EDUCATION

1984-1988 University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
B.A. Honours, Fine Arts Major

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004 Dimension, Halde Galerie, Widen, Zurich , Switzerland
2003 branch, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto
2002 sample, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
2001 one mark, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2000 Path, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Given, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
1994 Blessure, Exhibition, Gallery 788, Toronto, Ontario.
1994 Marked, Women's Art Resource Centre, Toronto, Ontario

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004 Death in the Studio: Studio Death Snapshots, book project by Hannes Priesch + Niki Lederer, launches in Vienna , NYC, Toronto
2004 informal ideas 04-02: landscape, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto , Ontario
2004 informal ideas04-01: (warm), Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto , Ontario
2003 Motherlode, Women's Art Resource Centre, Toronto, curated by Gretchen Sankey
2002 Whodunnit? Ontario College of Art & Design fundraising auction, Toronto
2001 Bra Joe from Kilimanjaro, Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia
2001 Triangle Artists’ Workshop at OCAD, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario
2001 Paintings Painted, Platform, London, England
2001 Translinear, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario
2001 Translinear, Plug In Gallery, Winnipig, Manitoba
2000 Fresh Paint, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto
2000 Translinear, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2000 Triangle Artists’ Workshop 2000, Triangle Arts Association, New York, NY
2000 Translinear, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
1999 Translinear, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario
1999 Resolve, Platform Gallery, London, United Kingdom
1999 Informal Ideas 99.1 (Preview '99), Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Nicole Collins, Michael Davidson, Sheila Gregory, Milly Ristvedt: Paintings, James Baird Gallery,
St. John's NF, May
1998 Art with Heart, Casey House Benefit Auction, Leo Kamen & Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Layers, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1998 Wynick/Tuck Gallery at Art 1998 Chicago, Navy Pier
1998 Informal Ideas 98.2 (Degrees of Abstraction), Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1997 Informal Ideas 97.5 (Colour and The Square), Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1997 Art with Heart, Casey House Benefit Auction, Leo Kaman and Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1997 1997 International Juried Exhibition of Encaustic Works, The Gallery at R&F, Kingston, New York
1997 R&D (Research & Development), York Quay Gallery, Group Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario
1996/97 GLO, Group Exhibition, Archive, Toronto, Ontario
1996 Juicy Fruit, Art Gallery of Durham, Ontario.
1995 Juicy Fruit, The Koffler Gallery, North York, Ontario.(catalogue)
1995 Art with Heart, Casey House Benefit Auction, Curator's Choice, Linda Genereux Gallery, Toronto,
Ontario (catalogue)
1994 Mud, Group Exhibition, 59 Adelaide East, Toronto, Ontario.(catalogue)
1994 Merging XVI, Group Exhibition, Gallery 788, Toronto, Ontario
1993 Cover Me, Site Specific Store-front Installation, 488 Queen Street W., Toronto, Ontario.
1993 Cabinet des Curiosites, La Chambre Blanche, Quebec City, Quebec.
1992 Fleshcase, Installation, Embassy Hotel, London, Ontario.
1992 Roundup 92, 80 Spadina Ave, Toronto, Ontario.
1992 Contemporary Canadian Painting, L'Etude Ader Tajan, Paris, France.
1991 Chambermade, Embassy Hotel, London, Ontario.
1991 Roundup 91, 80 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
1991 CKOC Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror's Award, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario.
1990 Housing: a Right, Powerplant, Toronto, Ontario.
1989 University of Guelph Fine Arts Graduates 25th Anniversary Alumni Show, MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario

GRANTS

2004 Canada Council Travel Grant ( Switzerland )
2002 Canada Council Travel Grant (Tokyo, Japan)
2002 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance (Tokyo, Japan)
1998 Toronto Arts Award Protegee Program Commission by Arts Award Suzy Lake
1997 Canada Council C Grant
1994 Ontario Arts Council Artists' Grant.
1994 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance (Marked & Blessure).
1994 Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council (funding for Mud exhibition).
1992 Ontario Arts Council Artists' Grant.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Artists' page, Matriart-A Canadian Feminist Art Journal, July 1994
Dault, Gary Michael, Gallery Going, Nicole Collins at Wynick/Tuck, The Globe and Mail, September 5, 1998
Fleshcase, Artists' page, Late Harvest Magazine, December 1993
Gedes, Diana, Canadian Art on Display at Paris Show, The Toronto Star, May 1992
Girling, Oliver, A quick study on the ideal studio, review of Blessure, Eye Magazine, September 29, 1994
Girling, Oliver, The Big Picture, review and cover photo, Eye Magazine, November 24, 1994
Gopnick, Blake. The List/The Insider, The Globe and Mail, October 24, 1998.
Holubizky, Ihor; Moos, David; Wolin Joseph R., Translinear, exhibition catalogue and essays.
Hume, Christopher, Painterly Collective throws MUD in your eye, review, The Toronto Star, November 24, 1994
Images of Women 1992, review/listing, Xtra Magazine, February 21, 1992
Jordan, Betty Ann, Gallery Going: Research and Development at Harbourfront Center, Globe and Mail, Aug. 9, 1997
Jordan, Betty Ann, Reviews: Dead Industry, Painting Disorders, Posse, MUD, Canadian Art Magazine, Spring 1995
Juicy Fruit, exhibition catalogue including essay by John Massier, February, 1996
L'Etude Ader Tajan, Art Contemporain du Canada, catalogue, May 1992, p20
Meldazy, Deborah, Chambermade, review, C Magazine, Spring 1992, p52-53
MUD, exhibition catalogue including essay by Ihor Holubizky, November 1994
Roundup 89, illustrated exhibition guide, May 1989, p14
Roundup 91, illustrated exhibition guide, 1991, p15
Roundup 92, illustrated exhibition guide, 1992, p14
Sandiford, Judith, & Weihs, Robert, Gallery Walkabout, Workseen Artists' Forum, No. 12, Spring 1992, p14
Taylor, Kate, Here we go 'round the Roundup, review, The Globe and Mail, June 9, 1992
Taylor, Kate, Decorations to the Poor and Unknown, review of Chambermade, The Globe and Mail, Nov. 15, 1991

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2004- Sessional Faculty, Ontario College of Art & Design, Department of Drawing & Painting
Guest Artist, Painting Department , Ontario College of Art & Design
Instructor, Toronto School of Art
Jury Member, Mrs. W.O. Forsyth Scholarship, Ontario College of Art & Design
Catalogue Essay: Doris McCarthy Everything which is Yes, published by University of Toronto at Scarborough
1991-2004 Aboveground Art Supplies, Toronto , Director Marketing and Promotions
2003-2004 Instructor, Ontario College of Art & Design Continuing Studies Program & Admissions Portfolio Clinics
2002 Visiting Artist, University of Guelph
1998-2002 Instructor, Toronto School of Art
1997-2002 Art Gallery of Ontario Artists’ with their Works program
2000 Visiting Artist, Art & Art History Program of University of Toronto & Sheridan College, Toronto
1998 Jury Member , Canada Council for the Arts
1998 Painting Instructor, Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario
On going Artists with their Works Program, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario.
Encaustic Workshop, private tuition in painting technique.
1995-98 Art with Heart, Casey House Benefit Auction, Toronto, Ontario.
1996 Flower Pots and Fruit Slices, Benefit Auction, The Arthritis Society, Toronto, Ontario.
1995 Canadian Women's Art in the Schools, an educational programme developed by the
Women's Art Resource Centre, Toronto. Presented nationally to secondary fine art
students.

Nicole Collins is represented by the Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.