Nina Tichava’s work is about relationships - relationships between materials, between forms, between the viewer and the artwork. Through a layering process developed over decades that integrates painting and printmaking techniques, Tichava weaves together geometry, texture, color, and pattern. Elegant and refined, Tichava’s compositions are built of complex layers, many of which are over-painted and concealed.
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Born: Vallecitos, New Mexico, 1973
Currently resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico
EDUCATION
2003 California College of the Arts [and Crafts], San Francisco/Oakland, California, BFA in Painting and Drawing
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2024 Pardon Collection Purchase Award, Aspen Art Fair
2023 Flatbed Press Artist in Residence, Austin TX, January - April
2022 Flatbed Press Monotype Intensive, Terni, Italy
2012 Vermont Studio Center, Artist in Residence, Artist Grant
2007 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Award
2003 All College Honors, California College of the Arts [and Crafts]
MUSEUM AND UNIVERSITY EXHIBITIONS
2025 Distorted Nostalgia, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2022 Art in the West, High Desert Art Museum, Bend, Oregon
2022 Expressions West 2022, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon
2022 De-Generate, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2022 National Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
2020 Seven State Biennial, University of Science and Arts Museum, Chickasha, Oklahoma
2020 Seven State Biennial, Museum of the Red River, Idabel, Oklahoma
2020 Seven State Biennial, Charles B. Goddard Center, Ardmore, Oklahoma
2019 Winter Solstice Juried National Exhibition, Marin MOCA, Novato, California
2005 Originals 2005, New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Pardon Collection, Denver, Colorado
St.Francis Interquest Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colorado
University of Texas Medical Campus, Galveston, Texas
City of Seattle Permanent Collection, Seattle, Washington
Coen & Columbia Luxury Apartments, Vancouver, Washington Delta Airlines Delta Club, Seattle, Washington
Fenwick and West LLP, Silicon Valley, California
Harcos-Huneke Collection, Miramonte, California
InterContinental Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jewish Community Center and Foundation, Denver, Colorado
Oppenheimer Family Collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Seattle City Light Public Utility Collection, Seattle, Washington
Swedish Hospital, Seattle, Washington
True North Luxury Apartments, Seattle, Washington
Ocean Club International Hotel, Panama City, Panama
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON SHOWS
2025 If it is, the ocean, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2025 To the sky, Gallery Mar, Park City, Utah
2024 Beyond Reverie, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2024 Unfurl, Gallery Mar, Park City, Utah
2023 Recent Monotypes, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2023 Thresholds and Dawns, Gallery Wild, Jackson, Wyoming
2022 Mirage, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston Texas
2022 Movement Patterns, Gallery Mar, Park City, Utah
2022 Lyrical Moments, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2022 New Works, Gallery Wild, Jackson, Wyoming
2021 Borrowed Landscapes, K Contemporary, Denver, Colorado
2020 You Color the Sky, K Contemporary, Denver, Colorado
2020 Brilliant Refraction, Gallery Mar, Park City, Utah
2019 Beyond Boundaries, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2019 Mapping the Grid, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
2019 Glitched, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2018 Same As It Ever Was, K Contemporary, Denver, Colorado
2018 Parallel, Gallery Mar, Park City, Utah
2018 Project: Borrowed Landscapes [Erected], K Contemporary, Denver, Colorado
2018 Layered, K Contemporary, Denver, Colorado
2017 Marine, Chase Young Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2017 New, New Mexico Abstraction, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2016 Ever Since Happiness Heard Your Name, Nüart Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2016 It Is All Just a Love Contest, Gallery Mar, Park City, Utah
2016 Nina Tichava / New Paintings, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, Idaho
2016 Weavings, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2016 Flourishes, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, in conjunction with Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic exhibition, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
2015 Weave, Float, Flow, Chase Young Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2014 The Place Where I Started, Art and Soul, Seattle, Washington
2014 Flow + Drift, NüArt Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2014 Nina Tichava & Pamela Murphy, Chase Young Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2013 Surface and Strata, Gallery Mar, Park City, Utah
2013 Float, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Paper, Pattern and Ink/Oil and Mixed Media, Nüart Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2011 Introductions 2011, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2011 Constructed Environments: Plant, Pixel & Grid, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2011 Slat, Lantern, Glass and Water/New Works, Nüart Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2011 Pop/Folk Fusion, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
2010 Introducing Nina Tichava, Schilling Studio Gallery, Telluride, Colorado
2009 Foundations: Plant/Animal/Mineral, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2008 Textile, Fabric & Paint: Function Inspires Fine, TMFA Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007 Weavings, TMFA Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 South to West/East, The Flying Goat, Healdsburg, California
2003 Prom, BFA Exhibition, CCAC North/South Galleries, Oakland, California
2002 New Paintings, Murray Iron Works / Design Center, San Francisco, California
GROUP SHOWS
2025 Better by the Dozen, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2024 25th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas
2024 Aspen Art Fair at The Hotel Jerome, K Contemporary, Denver, Colorado
2024 Seattle Art Fair 2024 with Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2024 Eye Candy, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2024 Summer Slang, K Contemporary, Denver, Colorado
2024 Eleven, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2024 Recent Works, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2023 Art of Paper, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2023 Recalling La Romita, Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas
2023 Fucking Flowers, K Contemporary, Denver, Colorado
2023 Flatheads, Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas
2023 Decade, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2023 As of Now III, K Contemporary, Denver, Colorado
2022 Santa Fe Artists’ Medical Fund Invitational Show, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2021 The Little Things, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2021 The Wildflower Show, all female exhibition, Gallery MAR, Park City, Utah
2021 Resilience, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2020 As of Now II, K Contemporary, Denver, Colorado
2020 Seeing 2020, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2020 LA Art Show with K Contemporary, Los Angeles, California
2019 New Artists, Kelsey Michaels Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
2019 Ta!Da! Anniversary Group Show, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas
2019 Jackson Hole Fine Art Fair with K Contemporary, Jackson, Wyoming
2019 Dallas Art Fair with Turner Carroll Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2019 Here and Now, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2019 As of Now, K Contemporary, Denver, Colorado
2018 LA Art Show with K Contemporary, Los Angeles, California
2018 SOFA Chicago with George Billis Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2018 SHINE ON, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas
2018 A Life Creative, Slate Gray Gallery, Telluride, Colorado
2018 Dream Weaver, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas
2018 Art Market San Francisco with George Billis Gallery, San Francisco, California
2018 Art Palm Springs with George Billis Gallery, Palm Springs, California
2018 Under Construction, Terminal Creek Contemporary, Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada
2017 Introductions, K Contemporary, Denver, Colorado
2017 Dallas Art Fair with Turner Carroll Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2017 Cityscapes, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2017 Women’s Voices in Art, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2017 Winter Selections, Vickers Collection, Aspen, Colorado
2017 Western Spirit, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2017 Form Art Fair with George Billis Gallery, Miami, Florida
2016 Syrian Children’s Benefit Exhibition and Auction, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Palm Springs Art Fair with George Billis Gallery, Palm Springs, California
2016 Summer Group Show, Vickers Collection, Aspen, Colorado New Artists, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2015 Black&White&, Chase Young Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2015 New Gallery Artists, Vickers Collection, Aspen, Colorado
2014 The Place Where I Started, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2014 FRESH at S.A.M. Gallery, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2013 Pattern and Process, Chase Young Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2013 Five, Gallery Mar, Park City, Utah
2012 Affordable Art Fair with PLACE Contemporary, New York, New York
2012 Contemplating Nature, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2011 New Works by Gallery Artists, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
2011 Newcomers 2011, Fresh Paint Art Advisors, Los Angeles, California
2011 Affordable Art Fair, Spring & Fall Fairs with PLACE Contemporary, New York, NY
2010 Small Works, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
2010 Red Dot Art Fair with EA Gallery, Miami, Florida
2010 New Gallery Artists, EA Gallery, Port Chester, New York
2010 Gallery Artists, Selected Works, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2010 LA Art Show with George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2010 Affordable Art Fair with TMFA Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2009 Red Dot Art Fair with EA Gallery, Miami, Florida
2009 Affordable Art Fair with EA Gallery, New York, New York
2009 LA Art Show with George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2007 Fabulous Fusion, 3-person show, Dezart One Gallery, Palm Springs, California
2007 Suddenly This Summer, Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts, Pagosa Springs, Colorado
2006 Catching the Blues, Hang Art and Hang Art Annex, San Francisco, California
2006 Untitled: Los Angeles Invitational Pop-Up, Hangar 1018, Los Angeles, California
2006 New Artists, Dezart One Gallery, Palm Springs, California
2006 Gallery Artists Group Show, Victoria Boyce Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona
2005 New Artists, Hang Art and Hang Art Annex, San Francisco, California
2003 Ameri-con, American Icons, Centipede Project Pop-Up Exhibition Collective, San Francisco, California
2003 Four, Centipede Project Pop-Up Exhibition Collective, San Francisco, California
2002 Take Flight, Centipede Project Pop-Up Exhibition Collective, San Francisco, California
ARTS RELATED/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2014 Guest Curator, Small Pleasures, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas
2011 Selected Artist/Print Editions, Art We Love, New York, New York
2009 Invitational Juror, Bird’s Nest, Brandon Michael Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005 Arts in Education Teaching Projects, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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2023 “A Flower Of The Fields Of Air”, CALYX Literary Magazine, Volume 33:3, March
2023 “Two artists share common inspiration but bring nature to fruition singly”, Jackson Hole News & Guide, February
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2021 “I Hope This Song Will Guide You Home,” Blue Mesa Review, December
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2016 “Emerging New Mexico Women Artists: Nina Tichava, Santa Fe,” New Mexico State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, February
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