Nicki Cherry

Nicki Cherry is an artist based in New York and Chicago. Cherry’s monstrous fiberglass and concrete sculptures incorporate active systems of growth and decay—tulips bloom from stretching tendrils, ceramic bodies leak milky fluids, spine-shaped candles burn and diffuse scent. Their work embraces the awkward and absurd to explore the frequent discomfort that comes with being a body. After initially studying to become a particle physicist, Cherry received their BA from the University of Chicago in 2014 and their MFA from Yale School of Art in 2019. Their work has been exhibited at The Border Project Space, Flux Factory, ELM Foundation, and Shin Gallery in New York; AUTOMAT Collective in Philadelphia; and the Ely Center for Contemporary Art in New Haven.

Cherry is a current 2022 AIM Fellow at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. They will present a solo exhibition at NARS Foundation in Brooklyn in spring 2023.

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