CURRICULUM VITAE

 
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Terence Nicholson — Artist CV

Education

BFA, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC

Awards & Accomplishments

  • Rosenbaum Memorial Scholarship for Fine Art, 1991

  • Cultural Envoy, U.S. Department of State (2006, 2007, 2010)

  • Acquisition into Smithsonian Permanent Collection, 2022

  • Semi-Finalist, John & Walter Sondheim Art Prize, 2025

  • Guardian of Community Memory, Smithsonian APA Center, 2025

Selected Exhibitions

2025

Eternal Echo — Solo Exhibition, Hillyer Gallery, Washington, DC

Sub & The 3 Muses — Solo Exhibition, American Poetry Museum, Washington, DC

TESTIMONY — Group Exhibition, Sandy Spring Museum, MD

2024

Sightlines: From an Emerging Map of Asian Americans in DC — Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC

MESH — National Printmakers Exhibition, Pyramid Atlantic, Hyattsville, MD

2023

You Can’t Unring the Bell — Solo Exhibition, Honfleur Gallery, Washington, DC

Solo Exhibition — Hill Center, Washington, DC

Hill Center Regional Juried Exhibition (Honorable Mention), Washington, DC

2022

PIVOT — Solo Exhibition, Strathmore, Rockville, MD

2020

Art Speak Black Voice, Washington, DC

Digital Residency, Nicholson Project, Washington, DC

Behind the Scenes: Preparators and Their Art, Katzen Museum, Washington, DC

Hill Center Regional Juried Exhibition, Washington, DC

Transformer 16th Annual Silent Art Auction, Washington, DC

2019

Art and Activism at the Chesire, Adams Morgan, Washington, DC

Just Do It: Friends of Michael Platt, Honfleur Gallery, Washington, DC

2018

10x10 Invitational, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD

Transformer 15th Annual Silent Art Auction, Washington, DC

HOME — Solo Exhibition, GW Community Gallery at THEARC, Washington, DC

Artists Against Gun Violence — Group Show, Washington, DC

Art Enables — Group Show, Washington, DC

Alchemical Vessels — Group Show, Smith Center, Washington, DC

Intro-Circumspective — Solo Exhibition, Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC

2017–2011

DC Artists East, Anacostia Arts Center, Washington, DC (2017)

Cheap Thrills, Anacostia Arts Center, Washington, DC (2016)

East of the River Exhibitions, Honfleur Gallery, Washington, DC (2009, 2010, 2011)

2009

Artomatic, Washington, DC

Fundreds Project (Mel Chin), Washington, DC

The Human Factor/Fractured — Solo Exhibition, Contradiction Dance Studio, Takoma Park, MD

Master Classes, Workshops & Panels

  • Juror, HOME Exhibition, Rockville, MD, 2019

  • Juror, Touch Exhibition, Strathmore, Rockville, MD, 2021

  • Juror, Target Gallery Solo Exhibition, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, 2018

  • Panelist, In The Artist Studio / Contemporary Visions with Peter Nesbitt, Washington, DC, 2018

  • Workshop Facilitator, Careers in Multimedia Artistry, Washington Latin Public Charter School, 2011

  • Arts Ambassador, U.S. Department of State — Suriname (2010); Mongolia, China, Russia (2007); Bahrain (2006); Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain (2006)

  • Master Class in Music Improvisation, Amiens, France, 2001

  • Hip-Hop History Workshop Teacher, Banneker High School, Washington, DC, 2000

  • Stanford Jazz Workshop Faculty Residency, 1996; Hip-Hop Lecturer/Workshop Facilitator, Oakland, CA, 1996

  • Stanford Jazz Workshop with Steve Coleman, Palo Alto, CA, 1995