Curriculum Vitae
Education
2007 / MFA, Drawing and Painting, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2004–2005 / Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA, (One year MFA course work, Drawing and Painting)
2004 / BFA, magna cum laude, Drawing and Painting, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
2003 / Lorenzo de Medici University, Florence, Italy: Study Abroad
Professional Experience
2018 - Present / Upper School Studio Arts Teacher / Flint Hill School, Oakton, VA
2017-2018 / Visual Voices, Visiting Artist Program and Navigation Press Admin. Faculty/Staff Consultant and Advisor, George Mason University, School of Art
2009–2018 / Adjunct Professor, George Mason University – Drawing 1, Drawing 2, 2-D Design, Painting 1, Senior Project
2012–2014 / Adjunct Professor, Northern Virginia Community College, Leesburg, VA – Drawing I and Drawing II
2012–2013 / Art Faculty, The Renaissance School, Charlottesville, VA
2007 / Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record, AR206, Two-Dimensional Design, The Ohio State University
2005–2006 / Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record Foundation Drawing AR205, The Ohio State University
2006 / Graduate Mentor, Beginning Drawing, The Ohio State University
2014–2016 / Project Associate, Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here DC 2016
2014–2018 / Graduate Advisor, George Mason University
2013–2018 / George Mason University, School of Art Assistant Graduate Programs Coordinator, MFA, MAT Programs
2004–2005 / Graduate Assistant, Art Office, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
2002–2004 / Assistant to the Director, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University
2001 / Gallery Assistant, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University
2002–Current / Portraits in Charcoal and Oil, Self Employed, Commissioned Portrait Painter
2002 / Third Street Gallery, Carnegie, PA Custom Framing
2002–2004 / Docent Guide, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University
Non-Profit Institutions / Affiliate Work
2018-Present / Artist Advisory Committee, IA&A at Hillyer
2016-Present / Co-Founder, PAM, Portable Art Museum, Washington D.C. Other founders include, Helen Frederick, Josh Whipkey and Maria Barbosa
2015–2018 / Coordinator, Workhouse Arts Center Post Graduate Residency Program
2014–2015 / Coordinator, pARTnernship Exhibtion Space, Van Metre Company, Fairfax, VA
2014–2018 / Hamiltonian Foundation, Washington DC, Mentor for Post Graduate Fellowship Program
2014–2016 / Assistant Coordinator, Cultural D.C./Flashpoint Gallery Graduate Internship Program
2013–2018 / Art Lab Coordinator – Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton
Curriculum Experience
2014–2016 / Education Programs Coordinator, Al Mutanabbi Street Here DC 2016
2012–2018 / Foundation Curriculum Development, George Mason University
2005–2007 / Foundation Curriculum Development, The Ohio State University
2013–2018 / Initiated and created and maintains George Mason University, School of Student Ambassador Program
2014 / Initiated George Mason University, School of Art Student Docent Program, Fine Arts Gallery
Awards/Grants/Honors
2015 / Co-authored application to achieve OSCAR Project Research Grant, George Mason University, Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here DC 2016, $6,000
2015 / Co-authored application to achieve University Life Grant, George Mason University, Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here DC 2016, $5,000
2006 / Fergus Gilmore Scholarship, The Ohio State University
2005 / Honorable Mention: Erie Art Museum Annual Spring Exhibition, Erie, PA
2005 / Juror’s Choice Award, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Annual Spring Exhibition
2005 / Honorable Mention, Women in Art Exhibition, Seton Hill University
2004 / Award for Artistic Achievement, Seton Hill University
2000–2007 / Deans List
2001–2004 / Faculty chosen for Student Advisory Board, Art Department, Seton Hill University
2002 / Service Award, Art Department
2001–2003 / President, Art Club, Seton Hill University
2001–2004 / Student Ambassador, Seton Hill University
Exhibitions Record
Solo Exhibitions
2018 / Intersections, The Fenwick Gallery, George Mason University, VA
2017 / Horizon Lost, The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA
2016 / Above the Horizon, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
2015 / Reckoning Space, Seton Hill University, PA
2013 / Paintings, The Renaissance School, Charlottesville, VA
2007 / MFA Thesis Exhibition; Permission, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2006 / 60 Pounds, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2005 / Splint, Clean Space, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2004 / BFA Exhibition, Coded, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
Two-Person Exhibitions
2022 / Forces Fleeting, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA / Collaborating with Anne C. Smith
2020 / Field Guides, Riverviews Art Space Lynchburg, VA / Collaborating with Josh Whipkey
Collaborative Projects
2018-Present / Women Across Generations
2016-Present / Portable Art Museum
2013–2016 / Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here DC 2016, amsshdc2016.org
2005–2007 / The Living Culture Initiative, Michael Mercil and Ann Hamilton, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Group Exhibitions
2022 / Suspended Inter-Space, VisArt, Rockville, MD
2021 / Inside Outside, Upside Down, The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
2021 / Ephemeral Systems, Adah Rose Bitterbaum Gallery, Curated by Anne C. Smith
2020 / See Where It Takes You, CAYA (Contemporary Art for Young Audiences, Virtual Exhibition, tapexhibit.com
2019 / VidArt, Nueva Vida, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington D.C.
2019 / Alchemical Vessels, Joan Hisoaka Gallery, Washington D.C.
2019 / InkIt, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
2018 / Print Invitational, Riverviews Art Space, Lynchburg, VA
2018 / Paper in Particular, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
2018 / Site/Mark/Trace, Three-Person Exhibition, Westmoreland County Community College, New Stanton, PA
2018 / Portable Art Museum, Ghost Stories, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD
2018 / Our Common Thread, Alchemical Vessels, Joan Hisoaka Gallery, Washington D.C.
2018 / Choice, Three-Person Exhibition, Prism Gallery, Washington D.C.
2017 / Invisible, George Mason University, Fenwick Gallery Library, Fairfax, VA
2017 / Apparitions, Joan Hisoaka Gallery, Washington D.C.
2017 / Ernst - Verizon Gallery, NOVA Annandale, VA
2017 / Ink It, Blackrock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
2016 / Domestic Territories, Olly Olly Gallery, Fairfax, VA
2016 / Alumni Exhibition, Seton Hill University, Harlan Gallery
2016 / Global Narratives, Margaret W. & Joseph L. Fisher Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2015 / Just Painting, Northern Virginia Community College, Manassas, VA
2015 / W.H.A.T. Now: Women/Healing/Art/Transformation Smith Center/Transformer Gallery, Washington DC
2015 / Lineage, Call and Response, FENWICK GALLERY, George Mason University
2015 / Faculty Exhibition, SoA GALLERY, George Mason University
2014 / Roger’s World, ARTDC, Hyattsville, MD
2014 / Call and Response, FENWICK GALLERY George Mason University
2014–Present / DC Pop-Up Shows, Adah Rose Bitterbaum
2013 / WASHINGTON PROJECT FOR THE ARTS Gala Exhibition, Hickock Cole, Georgetown, Washington DC
2013 / Faculty Exhibition, Northern Virginia Community College, Leesburg, VA
2012 / Faculty Exhibition, Northern Virginia Community College, Leesburg, VA
2012 / Hillyer Retrospective, Hillyer Art Space, Washington DC
2012 / WPA Arts Night, Hickcock Cole, Georgetown, Washington DC
2011 / WPA Gala Exhibition, Washington, D.C.
2010 / Adjunct/Disjunct, Hillyer Art Space,Washington, D.C
2009 / “Print” An exhibition of traditional and non-traditonal prints. Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
2007 / Studio Dialogues, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2007 / Graduate Exchange, OSU at University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2007 / Annual Graduate Student Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2006 / Studio Dialogues, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2006 / The Annual Fergus Gilmore Scholarship Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2006 / Annual Graduate Student Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2005 / Women in Art Exhibition, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
2005 / Erie Art Museum Annual Spring Exhibition, Erie, PA
2005 / Edinboro University of PA Annual Graduate Student Exhibition, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro, PA
2005 / Elements Gallery/Café Painting Exhibition, Erie, PA
2005 / Drawing and Painting Exhibition, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University of PA
2004 / Graduate Exhibition and Panel Discussion, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio
2004 / Erie Museum of Art Chimera Student Exhibition, Erie, PA
2004 / Graduate Exhibition, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
2004 / Third Street Gallery, Carnegie, PA
2000–2004 / Student Exhibitions, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
2004 / Regional Call for Emerging Artists, Westmoreland County Community College, New Stanton, PA
2003 / Student Exhibition, Lorenzo de Medici University, Florence, Italy
2003–2004 / Exhibition of work at DV8 Coffee Shop/Art Gallery, Greensburg, PA
Bibliography
2017 / The Little Book of Big Heroes, Artworks for Freedom
2017 / Apparitions, produced by Gail Prensky
2017 / FORWARD Magazine, Seton Hill University
2016 / Witness and Memory: Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here DC 2016, GMU
2016 / Northern Virginia Magazine, Chantilly VA
2014 / The Fauquier Times Democrat, Warrenton, VA
2011 / Terry Barrett; Making Art: Form and Meaning, Text Book
2007 / “Fergus Gilmore Catalogue,” The Ohio State University
2004 / Chimera, Art and Literature Magazine, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
2005 / Interview with Laura Lisbon, Shop Talk, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
2006 / “Studio Dialogues”, The Ohio State University
2003 / Noele Creamer, “Under the Tuscan Sun,” Forward. Fall/Winter
2003 / “The Communicator” Seton Hill University, February 24
2003 / Jean Horne, “Affair of the Heart,” Pittsburgh Tribune Review, February 17
Commissions
2003-Present / Numerous private commissions
Website Publications
2022 / https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/04/01/art-gallery-shows-dc-area/?fbclid=Iw AR1r-mSQHq_MDEst8SYkTSQQtjMG0St4d5A-17G3CIWt_rlSi3SlkwTUzIU
2022 / https://www.eastcityart.com/reviews/east-city-art-reviews-suspended-inter-spaces-at-visarts/?fbclid=I wAR28i5lAYMUfiNiSRSZcVmTcjk-eHtumhdFV01AeUVvJWd4snZezQaz9zu0
2021 / https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/art-gallery-shows-dc-area/2021/05/13/93d13550-b1b7-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html?fbclid=IwAR0jQYI4zEGCwuLvURRHeveFa0ywvEZaoDppJSoQKS2z4Q_RPTDRkrz0rXI
2019 / https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-printmakers-works-are-anything-but-two-dimensional/2019/03/22/791a51b4-4982-11e9-8cfc-2c5d0999c21e_story.html?utm_term=.b54b00154545
2017 / https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P4-1882375731.html
2017 / http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/short-list-march-30-april-6/Content?oid=2457784
2017 / http://www.austinforerie.com/news/article/03/07/2017/mcbride-viaduct-subject-of-film-short-gaining-national-attention-in-the-washington-post
2015 / https://www.nvcc.edu/schlesingercenter/12-15.pdf
2015 / http://fenwickgallery.gmu.edu/?page_id=1072
2014 / http://fairfaxnews.com/2014/12/art-cause-gmu-students-van-metre-open-mason-van-art-exhibit/
2010 / http://annemarchand.blogspot.com/2010/01/hillyer-art-space-second-friday.html
2010 / http://www.examiner.com/article/adjunct-disjunct-opens-at-hillyer-art-space
Blogs
2015 / http://www.letterlyn.com/blog/how-failure-inspires
2015 / So To Speak, George Mason University, http://sotospeakjournal.org/tag/nikki-brugnoli/
2015 / ProCreate Anthology, http://procreateanthology.tumblr.com/post/110912010494/nikki-brugnoli
Lectures, Presentations, Workshops
2018 / Workshop, Screen Print, Narrative, Letterpress and Bookmaking, Westmoreland County Community College, New Stanton, PA
2017 / Panelist: Apparitions, Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington DC
2017 / Panelist: Invisible, GMU, Fenwick Library, Fairfax, VA
2017 / Screen Printing workshop, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA
2017 / Hand Formed Paper, Reading Road Studio, Silver Spring, MD
2017 / Panel Moderator, “Drawn Out, Drawn Over: Mapping the Territory of Experience”, Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD
2016 / Panel Moderator, “ Currents”, GMU, Fenwick Library, Fairfax, VA
2015 / Panelist: Lineage, Call and Response, GMU, Fenwick Library, Fairfax, VA
2007 / Guest Lecturer to the faculty, Hopkins Hall, The Ohio State University
2006 / Guest Lecturer, Art 200, Hopkins Hall, The Ohio State University
Visiting Artist Lectures/Presentations/Critiques
2018 / Artist Talk, The Westmoreland Country Community College, New Stanton, PA
2017 / Artist Talk, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 / Curator’s Talk, “Drawn Out, Drawn Over: Mapping the Territories of Experience, Brentwood Arts Exchange
2016 / Artist Talk, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
2015 / International Honor Society, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA http://eca.state.gov/al-mutanabbi-street-starts-here-project-presentation-dr-helen-frederick-and-dr-nikki-brugnoli
2014 / Guest Artist, Guest Lecturer George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2009 / This Way Up and On to Success, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
2005 / Panelist: “Skin” Women’s History Month, Edinboro University of PA
Artist-in-Residence
2006 / The College of the Arts, “Artists in Residence Untitled Projections” The Ohio State University, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH
Professional Service
2014-2016 / Art and Design Consultant, The Warrenton Aquatic Center, Warrenton, VA
2013-Present / Marketing Consultant, Service First Insurance, Warrenton, VA
2012-2013 / World Land Trust, Art Consultant, Warrenton, VA
2007-2010 / Interior Home color consultant, JW Woodworking LLC
2008 / The Douglas Group, Consultant and Marketing
Technical Abilities
Classically trained portrait artist in oil and dry mediums.
Portrait Apprenticeships
2002-2004 / Philip Salvato, Pittsburgh, PA
2005 / David Hartley Lunn, Fayetteville, TN
Professional Organizations
2018 / IA&A at Hillyer, Washington D.C.
2013-Present / Hamiltonian Foundation, Washington D.C.
2013-Present / Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
2014-2015 / Van Metre Company, Fairfax, VA
2014-2016 / Cultural D.C./Flashpoint Gallery
Exhibitions Juried
2021 / Target Gallery, Those Spaces Between Us, Alexandria, VA
2018 / Juror, Student Exhibition, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
2016-Present / Juror, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
2016 / Third Annual Juried Exhibition, Hylton Performing Arts Center, Manassas, VA
2012-2013 / Student Exhibitions, NOVA, VA
2012 -2014 / Juror, World Land Trust Corporation, Environmental Art Competition
2012 / Student Exhibitions, The Renaissance School, Charlottesville, VA
Exhibitions Curated (Curatorial Projects)
2018 / Site/Mark/Trace, Westmoreland County Community College, New Stanton, PA
2017 / Alchemical Vessels, Joan Hisoaka Art Gallery
2017 / Drawn Out, Drawn Over: Mapping the Territory of Experience, Brentwood Arts Exchange, Drawing Exhibition
2016 / Currents, Fenwick Library, George Mason University
2016 / Storytelling and Global Narratives, Northern Virginia Community College, Margaret W. & Joseph L. Fisher Gallery Alexandria
Gallery Affiliations
2013–Present / Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD
2013–Present / Carrie Coleman – Corporate Representation, Norfolk, VA
2011–2013 / J Fine Art – Corporate Representation, Rockville, MD
Public Collections
The Ohio State University, OH
Seton Hill University, PA
Service First Insurance, VA
Moop, PA
Warrenton Aquatic Center, VA
& numerous private collections around the United States and collections in Florence, Italy and Athens, Greece.