STATEMENT
Ignited by an interest in location and movement kindled by a nomadic youth, I make art about domestic spaces, transition and the search for home. I tell the stories of place and transformation, examining the elements of home, house and community. My mediums are varied; including sculpture, painting and installation, and use both found and constructed materials.
BIO
Nicki grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During her late teens and early twenties she moved between several cities in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Ohio. Each new place was a struggle, but also a chance to re-evaluate her own narrative while listening to the stories of these different communities. Having settled for the time being in Columbus Ohio where she completed her MFA, she makes art about nostalgia, change, and the search for home.
EXHIBITIONS
Habitat by Nicki Crock and Christopher Burk | Cultural Arts Center | Columbus, OH | 2024
Paper Houses: Nicki Crock and Michele BonDurant | Sarah Gormley Gallery | Curated | Columbus, OH | 2023
Columbus Metropolitan Library at 150 | Carnegie Gallery | Curated | Columbus, OH | 2023
Begin (Again) | Sarah Gormley Gallery | Curated | Columbus, OH | 2022
Ohio Arts Council Biennial Exhibition | Medici Museum of Art | Juried | Warren, OH | 2022
Ohio Arts Council Biennial Exhibition | Riffe Gallery | Juried | Columbus, OH | 2021
More is More | Akron Art Museum | Curated | Akron, OH | 2021
[Re]constructing Home | Elm Street Visual Arts Center | Curated | Woodstock, GA | 2021
Let There Be | Manifest Gallery | Juried | Cincinnati, OH | 2020
Packed | ROY G BIV Nonprofit Gallery for Emerging Artists | Juried | Columbus, OH | 2020
Packed: Works by Nicki Crock | Springfield Museum of Art | Juried | Springfield, OH | 2019
Home | ROY G BIV Nonprofit Gallery for Emerging Artists | Juried | Columbus, OH | 2019
6th International Photography Annual | Published by Manifest Gallery | Juried | 2019
73rd Ohio Annual Exhibition | Sculpture Award | Zanesville Museum of Art | Juried | Zanesville, OH | 2018
ArtPrize Nine | Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum | Grand Rapids, MI | 2017
Processed: The Altered Photo | Helikon Gallery | Curated | Denver, CO | 2017
Tessellations by Nicki Crock | Short North Tattoo | Columbus, OH | 2016
Dream House by Nicole Crock | Pittsburgh Center for the Arts | Pittsburgh, PA | 2016
Riffe Gallery Juried Exhibition | Riffe Gallery | Juried | Columbus, OH | 2015
Exhibition 280 | Huntington Museum of Art | Juried | Huntington, WV | 2015
Above the Fold | Viaduct Gallery | Des Moines Social Club | Curated | Des Moines, IA | 2015
HWD (Height x Width x Depth) | Rosewood Gallery | Juried | Kettering, OH | 2015
Intimacy | Rabbithole Studios | Juried | Brooklyn, NY | 2015
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition | Cox Fine Arts Center | Juried | Columbus, OH | 2015
Shaping New Worlds | Best In Show Award | Sweetwater Center for the Arts | Juried by Lori Kella | Sewickley, PA | 2015
Columbus Moving Image Art Review 22 | Ohio State University's Hagerty Hall | Juried | Columbus, OH 2015
ImageOHIO 15 | Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery | Juried | Columbus, OH | 2015
wildartcolumbus | Featured Artist | Wild Goose Creative | Columbus, OH | 2014
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition | Honorable Mention | Cox Fine Arts Center | Juried by Dennis Harrington | Columbus, OH | 2014
OH, Letterpress | The Morgan Conservatory | Invitational | Cleveland, OH | 2014
HomeMade | Curator | Wild Goose Creative | Columbus, OH | 2013
Remnants by Nicole Crock | Wild Goose Creative | Columbus, OH | 2013
Box City | Featured Artist | Presented by the Central Ohio Chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation | Columbus, OH | 2013
Rooms to Let Temporary Art Space: Summer 2013 Art Series | Juried | NOBO District | Columbus, OH | 2013
Nicole Crock & David King | ROY G BIV Nonprofit Gallery for Emerging Artists | Juried | Columbus, OH | 2013
Packaged Delicates | Buckham Gallery | Juried | Flint, MI | 2013
Ohio Art League Exhibition | Vern Riffe Gallery | Juried by Dennis Harrington, Director of Weston Art Gallery | Columbus, OH | 2013
ImageOhio 13 | Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery | Juried by Wexner Center for the Arts Curator-at-Large Bill Horrigan | Columbus, OH | 2013
Familiar Relics | Watkins College of Art, Design and Film | Juried by Tony White, Library Director at MICA | Nashville, TN | 2012
In, On, Of Paper | Paper Circle | Juried by Eileen Wallace, Curator of Masters: Book Arts| Nelsonville, OH | 2012
First: The 2012 New Projects MFA Thesis Exhibition | Canzani Gallery | Columbus, OH | 2012
Tan-lines and Timelines | Juried by The Concours Group | Canzani Gallery | Columbus, OH | 2012
Piecing for Cover: A Collaborative Textile Event | Featured Artist | Wildgoose Creative | Columbus, OH | 2011
Erie Art Museum: 87th Annual Spring Show | Juried | Erie Art Museum | Erie, PA | 2010
Edinboro Student Show | Juried by Janet McCall, Director of Society for Contemporary Craft | Edinboro, PA | 2008
Hoyt Institute of Art | Juried | Newcastle, PA | 2007