Nicole Aimiee MACALUSO
A World within a world Momentary vignettes, cameos Everything relating to time, not necessarily history, not necessarily feminist. Modern iconography transformed like a caterpillar to a butterfly. My art, painted relief, uses the fluid medium of watercolors along with a base of handmade-recycled papier mache as well as a final tactile enclosure of clear varnish to make time tangible. My work at first isnšt abstract, in fact it begins in a high realistic state, only when it is transformed to sculpture is it then abstract, Outsideš the normal and Conceptual. They are poetry about life.
Growing up in a family of artists (my Father is an artist as well as my mother is a literary artist), has lead me to develop a deep devotion to the study of the human figure and to all aspects of painting and multiple media. Outside of the guidance from my family, I received training early on from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago obtaining a BFA and received a full scholarship for my MFA at Northern Illinois University. The awards include a recent CAAP Grant as well as one previous, a 1999 NUSA Stipend recipient, a1998 VSC Grant and a 1994 VSC fellowship. She is currently represented by La LLorona Gallery of Cbicago, in which she is involved in a two year travelling exhibition to a number of international sites including France, Italy and Brazil. Up and Coming, she will be featured in two solo shows; Galerie Gora in Montreal, Quebec, November 27th to December 15th, 2001 and The CCT Gallery of NorthWestern University Settlement House, Chicago, September 12th, 2001 to February 2002.
