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I find inspiration in how we map our own personal space and how those lines become blurred and modified when we form relationships with others. 

Nikki Rosato - Artists - FERRARA SHOWMAN GALLERY

Biography

NIKKI ROSATO earned her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2013. Prior to studying at SMFA, Rosato received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art and Art History from the University of Pittsburgh. Rosato’s work has received multiple awards, including a 2014 Blanche E. Colman Award, and she has exhibited both nationally and internationally. In 2018, Rosato had a solo exhibition titled Voyager at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, NH, and her work was also included in PaperWorks Refolded at Brea Gallery in Brea, CA.  Her work has been featured in numerous publications, including The Seattle Times, The Boston Globe, Canadian Geographic, Art New England Magazine and Hi-Fructose New Contemporary Art Magazine.

Artist Statement

The visual aspects of a road map are remarkably human. A map is a symbol of a living, breathing, moving body—the land is just as alive as we are. A map’s lines carve the pathways for the rhythms and movements that undulate across the surface of the earth.

 

As we move through life, the places we inhabit and the people that we meet alter and shape us into the person that we are in the present day. I am interested in the idea that a place I visited as a child has affected the outcome of the person that I am today.

 

In my work, I explore the complexities of human relationships and the love affair that we have with place. I find inspiration in how we map our own personal space and how those lines become blurred and modified when we form relationships with others. 

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION
2013        MFA    School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University 
                           Studio Arts
2008        BA       University of Pittsburgh
                           Studio Arts, History of Art and Architecture (Summa Cum Laude)

AWARDS AND GRANTS
2014        Blanche E. Colman Award
2013        Tufts University Graduate Travel Grant (Switzerland)
2012        Solo Exhibition Award, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                Montague International Travel Grant (Italy)
2011        Graduate Merit Scholarship: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018          Voyager, Southern New Hampshire University, McIninch Art Gallery, Manchester, NH

2017          Object, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2016          Inbound, Ground for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
2015          Merged, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2013          Cut, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018          PaperWorks Refolded, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA

2017          Go Where the Map Takes You, Osher Map Library, Portland, ME
                  The Art of Watching: Privacy and the Public Eye, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH

                  Deep Cuts: Contemporary Paper Cutting, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH

                  Temporal Gestalt, Lee Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

2016           Cut Up/Cut Out, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA (traveling)

                   Exchange x JFG, Galerie Jochen Hempel, Berlin, Germany

2015           If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home, Children’s Museum of the Arts, New York, NY

                   34, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA

2014           Miami Project Art Fair (Ferrara Showman Gallery), Miami FL

                   Paper, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL

                   Mark of the Feminine, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA

2013           VOLTA10 Art Fair (Ferrara Showman Gallery), Basel, Switzerland

                   Miami Project Art Fair (Ferrara Showman Gallery), Miami, FL

                   You Are Here, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA

                   Lovin’ it, Symbol and Contradiction, Bromer Art Collection, Roggwil, Switzerland

                   Mapping the Way, Walford Mill Crafts, London, UK