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"Friendship,
Mentors, Heros", 2004
pen and ink with watercolor on paper 20 " x 14" |
"Dog
Map Series", 2000/2001
sand cast glass 7' x 5' (Installation Dimention) |
"Garden
Site", 1995
installation |
"Death
in the Studio", 2002
Book project in collaboration with Hannes Priesch |
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Artist Statement
Crestfallen with Flora & Fauna:
In 'Crestfallen with Flora & Fauna' I have created a series of crests for
imaginary lands, which stem from different aspects of my real life in NYC. The
crests with their accompanying supports and mottos reveal affairs of the heart,
friendship, vices, familial relations, lands both real and imagined and my canine
obsession.
The system of heraldry has been traced back to the beginning of the Thirteenth century. By devising a personal and an apparently fictitious language of heraldry, I have created both an homage and a subversion of this historically rich practice. This invented language describes in visual terms, my internal landscape re-imagined in heroic terms; a world comprised of my "alternative family" and the "cultural geography" found in my adopted home of NYC. Within this framework I am creating a map of my personal landscape. A crest of my own creation will represent each of the characters that inhabit this landscape (fellow artists, friends and pets).
My sculpture practice explores the
psychologically charged, tactile experiences that form our day to day lives. These
common, daily occurrences provide both the structural and visual keys that allow
and inspire my sculpture. By selectively editing and transforming some of these
seemingly mundane experiences into my work, I am able to examine my relationship
between my physical body and the constricted/confining structure of the urban
setting.
...one might closely pass someone on the train causing their bare arm to brush
against yours creating an instant flush of embarrassment and excitement...
This simultaneous feeling of repulsion and delight fuels my work. Via my sculpture, I entice the audience to re-examine their body’s comfort zone.
Niki Lederer
Education
| 1996 | M.F.A., studio art, sculpture, Hunter College of The City University of New York |
| 1993 | B.F.A. Honors, visual art, sculpture & photography, University of Victoria, British Columbia |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2002 | Dog Show, Washington Square Windows, New York University, New York, NY |
| 2001 | Dog Show, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1998 | Shoes, Washington Square Windows, New York University, New York, NY |
| 1997 | Garden Site, Open Space, Victoria, B.C. |
| 1993 | Up Against the Wall, Rogue Gallery, Market Square, Victoria, B.C. |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2004 | Drawn,
Leadbased, Brooklyn, New York Warm Worlds and Otherwise, Krasdale Galleries; White Plains, New York Death in the Studio, Artist book project with Hannes Priesch, Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada |
| 2003 | Death in the Studio, Artist book project with Hannes Priesch, Secession, Vienna, Austria & Printed Matter, New York, NY |
| 2000 | Knock-Off, Or Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. |
| 1999 | Outer
Boroughs, White Columns, New York, NY Size Matters, Gale Gates, Brooklyn, NY Projects ‘99, Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY White Columns Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY |
| 1998 | Scale,
Rudolph-Poissant Gallery, Houston, Texas The Glass Isle Revisited, SOIL, Seattle, Washington |
| 1997 | Measures
of Scale, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario White Columns Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY Prop Fiction, White Columns, New York, NY |
| 1996 | A.I.M.
Exhibition, Artist in the Marketplace Exhibition, The Bronx Museum of the Arts,
Bronx, NY Crest Hardware Show, The Crest Hardware Store, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1995 | XV Winter 1995, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Hunter College MFA Building, New York, NY |
| 1994 | Viewreview,
MFA Mid Program review exhibition, Hunter College MFA Building, New York, NY Spring Exhibition Introducing New MFA Students, Hunter College MFA Building, New York, NY |
| 1993 | 499
Honors Exhibition, Visual Art Grads of the University of Victoria, Windsor Court,
Victoria, B.C. Voices Through the Silence: an art show by women, Theatre Inconnu, Market Square, Victoria, B.C. Articulations, UVic Fine Arts Downtown: University of Victoria Fine Arts Festival, Victoria, B.C. What Makes a Moment a Memory, M-Hut Gallery o University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. |
Grants, Awards
| 1996 | A.I.M., Artist in the Marketplace, Program Participant, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY |
| 1995 | William Graf Travel Abroad Scholarship |
Teaching Experience
| 1999 | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Touro College: 20th Century American Art History |
| 1996 | Teaching Assistant in undergraduate sculpture with Antoni Milkowski, Hunter College |
Curatorial Experience
| 1996 | Curatorial Intern @The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY |
| 1994/95 | Co-Curator,
Beyond Circumstance @Gallery at Hunter College, Hunter MFA Building, New York,
NY Gallery Assistant @Hunter College Art Galleries, New York, NY |
| 1993 | Curatorial Coordinator o ARTROPOLIS 93: Public Art and Art about Public Issues, Vancouver, B.C. |
Publications
12/01-1/02 LOLA, Lola 11 Winter 2001/02, Kristine Harrington
8/30/01 The Canadian Jewish News, Arts & Travel, Sheldon Kirshner
8/18/02 The Globe and Mail, Weekend Review, Gary Michael Dault
8/16/01 Now (Toronto), Art, Deirdre Hanna
6/01 NYARTS Magazine, Studio Visit: The Strange World of Niki Lederer, Aline Duriaud
2/14/99 New York Times, Sunday, L.I. Edition, Helen A. Harrison
12/20/97 The London Free Press, Arts, Section C, Sandra Coulson
12/6/97 Victoria Times Colonist, Entertainment Section, Preview o Adrian Chamberlain
12/5/97 Victoria News, Weekend Edition, Entertainment Section o Dave Clements
2/14/97 New York Times, Art in Review, Roberta SmithArtist Talks
2002 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, University of Victoria
1997 Visiting Artist talk in conjunction with Garden Site, Open Space, Victoria,
B.C.
Contact
Information
189 Bedfrod Avenue #9,
Brooklyn, NY11211-2943
nlederer@sprintmail.com
www.nikilederer.com