Biography
Nikole Cooney is a contemporary painter and sculptor living in Jacksonville, FL. Nikole is best known for her surreal and fantastic imagery reflecting her connection with animals and deep appreciation for the natural world.
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Selected Exhibitions
Wish You Were Here
Sally Centigrade
Lakewood CO
May 2021
Lewis Carroll Exhibition
Haven Gallery
Northport NY
March 2021
Midnight Garden
Modern Eden Gallery
San Francisco CA
October 2020
Inner Wilderness, solo
Haven Gallery
Northport NY
January 2019
The Work of Nikole Cooney, solo
LaLuz Gallery
Chicago IL
March 2018
Reveal Art Fair
Haven Gallery
Saratoga Springs, NY
August 2018
Surreal Salon 10
Baton Rouge Gallery
Baton Rouge LA
January 2018
The Otherlings, solo
Studios on Sheridan Gallery, Sunbeam Building
Peoria IL
November 2017
Resident Artist Exhibit
Studios on Sheridan, Sunbeam Building
Peoria IL
December 2017
Surreal Salon 9
Baton Rouge Gallery
Baton Rouge LA
January 2017
Our Enchanted Earth, solo
Contemporary Art Center, 3rd floor
Peoria IL
May 2016
In the Corner of a Round Room
Jackson-Junge Gallery
Chicago, IL
September 2016
HOT CIAO
Studios on Sheridan Gallery, Sunbeam Building
Peoria, IL
September 2015
Works by Nikole Cooney
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, Sideview Gallery
Peoria IL
2014-2016
CIAO
Studios on Sheridan Gallery, Sunbeam Building
Peoria, IL
September 2014
Ignite Peoria
Peoria Civic Center
Peoria, IL
August 2014
Sparks
Prairie Center for the Arts
Peoria IL
October 2013
Vernissage
Prairie Center for the Arts
Peoria IL
November 2012
Apocalypse 2012: Genesis 2013
Jackson-Junge Gallery
Chicago, IL
September 2012
Things That Never Were
Speakeasy Art Center
Pekin, IL
May 2011
Work by Nikole Cooney, solo
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, Sideview Gallery
Peoria IL
June 2008
Voices of Truth, solo
Contemporary Art Center, 3rd floor
Peoria IL
July 2005
PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine-issue 30
September 2020
Infected by Art-Volume 9
2021
Infected by Art- Volume 8
2020
Infected by Art- Volume 6,
2018
‘Escape to Reality’
Art and Society
July/Aug 2018
‘Drawing Attention to Women in the Arts’
Art and Society
November/December 2017
‘CAC exhibits works by Nikole Cooney’
Peoria Public Radio
June 2016
‘Nikole Cooney Expresses Life Through Her Art’
Playing Peoria
Jan 2013
EDUCATION
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
Presidential Scholarship, 2005
Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL
Associate in Arts and Science 2004
Parkland College, Champaign, IL
Associate in Applied Science-Veterinary Technology 1993