b. 1970, Boston, MA
Lives near San Francisco, CA

EDUCATION

• 1998
• Yale University, MA in East Asian Studies: Chinese Painting

• 1993
• Brown University, BA with Honors, History of Art: China

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2011
• Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA

• 2010
• ZieherSmith, New York, NY
• Temporary Storage Overflow Plan #3, Baer Ridgway (Hallway), San Francisco, CA

• 2009
• Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA

• 2008
• Lincart, San Francisco, CA

• 2007
• ZieherSmith, New York, NY
• Electric Works (with Katherine Sherwood), San Francisco, CA

• 2006
• Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA (Catalog)
• Brattleboro Museum of Art, Brattleboro, VT
• Lincart, San Francisco, CA (Catalog)

• 2005
• ZieherSmith, New York, NY
• Together We Can Prevent Earthquakes, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
• Stars and Striptease (with Pat Treyer), Galerie Planaterra, Chur, Switzerland

• 2004
• From Here I Can See Everything, Kunstpanorama, Luzern, Switzerland
• Fresh Fish, Southfirst Gallery (Project space), Brooklyn, NY

• 2003
• Hence the Pyramids, Lincart, San Francisco, CA (Catalog)

• 2001
• Tucker Nichols: New Drawings, Lincart (Project space), San Francisco, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2011
• Koh-i-nor, Den Frie Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark

• 2010
• California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (Catalog)

• 2009
• Present Tense Biennial, Chinatown Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA (Catalog)
• Deadpan, K2 Contemporary Art Center, Izmir, Turkey

• 2008
• Vital Signs, Newcomb Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA (Curated by Gary Sangster)
• Lots of Things Like This, apexart, New York, NY (Curated by Dave Eggers, Catalog)
• Hot and Cold, Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA (Catalog)
• Miraculous Encounters With the Mundane, SF Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Words Become Pictures, Molloy College Art Gallery, Rockville Centre, NY (Catalog)

• 2007
• The Stable (J&L), OK OK Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Pacific Light, International Center for the Arts, SF State, San Francisco, CA

• 2006
• Homeland Flares, Brandenburg Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany
• J&L, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA

• 2005
• The Artist's Touch, Lincart, San Francisco, CA (Curated by Robin Wright)
• The Nieves Exhibition, Rocket Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• Taxi, Biglietteria, Ancona, Italy (Curated by Stephan Wittmer)

• 2004
• Talespinning: Fall Selections, Drawing Center, New York, NY (Catalog)
• Hero-glyph, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Minifesto, Kunstpanorama, Luzern, Switzerland (Catalog)
• Murmuration of Starlings, Overtones, Los Angeles, CA
• Cave Canem, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
• Works On Paper, Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

• 2003
• Au Naturel, diRosa Preserve, Napa, CA (Catalog)
• Easy Rider, Cell Project Space, London, England
• Mark: Contemporary Drawings, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
• An Uncertain Line, Spanganga Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Faux Real, di Rosa Off the Preserve Gallery, Napa, CA (Catalog)

• 2002
• Nest Egg Omelette, Lincart, San Francisco, CA
• Free Manifesta, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany

• 2001
• Think Again, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA (Juror: Miwon Kwon)
• Et Alli., Lincart, San Francisco, CA
• CLASH, Riverside Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan

RESIDENCIES AND COMMISSIONS

• 2010
• Headlands Center for the Arts (Project Space), Sausalito, CA

• 2009
• Acadia Summer Arts Program (Kamp Kippy), Acadia, ME
• Aliph, San Francisco, CA

• 2008
• Artist-in-residence, deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
• We Do Smog, Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• 2006
• Bravo TV, New York, NY

• 2005
• fuseproject, San Francisco, CA

• 2004
• Jentel, Banner, WY
• Centrum, Port Townsend, WA
• You Can't Make This Stuff Up, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA

• 2003
• Outsourcing the Bandwidth, Rincon Hill, San Francisco, CA
• I Just Woke Up From the Most Beautiful Dream (with Steve Lambert), Phantom Gallery, San Jose, CA

PUBLICATIONS

• 2011
• These Are The People In Your Neighborhood, Gallery 16 Books

• 2009
• McSweeneys, More Things Like This (cover), Chronicle Books
• "Unsolicited Advertising Section," San Francisco Panorama, McSweeney's
• "Anonymous Postcard," Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009, Edited by Dave Eggers
• I Swear To Good You Are God At This, Holiday Matinee

• 2008
• Collection Rotation: Tucker Nichols, SFMOMA's Open Space
• Tucker Nichols, Anonymous Postcard, Ongoing
• Tucker Nichols, THE THING Quarterly No 3.5
• Tucker Nichols, 15 Yrs Give or Take, Gallery 16
• Tucker Nichols, Into The Museum, de Young Museum
• Hot and Cold No. 2
• Skank Bloc Bologna No. 2

• 2007
• Tucker Nichols, What A Day, daily website
• Sarah Cain, Whistle, SFMOMA

• 2006
• Tucker Nichols, Postcards From Vermont, Expanding Color System
• Tucker Nichols, something along these lines, Lincart
• Tucker Nichols, Placemats, Trillium Press

• 2004
• Dave Eggers, The Unforbidden Is Compulsory (cover), McSweeney's Books
• Tucker Nichols, Menu, Nieves Books, Switzerland
• Minifesto, Kunstpanorama, Luzern, Switzerland
• Tucker Nichols, Letter From Wyoming, Stretcher
• Tucker Nichols, Lost Data, Broken Wrist Project
• J & L Illustrated No. 2, J & L Books

• 2003
• Tucker Nichols, Look A Whale, Lincart
• Kay Ryan, Blandeur (broadside), Trillium Press
• Au Naturel, di Rosa Preserve
• Tucker Nichols, Believe You Me: Chinese Proverbs, Trillium Press
• Tucker Nichols, Crownfarmer No. 4

• 2001
• David Khoury, Austerity Program, Mail Plane Press

PUBLISHED ARTWORKS

• New York Times
• Zoetrope: All-Story
• McSweeney's
• SFMOMA Program
• The Believer
• The Walrus
• Readymade
• Works + Conversation
• Zyzzyva
• National Post
• The L Magazine
• Selected Talks
• de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
• DiRosa Preserve, Napa, CA
• California College of Arts, San Francisco, CA
• fuseproject, San Francisco, CA
• Landor, San Francisco, CA
• SF Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
• SF Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• Stone Yamashita Partners, San Francisco, CA
• University of California, Berkeley, CA

SELECTED PRESS

• 2011
• Kenneth Baker, "Tucker Nichols' Easy Spirit and Fierce Commitments," SF Chronicle, May 28
• Mark Van Proyen, "Tucker Nichols at Gallery 16," Square Cylinder, June 4
• Geoff Cook, "Interview With Tucker Nichols," Base Now, June 25
• Dave Eggers, "Questions For Tucker Nichols," People In Your Neighborhood, May 8

• 2010
• Michael Wilson, "Critics' Picks: Tucker Nichols," Artforum.com, June
• "Critics' Pick: Best in Installation," Time Out New York, June 10 - 16
• Leanne Shapton, "Tables of Content," New York Times: Style blog, June 11
• Chloe Veltman, “Take 5,” New York Times: Bay Area blog, January 14
• Kenneth Baker, "Artists to Watch: Tucker Nichols," ARTnews, February

• 2009
• Michael Leaverton, "Have A Drink: Tucker Nichols at Gallery 16," SF Weekly, October 30
• Kenneth Baker, "Tucker Nichols at Gallery 16," San Francisco Chronicle, November 21
• "Postcards From The Edgy" Very Short List, February 26
• Ling Ma, "Tell Mayor Newsom How You Really Feel—Via Postcard" SF Examiner, Feb. 26
• Danielle Sommer, "Anonymous Postcard" KQED, Jan 5

• 2008
• "Best New Website: Anonymous Postcard," Readymade, December/January
• Erica Milvy, "An Anonymous Postcard to the Moms of Mill Valley," 7x7, December
• George Pendle, "Lots of Things Like This," Frieze, September
• Kenneth Baker, "Tucker Nichols at Lincart," San Francisco Chronicle, May 24
• Hayley Kaufman, "Night at the Museum: Artist Tucker Nichols Challenges the Norm", 7x7, May
• Emily Weiner, "Lots of Things Like This," Time Out New York, May 1-7
• Noah Sudarsky, "Are Words Art?" The Onion, May 1
• David Coggins, "Tucker Nichols at ZieherSmith," Art in America, March
• R.C. Baker, "Spring Art Picks," Village Voice, March 4
• Arriella Budick, "Words Become Pictures at Molloy College", Newsday, March 14
• Jesse Nathan, "A Whimsical Selection", SF Station, February 15
• Valerie Imus, "Reconciling America: Miraculous Encounters with the Mundane at SF Arts Commission Gallery", Shotgun Review, March 2
• Zefrey Throwell Interview, "Tucker Nichols and Anne Colvin", Frank Prattle Radio Show, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery and WPS1, February 23

• 2007
• "Moving Rocks With Artist Tucker Nichols," Daily Gusto
• Dan Brodnitz, "An Interview With Tucker Nichols," Cecil Vortex
• "Tucker Nichols, Waiting Rm," Art New England, June/July
• Glen Helfand, "Tucker Nichols: Postcards from Vermont," Art On Paper, January/February
• "Waiting Rm At BMAC Takes A Fresh, Funny Look At Our Town," Brattleboro Reformer, Feb. 22

• 2006
• Kenneth Baker, "San Francisco's Independent Spirit," Art & Antiques, November
• Tiffany Martini, "Postcards from Vermont," San Francisco Examiner, October 28
• Katie Kurtz, "Tucker Nichols," San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 17
• Kenneth Baker, "Nichols' Found Objects and 'Art-like' Detritus Attract Attention to What Is Normally Missed," SF Chronicle, May 6
• Michael Leaverton, "Drawn To Life," SF Weekly, April 26
• Clark Buckner, "Profit-Free Zone," ArtReview, May/June
• Reyhan Harmanci, "Murky Thoughts, Fully Formed Art," SF Chronicle, April 27
• Amanda Church, "Tucker Nichols at ZieherSmith," Art On Paper, March

• 2005
• Hot 20 Under 40, 7X7 Magazine, October
• Jane Ganahl, "Natural Disasters Are Impossible to Prevent, But Tucker Nichols Insists Art Can Help Us Cope," San Francisco Chronicle, January 25
• Colin Berry, "Tucker Nichols at Mission 17," Artweek, March
• Antonia Blue, "Picturing Horror: Can Art Help Us Cope?," Kitchen Sink, Spring
• "Stars and Striptease," Bunder Nachrichten, February 4
• "Stars and Striptease in der Galerie Planaterra," Churer Magazin, February
• Shana Nys Dambrot, "Hero-Glyph at Post," Artweek, February

• 2004
• Amanda Church, "Talespinning," Art On Paper, November/December
• "Talespinning," New York Magazine, September 13
• "Don't Miss!", Time Out New York, September 2-9
• Grace Glueck, "Working Words Into Images, Artists Become Storytellers," NY Times, Sept. 24
• Holland Cotter, "Sadie Hawkins Dance," New York Times, June 25
• Holland Cotter, "Sampling Brooklyn, Keeper of Eclectic Flames," New York Times, Jan. 23

• 2003
• Lindsey Westbrook, "Tucker Nichols: Hence the Pyramids," ARTNews, October
• Shoshana Berger, "From The Editor," Readymade Magazine, Fall
• Spark, KQED television, September
• David Buuck, "'Mark: Contemporary Drawings' at Gallery 16," Artweek, July/August
• Marisa Olsen, "An Uncertain Line at Spanganga," Artweek, May
• "Picture Postcard," Artnet, May 27
• Lindsey Westbrook, "Critic's Choice: Art," San Francisco Bay Guardian, March 5
• Kenneth Baker, "Drawing at Spanganga," San Francisco Chronicle, March 1
• Alison Bing, "Drawing Conclusions," SF Gate, February 27

• 2002
• Lindsey Westbrook, "Critic's Choice: Art," San Francisco Bay Guardian, September 25
• Antonia Blue, "What Are Words For? Tucker Nichols Combines Words and Images to Express His Singular Vision of the World," Kitchen Sink, October
• David Buuck, "Liam Jones and Tucker Nichols at Lincart," Artweek, February

• 2001
• Meredith Tromble, "Quick Stretch," Stretcher, Fall
• California Report, NPR member stations throughout California, September