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About Nicole

Nicole Fall hales from a family of artists and was born and raised in Washington DC. Through her parents influence as artist, Vietnam War correspondent, and Howard University professor, she developed a strong sense of social responsibility. This was further underscored by her Quaker education.

Fall has exhibited in the northeast and internationally, including the Suffolk Musuem ( Va.) , representation by Gallery K ( from 1984- 2003) in Washington DC., one person shows including… more
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Sculpture; Steel , steel and clay, cast bronze

The biomorphic imagery is used as metaphor to explore the human condition. There are works in welded steel, a combination of welded steel and clay , and cast bronze. I worked exclusively in this manner for many years.
  • Rust
    Rust
    Poem For: my Dad
  • 1
    1
    Proaesthetics, 2005 Clay, Welded Steel, Procelain, glaze, oil paint 40 " x 25 " x 20 " The work addresses the perseverance of nature among other things.
  • Rue and Angelica
    Rue and Angelica
    These herbs where used in traditional abortive folk remedies. Watercolor 2012 12x18
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    7
  • 4
    4
    Detail : Tree of Life Note the center rose colored part is high fire ceramic. It has a better chance of surviving the elements than the steel.
  • Nimbus
    Nimbus
    size: 36"x6' material: brass, linen, oil paint on wood~
  • Totem to Creativity ( detail)
    Totem to Creativity ( detail)
    Detail of Totem to Creativity , 2010 Workshops held to create artworks that were attached to the totem.
  • Totem to Creativity
    Totem to Creativity
    Totem to Creativity, 2010 Year long installation at Mattin Arts Center, Johns Hopkins University Workshops held for people to make art and attach art and objects, thus empowering the totem.
  • Synergy: Travels in a Lifetime
    Synergy: Travels in a Lifetime
    Students from Fairfax County, Virginia participating in workshops related to the exhibit.
  • Synergy
    Synergy
    Synergy, 2010, installation at Mclean Project for the Arts Exhibit visited by 600 public school children who did workshops based on the exhibit and another discipline such as writing or science.
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    • Community Arts Projects

    This portfolio shows images of projects that I have done with students and communities as well as a instance where I managed an artist in residence, Philadelphia artist Leroy Johnson and his mosaic tile mural for St. Francis Academy, for Baltimore Clayworks. I have worked in community arts for 25 years.
    • Preserved Car
      Preserved Car
    • Lapis Detail
      Lapis Detail
      size: 6"x8" material: lapis, stainless steel, paint, wood~
    • And Still I Rise- project manager
      And Still I Rise- project manager
      Baltimore Clayworks, St. Francis Academy, MidAtlantic Arts Foundation, and Philadelphia artist Leroy Johnson I managed this 6 month artist residency and community project that involved the larger community and the school to make a mosaic tile mural about the history of the school founded by the first order of African American Catholic nuns in the US. 18 ft x 32 ft. mosaic tile, 2003
    • Cause and Effect detail 1
      Cause and Effect detail 1
      toilet paper rolls, acrylic paint, graphite, dirt
    • Mural for county Bank by students
      Mural for county Bank by students
      First Financial Federal Credit Union and Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Lutherville, Md. Worked with Carver students to design and build 3- D mural for bank that served the school system and the county. Plastic core- aluminum, aprox 4 ft x 20 ft x 4 in., 1997
    • Infant Ground: poem/painting
      Infant Ground: poem/painting
      Poem: Breaking, falling, life withdrawing to a state beyond erase~ still, silent grace pours upon humility where salt keeps time with the sea's unseen, even pace~ streaming past my broken river dreams, laboring infant ground~ peace. MKE 2/26/12 Painting: size 4'x2' materials: paint, metal, goldleaf~
    • Self Portrait
      Self Portrait
      Scratch Board 2013 5x7
    • Access Art Commission
      Access Art Commission
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    • Monoprints, monotypes

    I have been working at Pyramid Atlantic once a week for over a year. I have been making montypes where I paint on a plate and mask elements - adding up to 10 layers of ink in response to the previous layer. The monoprints are defined as having an element that repeats in subsequent prints though not necessarily in the same orientation. NOT one of these is planned in any way. I am simply responding to the previous layer, printing until it is "done" .
    • RedBlack Endgame, 2013
      RedBlack Endgame, 2013
      Monotype
    • Tangles, 2014
      Tangles, 2014
      Monoprint- linoleum , 20" x 18"
    • bowl actions, 2014
      bowl actions, 2014
      Monoprint, Linoleum, 28" x 32"
    • Nitty, 2014
      Nitty, 2014
      Monoprint, Linoleum blocks, 32" x 28 "
    • Yellow Vortex, 2013
      Yellow Vortex, 2013
      Monotype, 28" x 32"
    • Lace Remains
      Lace Remains
      Monotype, 32 " x 28 "
    • Eyes , Heart, Beetle, 2013
      Eyes , Heart, Beetle, 2013
      Monotype, 32" x 28 "
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      mono-dry-point-rotations.jpg
    • Tentacles, 2013
      Tentacles, 2013
      Monoprint and drypoint, 15" x 18 "
    • The Swirl, 2013
      The Swirl, 2013
      Monotype, 28" x 32 "
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    • Interactive Projects

    I have been an object maker for as long as I can remember. Over the past 5 years or so I feel that a lifetime spent teaching art has emphasized for me the interactive and empowering aspect to art making. These works bring together interaction in order to create empowerment.
    • Empower Station, NYC
      Empower Station, NYC
      An interactive work that took place at Figment NYC on Governors Island. People would come by and I would engage them in conversation about the small acts that they perform that help other people. In this way I hoped to help people realize how they do empower others and thus themselves. I was able to witness moments such as parents telling their 13 yr old son that they considered him a third parent when it came to caring for his little brother.
    • Totem to Creativity, 2010
      Totem to Creativity, 2010
      Built and displayed for the Mattin Arts Center at Johns Hopkins University. Passersby would engage in arts activities and hang their work on the sculpture. People could also attach objects. This is based on the African minkisi figures where the more objects that were attached, the more power the figure gained. This was the beginning of my thinking about actively empowering through engaging the passerby or viewer.
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      thumb_empower--blur.jpg
    • Empower
      Empower
      This was the first direct Empower project; people could call my cell phone number and have a conversation with me about how they empowered others and thus themselves as well. One man talked about how he took care of his chronically ill wife and was surprised to find out that this was very significant.
    • figmt-travel-home.jpg
      figmt-travel-home.jpg
    • figmt-god-bless.jpg
      figmt-god-bless.jpg
    • Empower Station ( detail)
      Empower Station ( detail)
    • empower-station-people-2.jpg
      empower-station-people-2.jpg
    • Empower Station ( detail)
      Empower Station ( detail)
      Kids writing about how they empower others.
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      a02-copy.jpg
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