Nic Nicosia
Nic Nicosia (* 1951 in Dallas , Texas ) is an American photographer and video artist .
Nic Nicosia studied radio , film and television at North Texas State University in Denton . After graduating in 1974, he worked on various projects. With a loan from his father, a dentist, he opened a camera shop in Denton. He learned a lot from his clients, some of whom studied photography. Nicosia enrolled in a graduate class in North Texas in the late 1970s. He uses friends, family and professional models to thematize life in the American suburbs .
With the video Middletown (1997) he returned to film.
Nicosia was awarded the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Prize in 1984 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2010 . He took part in numerous exhibitions, including the 1992 documenta IX in Kassel.
Web links
- Website Nic Nicosia
- Nic Nicosia at artfacts.net
- Nic Nicosia on kunstaspekte.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Documenta IX: Kassel, June 13–20. September 1992 - Catalog in three volumes, Volume 1, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-89322-380-0 , p. 192.
- ↑ Dallas Observer, Jimmy Fowler, May 25, 2000 Tricky Nick , accessed January 12, 2017.
- ↑ Texas monthly Time of Nic , accessed January 12, 2017.
- ↑ Exhibitions Nic Nicosia , accessed on January 12, 2017 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nicosia, Nic |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American photographer and video artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dallas , Texas |