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Walking in the Air, Installation view at Colliderscape exhibition at A.P.T Gallery, March, 2016
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Nicki Rolls works with film, painting, drawing and installation to produce works which explore cinematic and virtual worlds and the tension which arises between the natural world and its appropriation by technological process. She seeks to interrupt and break down this process, attempting to wrest the image from the grasp of technology.
In a series of paintings, drawings and videos, she has plundered early Disney animation films, especially Bambi, reconstructing its kitsch imagery within the bounds of computer generated geometric pattern or areas of void, empty space. She is investigating the construction of virtual space and its propensity to exploit our emotions, to both invite and repel within the vast remotness, rigour and coolness of computer generated simulation. and exploring what it is to be a spectator in a digital age.
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About
Nicki is a London based artist. She graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 2005 with a BA(Hons.) Fine Art and in 2011 she completed her MA in Fine Art at London Institute, Wimbledon College of Art.
To find out more, including forthcoming exhibitions and how to purchase works, contact njrolls@hotmail.com or 07906 220798.
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Awards |
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Jerwood Drawing Prize, Student Award, 2011 |
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Shortlisted for Jerwood Moving Image Awards, 2008 |
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Solo Exhibitions |
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ArtLacuna, London, 17-20 September, For One Night Only: Nicki Rolls, Animation Flatlands, 2015 |
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Hayward Gallery's Concrete Cafe, 27 March - 3 June, On and On, 2012 |
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Hampton Court, site specific exhibition and performance, 10 Minute Tour, 2003 |
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Group Exhibitions and Screenings |
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| 2018 |
| Leyden Gallery, London, 30 June - 11 July, Inside/Out |
| Brighton Fringe Festival, 5,6,7,12,13,19,20,26,27,28 May, Drawing Connections by the Sea |
| Air Gallery, Altrincham, Manchester, 17 April - 12 May, Merry-Go-Round Broke Down |
| London Art Fair, 17 - 21 Jan, Quick Quick Quick screening |
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2017 |
| Vintage Cinema, Hull Truck Theatre, 7-8 Nov, screening for This way up conference |
| 47/49 Tanner St, 1-2 July, Game Face |
| Filter4, Basel, 13 May - 27 May, Searching the Line |
| Palazzo Flangini, Venice, 16 Dec 2016 - 15 Jan 2017, Contemporary Venice |
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| 2016 |
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Palazzo Flangini, Venice, 16 December 2016 - 15 January 2017, Contemporary Venice |
| A-side B-side gallery, London, 2 - 8 Nov, A Many Sided Thing |
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hARTslane, London, 23 Sept - 2 Oct, On Our Way To Where?, part of Art Licks Weekend |
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Kardomah94, Hull, 23 - 30 July, Amy Johnson Festival 75 Second Film Challenge Awards |
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CGP London, 8-24 July, Annual Open Exhibition |
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A.P.T Gallery, London, 17 March - 4 April, Colliderscape |
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Works on paper at Redlees Gallery, 2015
Everything's going to be all right at ArtLacuna, 2015 |
2015 |
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| Bargehouse, London, We all Draw @ UAL, 5-8 Nov |
| The Museum of Club Culture, Hull, One Minute Hull, Artists Moving Image Festival |
| Directors Lounge Contemporary Art and Media (Berlin), Art Ruhr Media Art Fair, 1 minute volume 7 |
| Redlees Gallery, London, 4-5 April, Unrooted |
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| 2014 |
| Tate Britain, 7 February, Late at Tate Britain 1840s GIF Party |
| Furtherfield Gallery, London, 25-26 January & 1-2 February, Screening of One Minute Remix |
| Happenstance Gallery, London, 19-24 June, Salon des Refuses |
| Espacio Gallery, Bethnal Green Road, 23 May - 3 June, Second Nature |
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| 2013 |
| Art Lacuna Film Festival, 18/19 May |
| Screening of one-minute shorts at 4 national/international venues,One Minute Version 4,5,6 and 7 |
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| 2012 |
| Jotta at Kopparberg Un-Establishment, Shoreditch High St, London, 21-25th October, Refraction |
| 360 degree Cinema Dome, Weymouth, 10th-11th August, Welcome to the Treasuredome, part of Cultural Olympiad, 2012 |
| Vibe Gallery, London, 19 - 29 May, Desperate Artwives |
| National Touring ofJerwood Drawing Prize |
| Screening of one-minute shorts at national/international venues, One Minute Version 5 and 6 |
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2011 |
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Jerwood Space, London, 13 September, Jerwood Drawing Prize |
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Wimbledon College of Art, 5 September, Wimbledon MA Show |
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HMV Curzon Wimbledon 20 June Moving Image South |
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The Horse Hospital, London, 6 April, London Underground Film Festival |
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Chisenhale Dance Space, London, 17 March, TV Dinners Festival |
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The Nunnery Gallery, London, 10 March, Futura Bold, Futura Oblique, Wimbledon MA Interim Show |
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National screening of one-minute shorts: One Minute Version 5 |
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2010 |
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HMV Curzon Wimbledon 13 September Moving Image South |
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242 Gallery London 23 September Monster |
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Arthouse, Deptford, 24 September, Deptford X |
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Flat Time House London MA Salon 3 |
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Nunnery Gallery, London i swore i sore |
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Auto Italia Gallery, London MA Salon 2 |
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Screening of one-minute shorts at national/international venues, One Minute Version 4 |
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2008 |
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Jerwood Moving Image Awards website, shortlisted for Jerwood Moving Image Award |
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2007 |
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Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts Trust London, Disposable Fetish |
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St Pancras Church Crypt, London, Life cycles |
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2006 |
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Cafe Gallery Projects, London, Projektor |
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Collections |
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One Minute DVD series: a collection of one-minute shorts, curated by Kerry Baldry, screened at international galleries and projection rooms over 2010 - 2014 |
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One Minute (Vol 7), 2013 |
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One Minute (Vol 6), 2012 |
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One Minute (Vol 5), 2011 |
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One Minute (Vol 4), 2010 |
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Limited Edition Artist's Book, Teeny Weeny Gran, 2002 held at: |
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National Arts Library Special Collection, Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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Artist's Book Collection, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London |
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