Curriculum Vitae
1990| Lives & Works in USA and Germany
Education
2012 Corcoran College of Art and Design, BFA Fine Art
Exhibitions
Upcoming
GUN SHOW, Ruino Ruido Foundation, Warsaw
September 26 - October 1
Noun. (US) An event where a promoter rents a venue to bring together gun dealers and potential purchasers.
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Noun. The showing off of one's biceps
Billy: Have you got your tickets yet?
Sarah: To What?
Billy: To the Gun Show!!! ***while pulling back his right sleeve, flexing his muscles, and pointing with his left hand
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Solo
29.02.16 - 03.16 2016 Museum Man | Nina DeFelice, Museum Man, Berlin Germany
2013 Formality, ORi Gallery, Berlin Germany
Group Exhibitions
2023, Kunstsalon, Berlin
2020, Nor Mal, www.spongleheim.com
2017 ARTSHOW, Kunstraum Ossastrasse
2020 London Biennale, AnotherVacantSpace.com, International
2015 Abstract Landscapes, Artspan.com, International
2014 Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, New York City
2013 The Pluto in Me part of Berlin Transmediale, Berlin Germany
2013 Free Luck, Berlin Collective, International
2013 Identify, The Cellar Gallery, Berlin Germany
2012 Someplace Art Market, Somelace Gallery, Berlin Germany
2012 Creme de la Corcoran, Area 405 Gallery, Baltimore MD
2012 NEXT: Class of 2012 BFA, Corcoran Museum of Art, DC
2012 Emerging Artists Corcoran BFA Show, The Fridge Gallery, DC
2011 Fine Art Senior Thesis Preview, CCAD, DC
2011 Art Off The Walls, CCAD, DC
2011 Focus, White Walls Gallery, CCAD, DC
2010 Junior Fine Art group show, CCAD, DC
2010 Mona Lisa Tears, White Walls Gallery, CCAD, DC
2010 Student Jurried Exhibition Show, White Walls Gallery, CCAD, DC
2009 Thirty-Six Works, CCAD, DC
Experience
2013 Formality, Curator
2013 Another Vacant Space Gallery, Intern
2012- Present, Berlin Collective, Artist
Awards and Scholarships
2012 Ethel Lorraine Bernstein Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting
2009-2012 Academic Achievement Scholarship, The Corcoran College of Art and Design
Membership
2012- Present, Berlin Collective
2012- Present, Berlin ArtConnect
2009- Present, Corcoran Gallery of Art
Publications
2016 MUSEUM MAN – NINA DE FELICE – BERLIN . 1F Media. http://www.1fmediaproject.net/2016/02/29/museum-man-nina-de-felice-berlin/
2013 Interview with ArtConnect Berlin, Spotlight on Nina DeFelice
http://blog.artconnectberlin.com/2013/07/16/spotlight-on-nina-de-felice/
2013 Video Spotlight Series for Painting 2013, Ikono.org
2012 Hill Rag: Capital Community News, "The Fridge Gallery" 2012
2012 Brightest Young Things, Preview: Corcoran's NEXT 2012, 2012
Nina DeFelice grew up in New Jersey where she remained until moving to Washington, DC to pursue her passion for Fine Art. While living in Washington DC she received her BFA in painting from The Corcoran College of Art and Design in 2012. She received awards for her work including the 2012 Ethel Lorraine Bernstein Memorial Scholarship Award and has shown work in various galleries in Washington, DC and in Baltimore, MD. She is now living in Berlin.
Through the use of traditional painting methods and a specific color palette I attempt to portray the mundane act of being human. I do so by pinpointing daily routines of general life in a non prescriptive way to give a sense of normalcy to the figures in the portraits while juxtaposing them into subtly surreal environments to contrast the seemingly lifeless form. I think of this work as portraits of human psychology. My work tests the importance of the relationship between a subject and its surroundings in an image by creating a sort of moral push and pull between the two.
I use a combination of traditional oil painting methods with experimental mark making to both highlight areas to the viewers eye as well as display emotion through the contrast of thick paint and smooth textures. The figures I paint are meant to be symbolic of man and woman and work as a model to project a psychology upon, which is why I often portray them as model forms. The figures are intended to be relatable without giving much personality or character to make them "stranger".
Deutsch
Nina DeFelice wuchs in New Jersey auf, bevor sie nach Washington, D.C. zog um ihrer Passion für Malerei zu folgen. Sie machte ihren BFA in Malerei am Corcoran College of Art and Design im Jahr 2012. Sie erhielt verschiedene Auszeichnungen für ihre Arbeiten und stellte in verschiedenen Galerien in Washington, D.C. und Baltimore, Maryland aus. Sie lebt derzeit in Berlin.
Durch die Verwendung traditioneller Maltechniken und einer spezifischen Farbpalette versucht Nina DeFelice, den alltäglichen Akt des Menschseins zu porträtieren. Sie identifiziert tägliche Routinen auf nicht-normative Weise, welche den porträtierten Figuren eine Normalität geben, während diesen eine subtil-surreale Umwelt entgegengesetzt wird, welche die scheinbar leblose Hülle kontrastieren. Sie sieht ihre Arbeiten als Portraits menschlicher Psychologie, welche die Wichtigkeit der Beziehung von Subjekt und Umwelt im Bild prüft, indem sie ein moralisches Push-Pull-Verhältnis entwirft.