1301, Baltimore MD
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Next, Washington, DC
Then & Now; 27th Annual Ceramics Exhibition, White Halls Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2014
Pilot: Fine Art Thesis I, Gallery 31, Washington, DC
Heat Spectrum, Corcoran Gallery of Art and Design, White Halls Gallery, Washington, DC
This Is, Corcoran Gallery of Art and Design, White Walls Gallery, Washington, DC
2013
From Action to Meaning, Corcoran Gallery of Art and Design, White Walls Gallery, Washington, DC
Media/ Message, Corcoran Gallery of Art and Design, White Walls Gallery, Washington, DC
2012
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Performance Bridge, Three Corcoran Students, Washington, DC (ft. Ashley VanGemeran, and Alix Malt)
2011
On Display, Maurice N. Flecker Memorial Art Gallery, Selden, NY
Artist Residencies:
2026: The Peanut Factory, Edenton, NC (forthcoming)
2025 Wildacres Retreat Residency, Little Switzerland, NC
2024 L.A. Studio+Art14 Residency, Patton, PA
2023 ArtFarm Nebraska, Marquette, NE
Awards, Grants, and Scholarships
2025 CERF+ Get Ready Grant Recipient
2024 Swope Art Museum, Frank Swaim Award of Honor, Juror Clifford Tresner
2020 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Merit Scholarship,
2018 Mid Atlantic Merit Award, Ridderhof Martin Gallery, Juror Kimberli Gant,
2015 Ceramics A.R.T. Award (Ambitious Risk Taker) for Outstanding Achievement in Ceramic Art
2015 Ethel Lorraine Bernstein Memorial Award, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design
2014 Ceramic Rookie of the Year Award, Corcoran College of Art and Design
2012 Andy Warhol Foundation Scholarship, Corcoran College of Art and Design
Artist Talks/ Visiting Artist
2024: A Queer One, Artist Talk Gallerie Camile, Detroit, MI
2024: Fluid Identity, Artist Talk, Steeple Hall Gallery, Highland, MI
2023: Visiting Artist- Portfolio Reviews, Kingswood Upper School Campus, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2022: Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Upper Schools, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2022: The Mighty Queers, Artist Talk, Anton Art Center, Mt Clemens, MI
2019: New Materials, Artist Talk, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington, DC
2015: The Nickies as Warriors, Artist Talk, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington, DC
Teaching:
2026: Cranbrook Art Museum, Ceramic Hand-building Workshop, Bloomfield hills
2022- 2025: Temp Art Teacher, Cranbrook Upper Schools, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2025: Community Critique, 40 Howards Artist Guild, Pontiac, MI
2023: Thrown Tiles, Ceramic Tile Making Workshop, Art Farm, Marquette, NE
2015: Corcoran College of Art + Design, Continuing Education Ceramic Instructor, Washington, DC
2015: Ceramic Camp Instructor, All Fired Up Pottery Studio, Washington, DC
2014-2016: Ceramic Hand-building Instructor, All Fired Up Pottery Studio, Washington, DC
2013- 2015: Corcoran College of Art and Design, Teachers Assistant, Camp Creativity, Washington, DC
Additional Professional Experience:
2023 - Present: Lead Visitor Services Supervisor, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2026: Volunteer, Gallery Guide & Docent for the Visually Impaired, NCECA, Detroit MI
2021: Studio Assistant for Jeff Schofield, Pontiac, MI
2021-2023: Visitor Services Representative, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2020: Gallery Assistant, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2016-2018: Head Framing Designer, Plaza Art, Fairfax VA
2014: Exhibition Curator, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC
2014: Volunteer, Art Handler, (e)merge Art Fair, Washington, DC,
2013-2015: Ceramic Studio Tech, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC
2010: Gallery Assistant, Maurice N. Flecker Memorial Art Gallery, Selden, NY
Bibliography and Features:
2025 Nickie Gunning Featured in the Trans Mag, Cranbrook Academy of Art Alumni News
2025 Featured Artist: Nickie Gunning, Trans Mag Issue 1 Vol #2 (December) [Printed magazine]
2024 Cranbrook Artists Featured in Detroit Biennial Exhibition for LGBTQ+ Art, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2024 “Nickie Gunning Artist Talk July 12 at Huron Valley Council for the Arts” Oakland County Times
2023 Lansing Art Gallery's LGBTQ art exhibit gives space for 'radical self-acceptance', Lansing State Journal, Krystal Nurse
2023 ‘The LGBTQ+ Artist in Michigan’ delivers depth, breadth and diversity, City Pulse, Chelsea Lake Roberts
2022 Meet the Artists “Nickie Gunning” Mighty Real Queer Detroit,
2021 Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, [Exhibition catalog]
2020 Memory Matter, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, . [Exhibition catalog]
2018 In the Galleries: In two Exhibitions, 3 painters put aside their brushes, Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post
2018 Cross MacKenzie Gallery Presents Greg Minah and Nicole Gunning New Material, East City Art
2016 In the Galleries: Works on paper at Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Mark Jenkins,The Washington Post
2015 In the Galleries: Anything but Simplicity in these Drawing, Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post
2015 Nicole Gunning - John Blee - DECEMBER 2015, Rebecca Cross, Cross Mackenzie Gallery
2015 Corcoran Unveils the NEXT Generation of Artists, Julyssa Lopez, GW Today