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NICOLE JESSICA MARKOFF
FORMAL EDUCATION
California College of the Arts, San Francisco
Master of Fine Arts in Textiles, 2012
New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York
Bachelor of Arts: Speaking Visually; Public, Craft, and Othered Art, 2000
Cum Laude
Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
Public Art, 1998-9
SOLO SHOWS
Blind Passenger/ Neon Raspberry Art House, Occidental CA, October – December 2012
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Beauty Salon/ IcTus Gallery/ San Francisco CA, November-December 2012 (curated by Cassie Thornton)
CCA MFA Show / California College of the Arts, May 2012
Solo Mujeres / Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco CA, March 2012 (curated by iona rozeal brown and Veronica Jackson)
Ecopoesis / California College of the Arts, San Francisco CA, March 2012
John Baldessari: Class Assignements, (Optional) / Wattis Institute of Contemporary Art,
San Francisco CA, January 2012
Is: Reyjkavik and the Icelandic West / College Avenue Galleries, Oakland CA, January 2012
In Motion / Guitar Shop Gallery, Oakland CA, Oct 2011
HELLO / North/South Gallery, Oakland CA, Oct 2010
Devotion / Secession Art and Design, San Francisco CA, August 2010
Paper Dolls / 5024LA, Los Angeles, January 2010
Gallatin Arts Festival / Pink Pony Gallery, New York 2000
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
18 Reasons, San Francisco, CA 94110, 2012
Curator and affiliated programming designer
Nicacelly, San Francisco, CA 2003 to present
Owner and Designer, San Francisco, CA
Founder, designer, and art director of award-winning independent clothing line comprised of a ecologically progressive and fair labor clothing line for women. nicacelly.com
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 2010-12
Guest Instructor for Sasha Duerr/ Intro to Textiles
Teaching Assistant for Lynda Grose/ Sustainability Seminar
Teaching Assistant for Lia Cook/ Weaving and Dyeing
Guest Lecturer for Josh Faught/ Intro to Textiles
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 2012
Teaching Assistant for Lissa Hunter/ Making Connections
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA 2011-12
Instructor, Material Culture Workshop
Instructor, Remix: Fabric DJ Workshop
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, San Francisco, CA 2006
Guest Lecturer, Independent Design and Business Ownership
Youth Speaks, San Francisco, CA – 2005
Guest Lecturer, Independent Business and Community Benefit
Hieroglyphics Imperium Records, Oakland, CA 2001-3
Merchandise designer and online commerce manager for longest-running artist-owned independent hip hop record label. Oakland, CA
Initiated and maintained expansion of online goods for first hip hop online store in the USA. Self-directed the production and design of new merchandise for wholesale and retail online.
Royal Sunset High School, San Lorenzo CA 2001
Instructor: mural arts and biographical self esteem techniques
El Puente High School, Brooklyn NY 1999-2000
Teaching Assistant to art teacher and muralist Joe Matunis in high school hip-hop arts program
AWARDS AND PRESS
Best Independent Designer 2008, SF Guardian
Best of the Bay: Independent Designer 2006, Mastermind Award,
SF Weekly x Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
President’s Day Award for Service, NYU, 2000
Founder’s Day Award (cum laude), NYU, 2000
Abridged Nicacelly Press and Editorial Coverage
The Housewives of Atlanta, Bravo TV, 2009-10, worn by Lisa Wu Hartwell in multiple episodes, including finale
XLR8R, March 2010, fashion spread styled by Liz Baca
San Francisco Bay Guardian, 2008, article
Vapors, 2006, article
Mass Appeal, 2006, fashion spread photographed by Robyn Twomey about music video models
KPFA’s Hard Knock Radio, 2005, 6, & 7, interview about fair trade and local design
Pimp My Ride, MTV Networks, 2004, car designed around notions of the remix, including Nicacelly garments
(older press can be found at nicacelly.com)
ARTISTIC TRAINING AND INTERNSHIPS
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 2009-10
Slip Cast Ceramics/ Tom Spleth, 2 month concentration
(recipient of work-study scholarship as the movement instructor)
Weaving/Edwina Bringle
Sweetgrass Basket Weaving/ Henrietta Snypes
Surface Design/ Brooks Harris-Stevens
Karen Backstrap Weaving, Pai, Mae Hong Son, THAILAND 2004 / Apprentice for Karen backstrap weaver
Crucible, Oakland CA 2001 / Cold glass casting, pate de verre
Urban Glass, Brooklyn NY 1996-7 & 2000 / Teaching Assistant for pate de verre workshop
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA 1999 / Coldworking with Mario Seguso, printmaking on glass plates
American Crafts Council, New York NY 1997-8 / Library Intern
Greenwich House Pottery, New York NY 1996 / Intern
Parsons School of Design, New York NY 1995 / Pre-college fashion intensive
Donna Karen New York, New York NY 1995 / Design Intern
CERTIFICATES
Certified Yoga Instructor, San Francisco, CA 2012
Successfully completed 250+ hour yoga teacher training with Janet Stone
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA 2009
Successfully completed 150 hour program in yoga philosophy
Women’s Intiative for Self Employment, San Francisco 2001
Graduate of Independent Business Program
