October 2017
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION
Nicole Patrice Dul
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION
Nicole Patrice Dul
Artistic Statement
Nicole Patrice Dul examines social geography through printmaking and painting. She seeks to open dialogue about common experiences, pleasures and frustrations that come with home, place and national identity. Nicole observes cities that teem with busy industry and technology as well as rural areas that are quiet, spacious, and at times, run-down. She is inspired by each locale’s history and culture. Her work reveals the effects of humanity on space and space on humanity and exists based on time, the metamorphoses that are revealed through deterioration, destruction, reformation and renewal. Nicole Patrice Dul discovers the beauty in transitions that occur as place becomes space, space becomes place and existence becomes story. According to playwright Tom Stoppard, “Every exit is an entry some where else.” Just as place transitions and transforms, so do art and the process of creating art.
Printmaking affords Nicole a way to combine process and medium, explore new methods, and experiment with mixed media. It allows her to integrate her creativity with her consciousness of social and psychological geography as well as her interest in cultural history. Nicole’s work is comprised of representational imagery translated into intaglio, relief, silkscreen and planographic prints, mixed media paintings and artist books.
Nicole Patrice Dul examines social geography through printmaking and painting. She seeks to open dialogue about common experiences, pleasures and frustrations that come with home, place and national identity. Nicole observes cities that teem with busy industry and technology as well as rural areas that are quiet, spacious, and at times, run-down. She is inspired by each locale’s history and culture. Her work reveals the effects of humanity on space and space on humanity and exists based on time, the metamorphoses that are revealed through deterioration, destruction, reformation and renewal. Nicole Patrice Dul discovers the beauty in transitions that occur as place becomes space, space becomes place and existence becomes story. According to playwright Tom Stoppard, “Every exit is an entry some where else.” Just as place transitions and transforms, so do art and the process of creating art.
Printmaking affords Nicole a way to combine process and medium, explore new methods, and experiment with mixed media. It allows her to integrate her creativity with her consciousness of social and psychological geography as well as her interest in cultural history. Nicole’s work is comprised of representational imagery translated into intaglio, relief, silkscreen and planographic prints, mixed media paintings and artist books.
Nicole Patrice Dul holds a B.F.A. in Painting and Drawing from Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA and an M.F.A. in Printmaking from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Currently, she is co-director of Third Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. She is an active member of the Cheltenham Print Guild, Cheltenham, PA and Orchard Artworks, a Fine Art and Craft Cooperative in Bryn Athyn, PA. She is co-founder and co-director of Star Wheel Printers, a Philadelphia print collective that aims to promote and share printmaking with other artists and local communities. Nicole has had solo exhibits and has participated in numerous group exhibits. She had the honor of being Cheltenham Center for the Arts’ 2016 Printmaking Resident.
Nicole has been teaching art to adults and children for 12 years + and is currently an adjunct faculty member of Holy Family University, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, and Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia, PA. She is also an entrepreneur who uses her creativity to artistically upcycle home and fashion goods as Facelift Thrift LLC’s co-owner.
Nicole has been teaching art to adults and children for 12 years + and is currently an adjunct faculty member of Holy Family University, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, and Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia, PA. She is also an entrepreneur who uses her creativity to artistically upcycle home and fashion goods as Facelift Thrift LLC’s co-owner.
For inquiries contact the artist directly:
NICOLE PATRICE DUL
112 Marita Street, Philadelphia PA, 19116
h. 215-673-8429, c. 215-620-5980
www.NPDprints.com
NICOLE PATRICE DUL
112 Marita Street, Philadelphia PA, 19116
h. 215-673-8429, c. 215-620-5980
www.NPDprints.com