Nancy Nichols received her MFA in Painting from Indiana State University in 2000, and her BFA in Drawing from the University of Southern Maine in 1996. She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including an Indiana Arts Commission Artists Project Grant, and a Focus Indiana Initiative Award (with Dr. Brad Venable) for the creation of public art in Terre Haute. Her work is widely exhibited throughout the United States, and she is represented by Susan Maasch Fine Art in Portland, Maine, and by Halcyon Contemporary Art in Terre Haute, Indiana. She has served as Assistant Professor of Painting at Indiana State University since 2004, and she lives in Terre Haute with her husband, Jonathan, and their two children.

EDUCATION
M.F.A. 2000 Indiana State University (with distinction)
B.F.A. 1996 University of Southern Maine (magna cum laude)

CURRENT POSITION
Assistant Professor of Painting, Department of Art, Indiana State University, 2004 to present

EXHIBITIONS (SOLO)
2008
- Nancy Nichols, Halcyon Contemporary Art, Terre Haute, Indiana, November

2007
- Cloudland, Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland, Maine, September 7 – October 27
- Far and Away, Cortona Gallery, Ashford University, Clinton, Iowa, March

2005
- Works on Paper, Ivy Tech State College, Terre Haute, Indiana, April 15 – May 15
- Nancy Nichols, Bank One Gallery, Louisville Visual Arts Association, Louisville, Kentucky

2003
- Fields of Vision, Clark House Gallery, Bangor, Maine

2001
- Nancy Nichols: Paintings and Pastels, Clark House Gallery, Bangor, Maine

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (GROUP)
2008
- Small Matters of Great Importance, Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, New York, September 27 – October 26
- 64TH Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Museum

2007
- 63RD Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Museum

2006
- National Small Works Painting Exhibition 2006, The Main Street Gallery, Groton, New York, November 30 – December 31
- National Small Oil Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas, September 28 – October 22
- 62nd Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Museum
- 7th Annual SU Juried National Exhibition, Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, April 5 – 26

2005
- 61st Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Museum
- Forging New Ground, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Indiana

2004
- Small Works, Clark House Gallery, Bangor, Maine
- Pigment (national invitational) Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
- 60th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Museum

2003
- Katrina Lasko Gallery, Bernalillo, New Mexico
- 59th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Museum

2002
- 58th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Museum
- Rotations, Clark House Gallery, Bangor, Maine
- Pastel National, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas
- Whistler House Poems and Paintings, Whistler House Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts

2001
- Endangered Spaces, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, Maine
- 57th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Museum

GRANTS AND AWARDS
Body Art Tattoo and Piercing Emporium Award of Honor, 64th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition (Juror: Margaret Hawkins) 2008
Vernon Cristee Award of Recognition, 63rd Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition (Juror: David Edgar) 2007
Honorable Mention, National Small Works Painting Exhibition, Main Street Gallery, Groton, New York, December 2006
Dr. Harriet McNeal Award of Distinction, 62nd Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition (Juror: Patricia Hickson) 2006
Award of Honor, 61st Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition (Juror: Susan Rosenberg) 2005
Lillian Walter Award of Merit, 60th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition (Juror: Nato Thompson), 2004
Beatrice S. Hyman Memorial Award of Distinction, 59th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition (Juror: Lawrence Rinder), 2003
Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Project Grant, Indiana Arts Commission, 2003
Dr. Harriet McNeal Award of Honor, 58th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, 2002
Virginia Mastio Memorial Purchase Award, Pastel National (Juror: Wolf Kahn), Wichita Center for the Arts, 2002
Purchase Award, 56th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, 2000
Artist's Grant, Vermont Studio Center, 1998

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kristen Andresen, “Art Seen,” Bangor Daily News, December 15-16, 2001, sec. E, pp. 1 and 3, (reproduction)
Carl Little, “Maine, the Midwest and Metaphor,” Maine Times, Vol. 34, no. 35, January 3-9, 2002, 20, (reproduction)
Tribune Star, exhibition announcement and award listing, Terre Haute, Indiana, July 14, 2000.
Gordon Walters, “Pieces of Art,” Tribune Star, August 5, 2006, sec. E, pp. 1 and 4.

COLLECTIONS
Indiana State University
Utah State University
Wichita Center for the Arts