Bio/CV (scroll down to see more)
Education-
1995-1997 Yale University (M.F.A. Painting and Printmaking) New Haven, CT
1991-1995 Gerrit Rietveld Academie (B.F.A.) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Selected Exhibitions-
Solo, two person and three person shows:
2010 Solastalgia, Nikki Lindt, new works Heskin Contemporary, NYC
2008 Indigenous Visitor, Heskin Contemporary, NYC
2007 Nikki Lindt - New Works, Exhibition space @ 1:46 Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2002 Upon Arrival, Gallery Four53, Brooklyn
2002 The Noahs, a climatic tale, - a visual opera
Production Designer, Concept, Director, Producer
This was a multidisciplinary project with environmental issues as subject matter. 10 performances at
Amsterdams Theater Pompoen, Netherlands February 2002
2002 Nighttime Butterfly, permanent public art installation, Zicht op Oost, Amsterdam
2001 Installation Van der Helst Square, Gallery Cleerdin and Hammer, Amsterdam
2001 Wibaut Installation, Zicht op Oost, Amsterdam
2001 Wibaut Metro Hall, Inkijk Gallery, Amsterdam
2000 Nederlandse Film &Televisie Academie Installation, Amsterdam
Group:
2010 New Narrative, curated by John Serdula, Heskin Contemporary, NYC
2010 3rd Annual Governors Island Art Fair, Governors Island, NYC
2008 Groundswell Art Benefit , Affirmation Arts Gallery, NYC
2008 Governors Island 1st Annual Art Fair , Governors Island, NYC
2008 Artbarn, Annual exhibiton, Long Island, NY
2007 Nature works, 1:46 exhibition space, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2006 29th Small Works Exhibit, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, Juried by Jack Shainan, NYC
2005 Natural Reaction, Space B, NYC
2005 Drawn to Drawing, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
2005 II Exposicao Mundial Coletiva de Tema Livre, Espaco Conves, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2005 Space B Group Show, Space B, NYC
2003 Lightshow, Clocktower Art Space, curated by Eddy Stienhauer and Chris Schade, Brooklyn
2003 Postcards from the Edge, Sperone Westwater Gallery, NYC
2002 Kunsternaars Oud Zuid, Kunstzaak, Amsterdam
2001 Polderlicht Festival, Stichting Zicht op Oost, Amsterdam
2001 De Visite is Er, Arti en Amicitae, Amsterdam
2001 Kunst Ahoy, Ahoyhallen, Art Exhibit for Rotterdam as European Cultural Capital for 2001
2000 Westerdoksdijk 11, Galerie Vertrek en Verblijf, Amsterdam
1996 Common Summer, Norfolk Art Gallery, Norfolk, CT
1995 Five Young Artists, 5 artists selected in 1995 graduating in The Netherlands, Unilever Gallery Rotterdam, Netherlands
1994 Urbanscapes, Studio Frank Gribling Amsterdam, Netherlands
1993 Lightwork Show, Helsinki School of Art, Art Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Grants/Awards-
2007 Pollock-Krasner grant
2005 Visiting Critic, Art Institute of Chicago, Graduate and Undergraduate students
2003/5 Basis Subsidy Award Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten (Dutch Funding for the Arts), two year full working/living grant based on artistic achievement, The Netherlands
2002 Environmental Cultural Award 2002, Milieudienst (Environmental Protection Agency), Amsterdam, NL
Award and grant presented to an artist making an impact working with the environment as subject matter
2001 Cultural Grant, Mama Cash, The Netherlands
2001 Pilot Productions, "The Noahs" chosen for year 2001 in Netherlands, full grant for posters and brochures
1997 Work chosen to be placed in the slide registry of The Drawing Center
1995/7 Scholarship to attend Yale University MFA Art
1991/5 Full scholarship to attend Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam the Netherlands
1994 1st Prize for competition for a permanently placed sculpture
Sculpted stone tree placed in a row of real trees- sponsored by the Rijksgebouwendienst Den Dolder, NL
1993 Full Tuition, Living and Travel expenses for AIAS (International Association of Independent Art and Design Schools) summer workshop Helsinki, Finland
Curation-
2005 Initiator and Concept; Organization and curation of group show on the subject of nature and environmental issues "Natural Reaction" at Space B Gallery
Organization and concept development with Jennifer Ditacchio
Works selection Putri Trisulo
2002 Curation of group show entitled "Arts Festival" at Gallery four53 Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY
Selected Publications: Newspapers, catalogues and magazines-
New York Magazine review by Emma Pearse for Vulture, Art Candy
April 25, 2008, New York City
"Artist Nikki Lindt takes a Sandy Sojourn" -Review
L-Magazine article by Nicole Rose Bouchard pp 45
May 11-25 Bi-weekly magazine 2005, New York City
"Art in the City - Natural Reaction at Space B Gallery" -Review and Interview
F News Magazine article by Katrina Kuntz pp 29
Cultural magazine 2005, Chicago
"Drawn to Drawing" -Review
Time Out Chicago issue # 11, article by Madeleine Musser
May 12-19 weekly magazine 2005, Chicago
"Drawn to Drawing" -Review
Milieudefensie article by Michiel Bussink pp 20-21
March monthly magazine 2002, Environmental magazine, The Netherlands
"Klimaatopera" (Climate Opera) -Review and Interview
Uitkrant article by Marion Schrooten pp 9
February 2002 monthly magazine, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
"Achter de schermen bij een moderne opera" (Behind the Scenes of a Contemporary Opera) -Review and Interview
Herald Tribune text by Naomi Lindt
7-10 en 13-17 February 2002, European newspaper
"The Noahs"
Highlights article by Theodoros Abazis (Greek cultural magazine) pp 34-36
February monthly magazine 2002
"Multimedia Opera" -Review and Interview
Het Parool article by Bart Krieger
02-11-2001 Newspaper, The Netherlands
"Afscheid van het Polderweggebied" (Farewell to the Polderweg Area)-Review and Interview
Polderlicht Catalogue pp.2
published 11 2001
Dwars door de buurt article by Robert de Lange
02- 24- 2001, monthly city newspaper, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"Kunst in de metro Nikki Lindt" (Art in the Subway - Nikki Lindt) -Interview
De Echo
01-31-2001, monthly newspaper, The Netherlands
"Metrokunst Nikki Lindt" (Metro Art)
Amsterdams Stadblad Amsterdam,
02- 06-2002, The Netherlands
"Ark van Noach en het milieu" (Noah's Ark and the Environment)
Television interview-
Channel AT5 January 2002, The Netherlands
Interview Nikki Lindt'
Projects-
2007 Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies 85th Anniversary Quilt
Artist and Project leader
Design of 50x 80 quilt depicting the FPWAs history; involved and led 10 art students in participating and
working on the quilt. The quilt was assembled and quilted by Laurie Nathan. The quilt will be unveiled and
exhibited at NYU and is permanently displayed in the Park Avenue lobby of PFWA’s Park Avenue location. The
Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies is one of the premier social services support organizations in New
York City and its membership includes groups that provide child welfare, early childcare and education,
income security, HIV/AIDS, elderly welfare and youth services.
2005 1st Prize, National Competition "Art of Aging Project"
Project leader; led a group of seniors at the JASA senior center in making a mural with the subject of "Joy"
Our mural will be exhibited extensively. Exhibition venues include: The Hilton Hotel at the conference for Aging January 2005 New York City, The White House Conference on Aging in October 2005 Washington, DC
2003 "Mural for PS 384 K Frances E. Carter"
Designer, Project leader for mural in courtyard of elementary school Brooklyn, NY
2003 "Citizen Mendez" - play by Jack Shea
Set designer, Blue Eye Productions, Fringe Festival, NYC
2002 "The Noahs a climatic tale" - a visual opera
Production Designer, Concept, Director, Producer
This was a multidisciplinary project with environmental issues as subject matter. 10 performances at Amsterdams Theater Pompoen, Netherlands February 2002
2000 "Superstition" - feature film
Assistant designer and painter; large scale mural paintings for court room with Jan Verburg,
Producer Dennis Wigman, starring Derek de Lint and David Warner Art Department, Wilbert Van Dorp
"Superstition" was nominated for the Golden Kalf for best Director Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2000 Opera "Orpheus and Euridice" by theater group SING,
Art director, Theater Badcuyp Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999 "Change and Youth Culture" for Arthur Andersen Consulting
Designed and led a team for the making of a mural painting for a conference, St. Charles, Chicago Somanydynamos Inc., Amsterdam
1999 "Change and Youth Culture" - conference
Drawer and co-designer for conference for Andersen Consulting designed to look like a theater set (via W. van Dorp) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1998 "Christopher Columbus" - opera by Peter Greenaway
Drafted, designed and made prop, Wilbert van Dorp, Berliner Staatsoper (Berlin Opera House), Berlin, Germany
1998 "Godzilla" TV commercial for Venco
Design for all 3d buildings (20 buildings) approx. 15ft high each Global Set Design, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Teaching-
2010 Adjunct Lecturer, CUNY (BMCC), NYC Art Survey I
2006-present Adjunct Professor, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City 2-D Design, 3-D Design, Watercolor Painting, Drawing I, Color Theory
2005 Visiting Critic, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Graduate and Undergraduate students