Nicole Rudolph
About the Artist
A California native, Nicole Rudolph was born in Hollywood but grew up on a small ranch in the Los Padres National Forest near Lake Cachuma. Her life ever since has been a balance of those two spaces; city or wildlife, people or wilderness. Her artwork follows the themes of people within nature and transitional spaces or states of being, often includes the visual language of ritual and folklore. As a biracial, bisexual, intersectional feminist, Chicana, Nicole looks to bring awareness to those that fall between definitions as both existing and valid. She studies wildlife as closely as she interviews people and is always looking for the connections between us all.
Nicole is currently the Director of Museo Eduardo Carrillo, an online museum that works to promote and support the Chicanx community and the legacy of Chicano artist Eduardo Carrillo. Nicole graduated with highest honors from UCSC with a double major in Studio Art and the History of Art and Visual Culture with a concentration in curation. Her series Seance of Duality won the UCSC Dean's and Chancellor's Award for excellence in research. She is on track to receive her MA in Art History and Visual Culture from SJSU in the Fall. Her thesis focuses on the fostering of empathy and connection as an artistic approach in Contemporary minoritized identity art.
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Curriculum Vitae
Education:
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY- San Jose, CA – MA in Art History and Visual Culture
Fall 2023- Spring 2026
UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ- Santa Cruz, CA
Bachelor of Arts June 2022- Art/ History of Art and Visual Culture, Curation Concentration
Graduated with Highest Honors (4.0 GPA)
Solo Exhibitions:
2022 Liminal Spaces, Sesnon Underground, UCSC, Santa Cruz CA
Mixed Media and Multi-sensorial Installation
2021 Séance of Duality, Eduardo Carrillo Senior Gallery, UCSC, Santa Cruz CA
Mixed Media and Photography
2017 First Friday Featured Artist, A & E Letterpress, Boulder Creek CA
Watercolor Painting Series
2016 We are made of Star Stuff, Peter Thomas Hair Salon, Berkeley CA
Watercolor Painting Series
Group Exhibitions:
2024 Metamorphosis Jo Farb Gallery SJSU, San Jose CA
Watercolor Diptych
2024 ReWeaving Past and Future, Design Gallery SJSU, San Jose CA
Mixed Media Woven Sculpture
2022 Eduardo Carrillo Scholarship Reception Exhibition, UCSC, Santa Cruz CA
Photography and Mixed Media
2022 Queer Art Wall, Cantu Queer Resource Center, UCSC, Santa Cruz CA
Screen print
2021 Eduardo Carillo Scholarship Reception Exhibition, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA
Mixed Media Sculpture & Photography and Mixed Media
2021 Homecoming, Sesnon Underground Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
Screenprint
2021 At the Present Moment, Sesnon Underground Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
Watercolor Paintings
2020 Art Department Open Studios, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA
Watercolor Paintings
2020 Community Art Show, Little Giant Art Collective, Santa Cruz, CA
Watercolor Painting Series
2019 Art Department Open Studios, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA
Screen Prints, Lithography, Printed Fabric
2019 Student Exhibition, Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA
Acrylic Painting and Wood Sculpture
2001 Spring Fashion Show, Palomar College, San Marcos CA
Original Fashion Designs
Grants / Scholarships:
2024 Graduate Student Equity Fellowship
2023 Arts Council of Santa Cruz County Create Grant
2022 Carrillo Memorial Art Scholars
2022 Clare Wedding Student Fellowship
2021 Arts Division Award Scholarship
2021 Sesnon Gallery Award Fellowship
2021 Irwin Project Grant
2021 Clare Wedding Student Fellowship
2021 Porter Undergraduate Scholarship
2021 Carrillo Memorial Art Scholars
2020 Irwin Project Grant
2020 Clare Wedding Student Fellowship
2019 Robert and Frances Swenson Endowed Scholarship
2019 Miriam Colsey Memorial Art Endowed Scholarship
2019 Osher Re-entry Scholarship
Awards:
2022 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in a Research Based Project
2022 Dean's Award for Excellence in a Research Based Project
2022 Highest Honors UCSC Graduate
2004 Honorable Mention- Editorial Cartooning JACC
2003 2nd Place Award - Editorial Cartooning JACC
Residencies:
2022 Norris Center Art and Science Residency
Internships:
2022 Guest Curatorial Intern, Museo Eduardo Carrillo
2021 Archivist for the Charles Griffin Farr Collection, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery