NykolI Koslow
Nykoli Koslow
423 W Pierce St, Milwaukee, WI 53204
262-751-7472
Solo Exhibition
2023
Queer Mythologies: TransAbstractions, The Gallery-Saint Kate Arts Hotel, Milwaukee, WI
2022
Queer Cosmology: The Making of A Universe, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Select Group Exhibition
2023
30 x 30 x 30 Art Show, Var Gallery, Milwaukee WI
Ten at Ten, Museum Of Wisconsin Art, West Bend WI
2022
Leslie Vansen Continuum 2022: Sideline’s 42, KSE Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2021
The Shapes of Truths Told, Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee WI
Migrating Gestures, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2020
PSG//On Paper, a Digital Exhibition, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee WI
Artist-In-Residence Finalists, Pfister Hotel - Rouge Ballroom, Milwaukee WI
2019
Narrative Perspectives, HOAX gallery, Milwaukee WI
30 x 30 x 30 Art Show, Var Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2018
Translucent: A Transgender Empowerment Exhibition, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee WI
30 x 30 x 30 Art Show, Var Gallery, Milwaukee W
Continuum 2018: Kay Knight —After 25 years, KSE Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2017
MARN Mentor / Mentee Exhibition, Var Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2016
30 x 30 x 30 Art Show, Var Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2015
30 x 30 x 30 Art Show, Var Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2013
Emerging Artist Gallery, Wilson Center, Brookfield WI
Spring BFA Exhibition, Inova, Milwaukee WI
Kenilworth Open Studios, Kenilworth, Milwaukee WI
40th Annual Juried Show, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2012
The Metal Mask and Ball Masquerade, Covart Gallery Milwaukee WI
39th Annual Juried Show, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee WI
Jeremy Allen Sailing’s Big Ol’ Art Show, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison WI
2011
Facets of Fantasy, Jackpot Gallery, Milwaukee WI
Crossing Over Exhibition, Union Gallery, Milwaukee WI
Art Jamboree, Art Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI
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Residencies & Fellowships
2023 Gener8tor Art x Sherman Phoenix Grant
2020-2021 Pfister Hotel Artist In Residence
Public Work
2019
Mural Commissioned by Trip Savy, NY (13ft x 58ft), Alfa Flower Shop, Milwaukee WI
2017
Mural Commission (8ft x 30ft), Swanson Elementary, Brookfield WI
Related Experience
2023
Artist Talk: Var Gallery; Into The Universe, Milwaukee WI
2021
Curatorial, Art n Out MKE-A fundraiser for your local LGBT+ Communities,
A pop up exhibition and fundraiser for ‘Diverse and Resilient’, The Rouge in the Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee WI
Artist Talk: MIAD; Seniors in Standpoints and Circumstances Class
Juror for 47th Annual Juried Show, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee WI
Juror for National Scholastic Art Awards, Milwaukee WI
2020
Juror for National Scholastic Art Awards, Milwaukee WI
Artist Talk: MIAD; Narrative Studies Class
Communications Manager and Gallery Assistant at Var Gallery, Var West
Gallery, Hawthorn Contemporary
2019
Artist Talk: MIAD; Professional Practices
Artist Talk: No Studios; Salon Series
2018
Curatorial, Bodies: A Non-Figurative Exhibition, Var Gallery, Milwaukee WI
Artist talk: Artworks/WPCA, studio tours
Permanent Collection’s
2021
Pfister Legacy Collection
North Western Mutual Art Program
2018
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union
Publications
2021
Vaughan Larsen, ”That Way Zine, Issue 1” Spring 2021
2017
Jenny Jazner, “Undine: Of The Waves,” September 2017
2016
The Art Shore, “You Eat my Form and Shine From its Nutrients,” June
2016
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Education
2013 BFA in Painting and Drawing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee