Nick Ackerman

b. 1976, St. Paul, MN
Education:
2000 M.F.A. in Painting, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
1997 B.F.A. Painting. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco,CA

Solo Exhibitions:
2006 Two-Branes, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Slices of Bread,Regina Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2003 Recent Work, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003 An Unfinished Weekend, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2002 Recent Work,ScopeMiami,Townhouse Hotel, Miami,Fl.
2002 Graphic Novel, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, San Francisco,CA
2000 Nick Ackerman, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Oakland, CA

Selected Exhibitions:
2007Artists of Invention: A Century of CCA,Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
2007 Messages Abroad, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris, France
2006 Nick Ackerman + Michael Bell Smith, and/or gallery, Dallas, TX
2005 Strange Tales, Nick Ackerman, David Huffman & Chris Oliveria, Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
2004 Change of Address, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Lo-gressive Living, The Approach, London, England
2004 ARCO, “Futuribles: Las Américas”, installation (curated by Sylvia Chivaratanond), Madrid, Spain
2003 Pocket Atlas, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2002 (un)Common Ground, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2002 SizzlePop, benefit exhibition for SFMOMA, Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco, CA
2001 Widely Unknown, Deitch Projects, New York, NY.
2001 Disorder, w/David Huffman & Chris Oliveria, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Oakland, CA
2001 7-11, 111 Minna, San Francisco, CA
2000 M.F.A. Exhibition, California College of Arts and Grafts, San Francisco, CA
1999 California College of Arts and Crafts Graduate Gallery, San Francisco,CA
1999 Gift, Stain, San Francisco, CA
1999 2-Person Exhibition, w/Chris Oliveria, 304.art, New York, NY.
1999 Escape Artists, Washington Square Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 Nothing But Time, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA.
1998 Recoding, Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 The Pill & Pony Show, 1200 Market, San Francisco, CA
1998 Group Exhibition, Phantom Galleries, Sacramento, CA
1997 4, Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco,CA
1996 The Young and the Restless, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 Ackerman Loft Gallery, Rochester, NY.
Awards:
2004 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
1997-1998 "Sobel Merit Scholarship", San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1998 "Macpherson Painting Award", San Francisco, Art Institute, CA
1997 "Best of Show", San Francisco Art Institute Spring Show, CA
Collections:
JPMorganChase, New York, NY
UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Bibliography:
"While No One Was Looking," Art Review, Francesca Gavin, March 2005, Volume V3N3, pgs. 64.67.
"Nick Ackerman"-review, Artweek, Charlene Roth, September 2003, Volume34, issue 7, page 25.
"Pocket Atlas"-review, San Francisco Chronicle, Kenneth Baker,July 31, 2003.
"Playfully Smudging the Pop Lines", review, Los Angeles Times, David Pagel,July 4, 2003
“Gallery Walk”, Art on Paper, Glen Helfand, May-June 2003, pgs. 80-81.
“Nick Ackerman”-review, Frieze, Julian Myers, December 2002, pgs. 95-96.
"Report from San Francisco", Art In America, Stephanie Cash, November 2002,pgs. 67-69.
"(Un)Common Ground at SJICA", review, Artweek, David Buuck, October 2002Vol. 33, Issue #8, pg. 19.
"(Un)Common Ground", review, SF Station.com,Berin Golonu, September 2002.
"Vigorous New Voices Emerge From Academy",review, San Jose Mercury News,Jack Fischer, August 21, 2002, p. 1F.
"Widely Unknown", Mass Appeal Magazine, Brendan Fowler, Issue 14, pgs. 30-31.
"Widely Unknown", review, New York Times, Roberta Smith, December 14, 2001.
“Nothing But Time”, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Glen Helfand,Dec. 2-8,1998, Vol. 33, No. 9. Vol. 33, No. 9.