nykoli koslow
NYKOLI KOSLOW
nykolikoslow.studio@gmail.com 262-751-7472
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Queer Cosmology: The Making of a Universe, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2022 Queer Mythologies: TransAbstractions, The Gallery at Saint Kate Arts Hotel, Milwaukee, WI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026 ~ Out of the Suitcase, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
Harbor Lights, Harbor District × Light the Hoan, Milwaukee, WI
2025 ~ Unraveling the Threads of Modern Masculinity, Aquae Nguvu Gallery & Studio, Milwaukee, WI
2024 ~ Wisconsin Artist Biennial, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
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: Sidelines 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, Portrait Society Gallery (Digital Exhibition), Milwaukee, WI
Artist-in-Residence Finalists Exhibition, Pfister Hotel, 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, WI
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
ART FAIRS
2026 ~ Atlanta Art Fair, represented by Var Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2025 ~ New York Paper Fair, represented by Var Gallery, New York, NY
RESIDENCIES
2020 – 2021 ~ Pfister Hotel Artist in Residence
COMMISSIONS & PUBLIC PROJECTS
2025 ~ Guest Artist Series Commission, designed seasonal coffee bag artwork for Colectivo Coffee, Milwaukee, WI
2019 ~ Mural Commission (13 × 58 ft.), Alfa Flower Shop, Milwaukee, WI
Commissioned by TripSavvy, New York, NY
2017 ~ Mural Commission (8 × 30 ft.), Swanson Elementary School, Brookfield, WI
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
2021 ~ Pfister Hotel Legacy Collection, Milwaukee, WI
2021 ~ Northwestern Mutual Art Program, Milwaukee, WI
2018 ~ University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Union Art Collection
AWARDS & HONORS
2023 ~ Gener8tor Art x Sherman Phoenix Accelerator Grant, Fall Cohort
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
2025 ~ "Building New Worlds One Canvas at a Time," feature and artist interview, Our Lives: Madison's LGBTQ+ Magazine, September/October 2025, pp. 26–28
2021 ~ Vaughan Larsen, That Way Zine, Issue 1, Spring 2021
2017 ~ Jenny Jazner, Undine: Of the Waves, September 2017
2016 ~ "You Eat My Form and Shine From Its Nutrients,” The Art Shore, June 2016
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2021 ~ Curator, Art n Out MKE: A Fundraiser for Local LGBT+ Communities, benefiting Diverse & Resilient, The Rouge at the Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee, WI
2018 ~ Curator, Bodies: A Non-Figurative Exhibition, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
ARTIST TALKS
2023 ~ Into the Universe, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2021 ~ Guest Artist Talk, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Standpoints and Circumstances Class
2020 ~ Guest Artist Talk, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Narrative Studies Class
2019 ~ Guest Artist Talk, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Professional Practices
2019 ~ No Studios Salon Series, Milwaukee, WI
2018 ~ ArtWorks for Milwaukee / WPCA Studio Tours
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2020 – 2026 ~ Juror, National Scholastic Art Awards, Milwaukee, WI
2021 ~ Juror, 47th Annual Juried Exhibition, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2025 – Present
Lecturing Student Assistant, Art 112: Drawing for Non-Art Majors
University of Wisconsin–Madison
EDUCATION
2025–Present
MFA Candidate, Studio Art
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Expected 2028
BFA, Painting & Drawing
English Minor
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee