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Nicole Wittenberg

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  • Selected Works
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  • Biography
    Portrait of Nicole Wittenberg by Elisabet Davidsdottir
    Nicole Wittenberg was born in 1979 in San Francisco, California. She received a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute.
     
    Her recent solo and group exhibitions include "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" at Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Ogunquit, Maine (2025); "Cheek to Cheek" at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland, Maine (2025); "Ain't Misbehavin'" at Maison La Roche in Paris, France (2025); "Trav’lin’ Light" at The Journal Gallery in Patmos, Greece (2024); "We’ve got forever" at Massimo De Carlo in Milan, Italy (2024); "Human Nature" at The Journal Gallery in Los Angeles, California (2024); "Jumping' at the Woodside" at Fernberger Gallery in Los Angeles, California (2024); Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery in New York, New York (2023); "Flesh & Flowers: Made in America" curated by Lauren Taschen at No Name in Paris, France (2023); "Distant Waters" at Nina Johnson Gallery in Miami, Florida (2023); "Moonshine Lullaby" at Massimo De Carlo in London, United Kingdom (2023); "Our Love is Here to Stay" at Acquavella Galleries in Palm Beach, Florida (2022); Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery in New York, New York (2022); "Honeysuckle Rose" at Ross + Kramer in East Hampton, New York (2021); "Rewilding" at Nino Mier Gallery in Los Angeles, California (2021); "Sunday Kind of Love" at Nina Johnson Gallery in Miami, Florida (2020); Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery in New York, New York (2020); "In Her Hands" curated by David Salle at Skarstedt Gallery in New York, New York (2020); "Them, There, Eyes" at Yours Mine Ours Gallery in New York, New York (2018); "Downtown Painting" at Peter Freeman Gallery in New York, New York (2019); "Visionary Painting" curated by Alex Katz at Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine (2017); and "All the Best People" at 1:1 Gallery in New York, New York (2013).
     
    Wittenberg is a recipient of the John Koch Award for Best Young Figurative Painter from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2012). Her work is held in public collections including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, New York; Aïshti Foundation in Beirut, Lebanon; The Albertina in Vienna, Austria; Boston Museum of Fine Art in Boston, Massachussetts; Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, Maine; Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine; Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio; Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine; Female Artists of the Mougins Museum in Mougin, France; High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia; and Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine.
     
    Nicole Wittenberg lives and works in New York, New York.
  • Works
    • Nicole Wittenberg, Buck Moon, 2023
      Nicole Wittenberg
      Buck Moon, 2023
      Oil on canvas
      60 x 48 in (152.4 x 121.9 cm)
    • Nicole Wittenberg, Cat Spruce 2, 2023
      Nicole Wittenberg
      Cat Spruce 2, 2023
      Oil on canvas
      84 x 60 in (213.4 x 152.4 cm)
    • Nicole Wittenberg, Gloriosa Daisy 3, 2023
      Nicole Wittenberg
      Gloriosa Daisy 3, 2023
      Oil on canvas
      84 x 60 in (213.4 x 152.4 cm)
    • Nicole Wittenberg, The Endless Summer, 2023
      Nicole Wittenberg
      The Endless Summer, 2023
      Oil on canvas
      60 x 48 in (152.4 x 121.9 cm)
    • Nicole Wittenberg, The Well 2, 2023
      Nicole Wittenberg
      The Well 2, 2023
      Oil on canvas
      24 x 28 in (61 x 71.1 cm)
    • Nicole Wittenberg, Upheaval, 2023
      Nicole Wittenberg
      Upheaval, 2023
      Oil on canvas
      54 x 72 in (137.2 x 182.9 cm)
    • Nicole Wittenberg, Sunset 10, 2021
      Nicole Wittenberg
      Sunset 10, 2021
      Oil on canvas
      66 x 48 in (167.6 x 121.9 cm)
    • Nicole Wittenberg Sunset 11 2021
      Nicole Wittenberg
      Sunset 11, 2021
      Oil on canvas
      36 x 30 in (91.4 x 76.2 cm)
    • Nicole Wittenberg, Sunset 5 Study, 2021
      Nicole Wittenberg
      Sunset 5 Study, 2021
      Oil on panel
      18 x 18 in (45.7 x 45.7 cm)
    • Nicole Wittenberg, Sunset 9, 2021
      Nicole Wittenberg
      Sunset 9, 2021
      Oil on canvas
      96 x 96 in (243.8 x 243.8 cm)
    • Nicole Wittenberg Water Birch 5
      Nicole Wittenberg
      Water Birch 5, 2021
      Oil on canvas
      30 x 36 in (76.2 x 91.4 cm)
    • Nicole Wittenberg Water Birch 6
      Nicole Wittenberg
      Water Birch 6, 2021
      Oil on canvas
      96 x 96 in (243.8 x 243.8 cm)
    • Nicole Wittenberg, Water Birch Study 4, 2021
      Nicole Wittenberg
      Water Birch Study 4, 2021
      Oil on panel
      18 x 18 in (45.7 x 45.7 cm)
    • Nicole Wittenberg Baroque Kiss
      Nicole Wittenberg
      Baroque Kiss, 2020
      Oil on canvas
      60 x 72 in (152.4 x 182.9 cm)
    • Nicole Wittenberg, Bedtime Kiss, 2020
      Nicole Wittenberg
      Bedtime Kiss, 2020
      Oil on canvas
      14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
    • Nicole Wittenberg, Fairytale Kiss, 2020
      Nicole Wittenberg
      Fairytale Kiss, 2020
      Oil on canvas
      60 x 48 in (152.4 x 121.9 cm)
    • Nicole Wittenberg, Lamplight, 2020
      Nicole Wittenberg
      Lamplight, 2020
      Oil on canvas
      48 x 60 in (121.9 x 152.4 cm)
    • Nicole Wittenberg, Hollywood Kiss 5, 2019
      Nicole Wittenberg
      Hollywood Kiss 5, 2019
      Monoprint mounted on canvas
      19 x 25 in (48.3 x 63.5 cm)
  • Exhibitions
    • Invitation for Trav'lin' Light Federico de Francesco and Nicole Wittenberg 2024

      Trav'lin' Light

      Federico de Francesco and Nicole Wittenberg 1 – 14 August 2024 Patmos
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    • Invitation for Human Nature, Group Exhibition, Los Angeles 2024

      Yves Scherer, Spencer Sweeney, Jules de Balincourt, Marcus Leslie Singleton, Katherine Bradford, Nicole Wittenberg...

      Human Nature 7 June – 10 August 2024 Los Angeles
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    • Invitation for Nicole Wittenberg Tennis Elbow 125

      Nicole Wittenberg

      Tennis Elbow 125 3 – 29 November 2023 New York
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    • Invitation for Apocalypse Now, Group Exhibition in Patmos, Greece 2023

      Claire Tabouret, Jessie Homer French, Elizabeth Glaessner, Nicole Wittenberg, Marianne Vitale, Chloe Wise, Louis Eisner

      Apocalypse Now 29 July – 10 August 2023 Patmos
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    • Invitation for Nicole Wittenberg Tennis Elbow 93 2022

      Nicole Wittenberg

      Tennis Elbow 93 4 – 17 February 2022 New York
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    • Invitation for Nicole Wittenberg Tennis Elbow 68 2020

      Nicole Wittenberg

      Tennis Elbow 68 9 – 22 October 2020 New York
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