NICOLAU VERGUEIRO
b. 1977, New York, NY
iamnicolau@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2002 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, US
2000 BA, University of California, Los Angeles, US
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS and SCREENINGS
2025 Wafflestomper, with Mark FLores, Timeshare, Los Angeles, US (upcoming)
2024 Making a Living, Jayaram, Miami, US (upcoming)
2023 Punish, with Marte Eknæs, Fächer, Berlin, DE
2022 Gutterball Surplus, Orthodox, Los Angeles, US
2019 Power of Print, with Marte Eknæs, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE
2018 Gatekeepers, with Marte Eknæs, Livraria Martins Fontes, São Paulo, BR
2017 New Picture – The Work of Bea Feitler, with Marte Eknæs, Between Bridges,Berlin,Germany; UKS, Oslo, NO
2016 Open 24 Hours, with Marte Eknæs, Munch Museum, Oslo, NO
2015 Now Open Free Parking, with Marte Eknæs, What Pipeline, Detroit, US
Boom!, with Marte Eknæs, Rise Projects, London, UK
2014 Sarau with Nicolau, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, US
2013 Clown’s Pocket, with Mark Flores, Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles, US
Janitoria, with Marte Eknæs, What Pipeline, Detroit, US
The New World of Lina Bo Bardi, with Ouida Angelica Biddle and Joao Rosa. Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York; Poetic Research Bureau, Los Angeles, US
Useful Landscape, Agency Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, US
Orgy at Månedens Bild, with Marte Eknæs, Oslo, NO
2012 Spring is Here, video and direction for Gretchen Parlato and Leonel Loueke; Carnegie Hall, New York, US
2008 Introducing Salomé, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, US
2007 Nicolau Vergueiro: Old Fashioned 4th of July Parade, Aspen Art Museum, US
By Way of the Seven Holes in My Head, Pasadena Museum of California Art, US
2006 To Burrow and Grow, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, FR
A Thousand Openings, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, US
2004 Objeto Sim Objeto Não, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles,US
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SCREENINGS AND PUBLIC WORKS
2024 Rough Diamonds, Lundgren Gallery, Palma, ES
2023 Acervo Inicial MAC_BAHIA, Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Bahia, Salvador, BR
Circulation Realms, ROM, Oslo, NO
2018 Cut-up, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE
2017 Ready Made in Brasil, curated by Daniel Rangel, Centro Cultural Fiesp, São Paulo, BR
2016 Midcentury Masters, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, US
Humidity In Our Breath, organized by Lisa Sitko. Mirasol, Los Angeles, US
2014 Hood By Air, Id, MoMA, NY, US
Prep School, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, US
2013 Reproduction, What Pipeline, Detroit, US
Alice Könitz, Nicolau Vergueiro, Tyler Vlahovich, Wharton + Espinosa, Los Angeles, US
2012 There’s Joy in Repetition, Dias Futuros, Los Angeles, US
The Planter Show, For Your Art, curated by Lisa Sitko, Los Angeles, US
2011 Diamond Dust, See Line Gallery, Los Angeles, US
Eslov Wide Shut, 40 American Artists, curated by Mallorca Landings, Blomsterberg’s Warehouse, Eslöv, SE
2010 Quadruple-Consciousness, curated Malik Gaines, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, US
Stranger Than Fiction, curated Julie Joyce, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, US
2008 Imaginary Thing, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, US
Rapture in Rupture, curated by Elizabeth Dunbar, Arthouse, Austin, US
2007 Sculptors' Drawings, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, US
Sonotube, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, US
2006 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, US
Cloudbreak, Hiromi Yoshii, organized by David Kordansky, Tokyo,JP
Nothing Up the Sleeve, Glendale College Art Gallery, US
2005 Fast Forward: Passion for the New, House of Campari, Los Angeles, US
L.A., Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York, US
Follow Me: A Fantasy, curated by Malik Gaines, Arena 1, Los Angeles, US
2004 Happy Days Are Here Again, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, US
California Earthquakes, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, US
New Balance Frontier, curated Aimee Chang, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, US
Restless Looks, Schaufenster, Oslo, NO
Cave Canem, John Connelly Presents, New York, US
2003 Inaugural Exhibition, Golinko Kordansky Gallery,Los Angeles,US
2002 Out of the Ground Into the Sky: Pond Gallery, San Francisco; Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, US
Messy Fingers, Track 16, Santa Monica, US
2001 8th Salão da Bahia, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, BR
2000 Soup, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, US
1999 Moving Toward The Millennium - LA Juried Biennial, curated by Adriano Pedrosa. Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, US
Opening Show, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, US
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 Scarano, Ross, Introducing the FloridaLords, Ssense.com, Dec. 18th
George, Cassidy, Edglrd, 032c, Winter 20023/24, p. 45 - 76
Baron, Zach, The Lord of the Edge, GQ, Sept. 2023, p. 90 - 95
DAMN° Magazine, Michael Amstad, Marte Eknæs and Nicolau Vergueiro: Temperature, Winter 2023
2022 Gutterball Surplus, ed. Nicolau Vergueiro and Orthodox, Los Angeles (catalogue)
2020 Calautti, Katie, Feature: Bea and Ruth, Kinfolk, Jan. 2020, p.92 – 96.
2019 Vergueiro, Nicolau; Eknæs, Marte, Power of Print, Provence Magazine Summer/Spring, p.68 – 76.
Gawellek, Nelly, Bea Feitler, Stadtrevue Feb. 2019, p.7.
Imdahl, Georg, Mittelfalte al Option, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Mar.8.
Kohler, Michael, Centerfolds mal anders, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Feb. 15, 2019, Kultur p.21
Linden, Thomas, Die Grosse Macht guter Gestaltung, Kölnischer Rundschau, Feb.15, 2019, Kölner Kultur p.14.
2018 24 Hours: Marte Eknæs and Nicolau Vergueiro, ed. by Natalie O'Donnell, Munchmuseum, Oslo (catalogue).
Morely, Madeleine, Guts and Gutter, Eye Magazine, No.95 Vol.24, p.108.
Marte Eknæs and Nicolau Vergueiro: Bea Feitler Crop, Museo, Issue 32. Mar.ed. Rangel, Daniel and Queiroz, Têra, Ready Made in Brasil, CCSP FIESP, p.158-9.
Stoffa, Felipe, Rainha da Irreverência, Harper’s Bazaar Brasil, Nov. 2017, p.182-7.
Gavin, Francesca, The Pioneering Female Art Director You've never Heard Of, anothermag.com, Sept. 28.
2016 Gravklev, Bente, Munch beveger seg, Dagsavisen, May 26th, 2016, p.24.
Edmonson, Tess, Elegantly Wasted, PIN-UP, Issue 19, Fall/Winter 2015/16, p.77-78.
2015 McCloud, Grace, Space invaders. Wallpaper*, May 2015.
Eknæs, Marte, Formal Economy, text and image contributions. Mousse Publishing.
2013 Pierre Alexandre de Looz, The Video: The New World of Lina Bo Bardi, V Magazine, Aug. 2013.
Wagley, Catherine, From A to Z, LA Weekly, December 5th
2012 Murphy, Daniel, Shop the Globe in your Robe, Wall Street Journal, Sept. 28, 2012, p.D8.
2011 Weinraub, Leilah, Top Ten, Artforum, Summer 2011, p.146.
2009 ed. Rattermeyer, Christian, Judith Rothchild Foundation Drawing Collection, Catalogue Raisonné, MoMA, NY, p.273.
2008 ed. Farkas, Solange, MAM da Bahia, Banco Safra e Fundação Cultural Estado da Bahia, p.295.
Diaz, Karla, Nicolau Vergueiro, Beautiful Decay, Issue X, p. 26.
Buckley, Annie, Nicolau Vergueiro, artforum.com, June 2008.
2007 Cash, Stephanie, First Page, Art in America, Apr., 2007, p.35.
2006 Lapinski, Lisa, Nicolau Vergueiro, Nothing Up the Sleeve, exh. brochure, Glendale College Art Gallery
ed. Jacobson, Karen, 2006 California Biennial Orange County Museum of Art,p.156 – 159.
Segade, Alex, Nothing Up The Sleeve, Art US, Oct/Nov., p.16 – 17.
Eleey, Peter, Looking Back: Looking Forward, Frieze, January – Feb, p.124.
2004 Ruiz, Alma, Dossier Los Angeles, Carnet arte, Milan, No.2, Apr. - May 2004.
Hainley, Bruce, Nicolau Vergueiro, Artforum, Mar. 2004, p.189.
Ollman, Leah, Youth Served Melodramatically, Los Angeles Times, Feb. 6, 2004, p.E31-E33.
2002 Riberio, Marcos, O Prazer de Perceber (The Pleasure of Noticing), Jornal A Tarde, Salvador, BA. Feb. 9, 2002.
ed. Reis, Heigor, 8th Salão da Bahia, MAM da Bahia, Fundação Cultural da Bahia, p.66-67.
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2021 Promac – book project approved by City of São Paulo Cultural Ministry Incentive Law
2019 Stimuleringsfonds – development grant for collaborative project Bodybuilding,Rotterdam, Holland
2017 Pivô Pesquisa - Pivô Arte e Pesquisa, São Paulo, Brazil –residency.
2015 OCA – Office of Contemporary Arts, Oslo, Norway - grant for collaborative projects with Marte Eknæs
2012 OCA – Office of Contemporary Arts, Oslo, Norway - grant for collaborative projects with Marte Eknæs
2009 UCIRA - Visual Arts Practice and Research Award for one-year collaborative project IMPRENTA; Los Angeles, CA
2008 La Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France – One-year residency
2001 1st prize at the 8th Salão da Bahia, MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna Salvador, BA, Brazil
2000 Levinson Award - UCLA