Nora Maite Nieves

Session 3 (1st week): Friday, June 18 - Thursday, June 24

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and based in Brooklyn, Nora Maité Nieves is interested in the expanded dialogue of painting. Her paintings, drawings, and sculptures explore how we define space through domestic ownership, making reference to ornamental details from architecture, especially floor and wall surfaces and tiles. She is drawn to the mystic values of objects such as amulets, heirlooms, and jewelry. Recent solo exhibitions include Full Room in the Sun Room, Fresh Window Gallery, New York; Paisaje Lunar, Flyweight Projects, New York; and Tangible, Hidrante Gallery, San Juan. Recent group exhibitions include shows at Embajada, Km0.2, and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan; Jessica’s Apartment Gallery, Unisex Salon, and Fresh Window, New York; Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden; the Latino Arts Gallery, Milwaukee; and the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, and Terrain Biennial, Chicago. She has attended residencies including High Concept Labs, the Cooper Union Summer Art Intensive, and ÁREA: Lugar de Proyectos, Caguas, Puerto Rico. Nieves received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her BFA from the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, San Juan.

1] Full Moon in the Sun Room, 2019

2] Looking at My Neighbors Yard, 2019